Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-09-03
1TAN OLD TRICK.
.,crrrrIcgyCER' co Nc THROUGH BACK
NUMBERS FOR FILTH.
,--.,,i, A Untru'hful Story in an Effort %
" -, ,s Y. A. haeCorkle-The Facts in
he Case Given n Rentaton.

,-.so- the caption OF "Siugger Mac
=" the mic1igencer yesterday
- -at,g went back through its files for
.I,space OF two years and eight months
.,rpbHsh, from It's issue Of December
asa. an untruthful account Of per-
al encounter between United States
,,--.soI II. S. White and Col. w. A.
,..c9-slo, occurring at the Hotel Ruff
.s- Charleston, on the previous day.
m, motive Of the mtclligeneer was to
u,ss political capital out Of the cpl
do IS is abuudantly indicated by its
t.,4.fres and by the accompanying ed
l..-.sl sgeeriug 40 Col. MacCOrkle'S
..rs in which edt0risl the author as
,-ts f, rs his impression" that the
,,rs1f Colonel was acquired Iron the
...sr,t he raade on United States Mar
al White" No man Ia West Virginia
-b.-t.r informed than the editor Of
.bs r.tsrgcllcer as 90 Col. MGcCOrkle'S
,.,s. 90 his title, but Of that
MORE HEREAFTER.
rar1rter for the REGISTER yester-
5sv talked 20 a Wheeling gentleman
vf5 is perfectly couversant with all the
Fs-sfrs1f the personal encounter re-
Erred % by the lutclliJencer for mud
singing purposes, and after reading
rbe version printed yesterday, he said:
"Tbe UigCBccr'S account is untrue,
and i1 some respects 10 is ridiculous.
How. for instance, could a man strike
smother from the rear over the right
evs? That would be feat Of which
T7fo J.. Sullivan himself could well be
r--g5. Here are the facts ia the case:
Trfr, Jackson, Mr.. Sturgiss, Mr.. Delhi
.s- lfr. MacC0rkle, Mr.. White, Clerk
Ta,-.r y. Moore and others were sit
t.r- no the breakfast table ia the Hotel
Pgfler. Judge Jackson, or some other
Gentleman of the party, who had pa
rar. read q telegram relating 70 the
bg-a place of jefferson Davis, the
President Of the Southern Confederacy
when Mr. White, in rough manner,
remarked: 'D-n him, he ought
70 be- buried in potters' tieldr
OF course, Colonel MacCorkle, whose
father bad been killed in the Southern
army, felt hurLand he at once got mp ald
WENT OUT INTO THE LOBBY,
where hcremaiued until Mr.. White had
concluded his breakfast. When Mr..
White came out, Mr.. MacCOrkle went
Do 90 him and said be felt insuited by
tle remark about the burial Of Mr.
Davis. aud be asked Mr.. White 10 re-
tract 10 or apologize. Mr. White said he
would not only not retraCt the remark,
but would repeat it. As soon as these
words were out OF Mr.. Whites mouth,
Col. MacCOrble drew back his hand and
slapped Mr.. White in the face. He did
no, strike him from behind over the
right eye. As the RtelligCnCcr states, as
that would not only have been
physically impossible, but Col. Mac
C0rkle is not the man To strike
any one from behind. Such an
seton would be entirely foreign TO his
nature. The whole tenor OF the ntCij-
cuccr's article is intended 10 reflect up
on Mr. MacCOrkle, and the article pro-
eseds to intimate that Col. MacCorkle
ran away Immediately after delivering
The slap upon Mr. Whites face. This
Is untrue, for Mr. NacCOrkle remained
about the locality for quite while,
while Mr.. White went away Everyone
personally acquainted with Col. Mac
C0rk.e knows that he is not the man TO
do c0wardly or uumanly act. He is
the very personifcatiOn Of bravery and
g2.lantry, and has
A ppOrOTCD CONTEMPT
Cor everything ola contrary nature.
"Nr Hart himself, at time when
there were no political interests at
Sake-t0-wit: 40 the Boom Convention
held In the Opera House In this city,
held a very high opinion of Col. Mac
C0rkle, and even went so far as to per-
solaly nominate COL MacCOrkle for
temporary President OF the body, and
eu,0giZed him as a man eminently fitted
% grace the occasion by taking the
chair
"a word as to Col. MacCorkle's title,
Of which the Htelligencer speaks so
sueer.ngly. No man knows better than
Mr. Hart that Col. MacCOrkle is chief
Of staff of Governor Fleming, and as
such holds the rank OF Colonel, being
IS rightiully entitled % the honorable
title as are o number Of Republicans in
West Virginia. The affected ignorance
Of the editor of the hltCUiypCer is
rather contemplate.
There is another thing which de-
sire to note.
THE EVIDENT AIM
oithe H'cligmceris to glorify Mr.. White
IS Grave man and a soldier, while belit-
Ting Col MaCCorkle as quite the re-
verse. i am not aware that Mr.. White
ever saw service In the army. 1t is
ule that he was In the militia called
Vlt 40 the time of Jones raid, and
while carrying a gun In that duty, was
Sent, with several others, TO guard a
small bridge about two miles from Fair |
mont Some of General Jones' adj
vance guard attacked the militia and
urea on them, and q chance ball |
struck Mr. White i'm the arm. That |
e--tl his career as 8 soldier right |
1-eTe. 40 that time Mr. MacCOrkle was /,
10Y or perhaps six or seven years OF |
a,e-eltre.y TOO young TO bein the SER |
we in any capacity. The Intelligent
q uotruthfui account Of the Hotel |
A--2er affair can easily be diSproved, |
.-l am glad TO promptly call attention
" .1s Facts. lt is unpleasant for me,
az J, is no doubt, 20 Mr.. White, to re-
an ,3e>e matters, but rs Col. Mac |
CCo'A.e' the Democratic candidate for
SUl'eIlor has been gratuitoUsly ma
,H-el i0r political purposes, by the re-
t..-,,'HS Of an untrutbful account Of the I
-,7' SU4.r, accompanied by an editO- |
~, utterly Uucalled for, I could not, as
. -...'ld Of Col. MlcCorkle, refrain from
..--as the facts. l have high per-
.,,1. regard for Mr.. White, and an on