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' 11 . 1 l 1. - ___ (SEAL) �I f' �l ? e~ i~troci1acd ret. ff 1·n ~Dl·-_!_l ~f- 011t. ,,._'!"P.r., - - t.o - ~;1 ~ 1•'; h l.O V\ i h .._,,.., ~8 i d I k , Dc ·.,i c did not s~ek to ~lkicit ?i1t ro peroit d.efcnda~ts, ,___ill of -o - l- 1- P' .J-..l, 1 L 1:1 i TI a th rcferc::ce i~c t.hc ~itncrs COUTif'Cl, ·t,·on~ . ~--•, ~ . 1 ::.; , .... ~-a u - ,:, of ...... , " 1-1·nc-att C...,,.. ...,J.\. b • • t.o the difficul iy c in v o 1 v e rJ, cl 1r i n 0 h i s fir s t t. e s- ?~Y evide~ce :ropcrly 3dMicEible said objection and u~on no one". e~d 1n so overrulinf OJ n,·,., _ _ _ o.D J. Exe t.he Court. ovcr!'1led "He was n~kin~ ~n ~ttack 0 ertion , ~hich is h~re re- ,,.,,.,eo -•a(' ~ n .., .. ro(",.,..:: .. ...,J!\ v.. ?o,,.,,., t ... 1.sd lin .n int.e:r!'Of8t.ed ,.,, i ch / .·L _,0 ,... 1·_,.., 0 '1 1 o~ not Ike 0 1'"' t'-1·~ , n ~: ns as set. out ir: rr--i: saMt=: Bill 5.n oh-ief, L"\ of itr Pxftcvt1·0,..,c.• ,_; F , ••~- JO ~ • 1·_,.~r~1= ,!". , • _. .,.....,rt .._Ju , ,".:l ..... J,;;i_ ,!l t.hci:.~ evirenae nerP all the £aid objection, to a~s,~r, Ci'~C·~:t., 3nd in as above stated. ~r.:l :/-::'8.":ft.:12t thi r, the their ����' • ". 7r • ~. 1 •• .j. - ... l, t, , 1 I 1.0 ,.. i -! . • .t'. 11 • I( JL. • I{' • h ,'\ ~ y,, ... ..., i lc.,... .. --.l•\i,_,.__ .~ I. 1/.. -L. :!f:. .. ,-r-• 1,r • r, t 1.L,. --... ..,.. t. 1. t , .... ... iJo .... ' • t1 • .._, r, r.. t trodnced defendant's evidence And the Cormon :eal t.h, insert (he:re having redted to furtk er r.rair:tain t.he issue evidence (here case, upon its to f'nrthe:· insert the part to- ii t.: ( he in :rebuttal),. Common?realth havinc the:-enr:,on the defendants, to-wit: their the fol~ owing evidence al, Cornmon.,ealth's And the butt.al; to- ,it.: in chief). defe~dants in rebut introd11ced, evidence, .,,oiioldrr the 1 closed it.s the maintain d~f~.eont's cas~, ic-sue evidence in re- bui.t.nl ). l• " r:., diet). th. <' - 1' V- • ., _,-,_- t, Court to set ~si ner. trial trary ... to the ur1on ,.he f_;rouno that la"!" ~nathe. evidenc~ .} e said in th., ve!'dict. caure, was con1:1hich mo- ��t e Court overrruled. overrulin said and TJ!'ay that . 1.1ay be c-iened, To ,.;hich act.ion E.TOtio,n.t.he defendants, this, thei:- jl /~ r al ed and enrolled of t.h Court. ·-y counneJ., :Sill in so e ·c~pt of Exce1,tion<"',,,m---- and made a r,~::-. of P1e "·'r1 • c),, 1·s accora. ..,_.ng_l y done. recora " 1·••n t' 'n1·,.. ._, c"'uc.e ~ v , ' r •. , • ��JI .J.,~.. ...lL • 1T • /.T I/ • I • .11.. • It ' .. _!I I/ • • II • _f - " • ,' • I • ·!l 7i rct. t.hi r ~: 11 -P the ....111° O uc.,.., • ... 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' . . . . �..' ... . ... i .• T • .. .. ..• . . • .. • f' • ~ • . ... .. • • • ,,-, \ )' 'I ,, t • t. • • l ~r. er ~ ~►~ 'i.'\ V ~ ~ ~~\ ~ j~ ~~~ ~ ~ ~\\ ~ ~ ~~~ 1 ·\ ~ �~ d/ /4,l,c,,,.,G~ ;f;:. .3// ?na-r-L Nn ~~l~~-1~ b-t~A.J;~ ~"' L1tv. J ~ ~ J,. Jn. ~ /2..f. Ir, jL ~J ~·~~ ,. . " , J . I "1 .. ' . -, ... . . ·, , ��- �2. The Jur of the factions are o.f the convention r igh tf\tll y f s~id factions l-.-----~-~---:rftort-"f'tf.F"-n~ee point is o of said. party 17th or inno the question 1900, or VlhOwas of the and any ~vidence or ,i stage, upon this them in corning to a conclusion en..,e of the d8fendants. hich of dele- ebb or Acker to the possession by as to had. a majority of March Jonven tion, to determine, to be disregarded as to the guilt the was entitl.d Jury that the Republican 5 s.te.n in ,hairma.n instru:3ted h ��CHAS. ~. KEEZEL. I TI~s Chairman of the Republican and, as such, Rockingham County, 17th 1900 which met in the Assembly House tn Harrisonburg, time befire vote by me. I placed porary fort l~ d1 ~j J ]' Botts r..ated. ed as Teller J. Dr. • Lewi~ 1,:ould record er completed teir.porarily and called, it convention re the la tions. one of them being at my request, p:re4cinct one way and Funkhoi.1ser . act- was calle~~ nominees, ~ach of the yet .remained, passed oth- the and John Acker were nomi-- Webb ·__ two or three roll-ca.11 of' whose delegations in party a I 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 Jarman, and both from various Harrisonburg. East u. l✓•• on roll Chabman, There wer·e conteats to the t o years, · e< to me as provide c:ertif had bee ~~1 and but Jarman had resigned, called and proceeded Mar. cou~t the l.ll thP,re had bP.en rival of one, ,.of the cor.ventior. Hall, For the past Co vention, Chairman being er to order mporary Chairman. of! called for party and Botts another. prescincts . I nev- which when t:nere were cri~s I had from I. all the house, over and he, without vote advanced table and called I • in, Acker not and a voice the sta the papers, stage tell as elected, me. held I reco got knew it them, by or LewiRite, no matter called how you get 1. hat o,t of James "G~ them.~ the hands, boyso" mental here was instantly n zed as -l om the up his counto great in the crowd in the body of the e, which anti-Ack.erite of the the to announce to me, got up "Webb 35, Acker 30, we've out, did Lewis announ ing it to the rront ounced thot Funkhouser on Botts calling confus- house near Sull · van papers, A number an get of peo- �. 1'I q 0 • 0. \ rt L rtJ' D'~L 'I _tj I ) j 8'!.8 'IO IsVJ:'I q n rij 09 1 • an o.t:t£ lm .,. .t r 0!1 . .,i' :,: .t • )! f( ;J .a de I!B ,:9 lr->--v -1\, . a joff I .brts .e ntmc n.t 'I .t . t f () 'I0.1j er! .B o.t e.t 1e:J aJjo JJ ill'. 0 'j" ll lf-l I r b s . .t n R9 I ~ """0 j "IO 0 3, < .t ITO rn L ort2"..rurr. \. r •D l!OI! j '!.rfJ j :!~V.'i l + A.tnoo • '!CT er .u'[ .S C A.,- "II.to r, • I r:fj \ r b .:l r~.sH rt~ "i 'tl N' fl!i I B J.. 0 i .f .J. 0 l j 61.T.P"''! rr.., 'IJ.JdI1 o o.r V l {1 r, ~ rt :10 '! J', L rn J'f"S 0 , c: • • D jon · ~ AP,()'.'{ OJ 0 c:, , l, r, 0 . .t t ert.t 'IO d n.s r.t.snD .[ b .tasq , br ;J' h s.trt - o.i:j ... cf H 'l Qj .Lr:tmJ 8 . If.t )~ ..., L r{J '!SV .0 "'f n m,:.t.srm o.t .rctuqe H srtJ lo ! ft ' _I,eri :.t J .:i �ple arose from their an attempt J seats as being and started made to get table and began putting few. While doing them in sot people and ot.hFJr hanci..s were reaching to me. difficulties which followed, During down. East wing of the stage out several times ing words to der, the roll-call, and paid ffiP,, the papers rny for but I merely table box. stage. and during I sa D. me I did not I first and was being taken ers were assisting off him. No violence all of cheating, during the knocked in the and used gla}1ced at him over to him. Before JUIDP on the Asker after of the stage. my I think when I called nee any of the others noticed aroUI_1d, in his h2.nd, and he came attention Jr., but a me all but did not see A~er the roll-call. s. Lewis against I had seen Ed. Dechert and accused to the and got all on the stage was in the West wing of the stage to order pocket I saw and turned the papers. with stick no :further the stage. were brushing I stayed "as offer~ed for insult- shoulMr. Acker the convention I turnP,d to the stage from the East when they came on the he had been knockeQ down He ins walking and oth- �.t • _.,. :.i. 1 .r f .,. .t J' 0 .bIDJ 'I Is erl.t m . n.t.s rr 'I.LJ .:Is .sm o I a 0 :) r· .cf .t 0 )t '1.t. I j .ta m .2 iIO . o t'lo rrex.ss j \ ,., .s I l �f • < !'( ~ "'·1i <• "'"'" •,••. r ~. f ,r•· • - - .L .,. ~ I -. <>,...i. , I ........ ,..,,... .-. '2{. ,., -, r. ;) rr , . ' 'T ~ .......,~' p~ ' '"1'. f' J ,..,~ ,,., , ., L , .., - C'·- :.. ~)£ ' ... l .,.,., ,, 0 .,.,... ,.., ::.n ➔• ,.,..... ,.,:1 ,,. ,,.,.., ~;- ,, ......;_Q::'; f', . L• i.' 