Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1855-08-24

leans; the Germans we're armed with guns
and rifles. Bligh and Gilmore were en-
deavoring TO get the crowd to 60 in differ
ent directions and to keep quiet. When
Blgh and myself turned to leave the Ger
mans, they fred upon us. After we had
driven about half square, Bligh got out
of the buggy and l drove away.
CHARLES HODGE.
Subscribed and sworn to this lIth Aug,
1855, before me, L. A. WHITLEY,
Notary Public
John Yogt states: About . o'clock on
the 9th of August, while was standing on
the corner of Clay and Madison streets, i
saw a hack going up Madison. 1 was
strongly induced by several Americans and
several Germans 10 fire upon the Ameri-
cans who were in the hack did So firing
both barrels of loaded shotgun; it was
loaded with small shot After firing, /
was attacked and wounded by an Ameri-
can party; cannot tell who they were.-I
l acknowledge that l was to blame, and
would not have shot but by the over per
suasion of the Americans and Germans
who urged me to the dreadful deed.
JOHN VOGT.
Jos. D Selvage being sworn states:
was appointed by The Mayor a policeman
for the Second ward polls. l was sheriff
at the polls. While at the Second ward
polls about 2 o'clock, news was brought
there that the foreigners up town were in
arms. Ed. Williams and Alex. Cross,
night-walchmem in the Second ward urg-
ed me to go with them to stop them. l
have been all the season working on public
contracts on street, some 60 or 70 foreign
laborers, mostly Irish. Williams and Cross
asked me to 60 with them, because they
believed | would have considerable infu-
ence with the foreigners. l went with
Cross and Williams; when we reached the
corner OF Shelby and Green streets, we dis
covered a body of Germans, about Is, arm
ed with guns congregated at the corner Of
Campbell and Green. / bade the crowd
that accompanied US to remain behind and
l would go TO the Germans and talk te them
The Americans remained at the corner of
Shelby street except Williams. and Cross
and myself We went toward Campbell
street Williams and myself were about
ten feet in advance of Cross. When we
came within within some 10 feet of the
Germans raised my hands and begged
them "for Gods sake to go home and put
away their guns" I said this several
times; while my hands were raised and l
was exhorting them to go home, some one
in the crowd Of Germas cried out to shoot;
gun was raised and l received the contents
in my face,neck, and breast, reeled against
fence and was then shot in the back and
legs. Some IL or Is guns were fred at
that time. Williams was wounded in the
head and legs during this firing. The
Americans then rushed up Green street and
the general melee commenced. l was al
together unarmed, and did not see any
firearms among the Americans at the time.
This was the beginning of the difficulties
at that point The Germas were scattered
and pursued in every direction; what hap
ened afterwards ana unable to state.
J. d. SELVAGE.
Sworn to and subscribed before me no.
tary public, this 9Th day of Aug. 1855.
L. A. WHITLEY,
Notary Public.
We were present at the time of the at
tack upon Sewage and Williams, and corro.
borate the above statement.
EDWARD WILLIAMS,
ALEX. c. CROSS,
AARON RAY.
Emily Beck states: live in Mr.. John
Vogt's house, second door from the corner
of Clay and Madison streets. About 2 o.
clock in the afternoon of August there
were about thirty persons collected at the
aforementioned corner. There was a
hack passing on Madison street. Il learn
ed afterwards that it contained a wounded
man. Just as it passed the corner, heard
the report of gun, and saw the man who
fred the gun; l could not tell who it was.
l was much alarmed. did not see any
one shot in the hack, but learned afterwards
that there was. These men still remained
on the street with guns, pistols, brickbats,
and knives, and clubs; one man held a
sword in threatening position. They
were waving their weapons, and cried "come
on" to a crowd of Americans who we're
coming down Madison street. The next
moment 1 looked, but could see none of the
foreign party. They had fled behind the
corner. where they remained until the Am
ericans came up, when a general renconter
took place. Two Germans we're wounded
-one, John Vogt, and another, name un-
known, who died in 81 hours.
EMILY BECK.
VIM. H. Richardson states on oath: That
on Monday, Aug. 9th, election day. about
q o'clock, P. NJ, 1 was quietly walking
out Shelby street, just south of Madison,
when a man (not an American) from the
second lot east of Shelby street, discharged
double barrelled shot gun, taking effect
in my leg and breaking the leg of Mr.. Lat
ia who was with me. There was at the
time no disturbance on the street. We
then got into hack and started down Mad
ison street with some other persons who
did not know; we discovered large crowd
of Germans and Irish, armed With double
barrelled guns and reyolvers, at the corner
of Clay and Madison streets, and they COM
menced firing on the hack. Mr.. Latta and
the gentlemen with US laid down in the
bottom Of the hack being to tall to shield
myself in tha: way got out and ran with
the hack between me and the mob, and
was shot in the leg, the shot passing under
the horses and hack, when we got opposite