The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-27
ROCKVILLE FOLK
ARE STIRRED UP
INTENSE INDIGNATION OVER As
sasIr ,roN ATTORNEY
n. G. 4. MoScuRE.
LYNCHlNG TALK HEARD
VIRGINIA LAWYER N CRITICAL
CONDITION As RESULT OF
TREATMENT Al HANDS
or SIX NEs.
LYNCHlNG TALK HEARD

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Indignation ran so high yesterday
in Rockville Nd. against the nlth
who assaulted h. {. l.. Moncure
prominent virginia attorney. as he
ssas leaving the courthouse after max
ing the final argument in viii case,
that talk Of Iynching was heard. Pun
lie sentiment caused states Attorney
Walters to issue warrants for the re-
arrest Of the W-hslen brothers and
Joshua r. ofptt who were liberated
on their personal bonds following Inc
assault.
Peyton whaIeu. deputy sheriff and
constable OF Montgomery county.
was the only one OF the men charged
with the assault that could he found.
He was rearrested by his superior.
Sheriff Viott. and later In the day re-
leased on a $1,000 bond, Attorney
Moneure lies critically III at his home
In East Fails Church. Va, threat
ened with the loss of his left eye,
and shows doubtful signs Of recover
ing from the effects of the beating
he received At the hands of six men
in Rockville on Wednesday.
When Attorney Wampler, business
partner Of Mr. Moncure. alighted from
the train at Rockville yesterday morn
ing whittier he went to complete the
plaintiffs affairs in the unuI Will
case. he was arrested and taken be-
fore the Justice of the peace by Sheriff
Niett
w'amplers arrest caused great
deal of excitement as ne was led to
the Justice OF the peace's office by the
sheriff and his deputies, Billy"
Cloth, famous as q University OF Viz
ginia football player ana the other
member of the Law firm of Moncure,
Mampler Il Cloth. accompanied
Wafnpier, who waited until he was
brought before the justice to ask
what the charges against him were.
Another Outrage.
Deputy Sheriff anG Constable Pey-
ton Whalen wished you arrested and
placed under bond To Keep the peace.
he was informed. II developed that
Nhalen. one of the men charged with
assauiting Mr.. Moncure. had obtain.
ed warrant for the arrest of Wamp-
Ter. ----.---
Attorney Cloth appeared as counse
fer Wampler and asked that the
prisoner be placed in jail, az M
neither had money with him for bone
nor friends in Montgomery county
who owned real estate. This the jus
tice OF the peace refused to do. Tht
charge against Wampler was quashed
and he WAS liberated within an hour
Sheriff Welt. Of Montgomery coun
~, who Vas an eyewitness 10 tn
4AH"i pipN% StIAFA 10y MbHtdItS as
sailants, refused, IL Ia asserted, L
make an arrest until warrants wer,
obtained for the apprehension of tn
men who made the assault
Surrender Expected.
Although every effort is alleged +
have been made by the authorities o
Montgomery To effect the arrest o
Joseph Whalen and Joshua Onutt tn
two men had not been apprehende,
4r H..
cause is given for their non-appear.
anee in Rockville during the day, hu
certain OF Their friends made IT know
that they would give themselves al
10 the sheriff when notified that the,
were wanted.
IL was said at the Moncure resi-
dcnce In East Falls Church last nigh
that the lawyer Is swathed in ban
dages from head to foot. That he vii
lose one eye lis practically certain
according to the doctors.
A special dispatch to the Washing
ton Post from Rockville last nigh
SAYS.
While fifteen or twenty we'll know
citizens were gathered in front of tn
courthouse this morning discussin
the affair, Sheriff Welt came up. !
was demanded by one in the crow
that he at once dismiss his chief dep
AsSt 4 r9 LDH W idtSi. VINO Us one o
the three men charged with the as
sault. The general opinion anon
those in the crowd was that the, ser
vices of the deputy should be dis
pensed with until at least his limo
cence Is established Sheriff Wet
said he desired TO confer with State
Attorney Waters, who was not II
town this morning, before taking &C
ton of any kind.
Will Is Sustained
After having been out all nigh,
siie Jury in the Offutt WIN case, whicl
was an action by four sisters-Mrs
Laura V. Harvey and Miss Mary r
offutt, of Washington: Mrs. Rose Il
bradley of Virginia. and Mrs. Eliz
abeth M. Foley. of New jersey
break the will OF their brother, Frank
lin ]. Offutt, who was a well known
resident of Potomac district, thi
county, on the ground that he wa
mentally unsound at the time TIL
instrument was executed, rendered /
verdict early this morning sustaining
the will. The defendant in the cas-,
was Mrs. Fredelia Offutt, widow o
the testator, ad his sole beneficiary
1t was during the progress of the
case that the proVocation for the as
sault upon Mr.. Moncure arose Mr.
Moncure and his partner, Morri.
Wampler, were attorneys for III,
plaintiffs, and Joseph Whalen ant
Joshua Offutt were witnesses for tn,
defendant. II is said that certain in
cidents of the trial were not pleasin
TO Whaien and Omutt"