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RODGERS. I ter the Convention to seat there as in Dai O'Donnell's s. and heard our Chairman bar-room, Davis A. shortly say that and we did it.'' convention as af- , "We vent JOHN ACKER. I my prFrncinct at the My principal of Edom. did not know it at the tirne. the Republican tion11of conventior. was called went on the in this the West the box right to order. 1 to call Stage in front rnnt out on the Stage announcement or it after the When . I I was in may be that in o the aao.wing. by Mr. Keezel, t11e convention was immedi~tely before Kee- to order, as stated to call generally Funkhouser, and m adin , I ttAcker fac- the convention of the door Mr. Keeze hen ~oc% ~~wxa announced zel's Acker who is county. from though .ing of tl1e stage may have bee~ in the West wing I was l')resent, I am the party and myRP.lf were in Keezel an alternate as the head of what is known a.s the recognized zel 1as Botts to order. Kee- Le 1is called hr.d ~f'tN,.~I( out "Webb 35 I went out, of people Acker 30 there -- I don' v;e 1 ve had been 1. got a rush them boys for the "' stage know w110 alJ. they were. 3. ' Just by before a number I went up to th �• .t n.t -r j baj :ta .t I .o I �table that stood near the center on the back of a chair. houser belonged started Just about towards side know whether one struck that time, was knocked The blow Right I don't after LV,, know it on my back or not. I don•t 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 When I got to the East hiH1. I met John F'. Lewis, V it 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. I don•~ know whether I was confined to my house for a '1 week and was in bed during the muscles that in the right side time. The blow paralfzed of my face and mouth anj(~ I was taken 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. / one and I the rest some of them stayed held or disturbance several Convention, after free- were two Conv:entions, Dr. Webb order, that and was going the time I w~s out, assiRtPd and af'tAr to the stagP. and found time, of any kind. off, and was presiding in the hall, the other. of the stage the blood I had been elected and frorn that as such, over the chair off I V 4. 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Ll ,_ i ~y f' ~ ~\ - ' • :--,lro; rl.l -·l ...,-~-,. ,. .. • ..,.., ~ ' • 1 t �f • •r .... ;. ..,. ,., I t I �and the hand of the man h0 s ruck would have to have I think ing the blo, in front hirr., I should after d.resPed must have been struck of Mr. Acker and h · s -- tlnnk, 8triking by a man Acl<er I s - such a blow. 11 sand- :xiki:sg ' :right / ' W. C. SWITZER. 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. This 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 When Mr. KAezel had about 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 Just 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. there ~ as a great and some of theJ1 shouting to �.[ . ' a 0 1i J! rro.tj'rtevrro .en I o l '!'! L Lss rf.t rt :{0 :t I XA 'to I b j b B -no .m.r: I rt B rr rfj' _:1 'D- 1' j t .I. l eq iO'X �J to Botts to he front of the comrnand silence, them, Mr. Lewis 1,ewis to announce, boys," and held sta':e and said Keef-el said. up to his Acker \Vebb 35, 11 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 not ReP him er on the stage About as b ck behind when the ru h un il the after 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. When D. 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., tovrnrds the U got het v~ table , soriething out of Funkthe W..e..s.:t. side of I sa1·- D vis or, the stagP, hands ri.is " 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 struck~ ,....tl,4J~ J,.u,L, ~ ,~-~ ~u~t~ A~ker twic l~ -Jus 8 s Acker Rtarted to all I 1 eft r..,y seat in the gall enr. Acker was not st ruck with any chair or stick. ' I didn't 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 ere nor hen he was between hat he ms him and doing • ~ :·'t a.s knnc?_ed dovm, Le is AcYer and D. J ~ end of samP. time 9and.\ hit Lewis in his avis AftPr the Eflst tovrn.rds at him and I thought Sheff else up and going past a little 8.t ju Rt the fell. I saw no thirg else. see Fletch- Ike Hammer struck and D. s. Lewis -:-him, and - and r;rabbed When hP ~ot in front, during di enc a and waved his at tr1a t time qide WAR- hut LeriR (\ the on th scen~ry, nor u. and seen I didn't B8 made. stage. h•. f'e ced Flunk.houser 01. A. Ha~ner Chas. !-t.L Jerman and some of first the diffiJ what them went up over stage, wa::3 callAd _ announcement, Ed DP,chert , I had Le,,riR. thA convention ho the A. Davis, bear I c'i.idn't As soon as Mr. Le is made thiR to wA'Ve got 30,-- there as if hand, with �... ;- I !11 o.t brr j Ii J:rf 0 -,o j le JJ 0 f brt e ·o ~ "' dd b.tsa 1 B ..,. . ~ f j '!6VO lJ !1 rr 0 moa 9 [O J-a-:tl'l b n 0 ,,. .t 88 nn.ti ru .t "f" fl ~lta --,.,:t r!B tfI '[{j ~ b~ 0 ' .rf Jr) 1 ") n a b .rtj u .:tud '! rl I ....'3 rt a b :t.,. ri j 0 Arfj .t ~ 0 ,.,. J 0 J .2 0 .a nRrt sse J .... I") j ,: b!!B j e I brt r m r! . rr. .t J'!.J r ..u. J 0 • L •. -rt .p.r: u • ' -. I b e· ~ ... l 8 , /r j'!I .t brt Ji a.r 1. , t L .£ s rr I .t JJ' I �''hen I got on the there, t ion, and Rome demoera to strike nor was he elose hi □ .After until therP some of them belonging or attempt is, stage s. A. Davis s. enough I got on t}';ie stage, was over' to I didn anybody got ere after fully ~x I fx~xi~ each facanybody the blow he struck a.t Dav- ~tage and when I got I did not hear E t see Hammer strike hen Acker to the peor)l e a huni.red as struck I se there, Acker say anything to have struck no more of him the fightinP, a:r·ter hP. crune I 8. �r{ f U' .:t I !1b.C b -v a , u ]{ rJ j m.rn10 3rt.c rr .t old eri .t • rs o.t o.t • j 0 rfj I 'T'1 +"I- 8 rr.r • - .., \ o I fIHrt .h .s , g.s:ta e. J- rro .to j o .:o Ja -:tom o Ar{ 10 9r{ .:t • .Cr! } u I IL i l: 'C ~ J -~~ ;I ~'S~ Y~ ,, ~~>---J~~ ~~~~~ ' ~~~ ~~~ ~ -. \ ) �DR. J.B. AMIS I w sat conv ✓ ntion. My r,rofPs~ional. face, AR I sat talking I got his rrial er bor.e depre~~P.d. that wey think it fist. r not. If it ould require it, though I also noticed that a flat bone had existed relative a stick i t 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 and I may have just of the position l ith the depression birth should I in which f. I / his or some instntment, powerful ,..blo, It m~y be that from Acker' occasion not about m by a blow, .nould. he done v,ith with stick . ith a very it FWi sornething attracJ~d was depressed he must have been struck sat before have bRen don~ ~tRt 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 was one of friendship, and to depresR .. visit which I had not noticed because .. Acker's no tic e �. ,I .:ts .I/0 n t l:d ..r.uod.s n:o 0 n.trts s.,ma rf P. Pf 'I }I m .t.r .be b t -rocf r t A o . rlrf j ~rtl;i.[.sj j .b J:J'orr "o. 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DEPUTY. was at I in nomination sitting for back I changed the stage, the announcement . them all the I was¢ 1 I was talking he said that in the of the vote stardim~ , !.'ed on Le·is the the box fi:'G-m \ stage ai:d h elpe; Ackef" off. to Jarman !'39Veral days aft er the:r:Convention piece of a · he had a~boerd on the stage for the purpose that Jarman anything he told rne. 1 When I saw Shefr rn.s nobocly elRe a truthful near ~ ~tJ he is d stage. ~~'3 I believed ti ~ make { but can• t ;,arne Lewi8 jump from because there house., occu for the time, I was of the Botts the rush himself, Acker, side I heard and. sa. on to the East Acker time, dj_ff · cul ties West box. 