back toward Jones, and Jones was still staring at him. So Mad ison put down his cup of coffee, left his sandwich on the counter, and went over to Jones table. Jones got up and moved toward Madison, saying, Is something wrong? Madison, in response, said, "Nothing that a fist in the mouth wouldnt solve Jones said, Do you want to come outside? Madison, without saying anything, moved toward the door It's not clear exactly what was said next. At least three witnesses were there but no one could state who threw the first punch. Within seconds the two men were on the floor, slugging each other. Jones' two companions leapt up and tried to break up the fight, and they were joined by Frank Joyce, the technician. Eventually, the three succeeded in breaking up the men--two of them holding onto Jones and tellin Mad ison to back off. Joyce stood in front of Madison--then backed him away after saying, "If you're going to hit him, youve got to hit me first Aftermath At about 3 p. m. on Sunday, Thomas Hotchkiss, Head of Internships and Training Programs for MCS, received a phone call at his home. It was James Robertson, Acting Coordinator of Internships. Robertson, apologizing for calling Hotchkiss at home, told him about the fight--relating the story told him by doug Jones and his two companions. He traced the events of the last several weeks and said that he, Robertson, and a few of the interns would like to meet with Hotchkiss as soon as possible on Monday--that the situation was hot, and many people were in an uproar about George Mad ison's conduct. Hotchkiss, after listening to the account, said In my opinion this man Madison ought to be removed from the Department tomorrow morning. Hotchkiss agreed to meet the managers at 2: 30 p. m. on Monday and said that in the meantime, he would contact Patrick Mulloney, Madisons supervisor, and ask him to suspend Madison until further notice By the next morningMonday, March 3 1-word had passed quickly about the fight the day before, and many said they were not surprised. Some called Madison a troublemaker. a"nigger baiter."sexist. And some related other instances where he had gotten into near-fights-making advances to women, sometimes doing things that were interpreted as obscene. All of this was passed on to Hotchkiss at the 2: 30 which was attended by jar Robertson, Margaret Vaughn, and six other members of the professional staff. All except Robertson and Seiler were black Hotchkiss told them that he had talked to Patrick Mulloney that morning and that Madison was not working that day-having been promised the day off the week before in return for working Sunday. He said however, that he was scheduled to meet with Mulloney and Madison the next morning, Tuesday, April 1. He essentially repeated to the group what he had said to robertson the day before--with three qualifiers(underlined in the following quote) Hotchkiss urged them not to take matters into their own hands, promising to meet with them again on Wednesday. They set a 4: 00 p.m. date for the Wednesday meeting. The next morning, Tuesday, Patrick Mulloney came to Hotchkiss' office. He said he had talked to Mad ison about the incident and that madison wished to apologize to the interns. However, accord ing to Mulloney, Madison claimed that Jones had been the aggressor and that he, Madison, was only defending himself. The rest of the conversation, accord ing to Mullaney, went something like this Hotchkiss: "I dont for a minute believe that your man was defend ing himself had a dozen staff members in here yesterday, threatening to take things into their ownback toward Jones, and Jones was still staring at him. So Madison put down his cup of coffee, left his sandwich on the counter, and went over to Jones’ table. Jones got up and moved toward Madison, saying, “Is something wrong?” Madison, in response, said, “Nothing that a fist in the mouth wouldn’t solve.” Jones said, “ Do you want to come outside?” Madison, without saying anything, moved toward the door. It’s not clear exactly what was said next. At least three witnesses were there, but no one could state who threw the first punch. Within seconds the two men were on the floor, slugging each other. Jones’ two companions leapt up and tried to break up the fight, and they were joined by Frank Joyce, the technician. Eventually, the three succeeded in breaking up the men—two of them holding onto Jones and telling Madison to back off. Joyce stood in front of Madison—then backed him away after saying, “If you’re going to hit him, you’ve got to hit me first.” Aftermath At about 3 p.m. on Sunday, Thomas Hotchkiss, Head of Internships and Training Programs for MCS, received a phone call at his home. It was James Robertson, Acting Coordinator of Internships. Robertson, apologizing for calling Hotchkiss at home, told him about the fight—relating the story told him by Doug Jones and his two companions. He traced the events of the last several weeks and said that he, Robertson, and a few of the interns would like to meet with Hotchkiss as soon as possible on Monday—that the situation was hot, and many people were in an uproar about George Madison’s conduct. Hotchkiss, after listening to the account, said: “ In my opinion this man Madison ought to be removed from the Department tomorrow morning.” Hotchkiss agreed to meet the managers at 2:30 p.m. on Monday and said that in the meantime, he would contact Patrick Mulloney, Madison’s supervisor, and ask him to suspend Madison until further notice. By the next morning—Monday, March 31—word had passed quickly about the fight the day before, and many said they were not surprised. Some called Madison a “troublemaker”, a “nigger baiter”, “sexist.” And some related other instances where he had gotten into near-fights—making advances to women, sometimes doing things that were interpreted as obscene. All of this was passed on to Hotchkiss at the 2:30 meeting, which was attended by James Robertson, Douglas Jones, John Seiler, Margaret Vaughn, and six other members of the professional staff. All except Robertson and Seiler were black. Hotchkiss told them that he had talked to Patrick Mulloney that morning and that Madison was not working that day—having been promised the day off the week before in return for working Sunday. He said, however, that he was scheduled to meet with Mulloney and Madison the next morning, Tuesday, April 1. He essentially repeated to the group what he had said to Robertson the day before—with three qualifiers (underlined in the following quote): Hotchkiss urged them not to take matters into their own hands, promising to meet with them again on Wednesday. They set a 4:00 p.m. date for the Wednesday meeting. The next morning, Tuesday, Patrick Mulloney came to Hotchkiss’ office. He said he had talked to Madison about the incident and that Madison wished to apologize to the interns. However, according to Mulloney, Madison claimed that Jones had been the aggressor and that he, Madison, was only defending himself. The rest of the conversation, according to Mulloney, went something like this: Hotchkiss: “I don’t for a minute believe that your man was defending himself. I had a dozen staff members in here yesterday, threatening to take things into their own