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

NoNiu uOt heNo etlOh Ouh 0y ne ONer-pet
suasion Of the Americans and Germans
who urged me tofhe dreadful deed.
JOHN Y0GT
Jos. D. Selvage being sworn states;
was appointed by the Mayor police ma
for the Second ward polls. l. was sherii
at the polls. While at the Second war
polls about ao'clock. news was brough
there that the foEsiansss up town were i
arms. I'd. Williaes and Elex. Gross
night-watchnshin in the Second ward urge,
me 10 go with them to. stopthem. Ihav
been all the season working on public con
tracts on streets. some 60 or 70 ioreigi
laborers. mostly Irish. Williams an,
Cross asked me 70 60 with them, becaus,
they believed / would have considerabl
influence with the foreigners. wen
with Cross and Williams: when we reach
ed the corner Of Shelby aud Green streets
we discovered body of Germans, abou
rs, armed with guns congrecated at th,
corner Of Campbell and Green. / bad,
tho crowd that accompanied us to remain
behind, and Iwould 60 to the German,
and talk to them. The Americans remain
ed at the corncr of Shslby street excep
Williams and Gross andmyself We wen
toward Campbell street. { Williams and
myself we're about ten feet in advance o.
Cross. When we came within some seven.
ty feet the Germans, raised my hands
and begged them ..for Gods sake TO 90
homo aud put away their guns, said
this several times; while my hands were
raised and ! was exhorting them to 90
home. some one in the crowd Of Germans
cried out tossboot; i aetb was raised and
received the ecoptents in my face, neck, and
breast, Ircsled sgainst,a fence and was
then Shot in he back and -lags- Some, .
or rs guns were fred at that time. Will
iams was wounded in the head aud legs
during the firing, The Americans then
rushed up Green street and the general
melee commenced. l was altogether un-
armed, and Edid not see any firearms a.
mong the Americans at that time. This
was the beginuing ofthe difficulties at that
point. The Germans were scattered and
pursued In every direction; what happen.
ed afterwards am unable estate.
J. D. SEWAGE.
Sworn 10 and subscribedto before me,
anotary public, this 9Th hday Of August,
1855. L, A.. WHITLEY,
Notary Public.
We were present at the time of the at
tack upon Selyage and Williams, aud cor
roboraie the above statement.
EDWARD WILLIAMS,
e. ALEX. C.CROSS,
,s AARON RAY. rs,s
Emily Beck states: live In Mr.. John
Vogt's house second door from the corner
Of Clay and Madison streets. About s o.
clock in the afternoon Of August there
were about thirty persons collected at the
above mentioned corner. There was n
hack passing on Madison street. (Ilearn-
cd afterwards thar it contained a wounded
man. } Just as it passed the corner, /
heard the report of agun, and saw the
man who fred the gun; | could not tell
who il was. Twas much alarmed. ! did
not see any one shot in the hack, but karn-
ed afterwards that there was. These mon
still remained on the street with guns, pis.
tolls, brickbats, and knives, and clubs; one
man held a sword in threatening posi-
ton. They were waving their weapons,
aud cried "come on" to crowd Of Ame,-
leans who were coming down Madison
street. The next moment looked, but
could see none Of the foreign party. They
had fed behind the corner, where they re-
mained until the. Amepiears came up,when
ageperal renco6;cr took place. Two Ger
mans wera wonnded-one, John Yogt, aud
another, name unknown. who died in "a
hours. = EMILY DECK. =
Wm.. H, Richardson states on OATH
That on Monday, Aug. 9th, (election day J
about "a O'Clock. p. NJ, was quietly
walking out Shelby street, Just south of
Madison, when man not mn American,
from the second lot cast of Shelby street,
discharged double barreled shot gun,
taking effect in my leg and breaking the
leg Of Mr.. Latta who was with me. There
was at the time no disturbance on the
street. We then got into the hack and
started down Madison street with some
other persons Who'll did not know; we dis.
covered alarge crowd of Germans and
Irish, armed with double barrelled guns
and revolvers, at the corner Of Clav and
Madison streets, and they commenced fir
ing on the hack. Mr.. Latta and tho gen.
tlemen with us laid down in the bottom OF
the hack; ! being Too tall to shield myself
in that way got ontand ran with tho hack
between me and the mob, and was shot IN
theleg, the shot passing under the horses
and hack, when we got topposite the crowd
we had pass between them and n cart on
the opposite side Of the street; an Irishmar,
from behind the cart, shot me, the ball
passing through the calf Of my right leg;
then found was losing strength and
opened the hack door and threw myself in
the hack whilst the horses were running,
my legs hung out. and IN that condition /
was shot in the legs under tho hack.
lhavein both legs | / 8 shot and one bul.
let wound, and one shot In my right hand.
w. H. RICHARDSON.
Subscribed and sworn to August 10,
1855. O. H, STRATTAN, N. P.
William Adkins states: That on the day
OF the election. about 8 o'clock p. NJ, he
heard a fling from the dircetiaa -eS -theup.
per part Of Madison street, near Wenzel.--
Af6ant was at liissresidence. on the corner
of Madison and jackson streets, and having
heard the firing, ho drove his hack toward
the place where II occurred, to see what
was going on, md not apprehending any
danger to himself, he took on the seat of
his hack with him his little boy, about five
years old; and when afHant reached the
place, he found that an American had