The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-08
TRAVELLING MAN
BADLY BEATEN.
Mr.. William Carders Painful Expe-
rience in CIarksyiIIe.
ATTACKED BY Mr.. W. H. GO0CH.
The Stranger Was Looking for Hotel
at n Late Hour and Made a Mis-
take-Gooch Claims That His
Wife Was Frightened.

travelling salesman for the Hume-Minor
Company, was assaulted and badly beat
en- at GAINESVILLE, Va, last Wednesday
morning by Mr. w. n. Gooch OF that
town. Mr. Carder's injuries were quite
painful. He was very roughly handled.
His left eye has a dark bruise beneath
it, there are several Commissions about the
face, and he received a number Of pain
fll blows on the head and body lie
has put the case into the hands OF his
counsel. Mr.. II. VI. Smith, Jr.. of this
city and there is a lively probability that
further developments will follow short
ly.
UNEQUALLY MATCHED.
Mr.. Carder is q small man. lie is
about twenty-five years Of age, scarcely
five feet eight inches high, and looks as
IT ne weighed about III pounds.
He IS evidently no match I'm q personal
encounter with sucn man as ms assali-
ant OF last Wednesday. Mr.. Go0ch is
tall heavy SET man. weighing probably
over Two hundred pounds. lie is quite
n powerful specimen OF physical man
hood from his appearance. lt can 10
readily understood that when worked ub
10 high pitch Of indignation Whe'her
riehteous or imaginary, hc would be- very
amt 10 do considerable damage with a
man OF Mr. Carders physique. And ne
did. When his attack upon the young
Richmonder was over the latter was III
very unsatisfactory physical shape. ne
could scarcely walk and he appeared 10
be suffering no little pain.
HOW TT HAPPENED.
81 far as could De learned from hoih
ends of the affair the facts seem 10 D'
about as follows: Mr. CaTder lelt nele
,ast Tuesday 10 have a business !htei'I-"
with a Mr. Jameson, VINO resides seF,i" '
r,lies from Clarksville. When he reacH-
ga Bovdton he learned that MT. Jameson
would leave the next day Tor 5aI,'ii-5
THAT he could go 10 ClarksFlHe VIM" D..
NOT far from Boydton by leaving a9ou1
90 o,cfocl, ON Wednesday morning.
rcocbiny Ciarksviue shortly before
o,Ciocl lie decided 90 do this ana w
oct uo carly Wednesday morning a""
5r.,.. amt 60 Mr.. Jameson's house anu sec
him before he LETT for baltimore,
HUNTING FOR THE hOl ~"
Mr.. Carder had never BEFORE p-y' t,1
Clarksville. and knew nothing @o.'. . ,,
town. When he reached lheio Io' ~
80, there was no hotel conN ey""D.
-. rerroeoutatfve about the depot, ana
the Mace was quite dark. lie old n',
l,oovy where the hotel was. but deeIo,N
to walk I'D the street and make SOM
oi,lrv IL ne found anyone. Alter " iiii-
be noticed a large house with nulHu-'
~ chairs and small benches on inc
rauda. There was light burning on ne
second floor Mr.. Carder TOOK l"l' ~
tho hotel. and knocked on lne uoo''
adv nut her head out of tho se.olu-
eto,,, window and asked who was ihtIe-
Tbe travelling man inquired il thaL was
Inc Motel and said he was a stranger,
and would like u know where 10 IHu
The hotel. lie told the woman me "d5
sorry 10 have disturbed her ana resie'--'
his mistake. .., ,,.).,,,
ATTACKED THE STRANGEf.
Mr. Cardcr said that the woman loIh
,.ir, mat the hotel was further down
town. and he Def, in that direction. ou'
eoorcutly he found the hotel, and retired
ofter ewing instructions 90 DE aroused al
r o'clocK. He thinks IL was about tndt
hour when some one knocked on mas
door. lie thought the party was lhe NV
ervman VINO had been requested 20 ctu
early I'm the morning, and opened 'he
door. ,., .s.,r-
wards was Mr. Gooch. entered. MT.
Carder did not know him. ana thousH1
bo was the uveryman. lie told MN 20
v-aft "a few minutes and he would pe
ready to go. Nj Cardcr says that before
he could saw more the stranger sdlu:
"you disturbed my family last night
and with these words attacked hlNl'
Knocked him down. and beat him over
The head and shoulders without GIVING
him am opportunity TO explain.
GOOCH ARRESTED.
Mr.. Carder was considerably worse TOT
his experience. but subsequently hld
Gooch arrested and tried before the
Niavor Of Clarksviue who fined him s. TO
and cost. and bound him over % Keep
the peace for twenty-four hours so as 10
allow the travelling man 90 get out oil
town without being attacked
Gooch claimed that his wife had been
greatly frightened and told him the next
morning that some one had tried 20 break
into Che house.
Gooch has been n resident OF Ci7rks-
vile for some time. and is understood 90
have made "a good deal OF money in the
LIQUOR business a wcll-kuown citizen M
Clarksvile said yesterday that Gaoeh
had "a pcacoablc reputation so iar as DE
knew. and stood very well IN the COM
muDitv. He did not understand why le
should have made the assault upon the
travelling man.
4 telegram received By The Times yes
terdav from GAINESVILLE says that tAe as-
sauIt is condemned t,acre as uucal.ed Tor
and the punishment is considered trlI-
ff~ar