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and, as such,
Rockingham County,
17th
1900
which met in the Assembly
House tn Harrisonburg,
time befire
vote
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er completed
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convention
re
the
la tions.
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at my request,
p:re4cinct
one way and Funkhoi.1ser
.
act-
was calle~~
nominees,
~ach of the
yet .remained,
passed
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and John Acker were nomi--
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roll-ca.11
of'
whose delegations
in party
a
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in taking
y;rescincts,
some tir!les when
would be announded. for
vote
came into
and A. P. Funkhouser,
Lewis
a short
organizations,
the pre~cincts
B.
election
until
Chairman
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and both
from various
Harrisonburg.
East
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on roll
Chabman,
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to the
t o years,
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c:ertif
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but Jarman had resigned,
called
and proceeded
Mar.
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of one,
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Hall,
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of!
called
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party
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another.
prescincts
.
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vote
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stage
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me.
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anti-Ack.erite
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Lewis
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Davis
A.
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of Edom.
did not know it
at the
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conventior.
was called
went on the
in this
the West
the box right
to order.
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to call
Stage
in front
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announcement
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after
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may be that
in o the aao.wing.
by Mr. Keezel,
t11e convention
was immedi~tely
before
Kee-
to order,
as stated
to call
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of the door
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hen ~oc% ~~wxa announced
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county.
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though
.ing of tl1e stage
may have bee~ in the West wing
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I am the
party
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Keezel
an alternate
as the head of what is known a.s the
recognized
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Botts
to order.
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of people
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the
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started
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about
towards
side
know whether
one struck
that
time,
was knocked
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Right
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after
LV,,
know it
on my back or not.
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that,
was that
but I have always
knocked
and
end of the table,
hold of my arms.
him or not.
with,
Ike Davis,
I saw him fall,
of the stage.
me in the face.
nor what I was struck
I fell
was the one on which Funl<:.-
of the party,
and he caught
I grabbed
a chai:r- 1 ;,
and put my hand
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hiH1.
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V
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to our faction
down over on the East
I
I think
had been sitting.
who also
of the stage
some
hit
thought
me
it was
me down.
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I was confined
to my house for
a
'1
week and was in bed during
the muscles
that
in the right
side
time.
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of my face
and mouth anj(~
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washing
my fac~
and getting
ly from
my
nose
I returned
Webb had taken
I said
that
Ride by side
There
During
and Sheriffs
had restored
which floweed
chairman
there
over
r✓residing
was no further
Dr.
a comvention.
over
violence
to act
and during
on the stage.
carried
off
of the stage,
I was knocked
ed off,
perha~s
policemen
of the
I was not
down, but walk-
by others.
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the rest
some of them stayed
held
or disturbance
several
Convention,
after
free-
were two Conv:entions,
Dr. Webb
order,
that
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the time I w~s out,
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and af'tAr
to the stagP. and found
time,
of any kind.
off,
and was presiding
in the hall,
the other.
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I was 1.n the
called
and until
to order
as he began
to fall,
downstairs,
into
vrhen the 1;onvention
gallery
Mr. Acker was knocked
I left
my seat
call
the roll
and th0rP, was a great
this
was being
done.
West Harrisonburg
turbance
chert,
During
had heen called,
got up a.nd said. something
with your
was sitting
down near
and laid
it
coats
the front,
on the sea
and some tifle
deal
of noise,
people
6.
its
not being
of him.
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the
trouble
the roll,
dis-
Mr. Orv.ille
.
De-
fair,
.
coat.
finished
l outin~,
was considerable
and J.:r. Sa.r:1Da.vis,
in front
rhile
when
got uv and took off
before
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Ur. Keezel
I think
I think
about
boys,"
l·f one th~ t I saw takP, off' his
roll-call,
the.re
and came
of exci te1rient
the roll-call,
and some one in the audience,
and s id"off
coat
I heard
deal
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down.
in the gallery
the body of the hall.
was
Hew
was early
vrho
his
fl
over
the on-
in the
on the x~x RtRge.
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boys,"
and held
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and said
Keef-el said.
up to his
Acker
\Vebb 35,
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and Mr. Keezel
got up and walked
deni_.d
:i..t.
was a ro. sh for
the
stege.
some of
the~
i piano,
sat
in front
of
the
wing.
which
went up through
the1ri
s.
were D.
M. Jarman
stage
Lewis
s.
Jr.
and Johr. F.
before
the
roll-call,
did
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ReP him
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stage
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as b ck behind
when the ru
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the
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after
on tl1
sta:e,
and hurrahed,
rhere
on the
got
to order
some of the
ltv,
to arda
atld e then
turned
houser'
s hand,
coming
from
was sitting
end about
s.
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the
Hamer.
Charlie
R
t~ble,
and went
in the
face
his
fist.
h~d
anytlhing
with
struck
and Davis
Hamner went
towards
I see
did
Jr.,
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the
U
got
het
v~
table
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soriething
out of Funkthe W..e..s.:t.
side of
I sa1·- D vis or, the stagP,
hands
ri.is
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hit
Davis
ha11d don't
hit
hir1
once
think
with
he
s.
the f"ace with his fisJ, and knocked l_J.im~d_srnn.1 _ L?is
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all
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in the
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Acker
was not
st ruck
with
any chair
or stick.
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struck
see Acker
his
me so that
attempt
to hit
any one,
vnd people
hands
ere
dorn
I could.
not
se~. his
7.
hands
but
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nor
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between
hat
he
ms
him and
doing
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samP. time 9and.\ hit
Lewis
in his
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AftPr
the Eflst
tovrn.rds
at him and I thought
Sheff
else
up and going
past
a little
8.t ju Rt the
fell.
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else.
see Fletch-
Ike
Hammer struck
and D. s. Lewis
-:-him,
and -
and r;rabbed
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in front,
during
di enc a and waved his
at
tr1a t time
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hut
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and
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and some of
first
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what
them went up over
stage,
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Le,,riR.
thA convention
ho
the
A. Davis,
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I w sat
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face,
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talking
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his
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that
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think
it
fist.
r not.
