American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-08-30

back Of the houses, and large quantities
of furniture was brought to The other side
Of the street by them, and some of the
crowd told Mrs. Mullen TO cali her sons
out. that they would not kill them. Ihaye
since seen them and they are not hurt.
During the fire on said houses, obscry-
ed Edward Keyhoe and Pat. Long, and
some one else who did not know, on top
Of Longs house with guns. Keyhoe Is
living yet, for have seen him sinre.
RUBY DoDD.
Subscribed and sworn TO before me Au-
gust 10, 1855. o. H. STRATTAN.
III $500 Notary Public.
We are daughters of Mrs. Ruby Dodd,
and fully concur in the statement above.
ELIZABETH DoDD.
MARGARET DODD.
Subscribed and sworn 10 August 10,
1855. o. II. STRATTAN, n. P.
Richard H. Lee, one Of the special po-
lice Of Monday for The Eighth Ward, on
oath. says:--That he was on Jefferson ST.,
between Eleventh. and Twelfth, at about 5
P. NJ, when he heard the report Of fire.
aims on Main street. He Immediately left
in the direction Of the firing, accompanied
by Samuel White, also policeman. Wien
they gotto the corner Of Chapel and Main
they found Rhodes dead at Tie corner
We stopped downt 10 pick him up, when
the Irish commenced firing on us out Of
Quinn's Row. from the opposite side of
tlIe street. Tom. Willie, Samuel Willie,
Dougheriy and afiant went across Main
street. when they were fired upon again.
| At this FIRE. Graham, who had got in the
neighborhood. was shot and killed, and
Dougherty was wounded Afiant then
started home, which is on west side Of E
leventh. between Main and Monroe, and as
he passed the corner of Eleventh, he was
fred at by, he thinks, dozen guns from
the windows Of Longs house, which is the
nortf east corner of Eleventh and Main,
and owned by Quinn. None Of the Amer
leans named above had or exhibited Ere
arms. At that time there was no crowd
of Americans in sight, nor did afiant see
AIMED Americans in IKE neighborLood.- =
Soon afterwards the Americans assem- bled
in tie neighborbood and were shot at from
the windows on Chapel st. and corner OF
Market, and here, Sam. White and Mel
bourne Scott were shot bat not killed. Af-
ter leaving Chapel street this second time,
affiant was fred at from the back part of
Quinn's Row, on Main street. Affiant saw
not less, he thinks, than fifty persons run
out from the back part of Quinn's Row.
toward the canal. many of them armed
with guns.
| Afiant was at the Eighth ward polls
nearly all day, and states that at that place
there was little or no fighting, and the for
eigners were not driven off from the polls
at any time. He made several Dutchmcn IL
put up weapons. with which they came 10
the poles, and which they exhibited in one
or two little auarrels that sprang up.
HICHARD II. LEE.
Jefferson county, set.
| Subscribed and sworn to before me, Au-
lgust 9, 1856.
J. I. DOZIER, Exm'r.
| Caroline Wall, wife of John Wall, on
oath, says: She is an Irishwoman; her hus-
band is an Irishman, and Romaa Catho-
lie. On the evening of the 9Th inst, about
5 o'clock. was going home from the gro
Gerry of Mr.. Brown, on Tenth and Market
streets, Louisville, passing down Eleventh
street to Main; when / reached Main ST.,
at Eleventh. heard the report offreaFms,
and looked up Main where it came from,
and saw a man fall near Chapel street, and
great many shots were fred in quick sue
cession from the north side OF Main street,
direct towards Chapel. The man who was
shot and fell learned had just come out
OF 0'Connell's grocery. on the corner OF
Main and Chapel, in company with a man
named Dougherty; Rhodes died in a few
moments, as learned there. There was
no crowd about at the time, and but very
/ few people, and no disturbance, save that
caused by the shooting. Rhodes WAS not
disturbing any one when shot, that know
OF. saw the shots fired from the windows
of Quinn's Row. l think Rhodes had a
carpet bag in his hand when shot. Ibid
not know him, but was informed en- ineui.
ry that his name was Rhodes. Dougherty
was also shot a moment or two after.
There were a great many Irishmen in
Quinn's Row, some OF whom were rela=
tions Of my husband, and they were very
often together. For some weeks previous
to the election of the 9th of August. 1855,
they (not my husband, Were preparing
for a.fght, and procured, and had many
arms, pistols, and guns; and, on Saturday
night before the election, saw many %
them with arms, and they had resolved,
heard then, say so, to attack the procession
but it turned out, as they after wards told
my husband, to be too numerous. SO they
lot il pass. They had been led 10 6eliers
the procession would be small By Mose 'OhO
opposedtke RnosO Nothings, This ! heard
them say saw many ofthem with arms
six or eight days before the last election
and they said they were ready for IT,:
have not seen my husband since Mon
dey last nor heard Of him. i fear he was
finally induced to join them in Quinn's
Row. They had begged him to receive
arms in his house, but he declined. We
. did not live in Qninu's Row.
II CAROLINE A WALL.
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