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Show BADLY BATTERED. Boating Had Blood Out of a Blackguard. The junction city had its little sensation, sen-sation, yesterduy. For inontbs the fellow Freeman has been trying to caiiBo the removal from othce of Mr. N. J. Sharp, postmaster of Otfiiuu. Some villainous charges have been published in Freeman's paper ugaiuat i Mr. Sharp, who has heim blackguarded black-guarded and villi fied in the filthy sheet without mint. Most of this abuse and Cillmagate was published during Sharp's alneoee in t ie eait, hut the gentium m re-C3ntly re-C3ntly returned, and yuaier 1 iy the foud between him and the plus acrib-ler, acrib-ler, reunited in a fight, hum which tho editor cimo out bleeding, bloating and badly demoralized. The story tl the fiijht is best told by tho witnesses to the aflair, who testified before the alderman's court. Both Sharp and Freeman were arrested and taken before Alderman Brown whereupon the postmaster pleaded guilty to fighting and Froem in pleaded not guilty. We exlraut from the Junction's account of the proceedings pro-ceedings before the alderman: Warner Young testified that while in the poatoffice building hetweeu 9-and 9-and 10 o'clock this morning he heard part of a conversation between Mr. dharp and Mr. Freeman, in which the latter asked the former some 'questions in relation to poatago, wnich Sharp answered. Freeman then complained that his paper mail, which should a aye gone north this moruing, was nut in the wrong pouch and had gone east. 'I guess not," said Sharp. Freeman laid he knew such to he the case for he hod been to the railroad dtfDOt and tud seen it. "You know a great many things," said Sharp. "Yes," said Freeman, "and I shall know more yet." He (Freeman) then left the poatofSce and went up Fifth etreet, and was immediately lollowed by Sharp, who overtook him before he had got more than twenty-live or thirty feet away, and struct him on the left side of the head, felling him to the ground with a wooden club about eighteen inches long, on one end of which was an iron ferrule and a screw, in all about four inches long. Witness saw Sharp strike Freeman with a club several times after the latter was down, and heard him say: "G d d n you, give up the pistol" i a loaded derringer which Freeman bad in his hand. Haw Marshal Brown come up, who took the club and pistoi from the combatants and arrested ar-rested them both. Rev. J. L. Gilogly's statement was much the same as that sf Young's, Mr. R. P. Harris testified that h Jid not hear the conversation between be-tween Sharp and Freeman, and did not Bee tho first of tho fight, until he saw them both on the ground struggling strug-gling and resisting each other, when the city marshal came up, separated and arrested them. Marshal Brown said ho heard the convention between the two parties in relation to the alleged missent mail; saw Freeman leave the post-afiice; post-afiice; saw Sharp shortly after go up 5th street; saw Sharp strike, and saw both him and Freeman fall to the ground simultaneously. This officer rushed at once to the spot, took away the club and the pistol from the two antagonists, and placed them both under arrest. Benedict, Freeman's lawyer, again iviked that the case might be dismissed dis-missed from the alderman's court, and that the matter might be taken to the United States commissioner's court, that Mr. Sharp might there be charged with a murderous assault on rreeman, ana be committed io await the action of the grand jury. Judge Brown sid he should overrule over-rule the motion. He felt satisfied that the charges in the complaint had been sustained, that both Snarp and Freeman had engaged in the fight and each bad broken the ordinance in relation thereto. He fined Sharp $10 and F reeman $30, and each to pay his share ot the costs. The wounds indicted on the side of Freeman's head are severe. They bled profusely, hut no bon?a are fractured, and Dr. Adams does nut think them dangerous. |