The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-02-14
WASHINGTON WRIT.
THE NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL
CAPITAL.

SAflIALs
ment Of the Trouble.-The Hungry
Flocking to the Capital.-The Speak
ershfp.
Especial Correspondence to the Sent,nell
WASHINGTON D. c., Feb. 12.-
James NJ. Leach, jr., of Lexington.
N. C., well known to many Of the
readers of THE SENTINEL, had little
difficulty last week with one of the
typical Washington Iandladies, whom
you recently exhibited in story en-
titled Washington Widows" The
Washington Star contains, this local
item:
"Mr. ]. M. Leach, jr, chief of the
pay division sixth auditors Office, was
in the Police Court this morning call
ed upon to plead to a charge of as
saulting Miss Ada B. J. Farrar,
clerk in the land office, who, with her
sister, Miss Eta Farrar, keeps board
ing house at No. 14O5 III street. The
alleged assault was committed last
| night at the boarding house. 1t APP
pears that Mr.. Leach, who has board
ed at the house for some time, became
dissatisfied, and signifed his intention
of securing other quarters. Then
there was a dispute about the bill, Mr..
Leach rendering the amount he said
he owed, while the ladies claimed that
he owed larger amount. Mr.. Leach
had an express wagon and a couple of
cOlOred men at the house to move his
effects, but their Efforts to carry out
his orders met with some opposition.
There was a struggle, and Mr.. Leach
drew his pistol. Witnesses differ as
to what happened. Mr. Leach finally
succeeded in remo7ing his trunk, but
before he got away from the house,
Policeman Salkeld had been summon
ed and Leach Was arrested. He offer
ed no resistance, but accompanied the
officer to the third precinct station,
where he surrended his weapon and
| gave $50 collateral for his appearance
in the Police Court"
MR.. LEACH's STATEMENT.
AS more or less garbled accounts of
! the matter are likely to reach North
Carolina, l send you the following
statement Of MIR. Leach, which is the
true version Of the matter:
"After he had given the Misses Far
rar due notice he was going to leave
their house, and after rendering them
the balance due on account of room
rent, Miss Eta Farrar went to her
room to get bill on which credits had
been placed in compliance with Mr..
| LIS requests, but instead of returning,
sent word by. her sister, Miss Ada,
that she had nervous chill" Mr..
Leach told Miss Ada he did not care
to talk business with her as the agree
ment and all payments had been
made with and to Miss Eta. Miss
Ada afterwards came to Mr. LIS room
and in presence of his wife, told him
he could move his trunks if he wished.
Mr.. l.. started for an express wagon
and Miss Ada went out ahead of him,
and as she went down the steps said
something about "enough servants to
prevent trunks being moved" Mr. l..
told her he had rendered all he owed
to her sister and was then willing to
settle with Miss Eta. After the in
timation made as to servants Mr.. l.
returned to his room and got a revol-
yer to defend himself, he says, if neces-
sary, from attacks of the hired men.
When the first two trunks were brought
down Mr.. L. found in the hall four or
five women and five or six negro men,
he says (two of them, William and
Henry, servants in the house, /and
when the express boys had taken out
the second trunk Miss Ada shut the
door and Miss Eta, who was on the
stairs when Mr.. L. started back to lis
room, called out in an excited voice
"Come on, William! Come on
Henry!" and when the negroes ad
vanced Mr.. L. drew his revolver, he
says, but pointed it at no one, saying
he would have his other four trunks
which he got"
M'KINLEY FOR SPEAKER.
Representative Mckinley, of Ohio
has put an end to the use of his name
in connection with the formation o.
President Harrison's Cabinet by stat
ing that he p ,sitively would not ac
cept any Cabinet position. He say.
he is candidate for Speaker of tn,
fifty first Congress and believes HI
will be elected He prefers that t.
any other position just at this time
and says that he does not want to per
NIT any opportunity to have his nam'
banded around in the general gossi]
relating to the formation of the Ca
binet.
FOOT NOTES.
The advance guard of the gran'
, army of Republican bread and. butte
, patriots have arrived in Washington
Every man of them wants on Office
!, In less than six months some of ther
r who are now asking for big positi ,n
!. will be trying to compromise on
. place as messenger or watchman i
some of the Departments.
President Cleveland and Secretar
Bayard have every right to be prou
!, over their action in the Samoan ma
9 ter. They have made the greate
bully of the ninete enth century-Bi
; mark-get down on his marrow BON
9 and acknowledge himself in the wron
and promises to do better in the futur
What is to come out of this Samos
squabble remains to be seen, but up
e the latest date American rights ar