Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-07-13
The Columbus RI
One Nan Killed and Sfefrai Ubaadsd Full
Particulars.

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PeHicsi1rs.
The Ohio State Journal Of the 9TH gives the
following particular.
Yesterday evening, aaaat Inf pa-' ii 5'eoof.
orr CITY was throw into intr.c excitement hy
/ street fi.sllt 90 the corner ut Town and High,
which resnlicd in the death Of one young man,
nancd Henry Foster, an n severe iuiaries t.
+ several olhrrS. HE tiltmrn ot The south warh
/ tho German light Infantry company, aul "a com
pauy Of Turner's, had heru celebrating Oh"
! Fourth IN the south pnrt 81 the city. At about
half pat sjsp. m. W.ta two inr b1als OF music,
/ thrv marched in procession through Front street
IL Town. They then passed uP Town Ia HIGH
and down High toward The south end Of tue city
The turner's were ip the rear Of the procession.
A. the rear of this company came up Town
street n boy. al#parcntly about - years old, wa~
secn having Q quarrel with opc of the Turner'S
H., threw stone. and hi the one he appeared
Is have the Il >puto with. Ono OF The Company
fhcn stepped out and threw n stone Ell the boy.
who then followed up street to the rear Of til"
United States Hotel. when he picked up another
stone and appeared 10 be shout 10 throw il, whrn
Alr. Sanonton. the Landlord Of ,hc United States,
seized him and ieok the stone from his hnnds.
At this time John White. who W.T. standing IN
door oppnetr, knowing the boy, md feared that
H. nj ht g,t uto difficult over the street
took him from Simoaion, aud iorc.hly carried him
acros~ the street. When npasly on the south side
lie WINS attacked - Inc utiitlHs ma Tlbht1 WIZ
hurled nj him aud the boy. BY some 81 gnal or cry,
the portion of the Turner's who had passed around
the corner, and to lIith street, halted aud the
most Of them broke ranks, and rushed hack 10
Town street They seized their stones, of which
there abundance ON that street, md com
mrnrrd throwing them towards the |. = Hotel,
md the persons who happened 10 be on thcPavc-
mont near it, -Four windows Of the hotel were
broken, u portion of them in the second story,
which were filled with ladies who bad been call
81 to them by the linc music and the procession.
fxasprrntrd at this attack. few persons who
happened Ia be nenr. seized stones orrpc them,
when the Turner's rushed up Town to High, in
confused mass. The people on the pavement,
seeing stones flying rather to- thick, and too near
IL be comfor,ublc fed in al directions 10 places
of >nlcty.
After the Turner's reached High street they
ifow Their reviewers, and commenced firing upon
those around them Several shuts in rapid sue
er-sion followed. while the stones eontuuedto ~
through the air. Foster, the unfortunate Young
~n who wa sh /, Was ou the cast side Of High
There are different reports Ii, t" h, nets. II b.
positively a..prted by some that he had his peck
Il book cat 10 pay soGla one a sum # monty;
Will" nthrr- Assert tuHt lac had thrown Stone. -
several Of our citizens -aw the nau vile t1nk Il I'd.
llhcrafe aim aud shot him We understand l.,
j. identified and ~ hope this is lie ease.
The ball penetrated the hight shoulder an
passed through ihe lang. he fell, bat to'n
iajscl himself ap and staggered 10 the corner ca
Hughes 4 Bcrbe'a shop, lew feet from wb'r"
NJ was shot. II wa soon evident that the wound
WAS fatal and he died about half mn hour ait,r,
We have heard thai ono ar Two others NJ"
Wound ] by the discharges ct thp pistols. Mr..
O-Eood had II nanow escape. A. he Insscl
round the corner oi Town to high, one OF the
TURNER'S fired al Inn, the hali -tIuch him, buo>
ing comb aud rule in Lis pocket, aud nheinr
. slight wourd in the hn.b several Prr-ua.
were severely cat with the Stone. 1t Is wonder
iu considering tn uumbc, of li-tola diseha1E,u
that ia marc prisons were hl,Icj.
1t may be well imagined that ,hi- act OF shout
ng down American citizens Ia oar streets, " an
association of Foreigners created grcut excl.
nrnt The crowd around tie corner Of lu"H
aud High soon became immense, and thlrat, Il
summary vengeance were loudly uttered. H.
qurcd all the efforts of the friends "t peace I'
prevent an immediate outbreak. There wsrc b.u
few persons who at that time, knew the origin 90
difficulty; rs there were scarcely Any men t. o..
pa,t of the street when the difficulty mpse. j.
fore the Facts becamr known SO a 10 justify A..
ION, the Turael. had disp,rs 4,
The Meyur und Police nee ,o5n on the grosud
and immediately took steps to arrest the oilend.
erS. Up to a late hour list evening, they were
Engaged in i'rretnG out TIA" persons Who w'r"
implicated in this bloody nllnir twenty -tonr H
thom were arrested and nre IN inl.
We have taken great pHin> II arrive nj the
f3ciS, and we believe we have given II clenr, i'm
partial. aud true statement of lhem We are
forced to the conviction that the nttnck nj the
Turner's upon our citizens, aud the murder Of
young Foster, were totally without ju-lGcntion.
Not the least evidence or pretenee of Il di-po>i-
uun To disturb item existed. There wrre not huii
dozen persons wtthin several reds of them WHEN
the quar-, wish the boy arose The act> of
Simontan and White were peaceful, aud II obey
had MOI been attacked there would have been no