Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-01-19
HIS PISTOL DRAWN.
DIFFICULTY BETWEEN STUDENTS, IN
WHICH A WEAPON IS PRODUCED.
Friends Promptly Interfere and Trouble
is Averted-All About an Anii-
Fraternity Poem.

The breach among the students OF Rich
monl College resulting from the Discus
sion Of the recent election Of president
for that institution does not seem to b.
healing as rapidly as the friends II the
college would desire. The feeling thus
engendered eliminated yesterday in
difficulty that would, to all appearances.
have been serious I'm It's character, but
for the Interference Of outsiders.
In the Dispatch Of Thursday the stu
dents who have aligned themselves
against Professor Boatwrght. and who
participated In the mock burial Of the
college, published a card. In which they
asserted that the action Of the Board Of
Trustees in elocting Professor Boatwrlght
TO the presidency had proved a daath-
blow to the college fraterniues, and that
their charters would be withdrawn at
the close OF the session.
LAST DAYS OF NIHILITY."
This publication caused the Boatwrigh,
adherents 10 rack their brains, and rs
a result the following piece of crude
poetry was produced:
Come. boys. let's pay our last respect.
Though tn y are dying without Trhrci,
To the Fratsvnti.s.
And though they are gaining fast that
shore
which should have So n them long ago,
Still We have Sympathies.
Just as should To captured rats,
/ say tO you defeated Fr1ts.
Whose hope, are All IN HI
Since you are found ben ath a tide,
Which you can never override.
Let thy weak voice De- Stiii.
| hereby promise as YOU die
That when pass that graveyard by,
Where You VIII soon be- horne
Though none VIII sing a fareweti lay,
AS you Ii, smouldering In the clay,
I'll say. sleep ON. sleep on.
HE HAD y PISTOL.
This poetry was copied very extensively.
and the verses were posted on the black
board OF the college han and ON the
wall Of the cottage wherein the students
dwell. The fraternity men were indignant
when their eyes rested On the eiiusion.
aul they at once began tearing the poems
down.
While engaged in cutting one OF them
from the blackboard In the second-noor
nall Of the college building, during the
forenoon, Mr. Bruce Howe was accos'ci
by Mr.. II. c. Twitchell. a ministerial
student who demanded that bee dCtst.
TWitchell is said q have applied an un-
pleasant epithet t. him. Young Bowe
threw down his knife. Uni started for
Twitchoil. when Mr.. ". T.. Gordon ap-
p,arcd on "a. scene. and intrrfcrei he
stated to Twitchell that Bowe was too
small 20 fight him, and be thcreupon
offered q take his place. This PROPOSE
tion WAS agreed to by Twitcheu. and
several II the bystanders suggested that
Twltchell go 10 hiS room ana get some
Of his friends. and that then the entire
party adjourn . the oil Held IN rear ot
the college whore the fight could ue held.
TWltchell went or. and soon returned,
but alone. and the Acht was started In
the hall. jus, outside OF the faculty-room.
The two men cliuched before any blows
were struck. and Gordon succeeded IA
pushing TWitchell up into "a corner Itc
was seen t. run his hand down into his
hip-pocket. and when he drew II out he
Is said To- have held a pistol Tom Duke.
who was Witncs sing the affair. tlrgV
himself on TWitcheE and d!sarmel HIM.
and that gentleman FASTENED to his room.
FACULTY MEETING CALLED
The matter WAS at once reported 10
Professor Puryear. chairman of the
faculty. and tn pistol. a. 32-cllibre Ameri-
can, douhie-action 5-shOoter, was turned
over % him. also.
Professor Puryear at once ordered
faculty meeting for O'Clock yesterday
afternoon. u invcstgate the matter. but
quorum not being present. the meeting
was adjourned until Monday afternoon,
at the same hour.
Mr.. Twtcheil has been at the college
for three sessions, and has borne a good
reputation. Ie is an appontec Of the
Education Board
The civil authorities have not yet taken
cOsnlzancc Of the affair."