Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-05-16
PRIZE RING REVIVED.
uowAKLDY ASSAULT ON THE STREET.

PRIZE RING REVIVED.
UowAKLDY ASSAULT ON THE STREET.
Tho Little Napoleon Fights as no Vores-By
Proxy-hh Hired Bullies
seat Eli W Weaver.
At about half past seven o'clock this
morning a most coGardly assault was
made on Eli Weaver iD front OF tho Loop
ard hotel, East King street, the instlgatOr
of the assault being Levi Ssnsenig, and
the assailant being his hired man, John
Fox. The facts of the case as We have
gathered them are as follows MIR.
Weaver, who resides at Blue Ball, is a
cattle dealer, and is one Of moro than
twenty men employed by Sensenig to buy
up cattlo from the Lancaster county far
mers q rise in the price of them being
anticipated, Weaver and the others bought
largely, receiving from Sensenig sutfi-
cient amount of funds to pay the farmers
earnest money when the contract for
the purchase of the cattle was made, the
full price to be paid when the cattle shall
be delivered.
Instead of the price going up it has
within a month or two gone down from 5O
Is cents per hundred, and Sensenig has in
some instances refused to accept the cat
tie bought by his agents, IS was stated IL
the INTELLIGENCER week ago.
When Sensenig saw the statement in
| the INTELLIGENCER he wrote to Weaver,
(whom he suspected of furnishing the
information telling him that he should
have the paper retract all it had said about
him or he would print in the INTELLIGEN-
GER "the reason why" he did not take
| Weaver's purchases.
| Weaver wrote in reply that the article
| in the INTELLIGENCER did not hurt his
feelings nor his credit that ho had put
about 81, 500 of his own money into Som
esnig's cattle, and he had right to pro-
tect himself and that if there was to be
any further newspaper publication about
the matter, he would like to have it OK
planned why it was necessary that he,
(Weaver) should be obliged to invest
81, 500 of his money to carry on Sensenig s
business.
The parties did not meet again until
this morning, but on Friday last Mr.
Weaver had occasion to go to New HOl
land, and there he found that two of Mr.
Sansenig's men were taking ont lot Ol
ca tie that Weaver had bought for him
; and on which he had advanced money
Weaver refused to let the cattle be taker
away until they were paid for, and ordered
them back into the enclosure. He theI
telegraphed to Sensenig that he cOulG
have the cattle il he deposited in the
Farmers bank 1900 due on them. HI
received no answer from Sensenig, but
received an answer from the bank thai
Sensenig had made no deposit to his credit
He, therefore, held ON to the cattle.
RI To-day's Encounter.
This morning Sensenig and Weaver me
in Killinger's butcher shop. Weaver
| asked Sensenig what he should do will
| the cattle he bought for him and yet held
f Sensenig at once flarcd up and demanded
, the money (some $500 or $1,000 which ht
5 had advanced Weaver, calling him g.
--, aud telling him he had both hi:
money and his cattle that he was THE
D and he would sue him for embezzlemen'
and have him in Jail in fifteen minutes
he did not pay him. Weaver replied tina
, Sensenig might be able to scare sOmo o
the farmers by his bluster but he cOuldn'
' scare him. He said that as soon IS Sen
: senig paid for tho cattle for which Ii
}. (Weaver) was responsible, he would ham
@ over to him all the money he had advan
q ced. He merely wished to save himself.
i Sensenig left the butcher shop vowin
vengeance. Weaver came out and leane
against the iron bench in front Of tn
Leopard. In very few minutes Senseni
y returned, followed by John and Henr
y Fox. Pointing to Weaver he said "fhel
d he is now give it to tie --. job
;. Fox at once struck Weaver, who staggere
into small area in front Of a cellar wiz
u dow, about two feet below the pavemel
% and barely large enough to stand up il
u While in this uncomfortable position FO
ss rained blows upon his head until he W;
y pulled away by bystanders. Then Sens
IL mig said "that's enough for to day-we'
give him more some other time," and
and the Foxes walked away. Neith
At Sensenig nor Harry Fox struck Weave
y though Harry was in handy distance
10 he had been needed.
)f The Little Napoleon fights as he vOt
at by proxy it's tho safer way. Bystan
Pc ers, who Witnessed the assault on Weave
ar say it was cowardly in the extreme;
ne was struck without a moments motto
I'd and without the least prOvOcation, viii
IN he was leisurely leaning against the ir'
settee, and having been staggered by t.
blow, and fallen into the area he "
l. unable to defend himself to advanta
7 | from the blows which followed, or
; thrash his assailant, as he deserved to
thrashed.
9. Suit brought.
i Soon after the affair, Mr.. Sensenig ma
cd complaint of embezzement again
A5 Weaver, and Alderman FOrdney issued
>; warrant for his arrest. He was TAX
Z. into custody, just as he was starting
his home; he waived hearing a
entered bail to answer at court.
Mr.. Weaver has not yet sued eth
Sensenig or Fox for assault, though
~. friends think he ought to do 80, and
Il probably will. By throwing his arms
hv front of his face, while he was in t
nS cellar area, he saved himself from serio
co injury, and he shows scarcely a scratch
+, mark of the attack on him, though o
rn cheek and tho lower lip are sligh,
II. swollen.
ITS POLITICAL SlGNlFlCANCE.
he Disastrous Results Predicted for Lows q
didato.
n The above incident has had a tenden
er to excite some interest in the approach