Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-07-29
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
A STRAPPING SENSATION
An Avenue Florist Castigated
by a Match-maker's Wife.
THE HOSTILE PARTIES INTERVIEWED
Delaware Documents and Texas
icks--Peaches for Boston,
The New Depot and the
Court House.
NEW CASTLE DEMOCRACY
THE COWHIDIHG CASE.

The Condition of Affairs Viewed
From Mr. Lewis Sidc-Why He
offered no Feeling in
His Favor-A Legal Suit Probable
The assault upon George Lewis at
McClary IL Guyer's brick yard Monday
night last, has been the talk of the town
ever since, everybody having an opinion
to express upon the subject, the extra
ordinary nature of ti,e sffair adding to its
interest. Viewing the affair from Mr..
Lewis eide-all the accounts thus far
having been colored with the Mccoy
light-the assault seems to have been
unwarranted. At the outset there was
some i'll feeling between Mccoy and Lewis
owing to rivalries which sprung up in
business, both working in brick yards,
and sometimes both in the same yard;
still, to all outward appearances, the gen
eral feeling between the men seemed to be
friendly one.
Some nine months ago some remarks
concerning Mrs. McCoy's character began
to be circulated in general way which
were unpleasant to that party. Iu the
circulation of these reports Mr. Lewis
claims to have had no more do than any
of the rest of the men who worked with
he claims to be entirely innocent And in
this he is entitled to belief, for all who
know him agree that he is pleasant md
well-meaning man, who would not stoop
to such small thing as vindictiye gossip
However, the McOoya heard these re-
ports from some one, and proceeded to
trace them through two or three parties
until they learned that Mr.. Lewis had
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accused him of having started the scandal.
Having learned this, Mr. Lewis made an
appointment to meet his accusers, and
explain away their suspicious, the time
ling fixed for Monday week. When
the time arrived Mr.. Lewis was unexpect-
edly called upon to attend to an extra kiln
at tie backyard, and found he would be
unable to keep his appointment, and was
in the very act of writing note explain
ing his absence, when the McCoys, doubt
less believing that he designed to elude
them, drove up to the yard in a buggy
and the scene as previously described took
place.
There was no one in the yard at tie
time, except Mr.. Lewis and companion,
and when the Mccoy people alighted the
former walked out to meet them, not
suspecting their desperate intentions. His
| companion, not wishing to interfere with
the business OF other people, went about
his work and knew nothing of the assault
until he heard the strokes. He then
looked down from one of the kilns and
saw the woman striking Lewis, but did
not see Mccoy himself, who was standing
under a shed.
Mr.. Lewis says that he did not suspect
any such attempt as WAS made, and sup
posed they merely wanted to talk to him.
When he reaahed them Mccoy drew a
pistol and threatened to shoot if he laid
hands upon the woman. He was not
within reach of the man, and was so sur
prised at the sudden tuin in affairs that
he did not even get angry,or probably the
affair would have ended differently. When
| the whipping commenced he took into
consideration the fact that Mccoy had
threatened to shoot and, knowing the
mau, he believed he would carry out his
threat if necessary, thus making any
effort at resistance result in bloodshed and
as he has others depending on him for
subsistence lie did not care to risk SO
serious result as seemed to be almost in
evitable. He therefore determined to
calmly submit and seek redress in the
proper way afterwards
In less than 10 minutes the assaiants
had departed and the whole affair was
over. Mr.. Lewis was left with cut
across the nose, one down the right cheek,
one along the neck and some eight upon
the left arm, which he raised to ward Of
the blows. The marks of these strokes
are slight abrasions of the skin, which are
rapidly disappearing. The more there is
known of the affair the stronger grows the
opinion that the attack was cowardly and
brutal, and the Mccoy people are begin
ming to be strongly condemned. Although
no legal steps have been taken in the
matter, Mr.. Lewis is being urged by his
friends to prosecute his sssailants, and
the matter is now under consideration.
Mr.. Lewis is one of the most inoGensive
of men and is not the kind of character
in respect to gossiping as the published
reports have made him appear He lives
on the Concord pike nearly opposite the
brickyard and attends most industriously
to business. being very steady in his
habits in every way. His friends think
he can well afford to push legal proceed
ings, and want bin to do so by all means.