The Georgetown news., 1855-09-20
NO. 40.
From the Louisville Journal, Aug. 9Th.
Louisville Riots.


Louisville Riots.
As we stated Yesterday, there were sew
eral fist fights at the different polls on Mon
day morning Immediately after dinner
matters assumed a more violent aspect
The first serious difficulty occurred in the up
per part Of the city. A couple of gentlemen
were riding along in carriage, when they
were fired at from house by Germans or
Irish and one of them wounded. The firing
was repeated. Ed Williams, watchman
in the second ward Joseph Selvage and
John Latta, Americans, went there. Latta
had his leg shattered by musket ball, Sci
wage received several buckshots about his
body, and Williams was slightly injured.
The report reached the lower part of the
city that SIX Americans had been shot and
were lying IN DR.. Pyle's Office. This caus-
ed the assembling of large crowd, which
proceeded up town. The first attack made
by the crowd was on German named John
Nogt, IN house from which shots had been
fired upon Americans, on the corner of Clay
and Madison. He was shot, stabbed and
| beaten. Another German named Jacob,
who was sitting on a staircase, was dragged
out, stabbed and beaten. His recovery is
doubtful. Everything in the lower part Of
the house was broken to pieces
The crowd proceeded to the corner OF
Madison and Shelby, where firing from hou-
ses had taken place, and they riddled two
groceries. A German rope-maker, named
Helm, who was walking along the street,
was beset by the crowd and terribly beat
en-.
Tho nrou-d +hor ~occo oI,oI y Gor,,oor
beer-house, corner of Walnut and Shelby,
kept by G. Kiszler, and two houses occu-
pied by Germans on the corner of Shelby
and Marshall. A German named John
Felier was stabbed seven times, but not
dangerously injured.
The next scene Of the riot was on Jeffer-
son street, near Beargrass creek. Here o
party of gentlemen coming into the city
was fred upon by foreigners from the houS-
es, and some Of them seriously wounded
ArmbruSter's brewery and several houses
from which the shots were fired were attack
ed and the contents demolished. The brew
cry was afterwards fired and burned down,
with several other houses. A number of
window panes in other houses were broken.
Several Germans were badly beaten, and
an Irishman named Patrick Murphy, was
shot; he died this morning. On Preston
street, below Main, John Sutherland, an
American, was shot, but not dangerously
injured, and an Irishman was shot and
beaten.
All the German houses attacked were
those from which shots had been fired by
the occupants.
While this was going on in the upper
part of the city, several persons were fred
upon on the lower part of Main street.
About S o'clock, two Americans were shot
from an Irish house, while going along on
Chapel street. This at once brought the
excitement to the highest pitch. The Irish
row, on Main street, above Eleventh was
attacked and fired, and several persons were
killed and some burned. A large number
were wounded. The Irishman who shot
Graham while he was taking care of Rhodes
an American who had been shot, was hung,
but cut down before he died At least 80
shots were fired from houses on Chapel ST.
1t is impossible to ascertain all that were
wounded. Malyin FL. Scott, American,
has his arm badls shattered by ball.
Seven or eight houses on the north side
of Main street, above Eleventh, and two on
the south side, were burned. A man named
Richard Blackburn, who had hold of the
pipe of the American Eagle Company was
Shot about o'clock this morning. The
houses were nearly all owned by Francis
Quinn who was killed.
Later at highs, one of the groceries ran
sacked on Madison street was burned down,
and also two Irish cooper shops on Main
street. There were several German cooper
shops in the same vicinity, but none were
burned. We are credibly informed that
the mob had nothing to do with this fire. y
There were some warlike demonstrations
this morning on fifth street. near Main, but
better counsel prevailed, and the crowd fl
nally dispersed.
We have given the above hastily, and
obtained the particulars from sources which
we consider most reliable.