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it
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it,
though
I also
noticed
that
a flat
bone had existed
relative
a stick
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attention
it
and found
the merks on his
two blows with
R
because
to each other.
the
f"ist
a blow from the
face
indicated
the fist,
or
of this
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of the position
l
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the depression
birth
should
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f.
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or some instntment,
powerful ,..blo,
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from Acker'
occasion
not
about
m
by a blow,
.nould. he done v,ith
with
stick .
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a very
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attracJ~d
was depressed
he must have been struck
sat
before
have bRen don~
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on that
to Acker
only,
the
I can I t say WhP.th·'r he was born
that
edit
on Wednesday after
and wal}", rl OVP.r to h irn and examined
up
it
house
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him if
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caught
th~
Cooley,
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my nephew
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in nomination
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back
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the
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the
announcement
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in the
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vote
stardim~
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!.'ed on
Le·is
the
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stage
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that
Jarman
anything
he told
rne. 1 When I saw Shefr
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ti
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but can• t ;,arne
Lewi8 jump from
because
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house.,
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the time,
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Botts
the rush
himself,
Acker,
side
I heard
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on to the
East
Acker
time,
dj_ff · cul ties
West box.
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hinself.
protecting
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on the
a good many of them at
now.
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my place,
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convention
Tempora_ ..y Chairman.
near
but
the
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man,
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to protect
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to gethtogeth~r
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orke~.
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it
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after.
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the
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John F. Lewis
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Davis knock~d don.
him, which was just
Sheff
Lewis hit
him on one side
er at
the same time,.
at the convention,
before
as knocked.
he
and Charlie
and he fell
to the
any one
down.
Ha1:1rneron the oth-
floor.
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d,~tailed
thf3 stage
attack
this witnesi=; repeated
the statements
tha't Mr.
arid ad~n. · Davis
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directl1r
on nobody.
after
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where I now live,
gerstown,
and had a Conversation
ence to the happeningR
Lewisites
had to go through
morning
that
of the convention,
of the Valley
withs.
office.
it
rights
Acker and Davis.r. that
11\H>.re
after
he
the
day if
they
arranged
on the
held
at~
the S!)irit
as sorry
that
they had
they wer€ go0d men, but
and. Keezel.
the
me that
that
been
at a meeting
hurt
Funkhouser
He told
had all
He said
there,
A. Davis with refer-
to have their
blood,
in Ha-
some time after
at the convention.
had determined
then
moved from here
I was in Harri:=wnburg
some time before.
convention
having
being
that
they
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I arn the
into
janitor
the !1aJl on thP. day of the Convention
people
there
began to arrive,
before
many people
had arriv~d.
manager
was called
Dechert
was,
of the Opera House( for
I had arranged
pl2cing
first
Declrnrt
scene,
the table
the scene
reNarked
enough with
out near
nearest
to me that
the scenery
that
18.
the time the
Isaw Ed. Dechert
to order
It ~ay be that
and went
about
or a littlf_:1 hefore.
the Convention
door of the hall.
by
of the CourtHouse
and before
I met hi~ at the
at xi that
time,
as
acting
which purpose
the ha Ll is also
the stage
t_e
the front
the front
he thought
for
and rnnning
onvention
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out
of the stage.
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the
Mr.
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way, and he and I vrent up or. the
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oYer on
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to get
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b~ck near
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a. knocked
stage
was standing
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quiP
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'.a the.
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1,1d to d h · rn to y;ut it
ch ir
hand~
too
out
Atage
of the
side
the
thought
I
and ran
to order.
Wing of the
stage
I
JEHU LONG.
I arn a polic~I:Lan
I was in
ed
thf3 hall
durin~
Before
to order.
somp difficulty
the
the
between
r.
deal
on trying
Hy attention
man.
t:l'.'ied to get
otake
him out
him towar.c s the
heard
the
going
convention
on.
and bP,fOrf:>.it
was organized
get ting
I a:i_~nce
drinking
was
1
1,
behave,
a_ good
i th Hr.
and I went
I was going
to Mr.
and
UP the
a.1one YFJry slowly,
...~ on t'rn stage,
there
a difficulty
to it
He wo ldn
was call-
Le.mb, from down
to have
of the hall ••
door,
to m of Harrisonburg.
Lam had been
was called
the disturban
fight
convAntion
Jarman.
him quiet.
the
Mr. Mario~•i
n ar E.Lktonm and
and insisted
of
and turning
went up to keep
Jar-
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and
I sta:rtP,d
aisle
with
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around,
order.
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Acker had been knocked
when he
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as struck
a chair
with
was not within
feet
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steps
still
at
There
and Fletcher.
I'll
who v:ere
before
that
said,
and took
it
had been
and
out
har-:ts.
yo,:
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Sheff
were,
I
run not
me for, ,t
arresting
Ike Davis."
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asked
hiir, I was arresting
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John
arresting
me, "•·ho else
row.
·•1110
Fletcher,
sumVioned Sheff
and I told
to ap1)ea!'
I arr
engaged,
before
ing1"
of his
stage,
the row and summoning trie :parties
Lewis,
Ack.er
Mr. Harmner to a1)pea.r before
you :for hitting
to me.--
rne and
the cha1r,
was over.
and I said;"
were saying
and
"Damn, him
I wasn • t pa~ring much attention
11
sev-
of' the parties
on the
to me, "What are
Tl1at' s right.".
str-nck
betweer.
with
A. Ham'.:er, Mr.
I am arrestL,.g
., or
and Acker,
Je:i.ind r1e say,
convention
He
forward
1
Charles
'Acker,"
r
people
find
he said
hitJ:>hn
the parti8s
other
When I told
some
and he was standing
woulc. have
I could
and Ik~ Davis.
the Mayor,
the
of the
-$
t,·an
ste1,ped
Fleteh
urm~oned several
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after
D. S. LewiR, Jr.,
Acker.
him,
engage<'L in the difficulties
ed ~verybod.y
for
of it
side
of l,~r. Acker.
saw Fletcher
hold
or rather
the Mayor,
didn'1,
some one
and turning
up and caught
arrested,
Acker
rriay have been
I heard
him,"
get
reached
--
struck
it
when I
to strike
of' Mr. Acker
I was between
time.
th/'3
as if
have haci to have
to have
stage
on the East
raised
distance
and he vmul
not Acker.