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C /A ~ ..,/ • _..,.. t ( j /il'c1 \;; ,r ., ;.,,al - 41; /· 1/ ~ ��♦ L I met Charli8 HoH-e~ on the Court HP.r'1r",er at day of the the Cor~vention. / _. dooT of front I knew that the there ., ' a sharp contest between the factions the at pri- ~ \ a'r1d thi3-t Harm1er was a prorninen t maries, "Are you going him, I supposed the at result all lJet een the if - factions meaning purpose I wanted •~ 1 we 1,0 get as to know whethet )l,- (I I SilOUld.n It 11 .{_ be // together. '/J' therP- was a knock-out that, t'.•· of h_arr,ionizing ;+s,m:u,e;c. .,rfHU)...ond.ed "I ' 1'- ,.. ed if the r \....:; waR likely. surprised today,tt as for Convention the differences that to gethtogeth~r and I asked orke~. I shouldn' After this T, surpris- be cnnvArsa.tion :tk / thinking was best it to remain had no })articular I I did not go to the convention.:... away in it interestiN:t at any ra~ as I am not a Republican. B. Convention ,.~.•.~ L waB~, Gay's ~ ~ at th13rt_onvantiori, ~~ ~ we were after. ter fighting the ec in the North stable, trouble ~ to some one, 1, - J-,u.., We were on the •~ I end of Ton, he said, ~ after sta~e, 4.,,z_L saw S~ A. Davis, Rnd rAfe~ring We c.i~n•t 11 9~ Funkhouser I heard afte= get ~ at to the the . ~ .. game and Keezel." Af- John F. Lewis talking whom I didn' t kno1,,· and dor: 1 t know now, down in 16. �• :_;{'> , j ' ' 8'I .,, ,:• t: ~H e.i:L'! rfj Jsrf ~ < DI I 'fl • rt 1:o r{.t 1: e '--'l'l .[ j' j Afil ! j qAt,rj, Bb 9 A A I q .trr 0 p ITO I ·,•, rr b.t 8 rr.t.r _,rfj ' j 110 rf 'T .Jl:I SCT "'°O .J: .j ", 'l :.boj AP.fl 'I - B 'I•(j • .,_..,. OJ 3rr.to~ "0'! "'"U l ot 0. f I oJ'<f.te c 0 l r. fij ' . d ...' 'I'! , fIO.rJ' f3 'Iq •• o j .. I 0 o~ ot ;:j .. ~ f[ j fl V: .('.t I .t ,It.t j ,. o· n ,: 1 ._ ..,.... :t r .r.J I .c.r11 '3 .. rro.tjr.avno I ..8 q 'C!fI.tJU .t , • i • . .t O.b , J c, not • fI .t•;r r:r.t rft.1 t'l .8 r .:>f ,1 1 • I 0£.b r 0 o. o.t �(, JOHN C. BEERY. I was present and saw Ike hP,11I sa r, as a ~pectator He was not attack.ing 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. In rebuttal, ·ust d,~tailed thf3 stage attack this witnesi=; repeated the statements tha't Mr. arid ad~n. · Davis came in f om thP, West side directl1r on nobody. after the rush. Don• t, think all. 17. Hr. Dav 1s was making Mr. D:wis of an saw Rheff Lewis at �r v. od I b b LC i ,r 't't , b I' ~ .Y n V. jg eri.t 1IOI.t!19V!t00 ru. • n.jJp ·10J'sjo .tott .::~ .ft' RS b -ruo nj "IO r.m1sH8 .ti '!Sri 0 - [! r nr '" J s 0 r. 'I "' n: rf n- A , B .rra ' 8 mlrl ffO Cj ei j .rn al: t t ,. Ll r{,j 'c:-, '! D s t a .I rf P. ar :rr-IT tv~rr • rf • 'I LJG u fl'O.BJ p "'{lu D!'l'I.t .ilrt ft j I • . bo 0 !O J JJ ~ . • 1 ls �ED. KOONTZ. I w2s not at the Convention 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 ~ ~ /4.-~ ~~- µ JOHN PHI:tLif S. 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 ' out of the stage. th'3I'P, .as hardly the Mr. room way, and he and I vrent up or. the �t O r{ 'I f emlj rl:t emo .. wd.10R.t '!"I" H ,A ' rr I '- 'I '." .cl nt I .. "' f 'IC Qj J.. d 'IOl r r{ r:- rM 1:~ V: b .rsru a.trfc .C'I 'Lt~ J vsrf o rt.t l'ICJ.tab b rt fI ~ I . J L }"Jit.t .:t0 8 ....:n.t r{j J' orrru {j 'I 'XO 0 'T9c .Sl't rro u A r.mo i + 0 T brr t 'I It \ J I r1 / �stage pushed back the first scene from the front. ,,ent back off' of etttrL b13 nn and saw i"1x. Fletcher the 1 East ~:n"l't'¥-fl-'......_ do n very in the the of with nd ry ing Ed Dechert Mr. when FletchP.r before third was better. one I on the the the stage except East I one a litt like ...P \ was called up. chair ri • and he PU t it looked convention oYer on to some dorn :iown raised a chair to get which b~ck near had the the a. knocked stage was standing Ed Dechert that I saw no stickR quiP He had that '.a the. that 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- LP..Jn and I sta:rtP,d aisle with hen I around, order. sa When �n 'I !. j' Gf), .j 0 'I J I .t erro s er o G ~ :t 0 x .i. • J! d .t "1" rf Ii r 0 'l . q rtt 'I" ,B 'I I .IL n 0 b'IO j q.u j • TS �I got there. Acker had been knocked when he got as struck a chair with was not within feet eral steps still at There and Fletcher. I'll who v:ere before that said, and took it had been and out har-:ts. yo,: ~~( Sheff were, I run not me for, ,t arresting Ike Davis." What I was after asked hiir, I was arresting ~~4-:i:~ est- 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 I 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 ••. see him I didn't down. , Hainmer to what was stopping the Maymr. everybody you are that h8n I you arrestwas in the ~----.:._, J J ~~~~~~;CA_~ ~~ ~~ ~ ~ ~~ > .£J-r ~/ 'J, ; -q;-(t ~/2~, I �' r.:r.trt~ j' 9 + .., I 0 . -r rr· no 't j a 0 .x:SaQj 11: 9~- 8.S b,. a.ts.,. , brr 10'° b 'I 0 rrJ:. 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I Kl I arn an adherent I was at .he convention that ment has for a rush '} 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. The only 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 • ...,., Mr. Acker c.a:1e ~ ~ ~ z:;u,~ ~ ~~~ ~ ~ ;6 1 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. .; his got a �r rtJ rr & L rr Oft j Oft .~ ob n rfoj o j r f) . rro.t j rtr-.vrr on :c j I ,j .1.t 0 '."{ B ]{ .is rf.:t rm �that were (.,TohnF. -&, ~ on the LewiA stage. Lµther kt~, 4---/A0ker ,~ . · werP. othP,r;f, 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~., ..r__, ., I ~ /'- 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 head 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 the box. rot ent a- eo1::.le there I s w Johr �....,. . j I,- ., "O B'! 'ISri rrnr: • 'iI •"'-,. ~ • IU 'I'l j l .~ a.t T ~4'ln J ., (')., 0 rt rtl: Luq b r{ '1"9 !i j )f .t •• .c?. ri .t .I.'. , .. L 1: 0 ,.. a)fri.£JA .t .t ' rr.t r{ '-l.S8 .r-r no a I I 0 b q o• r Ii Lis { .,_IJ e 'I t .. . rtJ qrf [UIO rr ~ C) •!it .. '! r{ - I J' •.so I.trf .t • .. SI # .i: • q ,,. J • )I • o .. a ~ I rt 1 ocf .t j , j 0 OUIJ: L .'LC .ri - q r{j" V fIB !JS w 8 rtA - .s I ; ~ei.1. · '- 0 I b.a 'l .c q'Y nt rt r!!JO'I J: I . A ~ �Le, and Sheff Lewis, got on the stage. was after sion. East heard both a sttck in hJ.R hand, The time I sa""r John Lewis with conve·-. tioris had b en organized after of the stage, him say that aft13r the difficulty he held Acl<er's I a stcik and were in ses- iohn Lewis talt.l<ing to P. o. Sullivan I hearrt side each with on the was ove:c, Rnd arms wLen She~f Lewis hit him. Joseph IPunk. as at I the lery with by orother, in~ the East convention W. c. Funk. box just after stage there, My brother went around onto 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 �I 'IS '± 1 rf P. t rtl dJi .t cf ..t .Lu .t,r b as .:t I j 'UJ'O jj 0 .sa aeri r .:t1ol ~1 1o 11: lqo .. .[ j d b rl 1: L - .r jgr{ �L. Long. J. I saw Sheff b?ck of the in his Le is jun l~ on the 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 0 -- I 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 , �• !l rr '! 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II -;- �I with a stick in his A_ sa r Shef:"' Lewis' chair raised The chair fist in the was not hen I saw this don't know whether I am very of the the were up Shef'f Lewis and he was assisted me. hen I got M a number off I of th of unpo1)ular So around }1 him I know, fn.r).s time Mr. Acker as knoc~ed i io 1 n1, t11er"3 wer~ political of his upon the stage, except Keezel others, but I didn't se"' them. town of he was do m and the have been I eve)3body in at ~Jr. dwwn. it in the don I t think to Acker . Lewis Faction ltli.sxf:xiieruts Persons stage. maker I know that him or not. I am some hat though ci·ar I Ther to go to Mr. Acker. t:ie mP.mbers of the v:rhere I live quite hit the some one pulled started I in to Acker' s face. Phillips, because by 1, ly goine of young chair, and tha towr. dislikes th•·re hands nruch disliked party Harrisonburg apparen raised Just to g ance around nd. continu{ing hand and myself. 