Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-11-24
The Difficulty at Brandy.
RBANDY STATION, '" .
Nov. 23rd, 1891

RBANDY STATION, VS.
Nov. 2Srd, 1891
To the Editor of The alexandria Gazette:
WIZ gcu aiodly porm!t me, through The
co!um rs OF yonr deilf Issue, to co:Esc, tie
report shat has bssn spread brcad-oas.
Throughout the oouatry. concsraias the dif
fcr!g that occurred IL this vIllsge on Tues
deg afternoon last, the 17.h ins'. The facts
in the Case are brthJ thess:
On the morning of that Ga7 Jafson e.
Blown. white man. living ahlua asFo or
lvo ed a-aait miles uorta c; here, csnas TO
the d an, and { id DO d) by appointment.
nee Alexander Fatnosor, Eegro VIC
makes lis ncEe here, &s.d they ,o1S oJe Or
swo drinks toge,her, Ia; It 20 i!m' sFsre
iruLs. Blown Esd made seVeIsi purchases
OF: c,sdit a. y ss:s. Pafr B.oS. stoT" on thst
morning after gaich ts weos EsTey spo
aboa pocc be. ia Company Wish 10 ',es'o
rh9upsou, returned 20 ire e,ors snd :ezoth-
=. they bOu hit eone ch ese adi o.sc&e's,
see.!ug b =Lneeives Tn q saca Gc< n tf@ stofe
near iCe fcUct eI:rsnC", 10 SAT tb' n Iney
were very proi4.o ard vuigsF 10 ;b ,ir fs
and - several :;s3ies wers iG toH G!c!e maxi
loy rurcbsgts Nc. VIZ. Par, ssaor
msaba. cf lie Gtp, tooS ih9 oheeae and
crBck.ls ac0 ssG-d ihsm t. c9Ds tntc
tho eliica, a'j,'nIoG The eofe. eod
eat tteir luu.n. That vas the OF
portrn.tg snd excuse tbey were sViahinS for,
ga Il Is believed taey had placaed the g.
tack on Mr. Parr tsheD they first met ia the
morning. Tbin action Of MIR. Par. IL re-
moving the cheese srd crackers, they pro-
fess; q to coas;dsr OF Insult ard demanded
toe return Of their m0Dey, which was given
back to them. They then left and visited
several other storea in tDe pace tG pGsohase
cart!idaes for 80 caiibts American Suii
Dog pistol; they failed, however, az they al
so cid In trying to persusda soms ether
cclored men to join IL on e'!aoS on Mr
Parr They lhen returned to Eess'e. Sar:'s
store. and es they reached the front porch
they begtn itaGe Of a5use usiDg tie most
profsoe aud iDGecsDt s1pre5elan5. mr. Psrf
bad been notified 10 the mGani''ns by oae
of the cooreh men whom Bso@o acd
ChoEpson had eaked 10 ;!n them, ihst The
men had sworn "ihey we're ccminS cGcA tn
kuock he'll cut OF Pa-r Or any Of his friends"
n.. Psrr in place Of ermiEg himself snd
meeting them as they deserved, nns'
| lhsn In cocclliatory manner and tfied 10
reaeon With them, but Brown ct once ai-
ecked bim El,h voiey Of abuae, thtsatsa-
ing 10 cut bis ID heart 0at
with q knife hs held in HE hsnd.
CHS wes more than Mr. Parr coud
take and although entirely una'msf'
ne pitched In and gave Btown thsHsbing,
Mr.. PER- Only receiving slight wcuod OF
bis haYd from B-owu'6 knife; after giving
Blown wnat he thought was enough be 'eft
aim and starred into his etore, bus Brown
again mede an attack on him With the knife,
and the second time Eli. Perr knocked him
down with his fat and checked Elm sImos:
iu;o iuaeLsiai4iag. Tna negro, dnrlng thess
proceedings. was kept ct bay by two CT Ms.
PARIS fr;endt-Df. &. Z. McCianehen ard
Mr. T Z. KJje. In tee peantiUla two moro
Of Mr.. Ps,r'5 friends-Mr. L j. Embray and
Mr. z. L. Giymes- made their appearance
on the scene and Mr.. e nbrey procared an
aze be!re with which 10 struck, or struck
st Thompson, but If hif al al! TO was not
burt, end In @ moment Thonpson lad wres-
I'd tho helge from E nbrey and gave him
5wo severe toEs on tha 6eed ard fsce, spd
lheD With lhs eslity u1d fl -rceness OF q
youag tiger, be tuEued cn Gtymes and gave
hin a eteoniDg blow on the back OF the
mead es be was going into the etore, which
brought him 6ewa. Things wale getting
too warm on the outside snd sll hands
rushsd for the inside OF tho store for
safety from the resro's ciuF. Ihie, however,
ended tho exchange Of blows, although both
tbe negro end Brown made vicious attack
| on the store Gcor, threatening 10 demciish
both the door aud windows with large rocks
hat they had In their hands Tc cum up
the injured, 90 one vas seriously hurt, e-
though Mr.. Parr had been eighty cut on
ihs hand by Browns knife, aud Messrs. Eul-
| brsy snd Grymes slightly Injured By ths axe
helve in thu negro's HANDS. Both the JUS
| ice auo constable fer this section were sb-
sent and 20 arrests were made until the
constable, who had been teiephoned to, re-
turned and the Commonweslth's Attorney,
J. L. Jeffries, FROM Culpeper, arrived with
the warrants. TIE negro Thompson was
| arrested at once, but io7 want of vigilance
on the part OF bis eusrds, he made els escsna
and 10 get ct large. Brown wss arrested
the next morning, end alter heaEicg BE-
| fore Justice D. hi. Gordon. be wes put un-
der $3.50 BAL :or the action of The ersnd jury.
| To correct epy mistaken impression the di!
ferent reports oiihis efair may have been
made detrimental to Mr. WIN. J. Parr,
will say, on % own responsibility, that there
is no more pesoeebe ard Law abiding c!!lzen
In this oounty than be is. He attends s;ricl-
Iy to his own business, teins not only frat
class tIelUess man, bnt one OF Inc m0st eG-
ereetIc citizens cur county aforde. While
be is DC c1aveo. he Ia of the disposition that
gill exhaust all reasonable rieaDs 10 tastie g
difficulty before be would lower GimEeif By
engaging in brawl with any ore. De is
much smaller man than either Brown or the
negro, end under the circumstances Tonld
have been just!Gadin using erma IL his de-
tense.
By s0me Of cur citizens thIs outbreak was
not IN ooked for, as it has beer asoesteiaed
that for gcme lime meetings o: sscrs. char
eoter h,ye been hoid at pesro's house nesr
mere s.; Which ,ats rfr B ..n rs 'sr:ioi
paied. the osiec: II .tev g. ns.e n',f.; 5si
tie purpose # Seating ans ci tho asatales
class o! white men who sny ef ths men5srs
OF this society might have grudae against
something en- the order Of the Mollle Ma
Il Il II. L.,