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

continued the course, and the whole Of them
had passed by him and his property when
/ saw the man run out Of his house and
through the side gate and shoot at the Am
orleans as they had passed on. When he
shot, the Americans stopped, returned i'm
mediately, threw rocks and brickb at him
and shot and beat and stabbed him. l
don't know that can spell his name right
ly; he is called Vogt by the Dutch; and he
is the same man whom Haldeman has pub
lished as being killed, and whose wife and
child were badly wounded. l know this
is all false. The man is living. and won't
die. The wife was not wounded, and the
child not touched. 1 have been there to
his house myself; have seen him and talk
ed to him and bis wife; she told me that
neither herself nor ber child had been
touched by any one. BENONI FIGG.
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Set:
Subscribed and sworn to before me by
Benoni Figg this day, Aug 8, 1855.
il. D0ZIER, Exam'r.
! Alexander G. Cross states that on Mon
day. the 9th inst, the day Of election in
Louisville, he was at the Second ward polls,
when boy. say II or IA years old, at
about two o'clock, p NJ, came to him and
complained that he had been badly treated
by large number of foreigners on Green
street, above Shelby. He said that he had
started to water his horse, but had been
driven off by them. Mr. Edward Will
Jams was present at the time the boy came
10 him, and they concluded 10 see Mr.. Sell
wage, who was acting as sheriff at the Sec
ond ward polls, and get the benefit of his
advice before they took any step. They
saw Mr.. Selvage and it was agreed upon
that he should go along. We went to the
place pointed out to US by the boy. When
We got to point at Green street where il
is intersected by Campbell street, four or
FIVE squares from the place of voting, they
discovered large number of foreigners,
some with muskets, some with pistols, some
with bowieknives, some with rakes, and
others with scythes which they fourished
over their heads When We got within
from so to 100 feet from the front of the
crowd, Mr.. Selvage raised his hands in a
suPpHcating position, and begged the crowd
to desist from any hostile action. While
Selvage was thus engaged afiant saw a
man on the northwest corner of Green and
Campbell pointing bis gun toward Selvage.
Afiant spoke loudly to Selvage, telling him
to "look out" He supposed Selvage had
not seen bis danger. About the moment
be spoke 70 him the man shot, the first gun
+ be heard of being shot on that day. Selv-
age was shot in the face, on the breast, and
f as be staggered, he turned his back on the
crowd, and was shot in the back, the shot
taking effect almost all over him. He bled
profusely. He states that at the time Sell
wage was shot Edward Williams was stand
ing within two or three feet of him. Will
Jams turned rapidly around with the intent,
as witness supposed, to catch Selvsge as he
fell. This action turned Williams around
from the crowd, and as be turned another
gun was shot and the contents of the gun
were lodged all over his back He then
drew his pistol and Williams drew his pis-
tol, and they all (Selyage without arms
started toward them. They started off in
a hurry-some up Green and some along
Campbell They (the foreigners) would
E stop and then fire. Selvage's son coming
about the time when S. was shot, was also
wounded by several shots. Further, be
says that, when approaching the crowd Of
Dutch and Irish, they saw one horse wag.
on with two or three men in it quietly pass.
ing down Green street, when on getting
near by and in the midst of the crowd, they
were stoned and beaten by nearly all Of the
Dutch crowd.
After the facts above stated had trans
pired, a party of Americans, hearing anC
seeing the firing. came running up in pur
suit, and the firing and fighting became gen
eral in the neighborhood Many shots
being fired from the doors and windows
along the streets of this neigbborhood al
the Americans, as they ran through the
streets in pursuit of different parties of for.
eigners. ALEXANDER C. CROSS.
The foregoing statement having beer
written in our presence, has also been care
fully read to u.s. and we concur in the state
ment of facts, having been eye witnesses o
them. EDW. WILLIAMS,
AARON RAY,
]. D. SELYAGE.
VIM. E. Jones states, that, on Monday
evening last, he and another man were
coming down Green street in a peaceablt
, quiet way, not even talking loudly if at all
when, just as he got opposite VIM. Gray.
house on Green street, near the Brewery, be
(afiant) was shot at out of the brewery II
, the immediate neighborhood. He know:
that his life was in great danger, for, though
the bullet or shot missed him, be distinctly
heard the same whistle close to his head
This was five or six squares from where any
+ voting was had VIM. E. JONES.
STATE OF KENTUCKY, Jefferson CO., Set
certify that on this day the foregoing
statement of Alexander Cross was subscrib,
ed by him in my presence after having been
correctly read to him, and that be, being by
me sworn, declared upon oath that the
same is true. do further certify that the
: statement signed by Edward Williams,
Aaron Ray, and ]. D. Selvage and that
signed by VIM, E. Jones were all signed in