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'.e~l '; f confn 1 io ::~<,.,~ i:.~1r: +.i11e :=.: V 11"' • .1 the �r rr j • -rr ! ~ t ;. ,.,. ..,. . .[ r ! .r ,.,. +r L,.. ~ .... r .. r .. ,.! ~("I () rrel\" f! o l .o ': I-r- r , Jo ~ r , ,. .. n ,. ~ ' . , .. .[ ,... .t "' , ...."' �LONG. R. J. I was at the stage when Botts many of them at the now. I saw Sri.eff Sheff Le is him. I went dian•t Davis was on the for Lewis can't a place of the to ~et off. Charlie in his hani time stage rush in the rush stage. When Hammer was behind -- on the stage. looked lii-:.e the Aol\.er was knocked and looked I didn't for I knew a. good. Hammer on the nor Fletcher Dechert a cane vote. say who were and CharliA A"oout the front and saw the annonnr'}ed the to ard:::: Mr. Acker witho he walks Conv~ntion time but He had stic. looking Lewis seA Ed. saw Sam Davis. the like I down, he was see Acker try to -/ B. F. RODEFFER. I was in Ott vention, af' er in.q; noou t it. Sheff Lewis j_ t was over He said hit that hin. 1 s drugstore day of the and overheard John of he had hold John Acker' . 25. on the ..... A arms Con- �Ou j -.,, ... ,OjOV T fjf! . rfj .t I s.rf.t b , fl j 9 fU!Olli:8 JI ~ I 8 I Rlw J rra ofi nsJ.i I' p .. r ,.,_, ~ '-'I j r .. j r.tb ... ,J J 0 -'-a..tn... I .f . OJ .B ·o ' rf fl .c ~ ' ( .:t j 0 .1 A j !J rnot -· .c \J? �M. M. MYERS. I was sittin~ fro1n the stage stagA. the to IkA Davis, again, At that ti:1e, Dechert, Mr. of course Botts Dechert, fron of the my atten- stage, and of the Mr. Sheff le is, stage, Sai-:1.Davis, Mr. and Funkhoui=:er Lewis because on and I didn. t seP, who st:-· 10K hirn. were on the Ed. row back was a crowd on the front therA there or sixth Acker, Hr. on the in fr'on t of Mr. Acker, st.age fifth and s~7 thA difficulties seA who hit not I did tj_on was turned o. the convAntion at when I lmcked in the Mr. D Hammer and :Mr. and Keeael were there. / There 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 When I saV\ and I only anybody went him vri th ruck 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 The.re was a great of him t U'ough tnP, cro , I saw a man nor The majori- recollect. of the front and Hammer strike and I thou~ht fist the I don't when he was Knockf3d down, first over but around Acker with it. a glir1pse hirJ. ·aq �'":.Lj ..ta e. .I n .tb eJ:.. 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I got the When Botts gallery. for was a rush W:vm they eot the direction hit any one. the on the his a tt..., the mostly stage f'irst thing him -- I don't know who hit on the stagP. 8-.t ·that ....,,:ll;l~~,-- - I didn t seP any of them hit I noticed thnt a})peared ,/4.,:front, Lei•-(, F. 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 staq;P., KB ailaa:aaaaa112. didn't to the know rho got on the he got on �r d n j !1 erfj O'I1 l fl n.t ~ m 'O P. ab'I ,v,'o '! trr a J · ob I oJ h~ r'I ()j e j !10 +c,:q a . A.r!W ' .. rt •j:, j 9 o.., I • 'C!Oll.s~ ri P, 'IO J f j +o (l 118: B .. J j :s, i .erro X j.tn '~[1 0 . :) f f'Y ~•q 1 8 f)Ifj r l I.I il J)-~ g J' 'aI,.t.b I c:.ir[T I 1J .c erl W9:Df .m.trf :t .t rf j a rm "' J- rrn.rfj B • rt ~, , t + j f!. j j 'fl ?j j rfj I 'J j V r (JJ.J jOY LP brr~ .,_ '.Ll' t ? !!rfO 'I''l , on:., 0 fij 71 V 11 OV"f + ... 9 • :t . l rf ' 8 0 " rf W wrru J'n • p.(.; .rr 1, 1: 9 . 0 'I 0 .. b I j -. ..,.>::;tXR I "' ., ' -,-. j rl fI.sm: rsl, fIOJ:'!.811 bilB oj ,rfj j .:t.r: -r~·hr1• P. j j' " .I 'T I ... i. rl 'i j I f[Qf) 0 r j f) >"'fI.8 V rr rto ;to . ;; jp, 'IAJ1 nJ ..._ IfilJJG ~l.J f {) l( oru .t t ~ob I b. f emoo 'IO b b •r j rf . • :x 3 rt.Sf!I'I.81, 0 eea .r .rt= ' , J . .t. I j ' 0 ·\ I L.B j-•rfi' •ies _A , .t �t11e first thing I knew, it 28. v as full of people. �f!.[rf j' j C "rL t ! j �M. BOTTS LEWIS. I was at Ur. I Kn~ ro~l el, R8.id that all alked incts 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 s tagP., 1 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~ '' Then ' 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~. I didn' ti e �vno I j e OfII[()fI r f' j S , ro I Ii a r .1 !1UO'I8 ' .J. -r L 0 0 j 1 o . lno Ar I 1:s.r,nu aur, •rr o.t j . l .t j )! r .en rro .sH mo,:9: '! 08 ~ r[ uo [',1 r ){ n - n rf 0~ 0 'I a b i:sn.:t n jo n C r{ I !IO .t �sf':3e him struck ~~ ~ Thl=lr8 vrns an informal tion party of the which my father tion, before ing. at is the the peo111 e having ing time tl1is and ~hile should participate one of the Ther1:1 office la st fe ing all every methods had a majority or thA Comvention, have twoo years a?,o ~ be en held procP.edin~ ,as ~one irto TherP, e 'rhe meetat all if, leave they the e 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: ;_,(_ ' not 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 thP, Oonven- also was in progress. was in at was infn~1~1 no iJot,e is ill tlrn cU cus8ion, y a:fs, convention, with SR at our fac- of the Valley, of day of ,,as not was not extected it Ackerites before on the I-t busine members spirit Town Treasurer Such meetings meetine. the oI' publisher, meeting nothinp; aR ofrice of the various lo~ked rneetini:r: of convention. 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J. .i ., t.h .; t. ,.,r:i r- +l) t' ,., ::1• r 1 .. ~ t. ', 1 Yl ,, ol 1• , "' . -I ••• "0.,... .' 4, '- ~.,f, r,j_• ';I":~.,., ·rot.I"'~ 1 t. I t ' " 0 r. +,(' r:- i. j_;..,... ~ I 1n t. 1 t, : {'W-t'~i. e~ �.( ,. ;. 0 .. 0 II\ II ... ... ..., ' ,.,. I P') r �o-:e-= -the de~eeates on the from and bet contest county, this bo-:ly ever leaving v,e had a minority rninPd to submit trol a.ny force quietl during the D. S. Le 'liR, Jr. ThP!'P. nor delegation no_,,,. that the con- in we found that we deter- delegates, faction take conor agreement. no deterI'.linntion to use BR -i: fl of and thC'rl?- vras no discussion ':r'hA_P up- f1":. -::,}'1e other an r>resent Wf~rf~ mornini:, in and out {r. Jarman and a number s. A. Davis 1:mt neither the a.o;ainstJ us, elected leg8lly ar.ybody, of force. tines at all, of the to .arrts thA use ConvPntion, for was used arm.unent the convention. o. District t p faction een th the the of th9 r>eopl e having a majority the possessio:i 'J t1~e minority in~th~ Hall. ~If heard vention, ~11en at Dr. of others, t various Webb, D. Was11.ington, of o 1.r :f~,c tion, no:rt. .F~. l1. Dechert wa.8 at meeting that Cha:rl es s~Fletcher. P. O. SULLIVAN. I was at the convention ed dele~ates ings, from Acker There did aisle, hich com~ out not seP ward.· thouf.' "l1o it t it the la.8t is near out c in i'ront door havl:" been 3 • of' the of hin Cha.- lie but at proceed- f'irst at nd ad,·a,lce ·as when he struck, must the row of seats the sta~f}, upon the I Raw him strir~e Durin~ Ha;risonburg. I stood. b3_0k b~hind the Western ,fr. est the uncontest- c.R onP of the Hall. to the head I s table. some one -- irnltediately Harn:rier beca I after- se I ~ of �- or.Ht J.J ,. o J n:e~ j r's OfI -noo ~[Ii"' .:iu 1.t j •·rr.uo1: !')!"' j -·· '!J ~ e•· 9 'or. o.s't ':(Af j t 0 ...,1r{J ~ ;. .J. . J ()f! ?, • • . {:➔ 0, bn: JU HL srlS 1:r b • .t '!!JO nJ 0 er! 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I l'" a.t .rio.triv lff'lc- f .t ,eial: VEk •..ia Jon I • .c rm rt cr ., i + ~ rn .t .t j . .c. cirfJ H'!RJ'aeVi .tri r o a I , ""- ~ , J a .c.c.c �hack hi,a st~ totter~d back, active I sa 1 • 1 his f:::ice upturned.. a tall, sle 1der young mm, whorn I did. not fellow, kn· with end ~ho was standing me I could JHixxx ed, that it turned did, not 1 tell him, no blow land- but fr< n Ac}:er I s action, out behind N<!