The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-22
The New Haven Riot.
OUR NEW HAVEN CORRESPONDENCE.


NEW HAVEN, March 20, 1854
The late riot in is city stl the all engrossng topic
OF thought and copversat The facts thus far ELECTED
before the Coroner jury tend to exculpats entirely
student from any participation in the ARRAY except
they acted in self defence. 1t seems that O'Nel the
man who fatally stabbed had been the rnglesder or
the rowdes in the afray Of the night previous and
resecd by he po at that time but soon discharged
Ths othes wounded BY pistol shots were not
ny ch identified With the mob, and the injury which
they 'evet is matter Of much regret One Of tho
students ad hs face very badly cut by stone causing
wound Of seve.ss inches in length which sswed up
by Dr. Hooker OF thas city after the occurrence,
and the young man 10 aew doing we'll Many other Yale
bows were Knocked down by the missiles thrown but
most of the dus'ayed csoness ana courage which,
der the crcumstsuces ve'y praisewerhy After reach
ing the college, tly proceesed to bs-rcadc the build
ing tie street, and the ssene described by those
who witnessed it ~ r.Ambing hs fortiics,ion town
expecting siege. FicsasAs distributed among the
dtierent rooms, the pek'hboring rvements torn
up carried the buidng ana sal conducted with
a syst, and order truly astonishing When the mob
approached with the cannon, ii va supposed that
many would be killed ,t not man aS'<ed The ques
on may suggest itself where the pC4icey Wherever
they were they proved shenseyes impctdnt and the
land Of sobrie'y and steady habits New Eng
land dvincs pleased 10 call tis section 81 the Union
mast odiam Of admitting that Of their chic
cities is without the protection TO life aud propert
which every respectable city sheald posssss> We ar
emIhaticaiy at the mercy Of any mob which, occasio
may excite unless as the stude ts DO we arr, ourseve
ard shoot down assailanjs in their tracka-
The authorities employing every possible
to discover tie author Of the stabbng and probably Will
succeed, although it is much doubled whsther the
offence could be made iDdictable oSe. Tho
fact is q speak from my own obscrvatien) that
there are body Of men in our midst who
of Yale all possible occasions. have myuch
young of the latter class insulted in the most dis
graceful manner when passing quietly down thu princi
PAL street Of the city without retaliation on tfcir part
and can hardly help sympathizing with them In the late
Tie verdict of the inquest will probably not be made
public for some days, there still many witnesses
TO he examined repetition OF the attack on the ool-
lege threatened, but it hoped that the police FORCE
much increased win be sufficient to preserve order
You shall receive the verdict it trsnspres,
and as the friends OF the students are scattered every
where throughout the country will be looked for with
much interest, and certainly paper IL generally
and read as the NEW YoRE HKRALR
NEw HAVEN March 90 1864.
have been a constant reader of your valuable %.
per for the last ten years and seeing article in
ence to the New Haven riot take the liberty to give
you the particulars, which rs foows-0n Thursday
evening there two students attended the theatre
and standing in front Of the audience with their
hats on when they politely requested to take them
on which they refused to do they then requested
to be seated which request they still refused comply
with At this stage of proceedings in the gal
lery spoke and said, 'put them out but by this time
the students had changed their quarters, and thnga
moved quietly until the close Of the moral drama
going out of the hall the student inquired who
that cried s'put him OUT, and ONei said that was
him of the students then knocked him down there
then u few stones thrown which ended the war Of
the evening. But Friday evening it different;
the students went prepared it afterwards proved
There n large delegation from Yale hand ut the
theatre, and hey took occasion to make remarks not
pleasant TO good share of the audience Some their
remarks similar to this, that fairly "stunk Of
mechanics but things moved quietly till the coae
OF the play, when the members Of Yale College
in body, took the middle Of the sidewalk and turned
out for one male female. Soon after getting out
Of the hall the report Of pistol heard about
this time the paving stones and bricks commenced
ing and when about half from the theatre to the
College chapel ONeil to fall he immediate
y taken aud carried back to the watchhouse follow.
ed by the town boys mot mostly Irish, your inform
ant stated When IL ascertaned that he dead
they in bod, proceeded Immediately and procured the
cannon and IL they had not paid respect TO highly
esteemed Mayor there would have been charge put
through old south College
have It from Of the police and from other reliable
sources that there but three rishmen that had
anything to do with the
by giving this place in your valuable journal you
win much oblige large portion Of the citizens whe
think that the manufacturing interest of this city 10 OF
more advantage than the College.