I
hand,
of the
in the direction
a closer
in order
off
Fletcher
tJ1e blow had been delivered,
if
I
in his
and he was facing
one,
as going
He
I savr Charlie
there.
stage
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see him
I didn't
down.
,
Hainmer
to what
was stopping
the Maymr.
everybody
you
are
that
h8n
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I arn an adherent
I was at
.he convention
that
ment
has
for
a rush
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and heard
stage
e ation
and
par ties
by
om H
Botts
to,
l)een testified
the
of Mr. Acker' s in the party.
riso
irnmediatPly
sit ting
thAre
was
the
stage;)
dovm near
!-'.Indothers.
burg
the rush,
iil!»»xRxnswxs ,a number of parties
remember.
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one I recall
make the a~~ounce
Lewis
I recognized
I could
in
not
now
nrw was D. S. Lewii:;, Jr.,
t,~
vho jumIJ,~d o~l t)1e $ta.313 from the.~_box
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on the stage just after
thA 'rush
began. ,-. I didn ' t seP. hlEJ.
J
r.mke eny hostile
demon'3tretions
Acker put his hand on bac'k nf
tovrn.rds anybody-.
I only saw
chair
as thoup-h to sit dovm.
him at _'!,yeEast,end of tjle~\abLe.r _I saw pi~Jall
bacJ~~~cyi
- ~ ~ ~_:,,17 ?'" ~ ~ th-<-- ~ ;LA. ~ ~but
~ wiw struck
clid not
I sav1 some onA step
✓
I did
was.
seemed
not
deal
~
in front
see
before
but
catch
don't
nor
thP
time
lmow who it
chP irs.
ThAre 1117asabout
1'!:r. Ack rat
he was struck,
of Mr. Acker
hold
I saw no sticks
of confusion.
crowd arnnnd
and iu8t
of him,
the parson
to be backing.
a great
him.
--
There
a dozi:m
they
was
in the
he went down.
JAMES. E. no11rm.
I wnR et
h ard Bot ts
the
Lewis
stage.
M. Jarman,
walking
on the
make his
I recogni7.cd
s.
cane,
stage,
the
A. Davis,
I think,--
back near
convention.
announcement
in the
rush,
I saw a crowd go towards
21.
a .d saw the
John F. Lewis,
who had a stick
and Charlie
the
in his
Gallery,
rus::1 f'o"
and M.
hend.,
--
After
they
Mr. Acker --
about
Havimer.
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his
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LewiA
stage.
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kt~,
4---/A0ker ,~ . ·
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his
couldn't
lap
hold
air
at
the
see
any. of
him
:rhen he fell.
time
Acker
an,i dovrn
any effort
to hit
his
s drugstore,
of Acker
that
but
I
hiM in
and contin-
Acker' s arms wnen Sheff
and Georg~
w.
I
struck
Rickard
see
t
him say
Lewis
those
was walking
Lewis
F.
in the
I didn't
a11y of
I didn
and heard
he.Ld John
cooleJ'
elbl!JWS.,
and chairs.
I saw John
in Ott
OtiB
wi iihi..,,Acker' s
Et Dechert
stick,
afternoon
be that
had hold
Acker •.
anybody.
1
after
hir1 down with
Rticks
.
flourishing
just
: saw a nrnn·oer of sticks
fel2.,
t0 hit
-Zu~.,
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I ~
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of Acker•s
trv~m come down and ca1: 1 t say
who had thern tried
up
he simply
and Harry
Acker,
he.d pulled
Jr.,
LewiR,
F. Lewis,
be behind
hold
Acker
or whether
1rnd to
I oaw John
and he had
v, hether
tP11
falling
Zettif:-,
rnixAd up.
all
He seemerl. to
A<~ker was down.
in
s.
D.
and CharliP.
Burke,
ast"-1,.•.._,
J
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Hamner,
~~ ~ ~ ~ ~
and there
Vorhees,
Charlie
were
hir:i r•1ake
that
that
same
E.e
him.
It
may
on the
stage.
\,,
K&BHa!ak1U1awEB kBft«ksaaaaw ax.
~ ✓(
a
C.
W. C. FUNK.
I was at
I was si tiing
Gallel!'y;
as knocked
Just
then
se8 Mr.
round
the
Acker
on th0
'Then he
qtage
when we arrived,
our
Acker
seats
going
;:_I~
rns hit
and therP,
but
the
sitting
into
under
the
of thP. stBge;
My brother
•rere a great
fighting
22.
and went
off
back
~rose!'Jh, When Ike
my brother,
with
1o~n we left
rn sa,w Mr.
convention
e.s all
many
over.
!
Davis
East
I did
and I then
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box.
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heard
both
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The time I sa""r John Lewis with
conve·-. tioris
had b en organized
after
of the
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him say that
aft13r the difficulty
he held Acl<er's
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a stcik
and were in ses-
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after
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there,
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but
there
John Le is while
I
though)'at
first
a('Yain and saw it
conunittee
he threw
We left
our seats
did not see Aker
the stage
and went
We saw
hen he
andsaw a good many people
vras no more fighting.
I was on the stage
that
the gal-
and I when we saw Acker go off of the
Sheff
rn.s only
I saw She~f Lewis and
with
he thre
ke in their
bat:t,
hands.
and I looked
John Lewis had been in a
of the stage,
away, Jim Sullivan
not hear what he s~id--before
sti
had a base-bc1.ll
a slat.
room on the side
the stick
back under
DavnJks was kno ked don.
Acker going off of the stage.
was hit.
sitting
and when he crone out
spoke to him 7 t~e st~ k a aye
did
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sce:-,ery--ra
hand,
back--and
Rt age,
and he went right
crone out
and came to the front
of the
again
a s ick
with
a.nd th :..e he
stage
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Funkhouser.
P.
A.
f:
I belong
Acker
o the
the
as a great
tellP-rs
deal
waR abou
organization
and Botts
of confusion
completed
there
Lewis
during
Mr.
with
On the day of the convent·on
and Mr. Kee3eJ..
as one of
saJnP Party
I a ted
as the
other.
