The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-03-22
THE SwiYZE ASSAULT.
What Some of ii;c Papers Say in Re
gars! 20 CID Bakers Lying Through
the Associated Press The Trne Facts
a.. the Case
ia the Case.

], j. reported that !. e s,wayz-. of The To-
prlsa EiddC. was frrOciuusiy attacked and
>hamytallN beaten 10y John Wilson, last Sat
ugyiay. on the stree: in Topeka, near his OF
nee. ii ILr account OF the Transaction as pub
llsiIed ia The Commonwealth and telegraphed
over the country - correct, a more disgraceful
affair has not dIshOnOged any city of Kansas
in a score Of wears. Ne do not know what
-wayz- has done; he may be guilty of all his
enemies charge against him, and the worst
man that ever walked the streets Of the capt.
tai but Ifa large cOncourSe OF the men OF that
City-a hundred or more. or le>>-siood around
and hiss Il ON q bully 10 beat man into jel-
Is. until hg was unrecOgmiZabir, and while
practically inSensible and utterly helpless,
represented, then such men are no better
than beasts or bdrb1rlanS. II n helpless dumb
brutc had been Inaulgd, kicked and beaten
out OF shape and SGT OF men had stood
around and appiaudod. they all should be
bauis.ga from ,>peclabie society how much
more when a human being was the victim .
IL This IL a true representation OF the citizens
of Topeka, that place Is nG' worthy 10 be- the
capital OF This enlightened, progressive, chris
! t!s.n commonwealth. We presume the re-
por. w;,> gTgstly "Nags eg;icd.-o sLdfooSt IT.
G.ps3d.fii.
The Topeka Commonwealth gives an account
of an encounter between Wilson. formerly
one of the proprietnrS of the Times, and
SwayZn. Of the ElGir. II says Wilson met
~wayZ- On the street and assaulted him,
knocking him down and kicking him severe
~ while PROSTATE, the crowd all the time en-
cuuraziHg Wilson and several individuals de-
cIariHg hey would pay his fine.
We have been waiting 10 Sc. some o'n,'r
| account OF the affair Than that published by
Tie Commonwealth. knowing il had special
spite against SwayZr. IL such an occurrence
did happen on The streets of Topeka il is a
shame Ia the city. Fit did not Happen then
the artiri. was "a shameful one. Tell US ali
abOu; II SWayZa.- Council Gr0rc Democrat.
wcknow that Bro. Swayze has overstepped
the propriejy Of "a newspaper publisher in
many respects. huf for the citizens Of the
Stale Capital to gather around and cheer at
the brutal treatment al any man, shows a
hratH"ui-h disposition that we would not
! nave accorded TO citizens Of Topeka. Ii
! newspaper men are 20 be bsaten nearly to
death IN d efID.c OF Law. and at the sanction
| of a set ui el!lUUs, then general system OF
warfare Saoul,! To- rhSnItcd TO that VIII put
stop 70 such rucea3lnge.-irtdhSGs tdy
Traveller.
: brutal exhibition was had on the priuci-
pei street OF Topeka, las; week, by John ".
Wilson making an assault upon ]. Z. SwayZe
OF the B'ntf. beating and Kicking MN rough
| IA. Perhaps SWgyEg deserved something Of
IN" kind. but nothing else than d!sgrac"
could follow such q mode OF revenge. both To
tine perpeJrator and the ciry.-thdnrte Times
From private letter received from To-
peka we learn The jul particulars of the
assault a last Saturday. The letter says
Wilson il employed rs printer in the Com
mozusalh Office, and that Baker had been So
licitiDg him iur some tine TO attack Swayze,
Offering to pay AL the costs Of the case.
Mr.. Swayze wasEol injured, except a small
bruise under one ear, the place where VIII
son struck him with a stone which he car
r;ed in his hand, when lac made the assault.
This i the whole matter in a nutshell. We
were convinced, when first reading the Com
laonrtcith'a account a the attack, that the
people oi Topeka were not guilty OF the
brutality which tina. paper ascribes to them