New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-08-23
Tur IouIsyILLE RIoTs-AeArN

4 thinning this subject, as every Ameflcan caeaen
!. ;nterested < deeply interested in the matter.
Va .npend the substance Of twenty afhdavits,
rnbl;shed in the Louisville Journal, as to the
| origin and first cause Of the late deplorsbie
riots in the First Ward Of that city, and We ask
q careful perusal Of them. :,
These afidavits are said to be from persons u
character end reliability-of this however, "
cannot judge-but if they are 70 Do reneu
mon no intelligent reader will b. OF loss in
plaeino the responsibility Of the outrages where
| it belongs
-, u IN American policeman. He swears {dictating
Nj asayit nom his bed that at mine o'clock on the
c,,,,p Of the election, while be quietly walking
Msia street by himself at the corner Of Hancock street
f.oma distance from any voting precnct) Iishman
hured brick at him and then fed cut Hancock street
Borge pursued him two squares, when three Irishmen
cams out Of house and intsrfared let's Kill him y
shouted one aud they approached him. Burge being un
armed knocked down oil three with his fist upon which
crowd Of abs Mt dozen more assailed him. struck him
with brick ever powered him cut him in the head With
i kaife beat hin, kcke MIN IN the necs-one OF them
axctai,uipc. he's wachmen--aeurderl him and leti
him for dead he remaining sepseess for three hours
Him not tasted a drop OF liquor that morning
n
friend Charles Hodge between and two O'clock and
\, the oerasr OF Green and shelby Streets small
,roUa n AMERICANS flying before crowd Of Germans.
rha hm.riaus had no weapons save stanss and sticks
~ NJ tey could pick up ia the street and had good
bloody heads among them while the Gei mans we're
sra with shotguns ysgers pistols ana othef deadly
| xeapons Blish drove up to the German party etde
American being about square N and begged them 70
"a home and put awsy their Runstha then there would
trt, af Gnrnn
os arrive them into the river drive them into the
liver u, Finding them deaf to entreay, Hligh and bis
friend Turned the buggy about to drive away and Dme
dtav yolley OF shot, stones and Other missiles fred
after them the American party then rallied upon The
eranr and made them retreat as far back as the
~ camobeIl and Green streets While that cor
Mr. the Germans were approached by three Americans
Salvage Williams and Grossly who endeayored to per
suade them to 90 home Salvage holding up his hands in
supploatory manner but the Germans replied with
yolley OF shot woundipg selvage and Williams; the
Americana then rushed upon them and scattered them in
ri directions Mr. Hodge who was in the buggy with
Bligh, confirms all this
Alexander c. Gross swears that while he was at the
Second Ward poll ct two o'clock, boy came and com
planned to him that he had been badly treated BY crowd
Of foreigners on Green street, above Shelby He had
started to water his horse and they had driven him back
all of them being armed. Gross, accompanied by mis-
friend Williams communicated the news to the acting
sheriff at the poll J. D. sslyage He concnded to 80 up
and see what the matter was and sndavor to get the
egnsrs to dsperse and all three started poted by the
boy Ii was supposed selvege would have some influence
with the mob IS he was public contractor having
60 or 10 Irish and German sborers constantly 10 his
ploy They found mob Of about rs men, armed with
muskets pistols bowiekniyes -akes and scythes which
they were brandishing riouy over their heads When
within hundred feet Of the crowd, Salvage raised his
hands ina besaechng manner and begged them to dess
from any hostisiesfor Gods sake to go home and put
up their arms At this moment Gross pointing
bid gun OF Sewage he shouted to him q ook out and
at the same instant the fred Selvage receiving
scattsred load Of shot in his face and breast then
turned staggering against fence and received another
load Of shot all over his back and legs Williams turned
to catch Sewage and reoeiveda load Of shot in his back
and legs Cross and williams then drew piatosan made
at the crowd seyags following but having weapon
upon which the crowd dispersed in different directions
turning apd firing as they fed and wounding Mr.. Sell
wages little SON. The shot ut selvsge believed by
Gross to be the first fired any side that day The
OF this outrage reached the Americans down town they
speedily came up and then followed general pursuit
the foreigners during which they he Americans)
fired upon from dfsreut houses. Messrs Sewage and
Williams corroborate Mr. Cross throughout
Vim III. Richardson sWears that while he vas quietly
walking out Shelby street, with his friend James Leaf
head (there being disturbance of any kind on the
street at the time) in lot discharged dot-
BILE load Of SHOT at Them taking Effect in his legs and
breaking one Of Leatheads legs They got hack and
started for medical aid, and the back passed down
Madison street, it fred upon by mob Of Germans
aud Irshnen. Leathead and another man, who was in
the hack laid down for protection Richardson, net
being able So got out and along keeping the
hack between him and the mob who continued their fire.
hurting stones and clubs besides While shielding him.
self in this way, he again peppsredi the legs by
shot passing under the hack; further along an Irish
man behind cart shot him with bullet, it passing
through the calf Of his right Leg he then crawed into
the hack leaving his legs hanging out and received
shot In them He in mis- legs IFS shot one bull
let. apdone shot in bis hand Mr. Leatbead whose leg
bone was shattered by three sug the above
VIM Adkins, the driver of thu hack above mentioned,
ccrroborates Mr. Richardson, to the IRE that was
poured upon the hack it went down Madison street
He had his Iittla the box with him hoth were
wounded, aud she boy badly. Adkins received IS shot
his boy 10 and his hack OF shut and ono bullet This
firing ives kept up OF intervals during right of four
squares.
WIN D. Jones swesrs that while he was passing quietly
along Green etreet with frlnd in the afteruoau (the
street being perfectly qniet they shot at by spms
persons concealed AmbrusteFs brewery the bullets
wnissng close by their hshds
.ohr Petit, who lives opposite the brewery swears
that various persons fired at from that building
long before there any disturbance Of any kind In the
neigbhorhcod. Believes there many Germans con.
cealed there
Thomas Hunt that while he and several others
peaeeaby passing along Main street. Preston
Everything being quiet they shot At tmes
from third story window the street. Others
firm this and A. j. White that ne saw man in a
buggy shot while passing the same house. N
Benoni Fgg boy that after party Of Ameri.
had passed the of Madison Clay streets
German named vust cut of bis house and shot
after them They returned and beat stabbed and shot
him. but did not kill hia did they touch his wife or
ohd falsely stated By the Courier This fellow hs
previously been inviting attack by standing in of
his house with his gun, cursng che Americans and
swearing that ne was good for two of them ~
John Vogt the German above mentioned, being In bed
badly wounded, mekes this atidayt:
Aboas two O'Clock on the 9Th Of August while was
standing this of Clay and Madison Streets
saw o heck going up Madison. strongly Induced
by several Americans and several Germans to fire upon
the Americans who were in the hack did so firing
both barrels OF loaded shot gum il was loaded with
small shot, After firing attacked and wounded by
knowledge that to bAmo and would not have shot
bat by the arparsuaipn Of tia Americans and Gsr-
rnans who urged me TO the dreadful deed.''
lawrence Bergman, German, who was OWL enough to
hang from bis window during the American procession
previous to the election banner bearing the inscrp
tion tive come to live, mot to rue2 swears That ON