There
the roll
call.
Whon it
were a number
of persons
·
calling
on Botts Lewis to announce the vot . a d he got up and went to
font
of the stage and called
out"Webb 35; Acker 30; we've
the
got them boys".
I had no ye
comr)leted my addition.When
he made this
I rose
stage.
from my seat
the
columns.
that
D. S.
side
of tlle table
started
I d:id not
Jr.,
Lewis,
off
with
mained
when D.
came runr..ing
it.
on the
it
that
stage
s. Lewis,
tryin~
him around
and proceeded
took
the
the~
except
op:0os:kte
it
entire
upon
rny
saying
and he turn-
the f'loor.
figures.
difficulty
fro
and s
taf)le,
to you,"
with
aper
the
the
to add up
fro"11 my hands
do esn I t. belon~
throughout
Jr.,
for
up to me, on th.
in two and threw
Uli,
thPre
the paper
I followed.
the paper
went and picked
and stood
startf:!d
s19e VJho carne upon thP stage
and grabbed
SSeeher e, young man,
ed and tore
a number of people
announcement
I
I re-
and excerJt
y hand
hi
h he
I
did
v,i h<m
to n:e.
anything
ing
I glanced
to me.
up from my paper
o violence
a
one tirn,
was offered
and
in that
f /
glance
saw
{)
arman
1&1Dni
on the East side
of the
stag
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t:ie mP.mbers of the
v:rhere I live
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hit
the
some one pulled
started
I
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by
1,
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of young
chair,
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towr. dislikes
th•·re
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party
Harrisonburg
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many of them at
the
now.
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him.
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Davis
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Lewis
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hani
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--
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looked
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Aol\.er was knocked
and looked
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for
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Hammer on the
nor Fletcher
Dechert
a cane
vote.
say who were
and CharliA
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front
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to ard:::: Mr. Acker
witho
he walks
Conv~ntion
time but
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stic.
looking
Lewis
seA Ed.
saw Sam Davis.
the
like
I
down,
he was
see Acker
try
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B. F. RODEFFER.
I was in Ott
vention,
af' er
in.q; noou t it.
Sheff
Lewis
j_ t
was over
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hit
that
hin.
1
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day of the
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John
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the
to IkA Davis,
again,
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ti:1e,
Dechert,
Mr.
of course
Botts
Dechert,
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the
my atten-
stage,
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stage,
Sai-:1.Davis,
Mr.
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Lewis
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on
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Ed.
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therA
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Acker,
Hr.
on the
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seA who hit
not
I did
tj_on was turned
o.
the convAntion
at
when I lmcked
in the
Mr. D
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:Mr.
and Keeael
were
there.
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may have
ty of the
see
beer1 others,
rod
Acker
ent
over
came on the
stage.
merit,
and I can't
tell
the
front
of the
I saw Sheff
Lewis
one on each
side
Acker
therB
.ho it
standin-",
but
w2.s, for
stage~-
of him.
a chair
didn't
is
18
cettain,
st
that
backs
the
at
see him:.:..strike
I
26.
of where
up
to me.
sam8 ti:nehi8
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and I only
anybody
went
him vri th
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caught
I don• t know who were
to the rieht
of excite-
deal
and he fell.
aro .nd. hin,
I didn't
did I see him vhen he
nt Davis
toe,
a.
had their
they
ShP,ff
Hammer did
was a crowd
i th
sta
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of him t U'ough tnP, cro ,
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nor
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of the
front
and Hammer strike
and I thou~ht
fist
the
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first
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the
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gallery.
for
was a rush
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eot
the
direction
hit
any one.
the
on the
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a})peared
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vrho
the
doivn there.
he and Mr.
that
up
seP who aaila)l
sticks
vere several
clubs,
R11d
roll-call,
tlie
vas sitting
but
don
I
near
and he x.tXll~
the
got up
~
of the seat in front
of him and
is
Lewis of a nervous
temperament.
t
before
didn
order
1
the convention
or not.
in same district
.TR.T'MR.11 11 Ve ~XN:SEX:t
the
t get
convfmtion
into
the
Lewis
box.
then
Just
go ahead
the
it
str
n Lewis
after
ddle
jumped up
th., piano.
and are
Lam.
sta~e.
After
that,
rail
of the
and somebody
West
hollered
anc'i. I clon' t
and S110:f:f KewiR ~un1ped over
of the
I dirln
I don•t
XII I
an Ackeri te.
1
stage,
and Jarman
t see Jarman
after
\.
the
good
was <"!alled to
it
I don I t know which
cornP.r
I do know
1fa::·ion Lam is
of the
John
any difficulty
and Marion
until
as him or not,
box on to the
went up over
h8d been
had begun.
or come ahP,ad,
knov· whethAr
there
Conve11tion
sitting
Jo
XEllIX1'iXN%N.EX
be tv:ree1 Jarman
and th':3 roll-call
I saw Sheff
from
before
I did.n 1 t know that
friends.
and
back
John
sick
to
all,
I don I t knnv: v,hether
L~wis had been
in
and lift
There
Du~ing
to be VF_,ry nervous,
across
st~pred
sat
John
hiw.
••
arou· d him and
him.
tiL'le with
front
attempt
come out
I didn't
I knew he was d.own.
there
the
down at
was a ...ra.wd pressed
therP.
near
to ~o ri~ht
knocked
I sav Acker
back
announcement,
see Acker
se,., Davis
as hurt.
and then
and sat
d seemed
cro
I didn't
I didn't
hards
late
from do n towards
the
of Mr. Acker.
lmow he
strik
conv~ntion
Lewis made his
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to the
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Ur.
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all
alked
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for
0ompletes
over
convention
as one of the
acted
of pre,
the
thl:l house
to tr e f'ron t of the
HJ 1 nounc
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the
called
chairman,
th1:ire were
e the
of
request
V
on te.porary
and then
me to
for
the
Keeeel
tellers4
th~ vote
thP. roll,
and at
and
cries
frorn
I got
result.
helQ-"ttI) my--ha1Tds for
Ul)
silence,
)
and annnunced,
"Webb
Acker
35
e• ve got
30,
'em boyR~ ''
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'
I turned
around
and v1 ent
stage
body come on the
at
the
table
East
enti,
at
er' wi tJ1 his
ae Acker
with
my right
hand
with
and pushed
hin
back
o~ ten
eight
stage.
