The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-02-11
A LIVELY DAY IN COLUMBIA.
Three Fights Between "the Bureau" and
the Register.

brief statement in its Columbia CORE
spondence vindicating this Bureau from
the charge of the Columbia Register, tha
it had made an "ill.timed detraction" ir
referring to the embarrassment of the
Vienna Brentwood Furniture Company
of this city. 1t was deemed proper tc
make this vindication in Difference tc
those of the readers of the Ne,cs ana
Courier who, residing in Columbia, see
the Register. Conclusive evidence of the
hypocrisy of the Register was adduced in
the fact that the manager Of the Neacs
and Courier Bureau had, before he quoted
the name of the embarrassed comps1v
telephoned the Register reporter, offe.,ng
to withhold the name of the company
lest the publication might do it harm,
aud also Offering 10 dismiss the matter in
few words if the Register would do the
same, which propositions were declined
by the Registers reporter. This morning
the Register published column and a
quarter of local matter attempting to
justify the course of its reporter, and
attacking scurrilously the manager of the
Mc,os and Courier Bureau, Mr.. N. 6.
Gonzales. In addition to the main
attack, there were crowded into few
lines on another subject at least half q
dozen falsehoods intended to prejudice
the character of Mr.. Gonzales.
The article was of such character
as to preclude discussion in the columns
of the Ne,cs and Courier. 1t had evil
dently been written by Mr.. Thomas JEFF
ferson LaMotte, the local reporter of the
Register. Mr.. Gonzales, atabout1 o'clock
to-day, found Mr.. LaMotte in the Office
of the chief clerk of the agricultural
department., and forcibly impressed his
answer to the attack upon the left eye of
Mr.. LaMotte. Being restrained by sew
eral gentlemen present from further
emphasizing, in the manner indicated,
bis resentment at the newspaper attack
upon him, Mr.. Gonzales took his usual
round about the State-House, and did not
meet Mr.. LaMotte again. At2 o'clock
he walked up Main street accompanied
by Comptroller General Stoney. When
he reached the Neacs and Courier Bureau
he bid his companion good day and
turned to enter his Office. At this mo-
ment Mr.. Charles A. Calvo, Jr.. the pro-
prietor of the Register-who had, during
the absence of Mr.. Gonzales, called at
the Bureau to see him-came up from
the Northward, and, when he had ap-
preached within about ten steps of the
entrance to the Bureau, beckoned to Mr..
Gonzales, saying 81 want to see you"
Mr.. Calvo had his overcoat closely but
toned except at the top and had his right
hand hidden in bis breast. Mr.. Gonzales
advanced and met MIR. Calvo halfway,
Just in front of DR.. Jackson's drug store.
Said Mr.. Calvo: II characterize your
assault OH my reporter to-day as a"
Before the sentence was finished Mr..
Gonzales struck at the proprietor of the
Register, who, lodging the blow, was
only grazed by it, moving backwards in
order, it is presumed, to secure room for
striking. Mr.. Calvo pulled from under
his overcoat twisted cowhide and
struck his opponent. Mr.. Gonzales i'm.
mediately closed in and showed Mr..
Calvo against the glass window of DR..
Jackson's store, breaking the glass. Mr..
Calvo still seeking arin-room and Mr..
Gonzales constantly closing in, the con-
testants whirled about the sidewalk.
Realizing that Mr.. Calvo proposed a
"war to the knife" Mr.. Gonzales pulled
out his pistol, Smith & Wesson, double
acting, SO .calibre revolver, and proceeded,
despite the clutching of his arm by his
opponent, to belabor him across the fore.
head with the muzzle. He could have
killed NIr. Calvo with ease, but he pre-.
ferred not 10 do so. Blood spurted freely
from Dir. Calvo's scalp. The combatants
fell together. Mr.. Gonzales's pistol was
knocked from his hand by a bystander
When Mr.. Calvo fell he cried: "Help
me! I'm killedw and repeated this ap.
peal. His face was covered with blood,
and he seemed diaheartened. Sheriff
Rowan and others came up and separated
the PROSTATE contestants, who still
clutched each other. When Mr.. Calvo
was raised be again expressed the belief
that he was killed. He was taken to q
doctor, who dressed his wounds. These
consisted of several scalp cuts and cut
on the thigh at q point where he sat
upon the broken glass of DR.. Jackson 8
window.
Mr.. Gonzales's only injuries were two
slight abrasions on the neck, where he
had been struck or scratched.
KEEPING UP THE EXCITEMENT.
The third act of the newspaper war
occurred at 5 o'clock this afternoon. Mr.
Gonzales, after concluding certain Office
work, left the Ne,cs and Courier Bureau
and walked toward Law Range, intending
to inquire of the sheriff whether any
charges had been preferred against him.
AS he reached the corner of Main and
Washington streets and was about to
turn into Law Range young man, who
had been sitting with Mr.. W. S. Monteith
on the steps of the insurance building,
located on the corner, left his place and
rapidly followed. Mr.. Monteith called
to him to stop. Mr.. Gonzales turned and
confronted the young man. AS be came
up he said something excitedly and inco.
herently, then announced himself as
William Calvo, brother of the Registers
proprietor, and then began to curse Mr..
Gonzales. The latter drew light pistol
and dealt his opponent one blow over the