They seized Dr.
Lobdell's hat, threw it into the air, and began to beat him.

One ruffian seized me by the throat.

By main strength I loosed his grasp, and was moving off, when two men tried to wrest my cane from me, but did not succeed.

We retreated as last as possible, but when we got out of the reach of their hands, they resorted to throwing stones, some of them weighing two or three pounds.

One hit Dr.
Lobdell in the side, and we saw no alternative but to run for our lives.