Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-03-24

Sest TiECs, falling, folIoWeo oy flslpR oaroAetef
The QrANpGR CAsE.-Fe!ix Qlaader, csl
ored, writes the following to the Washington
Republican. 1t is 10 answer TO the resosuuons
adopted By The Soci=ty for the Prevention o.
Thie7ery, 10 the Mount VERNON neighbcrhood
cVr3emning Qua1der and uphol1iog the othoer;
10 their actions. This society IS composed
mainly Of highly res pec.able Northern men who
tave settled 10 Mt. Verroa district.
The card Of Qaapdcr is SO fJllows:-
In your issue ct this m0r0iDg (Msrch u,
1872 yeu published series of resolutions,
&C., signed b. DO one, that are so UNANIMOUSLY
false and malicious tia. | Du5t beg sou to give
NC space for the following True versioa OF the
case Felix QuaIder ia 40 cid colcred man
1ho has raised large family, vas always free,
and has acquired respectable little property.
consisting OF nearly fifteen acres OF ground,
with orchard, team. catlle, poultry, 90. Quac'
| der lives about nnA'een miles from Washing
too, on the Mount Verocn road, and either 10
person or by some one OF bis family has been
bridging garden truck, irnit. and other produces
| OF his place to the Washington markets about
three times week for many years 10 FACT.
ever since the war; He has attended to his Owe
busness. respected himself, partially educated
| bis children, and tried to live such q life as
would compel his ueigbbors to Trspec: him and
bis family.
| 4 GOOD many years ago horse Belonging to
| Mr. Queuder got out and tresp2sed upon The
property of one Richard Roberts, sbte tna7.
WHO, il seems, took him up. Looking io- his
| hoIse, he found him end took him houe !;
Hhcreupou Roberts s~ore out a warrant aad
placed it in the hands of one Kerby, who gath
| cred up large body of armed mcn and cane,
with terrible uprosr, shooting, yelI!ug, and
curaing, to arrest hin. Having been warned
| of the danger, be left his house as the mob
| reached it. This vas contorted into resisting
| an officer, fer which be was tried and sect to
prison.
Five wet Ks SGD to day Mrs. Q1an5ef and her
eon cams ID Washington with some chickens
ard other thugs for market, arriving hsre be.
| fore eight. Almost as 5000 IS they arrived g
man ra.aed John Trusx, who lives near Wood
iaSu, % The road known asthe cid Gum Spring
track, 10 Fairfsx county, Vs., about Di1c miles
from Alexandra, 10 o eitfercn. direction from
Ousudcrs place, aud cot nearer Than six miles
to OCapdcr's, ordered a policeman to land be
did arrest the old woman and her son, locked
them I'D in the station house, and in time SWoro
| out warrant against them, charging them With
s.calipg his chickens. When tee case was call
ed tc!Urc His Honor. Judge Smell, Truax made
out &C case ACU lCc luuSS ulsC1ui SCo lEJ IiiSO'
uers add reprimauded the acouser
Not satisfied with WASHINGTON justice, vixen
he returned to Virginia this Truax swtr3 CUT
sscord Ta!rsn. AGAINST these SANG parties,
again charging them Wlh the same otfense.-
The warraut wss placed 10 tbs hands Of an
oficer, ,Jnhn Il. Sariio, to execute. BstJre
at;emotipe to do so this Cfiice. summoned 10
his aid en- armed mob Of eighteen ruff AIS. vic,
AMID ye!Is, cuIses, threats. crics Ct Lynch
lin !" calls for the digger to come ou., ard
shoo.rG off gups, accompanied the officer to
Ou,nCer's bouse. argisiog on the grouod about
fur O'Clock on Sunday moroirs. When this
mob reached Qlarder's house, with this Gcise,
shoo;iog and Threatening, the family were
quietly sl,erug il their beds. How white
man world have dep0rtGd himself under tie
Circumstances it il not lard 10 guess. But
when wo take iato consideration that Qca5der
is uevro, il ct that ubtortuna!e race Wnich has
Eaeu fJr years aCc Is DOS daily Pcrs:ru.v",
whose &c 500. property, ald house IS DE- coz
sjtercd sacred in the estlDa'I3c r atty South
ern cun.cmen III; ct a Glass macy O! whom, as
il IS y, i huown among theD, has been dragged
from their Lowry HOMES Ia The still boar3 CT t5c
nie h, ard hurg to thn ncarest substantial t:cr,
etrct brny SHOT iul q LEAD, ior nc cthct ca. C
thau bs cause they are net w:litc. Il wGui3 take
be;.rr .uis,er .hau | am 10 even ialagins
VIVA; his Thoughts were % being ~ Iniely
awakened; ca ita holy SaDtati, D0ruiag b.
! thl din.
O1suder r.uscd to 2oHo out Rrc DC yrcheG;
c. mis- DESC. o3u i;.!..s -. l.Sutuun armed gen
,lemeu. SURROUNDED this little house, contain
ing on, cid map, one Oh woman, TWO nearly
rrovn boya, three hslt grown sllis, one u!
3bom wsa tick, and three sma!i ch!ldrro, AL
.ro,cd ". oue loaded IDu:ket, without cap,
ana enpty nuskct. aud 40 old Az ald sent
| { # for r.ioforccmen,s. After tits brave NOD
| was r,iIto,c.d 10 thirty three they braVcy at
tscke,; the house. shooting 10 through doors,
| windows, knot boics, and every crrvlcs they
| could ees until there wSs no. window Lett IN
the house snd the door was broken from the
| hines: then SGT Are - the house and otherwise
| AMUSED themselves until about five oclcck IN
| the evening, when, having wounded greater
nurt of the family Come seriously, they qually
walked in and arrested the family and rsnsscke cd
tie house. During the early psrt OF the day the
house becsme SO dangerous .nst !ne fanny sousns
safety By coming out. but were soon driven onck
into the house, four Of them receiving shots from
| the enemy.
When arrested, the family were all pu! into
| wspons ard bSuied TO near Alexandria and 81
though ono OF the boys was supposed to DO dying,
nothing was done Tor them; they had 10 med
| ic,l treatment, aud 10 know how BADLY one Of
the boys WAS injured it is only necessary to IL
auire of Dr. Morgan on Est7eet nea! Ninth, in
| Washington IN tho morning Justice KERRY
examined the warrant on which the Qusnders
were arrested. II wss Issued for the arres. Of
Joseph Q1suder and July Qusnder, and all
| known reraons Justice Kcrby said he mover
| issued this warrant, and reprehoaded tho maa'
ner Of tho ares: snd the way tho parties bad baen
shot to pieces. From Esquire kerby'a the fam :.
| ily were taken TO Esquire Thomas Brown, ard
wien the chicken question was brought up Jus.
tic, Brown declared .hst Iruax had filled to
| MAKO his case. Whereupon warrants were pro-
cured agsins! tho family for resisting An officer.
and they were put under bond TO appesr before
| the cpur: ST Fsirfa1 Court House. The family
| snnesred at Fairfax Court House this lsst hou-
dsT, the 18th instant, and were seu. home on
| there own recogniz4nce.
| The reso:uters whose fulminstions you gave
| light and air 10 this morning are evidently mono
Others than the brave posse comitstus or armed
mob who behaved go calamity st the battle Ct
! Ousnder House on Sunday, February Ii, 1879
Very respectfully. FELIX QUAEDEK.
LARGE FUNERAL.-Tho fuoersl OF Mis-
Laura Summers, daughter. ct Mr.. John Sum
mefs, which took place yesterday afternoon
| -, Il, this city,