~ of Acker from WhPth':."r hat head. R side th':! blow da.eed him, for and that and lunged and whom I do on the opposite a blow at Acker strike ,nizc, ra00 a very lithe I believed he immediately as thoup;h intendinp; to ~xro a~~xift~Ma.&»~~xa»~i Ningx& M · ER and his ~ Nliaa~~x~a~MiEgagNaxi±Ex The n':!xt I ~e1-:1ember as a aa •· The striking d5f Ike Davis naaBa 1101 si falling. One of the men sibly identify. fell, I s arted. The other W}O struck him I can't s. Le is, Jr. as D. to go upon the stage. and it ould take Me somewhat longer the distance structed stage to thP, stage, I starter'!. and as I did so Mr. Sullivan "and looldng Fletcher. wards. to ~mix this when I though Before help "ith that because overt me up ther~ quell ...,there 'ne that nocked tlrn fightino- sta~e, I had s..,emed to be I 03.lled after- for thf?- police I had a conversation after thP. diffi ith hin. and Bsked hin wxxtxmis iN»xxx how h was he had b'31:m ..,onfied b fore down, but I disturbance t1e disturbance. convArsation was Charlie it I eot upon the before John F. Lewis on the ~ta e thatoday which was the onl cin front, "Let ne help you up, hen he wa there, the to the t 17.erailing I saw that was some slight I got upon was ob- ani I got upon the stage took plac~ ot the aisle fhen I got over A.round men to cover l1 some one say, did not see Acker am satisfied all heard He d.id help I stage, I than other i:N:t in it. to climb u:pon it, dovn the aisle am a lame man, I and in addition, by peop·Le standing AftP,r Davis I walked at the head of which I had. been stRndin~. pos- to the hOU§e for ulty I met him and he tol several ~_ys. �,, .. + . V B torr I monw t.1- :X:ElPIob q )- 11"A. ll ,.t Ied . S- r ~ 1 .....o. E I , i10.ts 0 ·1s e- ' rt.,, r('rf L ' t'• J 111 ') Jon biuoo IIAJ f , lL!' j _i vJ: ) i. I . )I o.t :-o ,d o_l9't ... r .l r:m-rl .t .mf ~ I < I f'\ • .,.. () - c., s a 1 'IAAD )1 o r ,-t:" I 0,: ., ru .t st a tl r'~Lf!"OO . ~ JV i.1 l .' 1 t {JJ .1:: 9 d ,-:-[JQ r c.. • i 9 I j I j r• j r u ..."f i 0 A I .. •1 f ..., t I n.tbrrsSa •c r: ' cf f!S, -: r .SJ'8 ti l IL • J CI "!1: rr.b f! •· VO I , • IJ f) ,j J :t r.r , ii' Ell ·ob bsJ! t --t -'I.' 'Otto(! o.t [r • fl .t (' I' ( c-- ... p. .r"Ir:iriJ 'I01: 8! 'U. V'.100 r H ·1' l " 0 T ' ... T 'I~ l8P. ~r rfJ .t !'Ir{ .. , f A" r [• •=,r•j s.tP ~ J r- ri .t. ) ron 1: e .unrl ~, 1 fl • o Ofl.Sd'! B b Ii I r rb • [' .B r Jr (> r 'J () .09.£.[ 0 J .... ,- + "f JJ I ,. Uic. .... . J: ~.rn' .tem ", ,_t I f" , .xx. rf 0 C .r:s I ~O~ Ile ,,., .C!' ert: . 9 no q 0 ~> 'I 't a t Xli .t rr r· 0 . eb'IS , l~ri r· ( ,. ,J .,_ ' �I theri asked he replied rushed him what that at hin he did.r. with of Acker• s arms, Sheff Lewis mission t hnve any 8rms extended near had 1 he had on the the struck tha.t and that s, elbo except stage, to 1hich Acker had he had caught and that at about hold tine ttat him. ~ ( .,. I BENJAMINBILIHF.IUF.R. I Botts Lewis stage. made his I saw Sheff v1ere thP first I seemed to •1m. Davis hit. .!IH,M=l I stage tablA, an .. af l convention announcement, Lewis Davis at cane Hammer, and his box, stage, his and then there, and lifted chair don. :t1I:e)C:eth~y arms raised, Sheff Lewis 33. alid struck of the Westl)side closed, his it 1up a little f the at the t~ne he was fist he laid hen for as though He came on towards hen he eat the East waR a rush in with to chair the come in on the ' and theh-'put there position saw Mr. Acker arm raised in and Hammer or1 the was in a striking his w.ith the sat\•., be str~ing going back as at handon piece the the off of the floor, �..... 1- .;. 1,;rrf bf.is ~-1.r..,•\rs.ta J '! tbsal JiO 1'1.; qr·.t no "Ie ...,. r-:.tr- rf.t ... - B...,. p '1J:.~::t LL ·~e. 2 !Cl>• V ...:n r::t. , &•• .r r1 1 ~o !1 "' r r, 8.!.V '·<1({'l 8t1. f 'IAmrr. sH J . ~ f ,1· T • r) ~~ n.:· I +1:"!;'"'r : .t .1 r ""'J'8 q( o.:; ,J ', q '!C!\ (-1~.1 • 1'1 J.. ,... •'t.t:t or rr? . '{ ..: 1:o 0.b.tacf.taeV' R.rf...t.rn !U omoo ·w)ir A . '!! r{-nlforf.t as • beaoio .ta.t'l ,· oo!1: erl.t ·to ':l:'to 8"'~.tq: sitJ.tI a..i:rf bns i1eal:.s'1 m'If:: a.trf rfJ .tw ei3.sjP. s qµ j,t bert.tl I1ri:.r·'!.truio .s ·,to A.Ord �I had bi::-en in Ac?:.er 1 13 place, If chair the the a-i they cro ·~ ere I yrnul,:;_ h2ve used around " JAMES B. POINTS. I e.s at 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 ,, hold stage of Hr. and try ·.ox stap;e .,.----1 to I {r. there l F A and from the with I saw (f.~ I was in sta',;~, I snvr Acker cer- I saw Ac - manEer, '311.ou.lder. the parties that of r.irn, ve in his Joh11 F. Le is. fore in front thP OT' the I had a spec6 ;- I,_ cai•e upon to quiet the on the 1 of announce was to look ag~ressi Whe:1 I f!:lancecl aro1md, 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 Rta~e . I thAn ial the his hans Sullivan • �l i fl 'l rfj V 0 ert;t 0 1:1 rf2 ''!9 a l1 I n: a .t 9 • 'iI IU{ 01, • 'I 0 .lI �. 1-- I am a Democrat, lican and sa don't at him strike at kno1 whether him. gett, in the extre; 11? 1 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- m the East with side, one hand and as that he was �. t Hf:.i8 .$ l t ,., ;•. A:°'qjP, I !') b;-r ~ Af1J' ',rf e 0 IJ'.">SG .[ l H .~JBC\? • '1:0.0".!O o.t Af{,T " rre ,. Mr.a j~<)r 'lo e .belis (C\fi.t.:(: 1 asw l- ,.,... 'r~.iC.n 'i l n· rl')f t /!, rf Ft f, . l10.CJ IT<SVCion erf;t J ., IJ. ..,. j , rr. rt o~) 1 A .,.,. .{ • J r • 'l [ r.ur·o al.I t • ,_,fl , I ii rn;_ C .8 P. 1tr. . ''( _i t ..., j,:, .t:fL8 • urf ,-( ·I t ·t 0 ,u .. 8 ... rJ.' t 8 •1·1 t . I .:to.n:R w I .J B'l riS .a �P. M. ROUHOF. I as at the Republioen com~ on the stage. fast and hands an aggressive Would not drawn back. Made a denonstration open or clQsed. to strikP He c:::i.mein manner, Acker corning say positively as though whether he wr..~ p-oing BRIDGES. I was Rt the convention Tho first on t e stage. was 8_l!'eady on the to hit as if I sa. some one R.H. trouble Convention. ,~tage and saw part tine I saw Mr. Acker. and was throwing some one or to push then of the out his he arms around of thP way' I sawhx i him grab 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 • shouting stag•; and ju.'11Pine up from their over the front and through sea. s, the wings, Rfter I saw Acker grab Lewis, follo and Sheff's striking Acker, arms my view was cut off by r;eople t them.. 36. and rushing on the and immediately ed by LP,wis grabing getting between Ackers me and �. 0 3n.cmoc, ""8 :j . I .aol t 'I nnsm ~v .c.a· e·r •• s re ~.[ ~ lct ,tjJ,-, riw . "'ft: .,, { HR jr, {'{lJJ {j e.H !J rt.t ,t.s r{j ~ AM_ J'l1·•· C AH rro·J '1 R I 8.S • ,I'") rf . H e . fl?~ fW a L. s 9 j C. 81 Ll ".:i .b .,. H:_J."' eno ri + A)l..l.. 0 I ~1.j 1:o j ,:s .88 .... '!9.,fO ...u )'! 6. '!. ..~o ''l w nrU 1o rc:rtot ftA:; j ,.., • I H'!Ot ·rt rf nrtn q l l •j 'I ~ Iis ..trf rtrJ j rf' . .r ~.Cr! 110 f'I0rf.t ,. r w L .IJ •r ~ .1. , JJ ., , .' C A< rro 0 IO, A"!c • !18 ,. .iJ ~ • l Ii 'I.i: r. • •.j d ..tcti3·r~a.t J ~d olio1: q j .trt OJ ·r 3l ol d~'I, 't1An8 .1 fa~ru ~ ~ .t . A,;+ rfa1JCI o.t '!0 ..t e ....Li: bn !'lffi , AV,1 .. .i: I a no.tj brt w..C\C'f~ 1- + " 8-.0 .lr '!'l ff ;JO..!: J r . 