Evening journal., 1894-02-12
AS OTHERS SEE 1T.
"Whipping" Stories More
Funny Than Accurate.
YOUNG SPORTS PUNCH EACH OTHER

anu Altei the lliais IL - AsepoFteuf
Prize-Fighter Russell wayIays Mayor
Herbert and, After rAsssuIting Him, Flees
From the State wooIen NIin Operatives
only Talked About a Strike.
special Correspondence Evening Journal.
NEW CASTLE, Feb. 12.-People who
occasionally complain that local CORE
spondents exaggerate in their descriptive
articles sent out from New Castle, were
Mortified at the way the town
was "written up" in the Phila-
delphia Sunday papers yesterday All
the stories by "staff artists OF the
whippings In the county Jail yard, were
written in a similar strain as the history
of countries Of old noted for their
barbaric customs, when people were
spiked to death or thrown into caldrons
OF boiling oil.
One story, which was interspersed by
pictures Of Sheriff Gould, the cat, the
two men pilloried and rogues gallery
cut headed ''Some OF the Spectators, "
read about as follows.
For New Castle, it meant holiday.
This sleepy town Of some 5000 inhabi.
tants seemed TO have put every one of its
men and boys upon the streets Loung-
ing on the corners, at the railroad station
aud about the hotels they discussed the
coming whipping with great avidity
They had their own ideas Of the Justice
Of the sentences imposed by the court,
and did not hesitate TO express them.
Now, that Mars Goodink. calculated
q lean and lanS peach grower from down
the Peninsula, as he carefully Knocked
the FIRST blue bottle fly OF the season of
the hitchng post with a stream of to
bacco Juice, Ought to git about hun
dred cuts IN be dog goned II he ain't
stole more horses in his time than any
other nigger in the state. The law says
only forty, but he ought TO get a hun
dred Two or three of his companions
gIunted assent, while another one said :.
''Jedge up to Wilmington said nobody
could ever tell how many horses Good
ing had stole so he gave him the limit -
There vas a general feeling IN the crowd
that Young William Powell, white
youth, did not deserve TO be punished
and general satisfaction WAS expressed
when IL was noised around that Governor
Reynolds had sent word to Sheriff Gould
not to whip the lad.
As IL o'clock grew near the corner
loungers and in fact every man in sight
on the street started in the direction OF
the Jail. Along the sidewalks In the
vicinity OF the court house were lines Of
vehicles of all shapes, sizes and ages
They were plentifully bespatted with
mud and their owners, also of all shapes
sizes and ages and equally muddy, were
already in the jail yard with gaping
mouths and staring eyes waiting for the
fun to begin Many Of then had started
before daylight from their homes In
Lower Delaware and now whiled the
time away consuming tobacco and pea.
nuts. Some Of them remembered the
plump spring chickens which had been
taken from the coops and were eager TO
see the men who had enjoyed the dainty
flavor of the fowls without paying for it,
punished.
Fists and Gore Flew Freely.
For the first time for years a small riot
or real live slugglng match occurred
here on Saturday night right IN
front of the mayors office and right
after the score Of violators Of the law had
been punished so severely only
few hours before. A number
of young men who had beer
party Of rival sports on the corner OF
Delaware and Second streets Coached
by the colored prize-fghter. George
Russell, one Of the scrapping crowd
pushed the others to con
iiict and continued TO force
the lighting until gore was soon being
spilled. A young white man arrived in
time to hear Russell shout 'Now Civ,
him the upper cut. The next moment
Russell was gathering himself up from
the pavement. Policemen finally got al
the scrappers in limbo. Yesterday morn
ing Mayor Herbert fned each participant
81 or, after giving them some sever
reprimands and explaining what the
might expect il the disgraceful inciden
was repeated. The genial and sympa
fhe''e Sheriff Gould was a spectator a
ial anc It its conclusion said
II, this is the first fight that hs
ed in New Castle since have live
here, I'll pay the fines" And he did
Mayor Herbert Assaulted
It is reported that late last night