Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-07-16
CLARENCE WHITE ASSAULTED.
James NJ. Fisher Resents whites
Attentions to His Daughter.

10 DuuShteF.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
LAUREL. Nd, July 16 1901.
Mr.. w. Clarence White. a resident Of this
town, was assaulted last night by Mr.. Jas.
NJ. Fisher, a well-known citizen, White
emerging with severe cut across the fore
head and bad bruises on the back of his
head and shoulders. The assault is the re-
suit, It is said, of Mr.. Whites attentions
to Miss Eva Fisher, the daughter of Mr..
Fisher, who is about twenty years of age,
and to whom Mr.. White has been for the
past year paying his addresses Nothing
said by Mr.. Fisher concerning the af-
fairs of the young people up to Tuesday of
last week. but at that time he warned the
young gentleman not to come to his home
This order Mr.. White obeyed, but 1t is I'M
derstood the young people met elsewhere
This angered Mr.. Fisher, and Wednesday,
1t is said, he made threat of doing White
a personal injury. He is said to have had
a knife in his hand at the time, and, il is
declared, made several passes at the young
man, at the same time again warning him
to cease his attentions to Miss Fisher. The
threat, 1t is said, was accompanied by a
volley OF oaths. AT this time Mr.. Fisher
was standing in his yard and Mr. White
was on the sidewalk.
The young people met last night, and Mr.
White accompanied Miss Fisher on her
way home after she had made some pur-
chases at one of the stores in the neigh
borhood. The young people were in the
company Of several young ladies, and were
near the corner of 4th and Prince George
streets, when a man was noticed to be
lettering in the shade OF some trees border
Ing that thoroughfare. On nearing the
spot Mr.. White stopped by the side of a
fence, and, leaning upon the pallngs. was
talking to the young ladies, when the man
seen to approach them. II was then dis
cerned that it was the father of Miss
Fisher.
The latter's only remark before making
the assault was:
Eva, what did l tell your
Almost before the words were spoken he
struck Mr.. White on the back of the head
with what is thought to have been a knife
and when the latter turned to face his as
sailant he received another blow, knocking
him down, and which cut a cash in his
forehead between three and four inches
long, from which the blood flowed in a
steady stream. The two then clinched and
in the scuffle which ensued 1t was seen that
young White was getting decidedly the
worst of 1t. and several parties, drawn to
the scene by the cries of the young lady,
separated the belligerents.
White was taken to a house near by and
a physician was hastily summoned to at
tend to his injuries. The physician put
several stitches in the wound. Fisher left
the scene, but a warrant was issued by
Justice Charles Tavenner for his arrest.
Later the bond of Mr.. Elwood Fisher, his
for his appearance when wanted.
Mr.. Robert White, the father of the
young man, was not satisfied with these
proceedings, and had Mr.. Fisher arrested,
Mr.. James Scaggs remaining with him all
night at his home. The affair has caused
great deal Of feeling in the community.
Young White bears an excellent reputa-
ton in the town, and the family of the
young man are the recipients of the best
wishes Of a large and influential class of
citizens. Mr.. White, who was twenty-four
years old last June, is in the employ of the
United States Express Company, and has
had charge of the delivery business ever
since 1t was introduced in this town sew
eral years ago, attending to his duties with
dispatch and conScientiousness, which has
won for him many friends
Young White passed a bad night accord
ing to members of the family, and at times
he was in an unconscious condition.
Justice Charles B. Tavenner this morn
ing held Mr.. Fisher in $500 bond for the
action Of the grand jury at the next term
of court, which will convene in October at
Upper Marlboro. From the evidence OBJ
tanned by Justice Tavenner he preferred
the charge of assault and battery with In
tent to kill. He has in his possession a
pair of brass knuckles supposed to have
been used by the prisoner.
1t is understood that Mr.. Michael ].
Tighe, a well-known merchant OF this town,
and Mr.. Ellwood N. Fisher, brother of the
accused, will become his bondsmen.