The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-02-15
YIqHTINe IT OUT.
The UIsrkShip Of Tucker cOunrg-AA In.
tense Political Fight,
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oT' NhokOEl W. v a. rep' ls'-Ipt COZ
test over the Circuit clsrkAhip still goe
on, this being the eth day since
began. Tbs testimony introduced by MI
Mayer, the man who is trying for tn
office, was concluded at noon Thursday
the fourth day. 1t was yoluminous, AMI
was intended to establish that illegal vote
had been cast in various precincts Of tn
county, but mostly at Davis City, Thl
lnsjority Of these witnesses came from
other counties, and upon the whole thei
testimony was far from satisfactory 10 thu
friends Of Mayer,
Mr., j, j, Adams, the de tdclO Clerk
commenced the examination OF his wit
netses Thursday noon, He had 24S sum
moRsd, but some Of them did not come
The principal portion Of his witnesses
were from this county, and, where It wa
possible, he had present the alleged illega
voters themsalyes-the voters whose votes
were being contested.
From the first OF tho contest
more than year ago, the general
upprejudicsd, public opinion has
been that Adams had the Just and the
stronger side ot the question, and that he
would hold the oliice, as was proper thai
he should, He had. received q maioiity
oil II In an election, as fair as any election
noW-a-dayP, and he has steadily main
tanned his position through three courts
this Ia the fourth.
A BITTER FIGHT,
A most inteuse and bitter fght, politi.
cally, has been going on here since the
commencement OF this contest and even
before, and 1t was feared by many that
there would be an outbreak or some great
disturbance.
But spark seemed necessary to ex-
plode the magazine. This weeks Tucker
Dmocrat contained an editorial insin'
ualtng perjury against +. s. Plfer, who Is
the acting sheriff Of the court trying this
contest, and is also an important witness
III the case for Adams. In the evening
Pifer met William NJ. Cayton, editor OF
the Democrat, on the street and quarrel
arose III which Oayton shot Piler.
The discharge OF the pistol attracted the
attention Of the people, and when II was
said that Frank PifQr WIS shot the excite
ment became violent, and the cry "Get q
ropel" chang him" was Immediately
heard. GaytUn had Iun u his office and
DRrriCaded the door, having four or five
Of his friends in there with him. Some OF
the people on the outside ran TO q neigh.
b ring DlacksmiIh shop, and came with
the axle.tree Of wagon to break the door
down, and III thirty seconds more would
have done 80, but Il. W. Eastman, Of
Davis City, happened to be there and pre-.
Yunted thly, and kept the crowd back,
Meanwhile Cayt0n had gotten shot.
gun which was In the office, and held that
ready to shoot II the door should be
broken down. Bat to have shot one or
two men would not have saved him at
such time. Already two hundred men
had assembled. Those who had been in
the office with CaytOn, when they saw the
demonstrations on the outside, leaped
through the windows in the rear OF the
building and lied. ....
THE slIERlrF COMES TO THE RESCUE.
About that time the town officers aud
the Sheriff, NJ. V. Miller arrived and
Caytonclalmed protection, and the Sheriff
and the town officers kept the crowd back
from tho door. About q dozen special
pplics were deputi1sd TO help preserve
order, and the crowd slowly dispersed.
The sentiment against Cayton was strong.
DR.. Baker wasBummoned and examined
Pliers wound, and found 1t not danger.
ons The bail had passed through his
leg. 1t would have struck him In the
body had he not knocked the pistol down.
ii Piier had been killed, or had he
fallen In the sight Of theCrowd, It is doubt
ful II any wall in Tucker county could
have saved Cayton from the fury Of
the people for thirty minutes.
All Is again quiet, and II IA t0 be hoped
that 1t may remain 50. A amall thing at
thia time, under the intensity OF the
hatred OF the two factions for each other,
may cause catastrophe unknown 10 our
county. The contest has kindled anew
the old political strife, which had been
dying out a little, but which, 1t seems,
must break out anew with more fury than
ever upon the alightest occasion, Tho an.
imosity Is so 80 deepaested that II can
only pass away when the present genera
ton shall pass away.