'T ... ' •r id 'Q ,.,.!tV a . • "r. n I " C'C:~ + T r' .r. . '.';I • �~ J L. I was sit ting thl:l convi:mtion, at Then I e Davis arms up, and followed some distance they and saw Part both table, of the to J£l:xikxxx1:1mxx111u hit draw back back. in the FJast side trouble. Ham.:er, came running Hrunmer, with stage. at hi,D, and Davis back or iJy the at Sheff his Hamr:i.er He followed. ~nd Fit1·uc1': at hir:: and then struck I saw Acker 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. W. R • B OWHAN • 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 He carne with ' Har-:rner, and th0n to hit eight it. table, way, and. separated back t hear I as e;nine h~ When he got going conve Ltion, I saw A~ke:r come on the as though it a srect8tor, a, but tt.ine the rec gnize, Davis., fight, and and he but ai- �.u 8-1 j ~'.) .I i ➔ :_iI • • Lds..r,:j ~ .... or .8 eJ "tlerrn rfj f!J.J a 8 I .:t•.req ITS ." Ii X j .no.r.tw-. "I- I •.tr{ bn !l'-lrfj -•nrr"fj~ j .c cf L: .lJ'I rt.t , L:t .tJ e ' :, 10 ') ....c ...on ){ ri" 'Ii.t OrfJ ..,rte·· e· rr bn.s ri A ,J:11 ti LC ob 'Ib brr .. OS d :I j' g sm a.t D r!AJ.J n.t ms aJ:vsa ' Ot, 'I j l u.:) . .c . :.s b :i 0 rf , olc · j1 r{j t o ... { ,j • fij ! p..:t.to (D 0 f .!: 1 OJ jf' +r f1 0 rt .t _t'-'1r P..t 9ll '! .u be.t s·:rnq, • .t ~r, 0 r. i ri l 9 .:t t Gfij • O• rl n i od j I.JO .:tc ':,r sd 'IS I1IO'I1 j t r • !O r-- .~ ~oa .H I H D . ;g \J t rfJ' j ,. j ... IqJ.J .t b r{j 8 ... d . J.J • j ~ .vIA I.I ft .P!l • D- .. ... t G .., o ... 01 ..crt 0 .t tj !10 I 9 "j s j rI.t lo 1 b . J' rt.t -' ~ .ot rf8 j s nsii.t .• Ile'l: ·, \ �terwards he and Mr. cool e~r s emed to have and George • FletchP.r Rickard wanted er and the took it to fi~ht .• two Mr .. Funks that I didn ms appointed I t see, a Special and · ent TJ1,3r\7 mu.-:1thave been o!'l tne was up therB, I They were only have the been r' wing with but that stage fighting beran, Der,uty and helped a hundred win~ two Funks people sticks I saw on the stage 1nistake:: as to the before the were on the stage to quiet the the Iw hile in their said I hands. sticks that been was called with • order. 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!!,, t 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 ~ATP~ and I jestingly i th that the ~ going box hand to do Whose'13 got and then the in hi 11 ''The Anti-Ackerites," said, stage convention stick,'' to-day, and Mr. Dech9rt Jr. Keister to have your thich and replie4 or myself right Mr. Dechert, , if also �NlB .b"!:.tnfo.tq8.,Hl .r ,A' erfj rr.t. rwsd •. 1 -.loo.:f.., he.:>I:,0.1. j 1 BH.r.vsrf EL nu--: o··;;t errs -n.i::Ic'ur.r erfJ' n.t R'ISrtOF'R.i oJ ·• "" ,. rrr rt··· :to rfjod ,9:t·•sq !, fl bns ,.P · ( '1'9riw xod erf-t oUtJ: e,q ..,jP er[j "1-o 110. A .Gi 1 · .ac; .a0Y 1 • ,..fl G ~ be.tlqe'I j ....c. J. CJ fl ·• ., (, ' ! "l"f!J:rt~rr..:..!' �- k t-~~. The whole conversa.tion ~ ~ ~ 1 C mrde the reference 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 and I one tJ-L1A ~ ~ o,) ~ jfhe 'fJlood. ;;,. I sa? he Dav l.S dif:'icul ty' 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 . ~ ~ ~.. ( I 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. .t j f'UJj .s j qr . , o?. SJ"[ n C 11 u �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 �- t ..,. 0 0 r{.t n.t O 'I"lrl'!OO ojrt.r 11 .::rl (' 0 r( T H b r I .t j 0 .ra " �immediately 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 C .....- SANDY BOWMA}:. 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 · ng '-)POljl(' ' was called adherents in �- • b'I.S 'I .:t • R2! l a rt • 'I • -:: · b.rb 1J '\f'f • 'f n • 'I J OD j t rf J n.1: ~.csvo T r' oa 'j teriw bns erU fI !I n . j ) ...:.t fl '!8 ~ , arro.t s - µ;1 "IQ :sa I t rf,.... .tJ'B ,HJ"! 4 .CJ n.r RJIT '!AM al . 0 ., r' I 1:o j • flJ°'I JO "lI, s j•,r.sj erf.:t ·ro1 tf, ' j a.s I 0 C: 'IO ff r l 0 . 8flO!.j!l-. 9 VfIOv 0 r! cf!!llJ!l rr.t an 0 r " r_ n B bilS 8 bsrf t 'IO ,J �the West wing of the st e. m1uu men, rnn t on to the stage we passed through I again i tes in that coming was there, wing. When I on the stage iith 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, I saw Acker as I andJohn Lewis J,() , vrhi~h had ,P;rabbed first. I would prohP.hly 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 ~ 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. 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(I' f1 (". 0 C " (' - ,. �Dr. tT• B • WEBJ • I an th8 Dr. Wer)b who was nominated rar~ r:hairman of the one Conve:1tion, both while of us seated being carrieci see the ccJ. ls pose on side for announced and went up there held the Spirit at ve:1 tion. There ~or action at sought was simply hile we business 1 ere there. It Ha,l of that the legally in the Hall 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 There anybody, of of held that turned majority was no sug- ani op!)osed 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- e had had,;. there. as against l.U.lA- from the convention I would have We believed the result there o1' what we had a majori if' of the before but of our plans came in am. out elected delegates, had been mentioned, my force. office legally tes 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 t,hB «N11»:t1Cxa1:i::dtukiKgxRepubl J. s. by D. werP left to transact not dJd and there my seat No secrecy doors ~it 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 SulliVaJil. in ie PrAsid.ed over sa.-ne stage, by side ti1Js When Botts 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 rt ould be that for the electas ~there the purpos., as �nl I .t f 1o !IS fIOLjIISVIIOD r .. n a.t v ·a bna I I t t Cl n .t. - 1o .t.t Gffi n.t fJ j rr ism'Io n.r '!01 0 0 Bfi.to 'I 0 0 JT ~ Ia 0 mo l Atf.t 'I 0 II.t - o .tsrtt 0 'I lJ nT l f .t eris j 8 . "'l'jfUJOO { Ar{ Cl L.:tB '- 'IO jp 0 i '! j . V .t ml: 'Iq auo.t 'I .s , f[ t .... bler! 'ISVO le • 0 J' ':to J '!iS I l ,es ..t I V o.:t rr . e'Ierf.., V < '! "l- en IJJ '!01:9 ~ j• .L .IIIO'I a.t~0.tr O!"l [{., o1 llLDo 'I !1fij 10 Affi 8 HJ.Q,0 �in~ us in our rights of defeat not J !,tu,//\. / ~ / t/1' it if ~..., have beer1 willing urned _A(~~~ 1.na t we _ out i th Acker, bad hands were both from this other the Cojwention, and we would it.I' personall~r, submitted as we believed it v-rould, '--/ ~--L/ ~~ ~ .fr- runand have always been ~~-L to control in the part. y. though I rool118d he has gotten i7i th Acker v: hen into we members of the House of Deleeates of Virginia, each County, and 112:.tN hav-e often been at the home of the and eaten at•J a meal at towards S3Jfle the conve::, tion, and vrnuld not have to submit were entiled friendly very at at mea1s there. house and he never .riv Funkhowrnr is res:!.)OBsibl e for Funkhouser never I don't will. tha. t I do towards Acker. E:tEx.a:xJX1E»i fe'31 the 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 He then passed a.i'3le. to me, and Mr. Fletcher had been knocked to the remained down on the stage f' when Ches. if :i my in that stage. rr1 the son, seat hlr. Flet0her and occupied the West Xil!l3 aisle, door. occupied until h I occupied L. A. Bazzle, n. w. Fletcher down the West aiRle 44. convention Isaac occuthe third Davis DaviR was down on s arted to the stage. from his seat. I do not he '- �bill I .S r· vrr 'n Jr{ JB L'I II 'IHO 0 ... I r f.. 'IO /\ ~ ~ " ,. d e .t riJ .t 'IS .iioA IlSri •A j {) I :i j I 0 .llL I rro.U rrevrt [ -!JDDO .tnJ' en.:t .sa :) w f' .t j 'ti: .. .A .J b Il1IJDOO ·1e. j · rri Il o• 'I1 [l'"f" 9,/r o. 0 aj . 1 [, .r brts OS erf .t o.t H n.i: ., Gfij' J(' 'I • !") rfj .[ n j ,em js j !!l: rf eI. s j f[ ~cf . 'I I (P.l 'Il. II erfJ' b .tq J.sea jx a r.> ... o'l .to "'- j I V ,j !108 l.t.tm.1 • .t naa t j b!1B ob I 0 .t • '!G0b ea.uon '!AVS!l ej m e • _r.-~J,.., c,b'!B ... 