The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-10-04
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The case Of Willie Tyler tho colored
boy arrested for assault on JEFF Davis last
Tuesday night, was to have been tried Inst
evening by SQUIRE Buchanan, to q Jury.
The police court room was used, OH ac.
count Of lis roomy character. The Squire,
the twelve good men and true, the defend.
ant and his lawyer ], Il. Cowden, ESQ,
most Of the witnesses and number Of
spectators were promptly on hand. The
prosecuting witness, JEFF Davis, was late
IN, IBIS arrival, md when he did come. at.
tucked the court for changing the place OF
trial. The Squire said he had given due
notice OF the change, whlcllJciri nsultinrlv
denied, adding several very disrcspcctfal
remarks. Finally the Squire ordered Con.
stable Slump to arrest him, and In bcpun
TO write out Il commitment for CONTEMPT,
Ex-Jailer Davis was In tho room, ,tul
he nladea remark which offended jeff.
and the litter told him to "mind his own
business" ffsltE 'T.s'' =
Tho Ex.Jailer: "You arc nothing but u
dirty thief, anyhow, gGF 80 ~
To this JEFF responded with n stronger
cpithet, whcrcup0n the other Davis
raised chair neutrality-suspicious. on Jeirs
hcad, broke It to pieces. Jeli7s head was
badly cut, and tho blood poured froin Il.
10 naturally became obstrepcrous, and
the Constable called on n colorcl man to
assist him. lie responded, but received a
vicious kick In the iacU from jeff. Stamp
also WIS kicked on tho heud md but,lv
bitten on the hand, and Il was not until
officer Dunlap came 10 the rescue lint
Jeit was safely lodged in jail, where ho
will spend ten days for his contumucious
conduct. ~. INI
The defendant was disclarcd after an
effort to continue the case til Monday
morning, which was resisted by Attorney
Cowlen, who won his roint. ,gQsp nht
The assault on Davis VAS alleged 10
have been committed In tho market house
after the now famous meeting OF Tuesday
night. Tyler is much smaller boy thai,
lett. Tho fact is that lie shouted for
Blaine, and JEFF called him IN offensive
name. He responded, md jeff kicked
him. being Il plucky boy, he resisted
but several white Democrats who ;re ial
past the agc OF discretion and arc MI moro
or less prominent in local party affairs
crowded around, urging jeff to whip The
boy. Ono Of them said: "Jcir, cut his
d black heart out we have plenty OIL
money and will sec that you get clcnr!''
Others made similar remarks. Several
colorcd men took Tyler's part, when q
white man drew apistol.
i All these facts, and the names OF The
men engaged, would have been developed
by the testimony, and it is to be regretted
that the case did not come to trial. ~
jeff Davis is not naturally bad boy
but by evil associations he has become
really dangerous character in the com
munity. He has been made the pct O.
the Democratic clubs and managers. ant
he has been pampered, corrupted, defend
ed and excused till his ruin is complete
lie has done more to lead youths OF his
own or less age cstray than any man o,
boy in the city, and lie hus become 50 baG
| that even the Democrats are sick Of him
and last nigh. when motion was made
to raise Il lund to secure his release from
jul, only one member Of the Jefferson
| Club voted nye.