The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1892-06-02
A CUTTING AFFRAY.
A MURDEROUS ASSAULT UPON DIR.
GOBER.

rial exercises. The sidewalks, the streets |
and the park we're crowded with them
About one o'clock in the afternoon, two |
negro men with two negro women stepped |
into Mr.. Charley Stephens market and.
asked the. privilege of being weighed on
his scales. 1t was granted.
As they left, and stepped out on the |
sidewalk, the four took up most of the |
walk. DIR. N. N. Gober came on up the |
sidewalk from dinner, goingto his office.
| Loviek Drummond, colored, ran up
against Or. Gober. The Doctor remon> |
strated with him, when the negro replied,
III you don't want to be run against get |
off the sidewalk.
DR.. Gober answered, II divided the side |
walk with you
The negro made an insulting reply,
VIXEN the Doctor punched him with his
umbrella. The negro then pulled out a
dagger, sheathed in scabbard, and struck
at DR.. Gober, who kept the umbrella be-
tween them. The scabbard fell off, and
the negro made another lunge with his
dagger By this time Mr.. Charley Steph-
ems had been attracted by the remarks and
he ran out and saw the negro attempting
to cut DR. Gober, when he picked up a
small rock and threw at the negro. The
negro then turned upon Mr. Stephens and
tried to disembowel him, making two des>
perate lunges at him, which he avoided by
jumping out of the way.
DR.. Gober in the meantime stepped into
Mr. Stephens market and picked up two
weights and came out and threw both of
them at the negro. The first missed him
but the second hit him on the left side of
kthe head. This stunned him, when DIR.
Gober tried to get out OF his way by going
up the sidewalk. Mr.. Stephens ran in the
market to get his gun. The negro followed
Dr.. Gober some seventy>fve feet to Clay
Bros. store door. The negro rushed upon
Dr.. Gober and stabbed him twice in the
back. A young white man, from Milton
county. named james Bradley, was stands
ing on the sidewalk and as DIR. Gober ran
by him. the negro struck at DR.. Gober
again, missing him, but Bradley received
the blow ON the left shoulder making a
deep and chastity wound, from which the
blood spouted copiously. The negro
reached DR.. Gober again and drove the
knife into his neck when the Doctor gra 5b-
ed the knife and bollered to Mr.. Charley
Manning to come to his help. DR.. Gober
got the knife from the negro, and before
Mr. Charley Manning could get to him
with a ptchfork, the negro ran off down
Lawrence street, turning off Calder street,
going ny the first colored Baptist Church.
The sheriff, marshals and number of
citizens went in hot pursuit.
In the meantime, DR.. Gober went to
Manning Brothers store, where Drs. Rey>
nolds, Cortelyou, Malone and Tennent
gave him immediate attention. They
found three deep gashes, two in the back
and enc in the neck, which bled profuseIy.
The young man, Bradley, was carried to
DR.. E. j. Setze's drug store, where Drs.
Simpson and Seize gave him needed at,
tention
The posse by this time had come up
with Drummond in Mrs. Pages field.
about one mile from town.
He was leisurely picking flowers. Mr..
Frank Lumpkin and Mr Tom Florence
. accosted him and he denied knowing any
; thing Of the affray. But Mr.. Harry Hum
: phries discovered blood on mis- neck and
at once declared that he was the party
wanted. They started back to town, when
TSLerif McLain came up, searched him and
4 ordered him brought to Jail. The negro
finally confessed as being the person
who did the stabbing
, There was considerable excitement, and
passion ran high for awhile. Threats were
made OF lynching. Night came, better
counsel prevailed, and everybody dispersed
and went home.
Some Of the darkies made some very in.
cendiary threats, and said they we're glad
that DR.. Gober had been cut and hoped he
would die Andrew Lawrence, colored,
was arrested owing to this talk, and for
trying to intimidate and prevent the pnr-
suing parties from capturing Drummond
Lawrence was placed in the caiaboose and
on Tuesday morning was transferred to the
. Jail.
Lovick Drummond, the negro who did
the cutting lives in the fourth ward in At.
, lanta. He is about 81 years old, weighs
) about l4O pounds, copper colored, and is a
rlasterer by trade. He had been imbibing
whisky, and this doubtless was one of the
inoiting causes that prompted him to be
turbulent
Dr.. Gober is one of Marietta's most
prominent physicians, an Alderman of the
city, and at one time represented the
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