Evening journal., 1893-12-13
DIDlT WITH MY HATCHET,
Wheelwright Banks Tells His
Story of the Battle.
IN his WORKSHOP AT STANTON,

IN HIS WORKSHOP AT STANTON,
In which Postmaster schwendeman, OF
stanton, Sustained Injuries From
which Nc May Never Recover Entered
Banhs's.w Workshop and Tried to Clean.
8 out" the Place - Both had Bad
Tempefa.
Edwin r. Banks, Of the firm Of Banks.
Brothers, wheel and sash manufacturers
of Stanton. who made such a furious
assault upon Postmaster Schwendeman,
at that place, on Monday, was in town
to-day. When he called at the EVENING
JOURNAL Office he bore suudry marks Of
the encounter. His face was scratched
In several places, he had a small knot on
the left side Of the head, and one Of his
knucKles was skinned, TO say nothing Of
the bodily bruises which we're out Of
sight He said he called to give a true
account Of the hght, ali other accounts
being erroneous. A reporter gave the
| little man a seat and took his story,
which was as follows.
. "Schwendeman came into the shop
and was working, making hatchet
handle He sat down on trestle along
side Of me and asked me How 1 was
| fixed TO day told him / wasn't any
better fixed than was the other day
when he was over.
He says, DO you call that Christian-
ityG said, I am trying to do the best /
| can, He said, It's --- Christi.
anity You got a check the other day
! said yes, but have other bills beside
| yours He said. you can pay others,
why not pay meY He got up and walked
20 the door and said: You are pretty
I set OF Christian -- .
Il WAS standing between the horse
cart bed on trestlts and the wise bench.
silll working on the handle / spit on
my hand and he braced up 10 me and
said You needn't spit ON your hands
] said, You'll not knock the specks of
my eyes as you did Jimmy testers He
| grabbed me aud used the hatchet handle
ON his head aud we went down on the
floor together
had he struck you when you struck
him with the hatohet handler
He hadn't bit me, simply grabbed me-
There WAS no way for me to got out
did he make any attempt to strike
youT
"He ran at me and struck at me
"What was back Of you TO keep you
from getting out oi his wayg"
81 was in wedge between a horse
cart bed and the work bench and he
between me aud the way &c get out.
did he have any weapon In his hand
when you struck himw
'rhat / couldn't say. know he had
hold Of me. After we fell together we
tiuggled for a minute on so aud he said
That will do let 90 Of him and he
GOT up, and grabbed the axe handle, and
Nr klnir, one Of the creamery men,
hallOed for me TO look out. / think
looked up and saw Schwendeman with
this axe handle raised threw up my
arms and he struck me on the
arm, hand and head If Klair hadn't
called out ! would have got the full
force Of 10. Schwendeman went outside
the door and said there were never
enough Banks born 20 lick one side OF
him aud went on over home
"My two boys were In the stable Just
across the alley and saw the people col
leciing and walked across. One had tho
curry comb and brush and the other the
dung fork Just as they bad used them
90 the stables. They did nothing more
Some time ago, Jimmy Jester went TO
schweudemau store and was asked to
pay his bill He didn't have the
money. and Schwendeman knocked him
out Of the store, kicked him in the road
and broke his eye glasses. Thst is what
ma 10 me refer TO Jimmy testers eye
glasses
rs Schwendeman conscious nowf"
81 was told 80 last night
"Was Schweudeman drunk2'
"No. He takes drink occasionally,
but wasn't drunk when he came to my
place
How long has the bill been run.
ningr
About two years we have been deal.
ing there II is less now than $50
have net paid him a cent Of It, l didn't
strike him with the hatchet handle
after he was down tried to hold him
quiet. DIR Francis Springer visited
schwendeman yesterday and told my
l. wife be was getting along all right
p "Was there ever bad blood between
your
mo. am ore Of his bondsmen. The
, drst day of this month, when be came
b there for money, he abused and insultec
me, but paid no attention to It,
q with what church are you aililiatedf
81 am one Of the stewards of Stanton
y NJ f. Church. I have lived IN Stanton
all my life and never had any fuses
j. with anybody before I don't propose te
engage an attorney / am sorry II
q happened, but don't anticipate any
. ! trouhle