Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-02
Mr.. Carter's Statement.


ing the trouble:
Accompanied by my wife and daugh-
ter" said Representative Carter. I'VE
entered the store for the purpose Of pur-
chasing a raincoat. Making our wishes
known to the man we met at the. front
door, we We're directed to young man,
salesman standing nearby, who con-
Quoted US to where the raincoats for
young women were kept in stock.
"A number Of garments were shown
and tried on by our daughter, but none
of them suited her or her mother My
daughter expressed the desire to be
shown a raincoat with special attach
ment, but the salesman told her that
ladies' raincoats were not made as she
suggested. My daughter insisted that
they were made with belts, the kind she
wanted, as she had seen many young
women wearing raincOatS with belts. In
this Mrs. Carter agrees.
'These statements on the part of my
daughter and Mrs. Carter seemed to
anger the salesman, who did not like his
statement to be questioned or disputed.
He showed his diSpleaSure by fatty con-
tradicting my daughter and my wife,
saying: You never saw ladys raincoat
made with a belt; they don't make them
that way, and l know that you do not
know what you are talking about. Not
only We're his words offensive, but his
manner insulting. At that stage of the
discussion l stepped forward and re-
marked that gentleman would not
word of a lady.
Alleged Offensive Remarks.
THE salesman then made some Often
sive remarks. and l promptly proceeded to
knock him down, and followed it up with
second blow. Then another employee of
the concern made for me as if he intend
ed to assassinate me. l endeavored to
avoid the clash, even after the man had
insulted my daughter. When the two
men came at me there was nothing for
me to do but protect myself. I was armed
with walking stick, and | used it free
ly, as my would-be aSsailantS can testify.
after that 1 stepped to the door. and.
seeing a policeman standing on the cor
ner nearby, l called him, and l told the
story briefly. l accompanied him to the
first precinct station, where l repeated
the story to Capt. Thomas Hollinberger
and told him who | was I was not re-
quired to put UP collateral. and left the
station house upon my own recogniZance
to appear at the station house tomorrow
morning to see if any charge had been
filed against me. So far as l am con-
cerned, that ends the incident. If the
men who assaulted and insulted me care
to take the case to the Police Court l
am perfectly willing to air the case and
Carter and my daughter were insulted,
and as their legal protector / had the
right to resent with force any insult Of
fered them"
From Mr.. Josephson's Viewpoint.
This is the way Mr.. Josephson explains
the fracas:
Statements coming from Represent
alive Carter to the effect that I had
made improper remarks to Miss Carter
are grossly unfounded. They were got up
by Mr.. Carter. after he had realized the
position he had got himself into in order
to clear himself l have seven uncon-
cerned witnesses who can verify anything
that have stated. We have secured
lawyer and intend to bring civil suit
against Mr.. Carter for damages.
"A gentleman and three ladies came
into the store and the gentleman asked
to see some raincoats for the girls.
showed one Of the young ladies rubber
slip-on and she found a ticket in the
pocket showing that the coat had been
sold. I thanked her for calling my atten-
ton to the fact. and took the coat back
and laid 1t aside l brought up another
coat to show her, and she said that she
wanted rubber coat with belt in the
back. l told her that We were manufac-
turers, and that l had never seen or
heard or such coat She said she had
seen such coats and that was the kind Of
coat she wanted and nothing else.
tried to convince her that she could not
get that kind of a coat, when a gentle
man. who had been listening to what
had said. stepped up and told me not to
contradict the lady.
Il told him that I was not contra
dieting the lady. but was only trying
to convince her that she could not get
that kind of coat.
after that he said. I told you not
to contradict her, and don't talk to
me like that
Il said. Don't get your temper up so.
There is no need for any excitement
and with that he up and punched me in
the mouth while I had my glasses on
One Of the other statesmen stepped up
to get coat out of the window and
this man hit him with a cane over the
head for no reason whatever. He broke
the cane. Seeing that the blow had
caused quite scalp wound ON the
salesman's head, we sent for a police
man, and 1 had the gentleman taken
to the station house, where there was a
charge of assault made against him. It
was arranged for all those concerned in
GLIDING witnesses: to appear in court