Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-09-18


! g Riot but Disorderly Conduet-Postmaster D.
| A. Windsor, postofiCe Clerk, R. Henry Simpson,
| and Charles Jackson Fined Postmaster Windsor
Pays S25 for Himself and SIS Each for His Two
Companions.
The hearing in the case of .. A. Windsor,
postmaster of the city r. Henry Simpson,
delivery clerk in the postoffice, and 4
colored man, named Chas Jackson. charged
with attempting to incte Il riot at the
straightout republican meeting held i'll this
city Friday night last took place at the
Mayors Office Saturday evening at five
o'clock, before Mayor Beckham and Justice
Brown and Justice Thompson. Avery large
crowd was present, and the examination of
the witnesses, over twenty i'll number, lasted
four hours. The warrant charging "that
David a. Windsor, Il. Henry Simpson, and
Charles Jackson, with others, did, on the
18th day Of September, 1882, riotously, tu-
multuously and unlawfully assemble to dis
turb the public peace, and being so riotousy.
tumutuosly and unlawfully assembled, did,
on the said day, riotously and unlawfully
assault Leonard Marbury to the great dis
turbancc and terror of the people of this
Commonwealth, was read.
Mr. Leonard Marbury appeared for the
Commonwealth and Mr.. George A. Mush-
bach for the defendants
The first witness for the Commonwealth
was Police Officer John Lawer. Officer
Lawler testified that he was at the meeting
: Friday MIG ht that he had instructions from
the MayOrto see that order was maintained
that the instructions were the same for all
political meetings; that the meeting was q
5 very disorderly one, made by crowd of
colored men with flags, led by Messrs
Windsor and Simpson,; that Windsor,
Simpson, Fillmore Arnold, and Mckenzie
} Ware ithe latter a colored clerk in the
/ postoiiice) frequently consulted together,
and that Arnold acted as telegraph boy,
carrying messages from Windsor ( Co. to
the colored man Jackson; that he saw mem
e hers OF the Windsor crowd wave flags in the
faces Of the speakers; saw Simpson put his
} hat on a cane and wave it in the face Of a
speaker; heard Windsor say, go take him
down." abiding to some one on the stand :;
/ that Jackson acted disortterly during the
$ meeting; that he interrupted the speaker;
: saw him go on the stand and take hold Of
: one of the coored men in charge Of the
/ meeting; saw him pnt his hand behind him
:. as If TO draw pistol or a knife: that he
:, the witness, arrested Jackson, and searched
il him but found no weapon on his person ::
c that Windsor said Jackson had done moth
ing and should not be arrested; that Wind
o sor then cried rally boys" that the crowd
made rush and he: the witness, blew his
|: whistle; that Officers Franks, Walker and
d Arnold responded; that TO prevent the
Il crowd from taking the prisoner from the
: officers he. the witness, drew his pistol
II l,,l ~. a
torncy Marbury aside, saying 'What in the
hell have you got TO do with it :" that when
/ the officers drew their pistols, to prevent
i the rescue of the prisoner, the crowd fell
II back, and Jackson was lodged in the station
1t house.
}, Officer James Walker corroborated what
Il Officer Lawler said, and stated that he heard
= Simpson also cry, rally boys.
II officer Jerry Franks testified to The dis
i "iuerly proceedings at the meeting: that he
: Il not ,Nr. Simpson if he was there to incite
: police officers were tools that he, the wit
q, ness, told Windsor that he twas tool, and
+ everybody knew he was tool
:. John Crillytcstiiied to delivering to Chas.
e Jackson the afternoon before The meetino
/ three gallons OF whiskey in a kee ON the or,
% der OF Mr.. Windsor: that he did not re-
member telling Gilchrist that the whiskev
was to be distributed to the negroes at night
10Y the purpose of breaking up the meeting.
/ y colored man named Gilchrist testified
: that ne got up-the meeting, and that he in
i. tended IL to be Dawson meeting that he
y rented the lumber, erected the stand, and
! employed the band; that on the way to the
o depot to meet the band he saw Messrs
e windsor and Simpson in front of the old
= Court House, surrounded by Il large crowd
Oh co,orea men with flags that the same
:; crowd he saw at the old Court House ar.
: rived at the meeting shortly after the Or
sahi1atioh, and took a position near the
stand that the disorder then commenced .
! that the Windsor crowd compelled Ra,,
Mr. Laws, the regular speaker, to retire
and insisted upon Mitchell speaking that
: jackson mounted the stand and Mr.. Wind
sor cried, rally, boys )" that the stand then
broke down. that Windsor marched IN to
.l'e meeting with the Court House crowd
that the man who sold the whiskey in the
afternoon told him. the witness, that three
gallons of whiskey and three kegs OF beer
mad been furnished for the purpose of
breaking up the meeting: that Mr..
r Lewis Mckenzie had told him, the wit
ness, Ill the afternoon before the meet
lhS that there was likely to be trouble,
ana that he, Mr.. Mex, was sorry the meet
ins was SO lar out of the city; that T. B.
, ! Wu,G
the witness, that it looked like there had
been an organized plan to break up the
meeting that the crowd attempted to take
the stand by violence
}. i. Syphax testified that he had been
informed by Harry Gray and W. c. Reeves |
that al meeting held in front of the old
d Court House plan had been arranged to
break up The meeting.
commemorative Attorney Marbury testi-
lied that when he told Mr.. Windsor that Le |
must not interfere with officers of the lawn |
the discharge Of their duty, he, Mr.. Widsor |
4 showed him aside, and made towards the of |
Ulcers having the prisoner in charge.
Ex-Postmaster Lewis Mckenzie testified
that he had heard that there would proba.
bly, be trouble at the meeting, and had re-
1uested the presence of the police.
H. T. ". Garnett testified to seeing the
crowd assembled i'll front of the old Court
4 house. 4