'I a j fI q ~DO bII C nJo 'I - brtsn rr.t Afij J .._ I "to .C~'I.C • "L.r'I.S f I b~ffiOO'I I >-IS'$ beP. .s 1: rm .I. sH " ', /\. " �think he c0uld have Acker was knocked possi.bly convention, office in Harrisonoure lick, YJP.s about him, and I spoke much hurt, little cur, before have Sheff J.ike up near to hi:. and he replied he didn't but sta~e or thereafter, d.ark, and t!1a t he wouldn't struck the O;: Mr. down. of the whether-he gotten and asked that minded it the him he had if to bl? stru..,k po st 1 one otten a r:ian had hy that damned Le is. E. M. Harnesberger. I was at the Convantion , ton. I am a cornpaY'a tUVP 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. /C.., Didn't know Acker down I sa.,. Fletcher chair never After tirnA. tiF' on stage came dvmn while with ed down, pi0k Sam Davis his uri on the st a stick " I saw it. stage and break but ick. I Acker chair EXgkm» KXXll~k_(,-f' I think aiffiDxt~ is1nng at it he w?.s ~vst had been in his Jarman Isa after hand. Acker across walldng his knocked· The E.f'~Er %U had been knee. around I flour- knocksaw �< 0 .r a q evsn b A 11.trrnvs erfj no ,:e.;;roA Ar{ J' 'l.r b.s .re ob :se .'I. .r j .r r{ C A J: J' I rt -]! o.t rI V !? j "[j . 'I .s.:te er£3' no ' J C u I I 88 .t n.b.r. ?fo Ofl cf { . . b r£ '!ti r£ .c r 8 .2£n .ifo r .r 0 •j 'O ~() r 0 OB j y .t I .ud .c t p, V �G. G. HERRING. 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 ith 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 When I next saw Acker, and. grabt>ed ~ I he t sorre body, -➔.nd seemed to with one ha 1d, and then with the other, him. bP, shaking :tilEXl. The crowd was 811 ar0und in front f Acker first by that time and he seemed to be !)ushing them back • they (' -f v surged back~arcls ancl forwards./'-.:.. Wam.Davis was th A I saw strike, He was advancine;.PaPidly. first man �I 0 erf.r T j l rtt- lo .t 0''." 0 t j J i'~meoe .DH.!. oj 'I o· 0 j j .,_ ' .t H "I r rf, •. I t .. , 0 B �R. W. HARRISON. I was at the side Eastern thP. Republican of the Hall, unx:t know c. W. Flet~her the Hall I sa not 'I 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 /'....., burg ,and was present at of the Rocking- pubJished {I I in Harrison- '- 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 , 1:18.ke �no .:t 9 orLG :10 - r .r; nb be)[oorur .:tOB r " ·0 a,::,v, •:rn.iloA '!{lj':J:.s ros.sjp, Jcj ro, o •• , ... erfj r 1:o jHo'I1 a r nr lr ~rfJ- o')p, 'i J ..tnr. .n ,.., i- 2i JJfI.G ' 'l .o.rr•u;JQ 1 9Vl8a9'!~ { l ·w • t?l:" J gB "l'I V B 1eriB .3 eris !lOC'fU e 11:0::0 A.tv.scr j Sr{j f>l1B :.:e c., ff. .LC 8~.S " .t 1••.., t . r<8 r:::• l (.,r, �vras not inf complete, of it beinP.' cut j hi h I sat. of nt part , f () ( Ct t t.l off the West wing by 0 /( 4-; cJ ~ ' ? ,; ?-v J (;_· a ~ ~ W. T •• HENTON. I was s.t the the :Flast side About of the Hall thA time ly after, Botts Mr. Re::.ublican in the Lewis West wing of thP, stage. I er he had a ch ir but or not, ticed hP had r:. ch~.ir t ior. when he Acker Mr. v, as Davis struck to the ~indow, Jast vote, run o~ the When I got to the According he put in then and cut I t.urned nf windo 1 ·, stage. or directfro111 the 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. Of course t ere w~re a good he made two pasRes many around him, one with eac}: :.~:-d, and almost inst&ntly, the 1 I 11A was knocked do •n. Charli8 Fl Ate 1er. .:A:~k.exI . ent fell. 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I s te.ge at the on the up on the rail as sitting the convention hen the I saw Mr. A ,ker stage. to the ALTAFFER. table and of t•:A East af'ter on the he got tvk1~ u:0, a che.ir tran::::'!)ired Jul ties iffi •1ith both box near orne sta~e, of' his hands. I I don't knovI hether he raused rn1:m.,'I am el Acted Chairman to be Chairman. '· picked Acker up the rushed u chair. at see any sticks , about thA tine stick that bent whole just the chair. He saii this \ used. Acker was knocked inthe air as it a l)out just the same time I did wa·ved, Aak:e:rI s maimer from fiir'.lo see. one stick do,,,-n, but happened i:n ti~e air stick thin didn't when he came on the stage The very quickly. th"3 tir'.le or immediately ) I didn't it was n little and th2t he rnelee. was a general ave back "Gentle- and I am going ConvPntio1;., 'Pri~m there or chairs He said, !l()t. aegressive thing about this the c ro d and they come down at Acker was very of or it Davis after was knocked Acker down took hold or �w •1:r3e xoc Ja.s i 'il:A JA • ~ w El • .. t ()j ' ms I br.:s , rro.t;trr, vrroD a.trfj ~n.to 1o rrs ,'It.sn~ be,toel 1• • m T !! '?l'II'I.Csrl , 1 I ' ~. d c :- . ,:J:r-:no rr cr.rr J<"l-r"i.(\ j 1, bl"' I 1I rrrm't j ea b.Lb I I' •• • bDO.tJ a '!.C rf D '!0 .., ,r b n.., orIT rrvob l)e;{ocrof asw 81:.vna rrr • 'I I. Pl. l,. J �on SJ.id: '.1. o-nir , t O l "l"J,',. .1, ~• •p ... or 11 I 've ~ ~.r1· 1,Par0u,..., ., _ ~ .J _ - f_ or.t 1J:1vis o:::..:r;ieto ri:0 J.J. .._ t et ... ,,, .1 , · --·, :.1t som,.3 one r ~ '1',.. • 1 -• .. " "t'l:;e; ()i'"' 1 V O • :;. ~ ➔ o!'O'"": "'f-:l!: " _, .'\. P.vt I "''lj --.:, 1Jae1<. h 'l!l d s or; 1J!)~ch8.ir .o l -" ...,_._ 0r .... l JTI t to··· r..:J,.. '_.to -A. ' ,,,I Pr J_ , ..,_ 1P.r ""-· e.ri s 1 +. k .lr. O ·· # - '" '," f' ., t.. l PJ I �.i: ,.. ., cf.rt r)+ t :t ; {) ... n c. ,, I" r-i' :f-i:.c" , II , r: . A, + q ; "'O''rr-. f,rr;_, t:'f!O < .c- r .t .,. rd: r,.. r 0 �CHARLESCLAT:'ERBUCK. I in a seflt on the next in the near aisle when Sheff ,(meaning O. B. D. :F:::ist side of to hin." down. the stage know I don' I h3Ve not "I had hold the off. I sav Charlie to hit ,._with he and have never me a "Damned son of a bitch." you hit Ricke.rd, Cooley Fletcher who a couple to. as on tJ1e stage get couldn't never I had Fletcher of years. I didn't you.'' on the "him ''and dor. 1 t as if h9 wa.s going I 1 11 kill lOO but by thAre to some one and seen him since. called hir'.l, "if a chair as talking for see Acker and got a chair, ..now to whom :he referred hAen on good t9rms George arms him.'' Did not I went upon t•:e stage me and raised un:ie, man whom of Acker's struck Convention. er sa my to another and f1eard him talking ho the man wa~ that seen ~111 before ho was i::3, COOLEY. "Dam, him, I tried say Johr. F. Le s. Lewis, Jr.,), as Acker was going just the stage near AftAr the difficulty me, talking him say I was at or Davis knocked and sat aisles. I overheard. not know, and heard did convention to one of the wa.s ove-r, stoge standing as at the and J!'letch- to hit rne and ans er him, but with me, told Fletcher, undoubted- �f,, • ,j ~ .. P. J .t .L1J .r as r rr.o t a Bill"I.8 bI B 0 11 ( -rot rt ' '1 ,ro, '! . .tr{ .ifOJJ'I.t [{ 0 r s:t . 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Court next, being t!iec2.d. ..,,.... dayof ..... J_'[/Y~.J.t[(l]f ~ , to teslijj m'rrrt!tc truth to sa_J'in {,dwl/ q/ tl,e Co111111omc·ealt/1 against 1 .......... {~/ ................................................................................................................................... who stauds cliarged with e11td-i~uliE?,ed f~-r ✓.::~ And this .. ............... T,Vit1;£:Ll·, JOfjfjj-H ~.J.k1M,.~.J?f,A,4T ...: .. s/iall not omit under the peual{i' o/ £, roo. S. jl.lESSERLE _j_J. nf/~7"'#i'@ day . l Y, Clerk of 01tr said , \.89 A11d !taz·c t!,m illid thrre this 11i·if. Co:1rt, at the Co11rt-lfouse, ,2.£;'."' o/ t/1e ;. I -~ ..:... ::·:: ... und in ti,, !hr l;mmonwca/tl, ,. ��::~A= IlT THENAMEOFTHEC ~lMONiiVEATH OFVIRGINIA, • TO .I':S:E S::::IER~~!) OF OOVNTY---G You are !icrcby CO///ll/a11dedto S7tlllll/OIZ ··~~LJJ.., ....,.. o'clock, a. m., on !lie ...~ ........day ..... ~~~ ../.9tn't&f- q/ o~····•························································ c ••••••••••• lo appear before the Jud._r;-~ the County Co1trbj Roc/.:inglmm REETINC: Co1t11!y,.a_t t!ie Court-Hous~ro &1.