The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-12-19
TRAGEDY RECALLS E.RMER
INCIDENTS
The wostmOreland Aaair Revivss Memories

The WeStmoreland tragedy. though ol
n somewhat different nature. has revived
the Veilui.h forgotten incident oi two
ra.,es of WhiJp-cappiu- which occurred ln
the adjoining county of King George mot
very lar from Oak Grove several years
ago lt can hardly Boz said there We're
Two cases. only one party having Sue
cetded 10 carrying ont their urpo-e. he
other came very near proving a. great a
tragedy a. the one the good people of The
Neck are now So sadly deploring \
former resident oi King George gave a
Free LANtscorr,,p0ndeut brief resume
of the stories that were told AZ the time
of these OCCURRENCES lie said
"a certain WATERMAN was charged with
circulating stories derogatOry 10 certain
prominent people IN his ueighborhood.
While these ISLANDERS could not be- traced
% him with my degree of certainty. it
was believed hy allcOucerned that DE was
the guilty party. At any rate, II was
determined 90 chA-tise him In white
cap To Was not deemed advisable for
any of his immediate nelghbors to take
part In the affair, 20 q party was organ
lzed he fredericksburg composed Oh King
Georgians. hut several residents of the
town are said To have cheeriuly accom-
pa led the party.
The mans house was reached at a
late hour of the night. AMI be- was IN
weighed from his house by an appeal TO
help "a Traveller who mad broken bis We
hirlr he Is said 10 have complied very
readily and willingly, aud at the same
time toos with BIN "a piece oi rope which
the pretended uuiurt iuHte traveller Sald
was ue,-led i'm repairing the damages
he ACCOMPANIED tle party some ways
from his house. 90 where fir accident
was claimed % have occurred Arrived
Their, h- .ounl him-e. iu the midst of %
party of angry men. who tired aim with
his own rope and gave him such thrash
ius a. D. seldom thrtateoi man % receive
The azlriesrd party made uo complaint.
but the story got abroad and Was the
calls OF the community for some time.
As sail. tue second occurrence i the
kind was not successful, and came near
leia. "a tragedy. jealousy it seems. in-
-rllip4 this EFFORT Two young men
were visiting tl- same young lady. ana.
as j. always ruc ease. one AS the pre-
frrr-I ~lIiUr. Inc tDlu--ttI " i' NiN
urea be-ted detrrm ned 90 attempt 70
scare his -ucc-->il. rival of Ills brother
ana several young friends volunteered TO
assist him Their plan was 20 Way-iay
Dim some night ou bis return IRON the
home ot his sweetheart and wnite-cap
him AL their arrangements were made
in regulation style. aud the tine agreed
upon was certain sunday night
They Womb have succeeded admirably
had NOT the young lady iu the case adj
vi-ed her lover To bring bis shotgun
when BIZ called after dark. lie showed
that be acted wisely in taking her advice.
for W hen his a-sailant, attempted TO
carry their plans into execution he met
their assault with such aiIsilade OF pow
der and shot or % put them 90 headlong
flight. 40 one was injured, but one of
the would -be white cappers had his
clothes perforated ia many places by the
shot
40 other incident OF this kind has oc-
curreI I'm that section since that time un-
tilthe Oak Grove horror.