I
after
him on that
I suppose,
to Ack Br,
off
hir.1 in
behind
side.
in :front
attit.ude,
I
~in
nd at
blow
under
air,
his
arm
the
same
the
chin
Hammer went
the f'ron t of the
towar~s
ym:. :tu t a man your
as though
I sn1v no one strike
was
bet~een
blow frorn Hammer, Acker
the
of
Acker
struck
1
and Ac*
a blow.
l::\irection.
"Why don't
the
table
standirr·
HP1I1.11er~ust
O9posite
the
bnside
I pushed
the
t se~ any
arouncc the
at Harn1er,
cme;ht
in the
feet,
I warded
and st ruck
struck
I
me going
strike
of Hammer.
hand
back
said
to
and wa 'l_ded off
my left
and. didn
up in a defensive
distance
and just
time,
I saw hi
r)ack ready
tho.in
table
Hammer pps~ed
hands
i:,rrn drawn
the
As I stood
all.
Charlie
his
Rtriking
ithin
Just
to
and in ar)ou t a seootld,
Hr. Acker with
~
back
size?'
11
turned.
sorne one had hit
Acker
from
there,I
didn't
see Davis knocked down at al . After I separated
turned round and
am. Ha1'1Jer, I separated
t o other
couJ·leR,
a:»!i who were
Aclcer
I
ing
on the
couples,
stage,
:f.'te:r I had
and
I savr FlP,tclv~r
I had seen
Fletcher!
on
He
when I saw him.
The
'Tllh:::t st.?rted
ro?v- on the
Ac:_er after
the
fight-
the
separated
t.ie other
two
/
stage.
That :e.8 the first
was on the
blo,irr th:::t t AckAr
Ae!H3.ratinp;
stage.
East
stru~k
T}-ie next
side
of thP
at Hammer
stage
2.s
tirne I saw
him and Hammer he was do 1r.n.
2~.
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at
is
the
the
peo111 e having
ing
time
tl1is
and ~hile
should
participate
one of the
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la st
fe
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all
every
methods
had a majority
or
thA Comvention,
have
twoo years
a?,o
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be en held
procP.edin~
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'rhe meetat
all
if,
leave
they
the
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from
pref cine ts of the
got
an~
a discuss-
we had
county,
here
in tirne
wouli
come
Hall,
when we ha..l ~- rnajori t1r of
30.
th t
in the
that
re believed
upon which
not
in
as sir.i.r,ly
oncluded
from Timbervj_lle
e would
tL1e.
in the
was for.
variou9
train
held
r1eeting
~8
the
that
ht:".d done
tlh:ts
of procedure
in tl1e eve1-:t t 1v'3 delegation
least
of
vrhi0h has been
of the
at
holdine;
ct.
we harl hea:rn. :fror:i the
that
in the
z: ;_,(_
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any Ackerites
the
this
dur-
HS
of
for
meet-
and.
a part
:plan.
on any subj
ther~,
The noor
I think
or causnses
iR what
a secret
car:1e in and out
that
and no organization
as taken
all
room for
unusual
to discuss
f.J'
reports
the
Convention
and that
ion of the
hin
of
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stage
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Mr. Sullivan
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Fletcher.
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b fore
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t1e disturbance.
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it
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before
John F. Lewis on the ~ta e thatoday
which was the onl
cin front,
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the aisle
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men to cover
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some one say,
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am satisfied
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heard
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stage,
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than other
i:N:t in it.
to climb u:pon it,
dovn the aisle
am a lame man,
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AftP,r Davis
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Hammer,
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box,
stage,
his
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there,
and lifted
chair
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arms raised,
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Lewis
33.
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of the
Westl)side
closed,
his
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f
the
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fist
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for
as though
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hen he eat
the
East
waR a rush
in with
to
chair
the
come in on the
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and theh-'put
there
position
saw Mr. Acker
arm raised
in
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was in a striking
his
w.ith
the
sat\•.,
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JAMES B. POINTS.
I
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o~ t~e
difriculties
elActed
...e1:)l--was
and
in view
object
tain
ou t
-put
a line
I.rest
.p
with
ing.
Le,,·is
S1eff
his
there
Leris
stage
Mr.A.,ker
a.A '"7 e ooth
jumped
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stage
of Hr.
and try
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stap;e
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from the
with
I saw
(f.~
I was in
sta',;~,
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cer-
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manEer,
'311.ou.lder.
the parties
that
of r.irn,
ve in his
Joh11 F. Le is.
fore
in front
thP
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the
I had a spec6
;- I,_
cai•e upon
to quiet
the
on the
1
of
announce
was to look
ag~ressi
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Le ·is
myself.
which
hand upon John F. Lewis
his
a part
jur.1p from
ar,-.s up and extended
appear i! o; to be very
and he took
come on the
n
1i th
sq l Sheff
in going
and sa
I hP.arrt Botts
1:mt up on the
After
DBrson.
convention
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lican
and sa
don't
at
him strike
at
kno1 whether
him.
gett,
in
the
extre;
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aisle,1.
come down into
"come on up :iere
him sey
a rrian :ri~h t ther8
fellows,"
said,
"Yes,
and Mr. Acker
then
At that
the West wing.
was sit+ir..g
down when the
and
house
from
I heard
them,
lllNfl[XOifx:tn:e
you
ancl we. t bacK on the
stage,
I left
with
roEKX
John
time,
and wer,t and sat
was standing
rn,"
Liz-
l.
I was standing
to leave
go on up there
left
Mr. Jacob
where
strike
I was
body of the
near
you fello
seA anybody
to order,
1ith
the
to them and as he was ahout
stage
knov1 ....-ho and liCtNX){
was called
Western
trie Repub-
on the
I didn't
anybody.
He came up to some men
and spoke
into
I didn't
some one,
he hit
and saw Acker
stage.
