The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1854-06-02

Square, The next day The fugitive being guar
led 10 The Court Hoass, preliminary to the
Before the meeting adjourned,
however, II Vas stated BY some person in the
gallery thai mob OF negroes had assembled
IN Court Square, and were about to force the
doors of the Court House, where the fugi
tive was confined, Cor the purpose Of rescu
Ing him. Upon this announcement the
meeting broke up in disorder. and the crowd
rushed for Court Square. What followed
We condsnsc from the report Of the journal
( On the abrupt termination d the meeting m Fan
Gull Hall, the excited crowd rushed for Cour
Square, peli nell shouting Rescue him "'"Res
cue him !" Sec. Enieriug upon the Eastern Az
enue In minute or two, several hundred
people had collected. The officers In the buildings
closed the doors, when some dozen people, some
OF whom were colored, rushed up the steps. and
commenced pounding on the doors, A pistol wa,
shortly fred on the westerly side Of the Court
House, when the crowd rushed round the buhd
ing. Here, some two thousand people collected
IN cry brief space OF time. Several pistols
were fred in the street. ..,......
The crowd Immediately made m assault upon
the south door on the west side with axes, and q
baiiering.ram, in the shape Of heavy beam,
some twenty feet long, was a, once hunched upon
The stout oak door, The batterng.rsm WIS 'san'
ned by some dozen or fourteen men, white and
colorcd, who plunged Il against the door, until \
was stove in. Meantime several brickbats had
been thrown at the windows, and The glass rat.
tied In oil directions. leaders, or those who
appeared 10 ar, as riogleader In the melee, con.
sianily shouted; (" Bring him out ~ Bring him
out !" "wherc is hc!" &C.. Sec. The Court
House bell runs an alarm OF half past nine o.
clock.
When the doors we've opened, two or three
persons rushed into the entry, but The officers in
the building, who were mustered IN full force on
the stairs, gave their valorous rioters so warm .
reception with clubs and swords, that they quick
ly retrcaicd to the streets. Two shots were dis
charged 10 the eLtry, which appeared to Intimi
date the rioters somewhat. Al this time, a large
:, "a 60.
mcn,s arrested several persons and took them 'e
the Watch House. Stones were occasionally
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The saddes' pan OF th's Outrage o" inc pan
the moo' res's IN the iac' 'na' human 'c nus oee'
sacrificed. tl....lI.t
Al the Time the MOB beat down the "e.'e',
door Of inc eoun house. se'era' uen' e"p'''s'
as onheu S'a'es once'S' were w TUG p's''e' na'
using 'ne'r e"oe"'ors 10 p'e'e"' tue 's "'
na,"s.,S.. . '.'sl,m., n ,bs .m,,o, Of Col
peter Dunbar who aImos, n, the in.,ao, Of III,
forcing Of III. doo, received a pis,or shot. levi
IDENTIFY a. very heavy charge, in the abdomen
Mr.. Ba,obelder uttered the exclamation, AIN
s,abhedp and falliru backwards into the arms o.
Waterman Isaac Jones, expired almost immediate
~. The unfortunate man restIed In Chahestown
where he leaves wife and one OF two children "a
mourn his uniimely death.
Al the time OF forcing the door and Just rs the
fatal shot was fred, one OF the rioters, who was
standing on The upper step, exclaimed to the
crowd, "You towards Will you desert us nowf
Al this momont the exclamation OF Mr.. b'''he'oer'
: I'm stabbed! was heard, and the rioters retreat
ed to the opposite side OF the street.
In the mean time white man rushed into the
crowd and distributed several meat axes with the
blades cnve'0pea 10 'ne o''s'n'' o'0wn papen,n
W. !" '"e' - ~ " - s.ss.,,sI,. ~.
rsn,r. watch House
In relation 10 ,bs man who wo, ,bot there
40 oo,,rod;.,o-v occoun,, The Courier
,ov..
During this struggle some thirty .ho,. were
fred by the rioters, and Mr.. James Ba,chelder, a
special officer who was resisting the entrance of
nssailants an tina shattered door, was shot dead.
The Commonwealth however, makes this
statement
The keepers o. the fugitive fired upon the
'r0wa' anu otherwise assa'ea 'no.e ~ '"e "oo'
w '"0;' VIZ nm, n' ~ ' 49,, ~, ,,h;.h
.o.,n, % bsvc been fred nv one Of hi, eompan.
ons. who handled hi. pistol carIessIy. None Of
he shot. fred a, the people took effect bu, some
II those at the door were injured by the 'ab'e' Of
ne Marshars helpers nnesoa'. a"a s'ones ~e''
"'ow" ''o." 'ae ''o.'' n'''"s "'' ""''
Aitef the disturbances were o'er y" IN
lay night, the Marshal proceeded TO East
Boston, and chartered q steamboat to 70 TO
Far. Indensndence N br;np nm comnan;es
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