The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-11-05

which Democrats and others alike
Condemn.
John W. Tcrrill, the representative
Of me Wheeling Register Mt Martins
Ferry, and by tho grace Of Republican
voters clerk OF the township, and Viii
ligm Patton, a mailer at tho Laughlin
mill, both Democrats, while uuder the
influence OF liquor, yesterday entered
tAc news depot OF John w. Crooks, at
Martins Ferry, and made Il ~cowardly
and IIsgraceiul assault on the propric-
Tor.
VI. Crooks is the representative Of
,bc IyrrLLIGGScER at Martins Ferry, ia
secretary OF the Republican club there,
has the exclusive right to make and
sell the Mckinley American tin plate
nations which have obtained some
.amo in the late campaign, and is III
General an active, hard working and en-
Tus.ustic Republican. Ito Is held in
h.sl esteem by tho people OF Martins
Terry and elsewhere %hcrc no il known
ISL man OF intelligence and high char
ac,ur.
About one o'clock yesterday alter
noon, while he was alone in the store
except for one customer, Tcrrill, Pax
ton ind G. j. McCord, n %brickmaker, MI
sUacwhat intoxicated, and McCord
rsneaialIy so, came in, Paxton remark
ins jus. before they entered, "Thcre he
i, nov; lets 90 in and have 4 time"
They entered and Paxton said he
wanted to buy Il sheet OF American tin
plate, Of which Mr.. Crooks has 4 fine
display about his place. He told them
tia, lie did not sell tin plate in sheets,
but would fit them Il with the but
tons ii they wanted them. By this
tine the three men had got on three
sides 0! him. rs ii to have him at an ad-
vantage, and Paxton, who had a tin
horn, blew it. Crooks told him he did
not want him to blow it there, rs n lady
vas likely 10 come in any minute, and
he asked the men to 20 out. Instead
Of doing so, however, Paxton hit him q
singing blow on the right side oil the
neck.
Taken completely by surprise, the
blow dazed Crooks, and he stepped
back. Tcrrill followed and struck him
On the head. following this up by try
ia.l 10 hit him again, but he lodged,
and Tcrrills fist went through 4 large
Uulc OF glass in the showcase. There
Vas 4 scuiIle in which Crooks was
pushed over backward on or against the
s,oyc, which was knocked over, pinning
lin in the corner in such 4 way that he
could do nothing, and with his right
ls across the hot stove. One OF the
people who had been attracted by this
time by the scutllc cried fire, and Terrill
rose and ceased kicking and strikin.
Crooks, but the two were NJ sooner on
heir feet again until he again renewed
The lighting, Crooks doing the best lie
could against the odds, and succeeding
in smashing Terrill's nose.
Homer Morris, Il customer who had
Ecel the whole affair, went for thcpolicc,
md brought Officers Och and Bowman,
who arrested Tcrrill and Paxton. Just
before this Il man came in to try and in
duce Terrill TO 90 home, and Paxton,
thinking he was going to take Crooks's
part, hit him 4 terrible blow, knocking
lin clear into the street.
Even after he was under arrest, Ter
Eill made al attempt to strike Crooks.
Both put up security for their appear
ancc and were released. Crooks has re-
tanned two lawyers and will prosecute
the cowardly rutliGns 10 the full extent
o.! the law. They will be called on to
answer not only for the assault, but for
the malicious destruction OF property
besides, the show case, stove and sever
al other things having been damaged in
the melee. Terrill will. also perhaps
ind himself defendant in 4 civil suit
which may make him change his view
Q! his iun. it is but just to the people
OF Martins Ferry 10 say that there was
not 4 respectable man, oIna or child
in the iowa who did not disapprovc Of
The dIsgracetul assault. Expressions OF
sympathy Tor Mr.. Crooks were heard on
al! sides and from people OF MI parties.
Ierrill Gems TO aspire to be . fighter.
Three years ago he assaulted 4 member
Of the Republican committee and did
nm up badly, and last Juno he knocked
down another man, rendering him I'M
conscious, and us he lay rs ii dead he
proceeded 20 kick him cruelty, and
you'd perhaps have killed him had not
tys!aEdcrS iHterfercd. At the last can-
f"ign he had 4 street fight in front OF
ne Register Office here. 1t is very evil
dent that tho three men went into
IF99Es,s place Yesterday to whip him,
and the cowardly and disgraceful
character oil such a visit cannot be too
strongly denounced. The only cxplana-
ton anybody offered Tor the anger OF
ilc mon was that they had lost money
on the election and were smarting under
tiiIS. and Mr.. Crooks's activity in the
campaign made him odious to them.
La&ion mad been heard to say early in
I'e day that lie would whip Crooks that
a1yor be whipped. Those Republicans
VINO helped to put Terrill in office will
no doubt remember his cowardly action
WRen he comes up Tor reelection and
~ the township OF the discrcdit OF
having such an Official.