The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-22
HE BEAT A PASTOR.
Rev. Mr. Motley Bruta1ly
Assaulted By Treasurer
Joseph S. Allen.
THE LATTER NEARLY MOBBED.
Row Caused by Contest for q
Quilt at the Salem Baptist
Church Fair.

The Rev. Mr.. Motley's face is a sight, his
cheeks are swollen and altogether he looks
as though he had seen pretty rough usage.
Brother Motley's nerves are shattered and
he has scarcely slept since Monday night.
He is the pastor of the Salem (colored) Bap-
tist Church. On Monday night he was brut-
ally assaulted by Mr.. Joseph S, Allen of No.
~ keaIney avenue, who is Treasurer of the
church and one of its trustees. He is also
sexton of the West Side NJ. E. Church and is
employed as a messenger in the office of Mr..
s. 5. w illiams, comptroller of the n. J. Gem
tral Railroad.
The assault grew out of row which Mr..
Allen had with the pastor on the last night
OF the recent fair given by the ladies
of the church. 4 quilt was put up at this
fair and was to be given to the most popular
gentleman, his popularity to be tested by
votes, each vote costing ten cents
Mr.. MOTLEY AND THE QUILT.
The ladies wanted Mr.. Motley to get the
guilt and entered his name as contestant.
Mr.. Allen also wanted the quilt.
When the last night arrived it
was plain to see that yr. Motley was coming
out ahead. Mr.. Allen, when he found this
out, objected to having his name recorded
when the votes were counted. Mr.. Motley
refused to allow this done, as he wanted
everything to be done openly and above
found that IA had been polled for Mr. Mot
ley and 95 for Mr.. Allen
THE PASTORS STORY.
The rest of the story in the words of Mr..
Motley is as follOws:-"After the names had
been recorded he met me in the centre of the
hall and stood in my face and said, You are
not gentleman l said to him, Joseph,
I'll not take that off of you again, and if you
repeat that again I'll mash your mouth
where it came from He walked off with
out saying word
LAS favor to him, for almost a year
have received the collections and taken them
to his house. 1t is his duty as treasurer to
do this, but as he has his duties to perform
as sexton at the West Side NJ. E. Church I
have done it for him. On last Monday night
as usual | went to his home, not having the
slightest idea of any disturbance to deliver
to him, and did deliver, the Sunday coIlec-
ton. When | went in he was sitting at the
supper table. spoke pleasantly to him, and
his wife answered pleasantly. He said not 8
word. | said to him:-Brother Joseph, here
IS yesterdays collections $6.05.
THE ASSAULT.
without saying word or giving me
warning of his intention, he rose up and
said:-'Are you ready to settle that difficulty
between you and L. Before I could say
word in reply, he most brutally assaulted me
in the face, with my hands down. He got
me by the throat and showed me against the
table and continued to pound me. His wife
tried every effort to keep him from further
injuring me by trying to pull him off, and
screaming until she brought Mr. BENJAMIN
Boyd from the next room He succeeded in
pulling him off, and told him to his face that
he was ashamed of him
WANTED TO MOB ALLEN
GA mob of men and women gathered
about his house, and he couldn't get home
until two policemen came with him home
IA boH fn
after he assaulted me- He took
the train at Arlington avenue instead
of going to jackson avenue. When he was
coming home his wife met him at the jack
son avenue station and would not let him get
off there. If this had happened in the South,
the people would have lynched him before
morning. l talked to the people the next
day and they quieted down little It
would have gone hard with him, though, if
they had caught him that night.
ALLEN HAS A PISTOL.
SIT has broken up his home, as he will not
be able to live in this city any longer. There
was a man who came over on the ferry with
one of my deacons on Tuesday and told him
that Joe Allen had bought pistol"
Mr. Motley had Justice Roe issuea war
rant for Aliens arrest Allen was arrested
Wednesday. When taken before the JUS
tice and searched dirk and a revolver were
found upon him. He was bailed out The
case is set for trial on next Thursday even-
ing.
ALLEN WELL EDUCATED.
Mr.. Allen is not citizen of the United
States, although he enjoys all the privileges
of one. He was brought by Connecticut
missionary when a child from the West
Indies. He was given an excellent education
with view of his going back to his native
country as missionary. He has been a
member of the Salem Baptist Church for .
number of years and was baptized by the