The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-04-08
SAMUEL EVERETT BADLY BEATEN.



Samuel Everitt, Of franklin town
ship. is old, eccentric some say simple,
and an old soldier. Sam was never
known to have injured anybody al
though he has a special grudge against
DR. Zern, of Lehighton, who some time
ago had him arrested for threateninghis
life Old Everitt paid the penalty for
this iudiscretiou by several months
confinement i'm the county prison. Last
Thursday afternoon he was keeping
down a chair in the Weissport House
when Fancis kaSt, without provoca.
tion, so it appears, walked up TO him
and commenced a censure for his
abuse of LeTu, Ia the evening Sam
was quietly anchored in the same old
place when four men disguised as
typical u hite-caps' quietly entered
the hotel and forcibly took the old
fellow TO the Horlasher dam where they
threatened to duck him if he would
not promise to Immediately leave town
Sam evidently promised, half dead with
fright and run over to Lehighton
Some time later he returned and re-
sumed his seat back of the stove in the
Weissport House This time he took
out his pocket knife and commenced
scrapiuR his finger nails evidently he
visit of the dreaded white caps.n
Among the many others who were in
the room at this time pushing and
iostling were kast, Sloyer and Kintz,
at least these are the only ones who.
have been arrested by Everitt charged
with assault. Some one or ones
pushed kast on top of Everitt, the
former fell ON the old mans knife,
the blade entering that part of his
anatomy on which he sits Kast
jumped up swore the old fellow had
stabbed him and let him have one in
the jaw, Constable Setter heroically
grabbed the hand containing the
dangerous % little knife and then
somebody, we believe the evidence,
showed that it was Sloyer, let Everitt
have another whack Sam broke away
from the crowd aud started to get out
of danger. He was followed down
the tow path and at O'Brian's lock he
was set upon aud brutally beaten in
most disgraceful manner He escaped
from the unprincipalled brutes again
and run to the residence Of Merchant
Joseph Fenuer ON White street, where
he awakened Mr. Fenner and explain
ing his condition asked for water with
which to wash himself This was long
after midnight aud the poor old fellow
presented pihful appearance. He
was furnished water and towel here and
after washing his bruised and bloody
face left. The next morning was Fri
day and Sam was quietly occupying a
chair in Flory's harness shop, when
kast called to Silas Rhouds, a Lehigh-
ton barber, to go with him to Flory's
if he wanted TO see some fun. Kast
! entered first aud again commenced to
abuse the old man, hitting him in the
face several times according to the
evidence of one Ed Smith, an employee
of the shop. Rhoads when he saw
Kast's belligeraut attitude run for
help-a crowd quickly gathered aud
/ the melee ended. Everitt then had
warrants issued for the arrest of the
parties and Constable Ed Raworth,
| Lehighton's reliable blue coat. pulled
| them in. Saturday night they gave
/ bail in Squire JOHN koons' jamestown
court for hearing on the following
.dondaY when the above facts we're re-
peated by reliable witnesses following
which the parties were placed under
$500 bail each for trial at the next
court DR.. w. L. Kutz, is bailee for the
three.
Public opinion severely condemns
all the parties Interested Everitt is
an ola man WIN gray halrs ana HHf-
ing the war served his country faith
fully in many a battles His face this
week looked like highly colored map
OF Asia, both eyes were colored, his ear
was lscerated and his general appear
ance that of man badly beaten, per-
secuted and abused If Everritt is not
quite right'as many claim, he is there
fore more an object for pity and com
misseratiou than he is for persecution
and of course should not he so treated.
1t is said that some of Weissport's best
people and business men are back of
the prosecution and want Everitt to
push the business to a finish. If he
does this it will be bad for somebody.