I saw Acker
1v~ convention
Bef'orFJ
star.ding
the
as a spect~tor.
ConvAntion
at
but was present
the
place
down in one of the
convention
where
seats.
was called
I
And
to order.
ISAAC HOLLANDER.
I
the
durin:;
I was not
era t.
conv13n tion
a delegate,
I saw Acker
ad.
then
as Ritting
s rikirg
i
with
s riking
tle
ot.her.
1
on the West Ride of the
about
hut
half
way back
an innoce:::it
co e out
on the
av,ay two blows,
I didn't
at.
35.
sight
, ta
P,
first
see who it
f
from
the
Hall
stage.
seer,
and a Demo-
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East
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side,
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to strikP
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manner,
Acker
corning
say positively
as though
whether
he wr..~ p-oing
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of thP way'
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Jorin Lewis by the Arms, e.nd then John Lewis
And then Sheff Levris struck hin, while he had John I s arms
gral)bed himA There was great confusion
in the HaJtl, people
•
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stag•;
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over
the front
and through
sea. s,
the wings,
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and Sheff's
striking
Acker,
arms my view was cut off by r;eople
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on the
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at
Then I e Davis
arms up,
and followed
some distance
they
and saw Part
both
table,
of the
to J£l:xikxxx1:1mxx111u
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draw back
back.
in the FJast side
trouble.
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came running
Hrunmer, with
stage.
at hi,D, and Davis
back
or iJy the
at Sheff
his
Hamr:i.er
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~nd Fit1·uc1': at hir:: and then
struck
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and Har:r:1er went
aftAr
hir:i down the
of t 11e ~all ery,
and
Le iis,
wr>nt do •n under
the
table.
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•
as at
I
was present
box.
the
I didn
to the
up a little
and struck
then
fell
at
••
but
on the East
side
the
or ten
first
Sheff
1.
to hit
some one
he took
the!'! put
at
Le,ifl,
Fletcher
--
it
holo.
air1
or· defend
Lewis
Il~e Davis
some one
ho
and Sheff
37.
in
some-
hands,
himself.
chair
nnd picked
as thou9::h
came in between
them
and he ·rnnt
came in from the West
I
Lewis
in•
struck
did not Ae m o be in that
0
said
UJJl 1.f ted
down and drew back
Botts
house,
riay have
of the
afid
a Democrat,
of the
pui:;hed Har"imer back,
"Bot ts
feet.
stage
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'
Har-:rner, and th0n
to hit
eight
it.
table,
way,
and. separated
back
t hear
I
as e;nine
h~
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going
conve Ltion,
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as though
it
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a,
but
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the
rec
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Davis.,
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before
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were on the
stage
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Iw
hile
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said
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sticks
that
been
was called
with
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stage.
t o Fun:r~s having
convention
Ack-
vho was in the
with
t.110 11litnes~
and
toe; ether
on the
with
ty
others
and maybe
in restoring
people
ex r-1inat.ion,
they
the
in the· ·fest
on cross
Acker
Rickard
_ olic _.nan by the M yor,
sa v the
he was hel}Jinp;
that
and Jake
like
looked
Before
were back
Hall,
It
up.
some dif:ficul
he might
in the
West
to order.
sticks
during
the
time
disturbance.
WINFIE~D LIGGETT, JR.
I
Payne
both
1as in the
of whom ,ere
East
teachers
box
rith
Mr. Keister
in the
Public-
end Mr.
chool.
Mr.
vre
Ed Dechert
came off
of the
he had. a little
I noticed
said
to hi111 , "What are
then
Mr. Keister
the
Ackerites
said,
or the
laughin
you have
l~u3:hin!!,,
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into
st iet.
you going
Anti-Ack~rites
1 , " nd you
have
them b
reJ)lied,
"Yes.
are
blood,"
1
38.
eithe-,·
to
r • and
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and I jestingly
i th that
the
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going
box
hand
to do
Whose'13 got
and then
the
in hi
11
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said,
stage
convention
stick,''
to-day,
and Mr. Dech9rt
Jr.
Keister
to have your
thich
and
replie4
or myself
right
Mr. Dechert,
, if
also
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Ike Davis
rushed
near
the
arm was right
out
of the
up over
tol'Jard Ike
the
stage
Davis,
but
going
staee.
Sheff
his
with
and Ha10r::er kept
fron
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one
tJ-L1A
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acroRs
at Harnmer
rushed
very
to
was a jocular
arms raised
back until
When Davis
Lewis,
and
he was
was hit,
and Har , er I s arm
I don't
know whether
his
was .
he was striking
at him or no .
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S. W. LAUCK.
I sat
five
or six
East
Harrisonburg.
on the West side
rows back
from the
I saw Part
jump upon t e stage
Lewis
cheer,
and then
st::i.gi:} and
who
around
e e escorting
D. S. Lewis,
Sr.,
hin
see out
~••
There
a11d James
back
on the
towards
bet·een
the other
round
Dav·,
for
I think
Sullivan,
stage,
Webb
and
ani. Hammer backed
to go upon the
gentlemen
were with
me
whom
~M~A1n1others
the West wir~
lamer
ta"ble
towards
not
see who it
some one
ed down 1
I saw Acker knocked
some person
slightly
I
don.
s left
was that
Hammer
I didn't
At that
1F'i
and
and Mr.
Hammer back and shoved
from him.
to Acker
39.
the
.ta.r:1L1er'i th a blow.
, t r f3d o ards
11N up
t1at ann..
~AmamuenD
I could
Thl:ln Ike
I saw Shef~
several
thP-re
from
iBJGIDBUB!mB~
Charlie
the!./l~
circle,
and wave his
~ent and Joined
them and shoved
way.
ul ty.
When I got up into
see._ed to be a
A~ker startBd
rushed
and
there.
I do not now remember.
could
of the d · ff'i
and turn
dress
I was a dele~Rte
stage.
i::;ornP.one WP-.scalling
turned
I
of the
th his
Acker
e arat
hands
see Davis
time
d
there
knockwas
and Acker was ad,rancing
�l.
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�on him.
