Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-07-17

\ SASGJTINARY EXCURSION The steam
ar Pilot Boy, which goes down to Colling
,rood Beach daily, carried down Yesterday
morning very large crowd of ctlored peo-
ME from Washington. A disorderly ele,
rent seemed 10 have made it feature that
their preseuc should be felt and esteemed g
necessity TO the party. On reaching the re-
so,t they 5000 got to drinking and fighting.
Among the crowds that were noticeably
msbehaved was the one 10 which Marshall
Teller. James Weeks aud Sandy Henderson
formed q part This trio, not content with
drinking, cursing aud annoying people,
managed 6un.ly to get into quarrel among
themselves over game Of crap, which was
also added to By dispulipg over woman.
The f sht that ensuei was witnessed by
hundreds OF colored people. 1t was, in
truth, thres-sided duel. Il resulted in
Henderson shooting Tyler in the breast,
near the heart, producing fatal wound,
and 10 dangerously wouoding Weeks in the
groin. Henderson,, however, did not escape
punishment, for he was jumped upon by the
two men snd terrible beaten. His left eye
was gouged ont, q deep cut was inflicted in
the back of his head, and deep knife
wound was made on the lett shoulder-blade.
The friends of the parties also became IN
VOWED in difficulties, and general night
took place There was plenty OF rnzoTs,
knives and pistols furnished, and general
panGemunium followed. The wounded
men were taken TO Washington on
the steamer, and the police am
hulance took Marshall Tyler and
James Weeks to the hospital, Henderson
was identified hy many passengers on the
aoat as the party who did the shooting, and
he was locked up. Tie two men sent to
tlle hospital will probably die. Henderson 8
wounds, while not dangerous, are consider
ed by the physicians to be very serious. Inc
fight is said by witnesses to hsve been nor
rlble spectacle. Raf crazed with liquor,
and turbulent with 8 sense OF license the
ieht was general, and the crowd soon be-
came mass OF struggling, bowling and bru-
tal humanity. Men were knocked down
and tramped uuder foot, bleeding from cuts
and bruises Others broke away from the
mass and ran. only to be pursued by others
who forced them to resume the fight at o
distance from the general engagement. Ihey
fought more like beasts than men, bowling,
cutsing and rolling over each other until
they were covered from head to foot with
blood and dirt. The women screamed and
fl ID TO places of safety, while large number
vi ultu VI phCiuC ttlh pOAothShto " ~ H'~ -
Trained from taking any part in the melee
sock refuge on the boat or at distance, and
passed dsagreeable day awaiting the hour
yhea the boat would convey them to their
homes, away from the sanguinary scenes
which they had reluctantly been compelled
10 witness.
The excursion was attended by several
Gcs,red men from this city VINO, however,
we,r@ to the ground in private conveyances
and took no part in the fight. They de-
sc;ibed the disturbance as being very dis
graceful affair. One of the AlexaDdrians
saws the man who first did the shooting ran
off and did not come back ill the boat was
almost ready to leave. On his return he
was set upon by u mob who kicked and beat
aim and then pitched him oil rank to the
river shore. Then. he says, one man went
down the bank and stuck with knife the
man who had been itched of, while anoth
or deliberately shot him.