~.~······..... Court uext, t!ie ..... being t!ie ..Y.. .....day of , to testijy and'.lie truth to s1~y:n behalf q/ !lie Co1m1t01twealt!tagainst Ck(,/~~ ~-- ....................................................... . .... k;J. ,e'9{1rfa11d;· C4R,rged ,1/th tl7itlh~ ···································•······ L: ............... sliall iwt omit -mder tlte penaff_), of£ Ault t!tis .... If "i!11eo-.,·, JOSEPH S. JlfESSE'?LE Y, Cieri.: of our said _../.~ ....day of. ......JJuv~./;,""'==_fqP._Y,~. . ro). And /w;·e tl1C1taud t!ierc tltis TT·rit. Co1trt, at t!te Court-rfo1tse, t/1e ................ .µ µ{~0".41 ................ , aud i11f/;e I )...6th year of t!,e Com111onweal!lt. Cieri.:. Form 6S-llerliu. ��IN THENAMEOFTHECOMMONVifEALTH OFVIRGINIA, - to appear before the Judge of t!te County Court of Roc.,.ing-/iam County, at tlte Court-House, ~-~ the .o.. ~n ...day q/ . tlt(A ...................................... Court ,~being at 10 Lite..-2.&. .... day of ..•..•..•.........•........ ti.LC'f:"~. '";t!P;;::;:;:;;;aif aft~,.c,,,,,,,,,,,,,a/~ "'"":' who stands charged with m1,d-iu-d£f-ledfer......~~·~·········· k ........... Aud L/1is........ Wzlness, JOS.lff:1-l _J2& ..C.day ef.....J.~ shall not omit under tlte penalty S. Jll(.,ESSERLEY, .............................. . ef £ roo. Cler/~ of our said ...J..?f..fll., 1-8-9- , And lwz e tlten and Lltere this TVrit. 1 Conrt, at the CourL-1/ouse, the and i11Lite I .2.,0- tit J'l'ar q/ L/ze Co111mom.ealt/1. 1 ................................., Clerli. Form 68-Ucrlin. ��'to.appear before the .fzul,rreo.f the County Court o.f Rockingham County, at tlie Courf-1/ouse, at ro o' c/ocl~, a. Court 11ext, /,,.;,If: the~(/_··= day o.f nt., on t!te .f2:.! ...~ day ~~,J..£/..<f!-__~io qf tlie .tJlll:v.~ ..................... teslff.Y"-·:~!te truth to saJ' in belta(f of /lie Commomcealt/1 against ~-·1e:J-·~~························································································································-················· �l ) �IN THENAMEOFTHECOMMOlTViEALTH OFVIRG_NIA, lo apj>ear before the Judge o.f tite (oun£v Court o.f Rockiitgha11t Cou11f_)1, at t/1e Court-.House, at o'clock, a. 11t., Jhrv.~ ........... Court 11ext, being lite ...:!:P....day of 011the ..~ ....~day o.f the ...... ....&1/..~.~/CJ:t/l/:J:f}g:.. , to testify and lite trutit to say lit beita!j of t/ze Co11mt0nwealt/1against L,;,,,fr-.~ . ....................................................... . ....... ffp. ~huzds cha,ged tvib~ andindllledjor A ................ shall uot omit under And tl,is .... lViLitess, JOSEPH _/J✓.. IO S. llfESSERLEY, daJ' o.f .....~.~~[qt(?!,~, ....; ....l ........................... m.••·· the penal(J' o.f £ roo. And /11r-z'e then a/Id there titis H"rit. Clerk of our said Co1trf, at the Court-I-fo1tse, lite ..... µ Jn~~/ and in flt,: I !J-J71iyear of t/1e Com111omuealflt. , Ciak. ��IN THENAMEOFTHECOMMONVl[EALTH OFVIRGINIA, TO I'::S::E S::S::EEIFF OF EOCKING::E-IA:1'1: COVJ.<TI'Y---GREETING: .&_.L~ ................. ···········-·---····--·-····-···· ];ozt are hereb)I com111a11dedto sn111111on.d.d. .. Form 68-llerl~ ��IN THENAMEOFTHECOMMONWEALTH 0 TO TI-IE SHERIFF You a,-,l,mby commaud,d lo ~"""'"" OF COVNTY---C-REETING: -r---jj__, __-~- _______ _____________ _ lo appear be.fore tlze Jud,g·e of t!te County Court of Rockiug!tam o'clock, a. ml/' 01t ilie ..2..d...: ..day q/ tit~.·· . vc~ = ................ ··:···· Court ne~·t, being t/1e.!l.!J.... daJ'_of -·... . .~.J..'J(f1) ~ _}J_J!_testijyt~z1l tlze trut/1 to say m ..... Co11nty, at Lite Court-Ifo11se, at ro bc!zalf oj the Co111monwealt/1agamst ~·~t··-~······'·············································································•·········································· !t!IJ~sf.a1jdt·!ltcwgsti ,1•~·1,ZsJ1:Jti indicled-.for .~~.... Aud iltis ..~................ sltall uot omit u1tder i/1epenalty vVitnes,·, JOSEPJ-I -::4..J..~day S. JIIESSERLEY, ef.fJiru~ ef £ roo. Cler!.: of 011r said ...J..'!J_.{lJL., ~ , aud in the r A 11d!iaDe t/1e1ta11dtitere t!tis TVrit. Court, at lite Court-1-fouse, the tit year of tlze Com111onwealt/1 . ..................... ... 1/1J1~................. , Clerli. Form 6~-Ht.:riiu. ��IN THENAMEOFTHECOMMONViEALTH OFVIRGINIA, TO T:E-IE S:E-IEEIFF OF EOCKINGI/)A]).1: ~OUNTY---GREETING: You are hereby C0/1/mauded to summon -----~~l_______ 3ib.._(✓._~--------····-··-·········-··············-··········· Wi"tness, JOSEf:..1--ES. Mlj/SERLE Y, Clerk of our said __ ./_1_ __ : day of- _____ P._~_../.':/..r.J;, r-Br , and in t!te Court, at the Court-I-louse, m=, ~ tit year of tile Colllmon,eealt/1. a-... 1 l- tile Ciak. Form 6'3-lle.:rliu. �" ~~ Q J if,,., fctg~ J:~ c_, ✓ . J( 7 & C/ I If >.. I -z.. X.. �{ • II ~ • • ,, • 7. .. I, .,,, ··· f'_ ...r-,l 1) t 1. + "' ... 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Jr. ' L . .' I, , 1 1:, , ; I...~ -• r r ; (',1 , t.-J ... - ..1.. -' - ,/ ,.. ) . int. t ,,n c··.•• ir: .. 1 T - ••.:... .-. t ,. I '>ro,..· ',J~ •r ... ....i,: - 1 f. r1 1r. 1 ,.. nr 1 r . r,,- ,... .. C- ~ ... ;<' ...., .._ • �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rockingham County Criminal Court: Criminal Cases Description An account of the resource This collection encompasses all criminal court cases adjudicated in Rockingham County from 1778 to 1971, spanning nearly two centuries of legal history. The records offer a comprehensive view of the county's criminal justice system, including charges ranging from petty theft and assault to more serious offenses like murder. Each case provides unique insights into the legal proceedings, punishments, and societal norms of the time, reflecting how local attitudes toward crime and justice evolved over the years. Beyond the legal aspects, these records also shed light on the social, cultural, and political environment in Rockingham County, including the impact of historical events such as the American Revolution, the Civil War, and the civil rights movement. Researchers will find cases involving enslaved individuals, early policing practices, and the enforcement of social and moral codes, offering a window into the daily lives and struggles of past residents. The collection serves as a valuable resource for understanding the community's response to crime, the development of legal institutions, and the broader historical context shaping the attitudes of crime in Rockingham County. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Criminal Court Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1778-1971 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Ccr001 Ccr002 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Rockingham County Circuit Court Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1900 Title A name given to the resource Commonwealth v. D.S. Lewis Jr et al. Description An account of the resource Defendants charged with felony assault and battery. Subject The topic of the resource Felony Assault and battery Assault and Battery Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rockingham County Criminal Court Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available JMU Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.<br /><a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/</a> Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jennifer Taylor Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CCR001_003_009 Akers Amiss Bowman Carver Clatterbuck Cooley Cox Deputy Hawse Keezel Keister Lewis Lowman Phillips Ralston Rickard Rodger Simmons Switzer