And then Sheff
Le iis
to his
righ
and struck
do m.
That was the only li
time I was in a place
Atage then.
chert
him dragging
the
loose
fest
1
him with
wher.=: I could
hi11 off
into
from the nther
of Aclcer and
and Ackf3r sank
receive.
At that
I was on th0
see well.
down, I saw Orville
and t
0
De-
men had hold of
ba0k corn1:>r of the
the
I pushed
fist
k I saw Acke
sidP. o'f thR stage
rifes
side.
his
Acker was knocked
After
on the
ame from in front
stage
on
one of them away from him and he got
one himself,
in somR ray
\,
GEORGE ILLIS.
I was at the
I am a policP,rn,;.m of the town.
onvention.
DiEctly
after
th1L-row on the stage,
~r. Acker was dorn when I ~ot on
and went up on the stage.
the
i:,tagP
went. innedia tely
--
to hi~.
He , as helped
Then my at tAnt ·.on v :;,s ~al led
to Otis
and.
and Fletcher
eorc;e Hickard.
Fletcher
you strike
said
said,
"Mr. Rickard,
"I don't
understood.
stage,
fully
Cooley
had a chair
Cooley
i th that
let's
want it
represent~d
raised
chair,
stop
stop~Pd."
to be a follov,er
both factions
I started
this
a.
W. Fletcher
were having
and
I will
dckard
said,
1-:ill you."
'If
I
and Ric~ard
Mr. Rickard
is generally
of Mr. Acker.
:Dar y
When I ~ot on the
ere Ji:l" pretty
Did not see any one with
40.
a dif~i-
fi1hting,"
of the Republican
there."
Cooley,
out.
sticks
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E.
L.
arounn. Mr.
Dechert
Dechert
and Mr.
was over
I did
Acker.
Jarman
o
in the East
the
see
aft0rward,
stage
with
Hr.
sticks.
Mr.
of tlrn stage .
corner
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I vrns at
conveYition
I saw Ed Dechert
fighting.
leanin~
st2g~
the
~
o
small
over
but
did not
by the East
seJ
the
wing of the
stjck.
t,,,1..-
Le1!"is, Sr.
D. S.
I was at
anno1.~nced the vote,
several
gentlemen
Our :;oing
an escort
convention
I started
rho ~ere excorting
of courtesy,
b~: ,of ~Arsons
the
oridinary
B pf ore I started
r~r~1 o ;th facti~ns
I ha.d seen Acke
Before
for
purpose
as one of
the
stage,
o: the pa!'ty,
the
of forming
on such occasions,
I saw a num:)~
Convention'
and a nu.rnber of r:i
41.
stage
Lewis
Dr. Web~ to hiR chair.
:-:;uch as is usual
s te.ge ove-r the front
to ordf}r
1hen Botts
and
to go upon the
.rith hin was for
in conventions.
the
the
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m1uu men,
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i tes
in
that
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was
there,
wing.
When I
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I,
and the
Webb
through
the Wef:lt win~
saw quite
~ot into
:propPr
other
<:;~:ltleand as
a nurn•)er of Ackeror just
the wing,
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as I
andJohn
Lewis
J,()
, vrhi~h had ,P;rabbed first.
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if
and
the
/
have gone vii th, t·.e
I had known that
tJv:3m alone.
John
•
and hit
in
Mr. Acker
one of the
once
sank
hardest
to the
for
to Acker
a poverf'ul
floor.
John
a wee}~,
Lewis,
blow with
I eRer sa
blowx
l
about
and John
before
Sheff
his
is
convenLewie ran
fist.
It
delivered.
Lewis
~
I would. h&ve let
bed to come to the
of his
him,
~
-"t
sick
out
was Acker,
it
on of striking
was Jo'./m Leins
had. been
I pot
Before
intent·
/~'l
it
and got
Convantion
tion
I had known that
If
Acker
my brother
was
at
Sheff
and
'
Lewis
is my oon.
difficulty
If
which
Botts
differ
there
had been
f separating
Acker
Edi tor
Vall F:Y, and was present
to by
/I
fightin~
not
already
and J o:tJn Lewis
J
;Jy
son Botts
a se r~t
at
the
their
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Lewis..
one,
in and -=;oing out
t:i.:-ansacting
and Publisher
our me ti
members o
no senc.e
coming
I did
see
the
Davis.
·-r,oing on,
hav0 been
might
er, t.
I arr1 the
o-r
rny son.
in the knock in~ d.oy:n of Ike
resulted
I had kno m that
my feelinR
Lewisµ:ialso
informal:.1
held
at
that
of the doors
f:fi~ely
with
just
the
SPiri
conference
office
As h0 Rtated,
all
lmsinesR
0 1 the
t of the
or m~1etil:\~
and referred
the ~eeting
beirn!: open
as on any other
'fovm Treasurer,
we.s in
and· people
day,
&nd. ruch
have at that office.
The meeting
in that of""'ice
wasone such as usually
been held before
ev ry convention
for
I
ft
a number of' years.
P ople from
he va:r-ious P!'e cincts
came
othAr
busines;
in and repnr
;1s they
might
ed the results
42.
of
their
primaries
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at
sought
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we
business
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there.
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that
the legally
in the
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gestion
thing
and
hold
our convention
force
of the
day before,
that
ed delegates,
various
the
Primaries
but we believed
also
and as it
county
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anybody,
of
of
held
that
turned
majority
was no sug-
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inforrna tion
from some of the prescincts,
43.
delegates
we would remain
hat
we would have a majority
had been before
boguR contests
from
peo-
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there.
as against
l.U.lA-
from the convention
I would have
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the result
there
o1'
what
we had a majori
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of the
before
but
of our plans
came in am. out
elected
delegates,
had been mentioned,
my force.
office
legally
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a::.d vrrious
of the
elected
Jame 8
con-
whatever,
ope1,
we woul:i not wi thdra
of the use
the
that
as we had done when two years
Sr.
discussion
i.can Party
t:t1at . u
of Anti-Ackeri
before
in the
:ere
of my friends.I
meeting
office
for
Lewis,
rn.R deten~ ined
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werP left
to transact
not
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and there
my seat
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doors
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Rockingham,
I left
an informal
the convAntion.
