The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-06
SESSSTION IN COLUMBIA.
Newspaper Articles Cause Bad Blood Be-
tween Mr.. NJ C. Gonzales cf The State
a?d Mr.. M.F. Tighe Of The News and
Courier, Leading to Personal
Encounter and Blows.
IFrom the Columbia Register, 4th.

From the Columbia Register, 4th.
The quiet monotony of summer life in
our CITY was suddenly, but not uneX-
pectedly, broken yesterday afternoon
bv yersonal encounter between Mr..
NJ. f. Tighe, the Columbia corresspon-
dent of the News and Courier, and Mr..
\. G.. Gonzales, managing editor Of the
State. The affair occurred about half
past O'Clock in front Of the News and
Courie Bureau office, and naturally
enough in few minutes after its occur
renee it was known from one end of
the town to the other and was the
theme of all tongues.
The casus belli, as the lawyers say,
was primarily certain newspaper artl-
cles which have latterly appeared in
the columns of the News and Courier
over the initials Of Mr.. Tighe, and GER
tain editorial utterances in the State.
Mr.. Tighe intimated that Columbia
daily, presumably the State, bad Re-
publican tendencies and always re-
ceived the first news Of any important
Republican movements. 70 this the
State responded yesterday morning IN
an editorial in which, among other
things, the following references were
made to Mr.. Tighe:
Mr.. Tighe has mad the opportunity to know
and knows. tn at the State IS owned exclusively
by Democrats, that its editorial policy is a bSo-
lutely controlled by the man whose nsme ap-
pears at the head OF its editorial columns,and
whom no one dare accuse TO his face OF being
other than Democrat OF the StralteSt sect;
that it advocates the Democracy OF Jefferson
without swerving or cessation, and that 1t has
no connection whatever with any other paper,
Democratic or Republican, directly or indi-
rectly.
III making what every one will recognize as
insinuations to the contrary, Mr.. Matthew r.
Tiyhe the correspondent OF the Charlesi on
News and Courier IN this city, has been guilty
of sneaking slandcr, ,unredeemed by the seni-
"If MIR. Matthew F. TiShe, in what he has
sent to the News and Courier, did not intend
to inSinuatc that the State was i'll some manner
tanned by Republican connections, ana 1or
that reason introduced it into a business diff
ferent between the owners OF the Record, then
be Is an idiot.
III on the other hand-and his reference to
the State as an alleged Democratic paper
bears out the supposition-he did intend to
impugn the Democracy OF this newspaper, he
is knave.''
The editorial in question also charged
that Mr.. Tighe had sought position
on the staff of the State and asserted
that be was not in sympathy with the
Tillman party, and that if he had voted
in the general election he would have
voted for Judge Haskell. 1t also charged
that Mr.. Tighe desired to take stock in
the State, and as late as the month o1
May was still seeking position on its
staff.
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Tighe sent
Mr.. Gonzales a note in which he told
him that he could not escape u fight
with him as be had escaped one with
Mr.. Talbert and Mr.. Candy, and that,
although he did not go armed, be would
meet Mr.. Gonzales wherever and when
ever he pleased, and with any weapon
he pleased, and that he did not carry
1.-The stilletto of the Spaniard"; at least
such is said to be the contents or the
letter, but as neither the sender nor the
receiver of it have given it out for pub
lication the above may not be literally
correct.
Upon receipt of the letter Mr.. Con
Zales procured cowhide, and IN COM
pany with w. H. Giboes, Jr., sought
Mr.. Tighe, who was at the time sitting
in front of the News and Courier office.
Sheriff Rowan, who had few minutes
previous come up, seeing MI. Gonzales
approaching him with the coWhlde
sticking out # his pocket, said hurried
ly to him, "None Of that \. G.," and
as he spoke Mr.. Gonzales struck at MIR.
Tighe and they Immediately clinched.
They were momentarily separated by
the Sheriff, but got together again, and
according to the accounts of several by
ISLANDERS, including the Sheriff, Mr.
Tighe struck Mr.. Gonzales several
blows in the face and Mr.. Gonzales also
struck Mr.. Tighe several times, but
they were again separated, but neither
of them appeared to be the much worse
for the encounter. Both were sum-
moned to appear before the mayor this
morning for disorderly conduct and
fighting on the streets, but thus far no
further steps have been taken to pre-
vent any repetition of the encounter.
Sheriff Rowan stated last night to
Register reporter that the rum1r that
be had posted himself at the The News
and Courier office for some time before
the difficulty in anticipation of it was
positively without foundation in fact.
He says that be left his office to go
home by back street, and remember
ing some business matter changed his
mind and weut around on Main
street. He had been at the office but a
few minutes when the encounter took
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