Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-27
WHAT GLEN?

Disgraceful Row-A Man ;;rutally Beaten.
Yesterday the L" managers of the What
glen park association had family picnic
on their grounds. There were present
about twenty-five couples of adults and a
number of children. The day was pleas
antly spent and everything ran along
smoothly until towards evening, by which
time the male portion of the party became
somewhat hilarious, and a row followed,
resulting in the severe beating of Mr.. S. B.
Herr, proprietor of the Park house. There
are different stories as to the cause of the
trouble. One story is is that Mr.. Herr
used vulgar and insulting language to one
Or more Of the ladies present, and for this
misbchaviOr he was attacked and beaten
by 4. J. Co.lcy and his son John w. Cog
ley. On the other hand, Mr.. Herr posi-
lively declares that he did not insult any
Of the ladies, and did not make use of any
language in the presence OF the
ladies that could possibly be con-
strucd as being vulgar. lie says
Inc did make use of one or two slang
phrases in the bar-roOm, but he did not
suppose that any ladies were thcre-if they
were they oughtn't to have been. He says
there was cheering in the bar-rOom for
Garfield, and in response he hurrahed for
Hancock, and he was at once set upon and
beaten by half a dozen men. lie says
Alderman Barr was the first to strike, and
he was Immediately afterwards struck by
VIM. Blickcndcfcr. Peter Lott Of the
Schiller house and tic Cogley's, father and
son. Others present encouraged his
assailants by crying out ''kill the
son of Il bitch," and he probably
would have been killed had llc not received
some protection from Gottlieb Schmidt,
who had charge of the saloon, and John
Horting, Samuel Gcnscmer and other
members OF the association, who declared
it "a shame to abuse 4 man because he
was a Democrat Mr.. Herr says that he
and his wife were invited, and went to the
picnic at the urgent request OF members OF
the association, and that his only offence
was that he was q little "full |" and per-
sisted in hurralinS for Hancock in re-
full and hurraling for Garfield. Mrs.
Herr, who rushed to the assist
ance Of her husband when she saw
him attacked, corroboratcd his statement
to the extent Of saying that she heard her
husband make 10 use OF any insulting or
improper language. She also says that
Alderman Barr pulled her away when she
tried to save her husband and told her she
was no lady.
1t is due to Alderman Barr to say that
nc utterly denies having struck Mr.. Herr
or said disrcspcctful word to Mrs. Herr,
until she used Il vile cpithct to him. The
alderman says the attack on Herr was
made by the Coglcys because hc insultcd
Miss Co1iey, and not because he was
lIancock man. lie and other members of
the association acknowledge that all hands
were pretty full of beer.
1t is charged that when Samuel Bitter,
- Democrat, came upon the ground, Alder
man Barr said, "Wc have just licked one
Democrat and to which Mr.. Bitter re-
piled, {" well then, had better 60 away"
and at once left the ground. Alderman
Barr denies having madc:.any such remark,
and states that there were several Demo-
Gratis on the ground, and mono of them
were intcrfcrcd with on account Of their
politics.
Cooper Bailey's Second Car and Caliope.
Advertising car No. 2 of Cooper 4
Dailey's Great London Circus will arrive in
this city Oh the 6:oJ train from Harrisburg
this evening. This car has 4 steam calliope
upon it, which is performed upon 10y All
excellent player, who will play number
of new pieces upon the arrival Of the car
in this city. Mr. Crete Pulver is the cour-
teous and gcntlemanly superintendent of
the car, and he will be glad to show those
around, who will call upon him. There
arc about dozen photographers and pro-
grammers on the car, among whom is
George w. Goodhart of this city, who has
been travelling with this show during the