Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-17

town inspector attempted to close the door.
'You can't come ian here" the juror told
ITS my Office" said the attorney "and
I will come in"
Beginning of the Trouble.
Then he pushed against the door, while
the Juror did the same thing on the In
side For a short time the honors seemed
about equally divided, but the attorney
gained his point and the exchange of blows
commenced. Friends Of both parties
rushed into the hall and attempted ia
separate them.
Let them fight" shouted some of those
who composed the crowd of curious people
and who were not In a pleasant frame OF
mind because they were denied an oppor-
tunity to hear what witnesses would say IN
the case.
Don't you call my SON a. - -"
shouted Mayor Wells at the juror, after
his son and the. juror had exchanged conn
plimentS. =;
Rushing through the open door the doc
tor took hand in the affair and remained
in the thickest of the fray until the crowd
succeeded in separating the combatants.
Then the attorney, his father and others
passed to the upper floor and entered the
room where the jurors were scheduled TO
meet at o'clock. Everybody in the room
and on the outside wanted to talk at the
same time and it was utterly impossible to
tell just what was said.
Attorney Wells sat at his desk and lis
tened to those who undertook to reason
with him about the trouble, while he was
telling them that it was his Office. and that
he paid rent for 1t. He charged that Mr.
Wissman had long shown antagonism
toward him, and that last nights outbreak
was only natural consequence OF his feel
ing.
His father had taken a seat to one side
OF the room and was listening to what
was being said when Inspector Wissman
entered.
''Tll see you another day he said, look
ing at the mayor.
Mayor Takes Hand.
AS quick as fash the mayor jumped
from his seat and landed blow upon the
jaw of the inspector that would have done
justice to man in prize ring. There
was squirt of blood and a football rush
was made by those in the room to the place
where the two men had come together The
front door had been left open long enough
to admit a number of persons and the
crowd was great enough to threaten a
general combat. Many of the politicians
in the room said the "mix-up'' reminded
them of an election night riot. They SEEM
ed to enjoy 1t. Others undertook to pre-
vent the hostile demonstration from assum-
ing serious proportions, fearing somebody
in the crowd would draw a weapon during
the disturbance and cause real riot,
Col. Russell, a son-in-law of Col. Han
cock. was in the room at the time the trou-
BILE occurred, and the isght was novel e$se
to him. He did not know anything about
the method of conducting inquests in Prince
George county, and was at a loss to know
just what to do. Thinking the best plan for
him to pursue was to act as peacemaker
he suddenly left his chair and attempted to
part the belligerents. He received no Sc
rious injury, but returned home last night
with a Scared hand as reminder of the
occasion.
Quiet was finally restored and after some
little delay the twelve jurors filed into the
room. States Attorney w. Hampton Ma
gruder, Sheriff T. B. Middleton, Deputy
Sheriff George Dove and Town Bailiff Rush
then appeared upon the scene TO see that
no further trouble ensued The sheriff. his
deputy and the states attorney were not
In the building at the time the trouble oc-
CURED. and consequently no arrest was
made.
Postponement Suggested.
The matter OF whether or not the hear
Ing should be behind closed doors came to
the attention of the states attorney, the
Jury and Magistrate Carr. 1t was plainly
seen that the officials could accomplish
nothing last night by the taking of testi-
mony because of the feeling that had been
engendered by the two encounters, and the
states attorney suggested that the hear
ing be postponed until this morning. The
witnesses were all in attendance and Con-
stable Garrison was ready to produce the
prisoner at a moments notice. but the wit
nesses were told that they were not want
ed there last night and Hancock was not
brought over from the pump house. the
local calaboose. Mrs. Hancock her daugh-
ter. Mrs. Amanda Mackali, and her niece.
Miss Cooke. were in Hyattsville ready to
go before the coroner's jury. Mrs. Mackall
was seated In the drug store directly be-
meath the scene Of the second encounter,
and was wondering what the noise meant
until informed of the cause by Star
reporter. The three members of the Han
cock family and the other witnesses were
excused until this morning as soon as the