Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-06-07
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on yesterday, was the scene Of one of
the most remarkable and exciting
scenes in a court room that was pro-
badly ever enacted. II seems that on
Tuesday afternoon, in the trial of the
case Of Carpenter. Judge Magruder
propOunded aquestion. in his redirect
examination Of Miss Scott. who was
on the stand, which Mr.. Mitchell
thought had been previously asked.
Judge Magruder stated it had not
been asked, wherenpon DIR. Wilmer
arose and affirmed with vehemence
that it had been asked. to which
Judge Magruder responded that it
was false. The Court raped vigor-
ously for order, and some explanation
followed between counsel, and it was
thought the matter was amicably set
tied, nothing further being said on
the subject, either during the session
of court or after the adjournment,
when both gentlemen remained for
some time in the yard in conversation
with their friends, and it was thought
the matter forgotten. On the con-
clusion Of Judge Magruder's argu-
ment yesterday, when he was weak
and exhausted after a speech of one
hour and a half, and just as the court
was about taking q recess, Mr.. Viii
mer rushed violently upon Judge
Magruder, who was at the time sit
ting and bending over the bar table
with his back to his assailant, bund-
ling up his papers, and with the ex-
clamation. "You accused me Of lyingl"
he delt him a violent blow on the
back of his head which was followed
in quick succession by several others.
The large crowd in attendance upon
the trial was just upon the point of
leaving the court room, and the Judge
was Just coming down from the bench,
and the result was a scene of indes-
cribable tumult and excitement.
Judge Nagruder, who was entirely
unconscious of the approach of his
assailant, until he received bis, violent
blow upon his temple, fell almost un-
conscious from his chair. Those
standing nearest the assaulting party
were apparently for the moment para
Used by establishment, but in a mo-
ment the assailant was seized by the
strong arm of a number of gentle
men, who crowded upon him and for
chilly separated him from the unresist-
ing victim of his assault. The crowd
which rushed within the bar was vio-
lently excited, and threats ofviolence
to Mr.. Wilmer were heard on all
sides. The Judge Of the Court, as
soon as he recovered his presence of
mind, rushed in among the crowd,
and commanded the peace. Mr.. Viii
mer was then taken from the court
room in the custody of the sheriff,
but the excitement continued for
some time afterward. The unani-
nous verdict of the large crowd pre-
sent appeared to be that the assault
and the manner in which it was made
was most unjustifable, and was no
evidence of the courage of the assail-
ant.-Port Tobacco Times.
The trial of George w. Carpenter,
Jr., for assault on Miss Ellen B. Scott,
which has occupied the attention of
the Circuit Court for Charles County,
Nd, during the greater part of the
present week, terminated yesterday
IN the disagreement of the jury. The
case, in some of its features and in some
ofthe circumstances attending the trial,
was one of the most remarkable that
has been presented in a MARYLAND
court for a number of years, and fully
justifies the intense interest and ex-
element which it has created in the
section to which it belongs. If the
testimony ofthe prosecuting witness be
true, the crime was one of the blacklist
even in the class to which it belongs, and
was absolutely without shadow ofius-
LITIGATION or excuse II, on the other
hand, the prisoners evidence be true,
his position before the public is far
from being an enyiable one. He
may not have committed an act which
the criminal law can reach, but bv
his own showing he has been guilty Of
a moral wrong of the gravest charac-
ter. According TO the uncontradict-
ed evidence in the case, the unfortu-
nate girl has always borne an unsullied
reputation. Her extreme youth, her
inexperience, her innocence and ieno-
rance Of evil should all have pleaded
for her with one so much older, so
much better versed in the affairs of
the world, SO much her superior in
influence and station.-Daily Sun Of
Saturday.