The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-11-11

UNfnG the day II. John Bowie, Republic
can candidate for the Legislature, asked
that he be allowed, with General Bond, TO
enter the room where the box was, In order
20 see the ballots counted, but he was not
permitted to do so. After the closing OF
the window several OF the crowd outside
began to clamor for admission into
the house, and insisted that they be
granted that permission. DIR. Mad
dux, who was still at the window, at
this iuncture, IL II alleged, exclaimed,
"Pll be id il any one shall get in at
the same time firing n shot, which, it is
claimed, went through the coat Of one
Charles Hamilton, sYho was standing near.
MadduX Their started for the door on the
south side OF the dwelling, and when turn
ing the northwest corner OF the house
fired again, the shot this time being an
swered by q vollcy from those behind. The
Doctor fell near the steps leading into the
house on the south end, and against ihe
wall. lie was soon afterwards carried into
the parlor, and died in few minutes with
ont speaking. IL was very dark in the vi
cinity, and those in the crowd who fred
could not be identified.
/ General Frank A. Bond, Democrat. who
was elected over Mr.. Bannon, makes
statement wholly unlike the above. He
says that Or. MadduX came down on Mon
day. as did also four other gentlemen, from
Baltimore, and remained over night in Mr..
Lohman's house. They were present only
As friends OF his TO sec that no injustice be
done, s Il was believed that strategic
means would ice rcsoTted TO by the opposi-
ton to gain their object. About 8 O'Clock in
the afternoon Of election-day he was in
formed by the judges that they were salts
fed efforts would be made to seize the ballot
box. He went at once TO Captain Lemuel
Mitchell, formerly OF the oyster police
sloOp Mamie Merryman, who had brought
the polling-b0Oks from Annapolis in the
morning. and was present IN the vicinity
as a deputy sheriff, and acquainted him
with the intelligence which he (bond) bad
obtained. at the same time requesting
Mitchell TO protect the ballot-boX, which
the latter consented TO do. General Bond
also spoke Of the matter to DR.. MadduX,
John Goodwin, and James Goodwin, who
promised 10 lend their assistance. just
before dark symptoms Of uneasiness in
creased among the crowd, and these Gen
eral Bond brought to the attention OF
Captain Mitchell and the others named.
Shots were fred soon after, and Bond
told Mitchell TO lower the window, for
/ fear Of the random balls and the safety OF
the box. He then went into the front
room or parlor referred TO above, where
Henry Bell, William Wheat, and Andrew
! Hartman were already. While there he
heard rapid firing on the outside, and,
/ thinking that q rush would be made for
| the judges, he crossed into their depart
ment, determined TO defend them and their
charge at any cost. A loud rapping at the
parlor door called him there, when the
/ pcrson on the outside said DR.. MadduX
/ was killed. 4 shot fired into the Judges
room shyered the glass, and caused no
| little CONSERVATION among those gentle
men. General Bond went outside and
saw MadduX in a crouching attitude sit
| ting beside the steps. William ii. BOrd-
/ ley, who came up, took pistol from the
diving mans hand, which, on being subse-
quently examined by General Bond, was
found with all the chambers loaded. Dr..
/ MadduX was known TO have had second
revolver during the day, but this one he
/ gave TO james Goodwin before the fracas
commenced. The pistol taken by Bordley
| is now in possession Of General Bond.
Goodwin still retains the other. Several
shots were extracted yesterday from the
steps and other parts OF the building by
lookers-on.
The revolver which DR.. MadduX had
when found is Of the old-style Colts pat
tern, and is the one with which he killed
Henry Turner Dixon in November, 1866.
| This well-known ieud, in which, after four
teen years, Dixon met his death at Mad
dux's hands, was, it is said, caused by the
former having severely beaten an old gen
tleman named Philips, who was friend OF
the MaddIix family. An order for the ar
rest OF the accused was issued, but
no one would undertake to execute
il. DR.. MadduX, who was then about
twenty-five years old, returned TO
his parents home after having gradu-
ated ut the medical school in Winchester,
and OH learning the state OF things offered
to arrest Dixon, who then lived at Midland,
Il mile from RectOrtOwn, on the Manassas
Gap railroad. He sent word to Dixon that
on certain day he would visit him for the
purpose Of carrying out his threat. Ac-
cOrding TO promise, on the day specified
| he set out for DiXon's and had reached the
/ bouse, when the proprietor appeared on
/ the porch and fired at young MadduX, the
/ load lodging in his neck, causing him 10 be
under medical treatment for many months.
/ On his recovery Dixon had left that part OF
the country, and the affair Quilted down.
/ About fourteen years after, in November,
/ 1866, Dr.. Maddux was stopping at the Man.
/ sion House, in Alexandria, Va, which was
B then kept by Sanders & MadduX, the latter
a brother OF the Doctor, when one evening
/ he was informed by his brother, Martin
MadduX, that Dixon was in the hotel Office.
/ The Doctor went Immediately to the office.
where Dixon, who was then a paymastef
, in the United States army with the rank OF
major, was sitting in company with several
army officers and citizens, and, approach
/ ing him, seized his whiskers, threw back
/ his head, and deliberately spat in his face,
after which he ordered Dixon to defend him.
self, at the same time drawing a revolver.
Dixon threw up his hands and said !:
" For Gods sake, Doctor, don't shoot me !;
I am not armed" The Doctor handed his
weapon to his brother Martin, who was
standing at his side, and Immediately set
upon Dixon, administering to him a terri
/ bic thrashing. The combatsnts were sepa-
rated, and that night Dixon went TO Wash
ington. Ten days after he returned to
Alexandria and waited at the corner Of
King and Alfred streets for the appearance
OF DIR. MadduX, who usually drove along
that way i'm the afternoon with his wife.
While waiting he had talk with q
gentleman named Grigsby, who kept
a tobacco store ut the above corner,
and remarked that MadduX had not yet
come along. Mr.. Grigsby, knowing the
enmity between the men, closed his store
and started to inform DIR. Maddux OF his
antagonists presence in the city. On the
way he met the Doctor, and while telling
him the nature OF his errand espied Dixon
coming down the street. Beth men fired
simultaneously, DiXon's ball striking Mad
dux i'm the lcg, and the latter's two shots
( 4 tpaiuf an npar that