I
election,
gentlemen
of the Valley
to be had., the
having
and other
au;~us or informal
the
and. the two conv ntions
my
stage,
over
and Dav is were knocked
accompanied
s. w. Lauck,
had be~n at
ple
Lewis
l1.£)0-
another,
sarne Hall.
t:ic
in which A ck8r
me to go upon the
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ie
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over
sa.-ne stage,
by side
ti1Js
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and v1ho in fact
Mr. Acker Presided.
upon the
difficul
down.
Convention
for
it
if
such
with
all
we had a$ to
over
the
county
of the legally
there
out
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of Virginia,
each
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towards
S3Jfle
the conve::, tion,
and vrnuld not have
to submit
were entiled
friendly
very
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mea1s
there.
house
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.riv
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will.
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Acker.
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he
I think
most of Acker I s misdoings.
ANDREW
BAZZEL.
I was at the Republican
a seat
in
the
Hall
on the West side
the
third
or four th row of seats
the
first
Reat next
pied
thP, next
seat.
seat
floor
of the
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passed
a.i'3le.
to me, and
Mr. Fletcher
had been knocked
to the
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down on the
stage
f'
when Ches.
if
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my
in that
stage.
rr1 the
son,
seat
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Flet0her
and occupied
the West Xil!l3 aisle,
door.
occupied
until
h
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L. A. Bazzle,
n. w. Fletcher
down the West aiRle
44.
convention
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third
Davis
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s arted
to the stage.
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Acker
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lick,
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to hi:.
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struck
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ton.
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stranger
knov• many of the
and didn't
in this
pe~ple
rrom Elk-
as a delegate
p rt
w11on I saw
of' the
on the
county
stage.
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know Acker
down
I sa.,. Fletcher
chair
never
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tirnA.
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on stage
came dvmn while
with
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pi0k
Sam Davis
his
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stick
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stage
and break
but
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Acker
chair
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in his
Jarman
Isa
after
hand.
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across
walldng
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I am a Democrat and a member of the Harrisoni)ur~ bar.
I was prese=t
a spectator.
I :'irst
sa
and thAn ,ny eyes 1 eft
upon the stage
raised
and went at Charlie
hira up.
stage
and Sheff
going
in
Hammer did too,
in the direction
v.as
to cross
end of the tabl~,
of the
Hammer's path
at Hammer
what is called
a chop lick,
at Davis and Sheff' hit
blo.
Davis
to the front
Davis struck
but couldn't
of Lewis'
at the East
about
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both Hammer and Lewis qtruck
thought
Ham.~er, with his hands up-
direction.
Leiis,
as
who came
manner and lrumner retreated,
Le iR was just
and then at Sheff
Ike Davis.
Ha":r.ner bac1<.P.dalmost
the opposite
Convm.tion
Acker at the West end of t11e table,
him and followed
in an ag~resRive
following
the Republican
at
him.
be positive.
He fell
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saw Acker,
and. grabt>ed
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t sorre body,
-➔.nd seemed to
with one ha 1d, and then with the other,
him.
bP, shaking :tilEXl.
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f Acker
first
by
that
time
and he seemed to be !)ushing
them back
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W. HARRISON.
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side
Eastern
thP. Republican
of the Hall,
unx:t know c. W. Flet~her
the Hall
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sa
not
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in front
Mr.
Acker
heelR
see them
of the
and Mr.
the piano
after
stage,
Davis
on the
Acker
before
childhi=>was
of
floor
as knocked
werA struck
triey
on
I
up when I suppose
fly
at
making any hostile
down.
and did
demonstrations.
SNYDER.
A.H.
I am the Edi tor
ham Register,
back of the railing.
just
and I saw Fletcher
kr.ockedd.ovm,
and sat
and have known him frorn his
I saw Mr. Acker•s
hood.
convention
a Democratic
and Publisher
newspaper
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burg ,and was present
at
of the Rocking-
pubJished
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in Harrison-
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thA comvention
as a spPctator,
and
A.
was seated
as to some of the
recollAc
tinct
testify
ion as to others.
as to smre. of
the
his
he attack
blows,
blow also
ag ressive
d Charlie
Sheff
landed.
hitting
Ike
ary demonstration
I should
oocurrenoes,
There
to hit
is
an indis-
be unwilling
because
of the
to
indis-
rio 6.oubt of t11 e fact
ge in a very
ag,:ressive
Hammer and Sheff
Lewis,
who returned
to me
that
him and it
Davis
seemed
was the
I non I t r~Gollect
attitude.
recollection
s ta1Y,e and but
occ :i.rrenc es on the
tinctness
of my recollection.
Ike
that Davis came upon the st
that
I have a dintinct
in the West box.
first
way,
and
Hammer's
man I saw in an
thRt
I saVi Acker
any~9~Y, but ray viev of the
stage
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ly after,
Botts
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Lewis
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t ior.
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Davis
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Jast
vote,
run
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to the
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in then
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I t.urned
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windo 1 ·,
stage.
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his
han-i on t'1~
of~ my vie'7 from
and when
iu1111t and went. back
the Hall
Hr.
I no-
table,
to my recollec-
to M:e. Davis,
EnRt sidA
on
knov.r whiJn he came in wheth-
table,
and fell,
the
rapidly
hen he reachea}the
and drew . 'Y attention
Mr. Davis
acroRs.
annou11CJP.dthe
hand.
ent up to the
1-[r. Ike
from
deb not
in his
and sat
seat
came in and was wallting
Mr. Acker
Chair.
second
convention
rhere
Acker,
I could
I suprov-•
see
"!i&S
mid le of the table.
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many around him, one with eac}: :.~:-d, and almost inst&ntly,
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Rockingham County Criminal Court: Criminal Cases
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1900
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Commonwealth v. D.S. Lewis Jr et al.
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Defendants charged with felony assault and battery.
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Akers
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Bowman
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Clatterbuck
Cooley
Cox
Deputy
Hawse
Keezel
Keister
Lewis
Lowman
Phillips
Ralston
Rickard
Rodger
Simmons
Switzer