The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-08-10
Yours, truly,

FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE RIoT,-We
stated yesterday the particulars OF the brutal
attack by party of Irishmen upon Mr.. Geo.
Bur2e, an American born citizen, on JAG kson
street, between jefferson end Green streets,
and also the firing by Germans upon Amer
lean citizens from the windows of the brewery
on Jefferson street, and various houses on
Clay and Madison and Shelby streets.
After this firing from windows and behind
walls, the Germans, armed with guns and
rifles, began to assemble in large numbers at
the intersection of Campbell and Green
streets. While thus assembled they attacked
wagon coming down Green street contain
ing four Americans. At this period Thos.
Sewage and Ed. Williams, policemen, ac-
companied by Geo. Latta, Chas. Jones, and
a few others, all Americans. went from the
corner of Green and Shelby toward the
crowd Of Germans for the purpose of COM
handing the peace. As they approached,
some IL OF l3 guns and pistols were fired DIT
them by the Germans. Selsage was wound.
ed in the face and breast, williams in the
back and legs, Latta had leg crushed by
the shot, and Jones was wounded in the legs.
About the same time Mr.. VIM. Rcha rdson
a teacher in one oil the public schools, Was
passing OH Shelby street, and found party
of Catholic Gefmans dragging out u Gerfiah
from house, the door of which they had
broken open; and beating him cruelty for hav-
ing voted the American ticket. Mr.. R. and
the person with him attempted to interfere
and were fred upon and severely wounded.
Mr.. R. then procured hack and placed the
wounded men in il: While proceeding In
the hack to the st1rgect's, in passing the cor
ner of Madison and Jackson streets, the hack
was attacked by a number of Iriehmen from
Irish Row on Jackson street. A number of
shots were fired, the driver and boy sitting
beside him were wounded, and the wounded
men in the hack were shot in several places.
The Irish followed the hack, firing at it for
a whole square.
Soon after this the crowd of ihce6sed aid
Infatuated Emeficans went to IooE after the
aggfessors, and the riot ensued in which the
brewery was burned, several houses mobbed
and number of persons; Americans and
Germans, were wounded.
! About half past six, on Preston street, near
Main, John Sutherland, an American, was
shot at from across the street and wounded
IN the head. The Irishman who fired at him,
was subsequently pursu and severely beat
en-.
The disturbances in the Eighth Ward oc-
Cured very nearly in the manner stated in
yesterday mornings Journal.
Mr.. Rhodes and DIR. Dougherty, Ameri-
cans, were just leaving an acquaintance on
Main street near Eleventh. They we're fired
at from the windows of Quinn's rouse; both
fell; one of the Irishmen ran out OF the gro
Gerry in Quinn's house, kept by Catholic
Irshman named Kenne-y, aud shot Rhodes
who was lying upon the opposite pavement.
An American named Wilson, coming up
Main street in buggy, was fred at by IRISH
men in the same neighborhood. Two other
Americans, in a wagon, were also shot at by
the same party. This was the beginning of
the riot there. Young Graham and Hobson;
Americans, were xii ed soon afierward.
We have the names of over thirty wit
nesses, by whom ii can be proven, that ia
every act of violence, which tended to pro-
duce these acts of violence. foreigners were
the aggfessofs; and peaceabe, unarmed
Americans were the first victims.
The result as far as We can learn is that
fourteen men have been killed, six of whom
were Americans. Three others are expected
to die. We have not been able 10 ascertain
how many have been wounded; we have
heard of about thirty more or less wounded.
Lon. Jour. 9Th.