Cowhided In The Street.
Cowhided In The Street.

COWHIDED IN THE STREET
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A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE PUNISHED
BY AN INJURED SISTER'S BROTHER.

    Philadelphia, June 5. -- The Times tomorrow will publish a report of an assault which has created a great sensation in Gloucester, N.J. George C. Wynkoop, a prominent citizen of Gloucester, a journalist and ex engrossing clerk of the New-Jersey Legislature, was arrested to-day for cowhiding Alexander Harvey, a Justice of the Peace, of the same place. Wynkoop was taken before Justice Wright, where he gave bail for his appearance at court. Mr. Harvey is a member of the Grand Army and a boss in one of the departments of the Washington Mill. When he left his work last evening he was confronted by Mr. Wynkoop, who drew a rawhide from his coat and slashed it across Harvey's face, making a fearful gash. This was repeated several times, drawing blood at every stroke. Harvey, in attempting to defend himself, fell over a pile of water-pipe. Both men then clinched and a rough and tumble fight ensued, the belligerents being finally parted by some friends. During the fight Mrs. Annie Reed, a sister of Mr. Wynkoop, stood by with a revolver and urged her brother on with the cowhiding. It appears from Wynkoop's statement that reflections anything but complimentary had been cast on his sister Amanda in regard to her relations with Harvey and which Harvey had not or would not contradict, thus leaving the impression to remain that they were true. Harvey denies that he ever heard any rumors, so that he had nothing to contradict.


Source:

The New York Times, New York, Wednesday, June 6, 1883, Page 1, Column 3.

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