The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-10-14
From the Cncinnatl Gazette. Sept. &c.
A Di>sraccfuI Riot in Cincinmati-Thrce Men
Shot and Several Persons Injured.

About two months since. the PrcsbytcYians
fitted mp blilding near the White Mills in
the 18th Ward and started therein Il Sabbath
School. The second Sunday after the school
was opened, a party of Germans waited upon
the officers Of the school, and requested them
to close the same. The request was not com
piled with. The neyt Saturday night the school
room was entered by persons who tore up the
Sunday school books, and broke up and threw
out the furniture into the street. The school
was consequently suspended. The trustees de-
termncd upon establishing a school rented
small brick house near the White Mills. and
lifted 1t up for school purposes. The Sunday
School was again TO be opened on Sunday
morning. Previous TO the hour OF opening the
trustees were informed by Il crowd of young
men, that if they dared to open their school
they would be mobbed and their school room
would DE treated as ii was upon former Occa-
sion. The trustees, fearful of riot. did not
open the school. but proceeded to the residence
cs of several of the parties whom they suspect
ed of being the prime movers in the affair." and
cndcavOrcd to cXpostuatc with them not to
carry into execution the threats they had made
Hard words passed between them. and the Ger
mans declared with oaths that they would rid
die the House and kill the parties, if they at
tempted to open the school. BY s o'clock in
the evening. quite an excitement was created
and hundreds of persons had con grcgatcd upon
the Harrison road between the brighton House
and Mill Creek. quarreling. At given sig
nal, the friends Of the trustees attacked two
houses. occupied by some of the Germans and
riddled one of them completely. general
riot here followed. Pistols were fired and
boulder stones and clubs were thrown: women
and children were running i'm every direction
screaming for the safety Of their husbands and
brothers. After three men were shot and
number of persons otherwise injured. the Ger
mans commenced retreat. The other party
then went to the Wcst-Avcnuc House and
broke in the windows and doors and threw al.
the furniture into the street.
At 10 o'clock posse of five policemen arriv-
ed, and the rioters dispersed. Two of the nc
liccmen were beaten with chains in cndeavOr-
ing TO make an arrest. but were not seriously
injured. The names of the three men who were
shot we could not learn but understand their
injuries were not of a fatal character The men
who were struck with bOulders are not serious-
ly injured. The fight ended about IOs O'Clock.
There were only two of the 18th Ward police
on the ground but We understand that the
Mayor will institute an investigation to ascer-
tain where the other police officers were, and
the lieutenants of the Bremen street station
mouse. 1t was charged yesterday that one of
them knew that the riot was in progress, but
refused to go and put stop to the same An
extra police force has been placed upon duty
In that ncighbOrhOOd, The Sunday school will
be opened positively on next Sunday morning.