American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-08-30
ESTABLISHED In 1926

Subscribed and sworn to before me. An
gust 10, 1856. ]. I.DoZIER. Exm'r.
Basil Rhodes, on oath. says: / am the
father Of Theodore Rhodes, who was killed
on Monday evening. August 9Th. inst. at
Main and Chapel streets. Louisville. Ire;
J side at the corner Of Main and Eleventh
. streets. Chapel il between Tenth aud
Eleventh streets.
About S O'Clock. p. H., of that dsy,
was sitting at my door, when | heard the
repor; of FIRE arms, and, on looking up
Main, | saw my son Theodore fall at Main
! and Chapel ln an instant, heard 90. or
81 shots fred in rapid succession. so quick
as to seem to be Vollsy. The shots were
fired from the north side of Main. My son
was on the south side Of Main when he fell
| could see him distinctly; be Taised his
head, and was in arecliring posi6Sn.when
saw amanrun from tie north side OF Main
TO within 10 or l2 feetof nEy son and de-
Iiberalely shoot at my son farce times with
revolver, when my SOD fell back and did
not move again. The man ran at once
back TO Qainn's row, whence he came. -
This all occurred in moment. hadat
wards him, bat the firing from Quinn's
row was very rapid and Ibid not for mo-
ment or two approach my sons body. 4
saw he was dead, for be did not move al
ter the man fred his pistol It him. AtthIs
time there was no crowd in the street and
no disturbance but the fsihg abose-nsned..
saw no crowd until some time after.
removed the body Of my son, and, while SO
doing, heard other reports OF firearms,
and. looking around, saw young Grahsm
fall He died in few minutes. My son
} had family. He was shot in tho neck
end in the forehead. Graham seemed to
be coming towards me when he fell.
1 Ny son was very tai man and wore
} broad brim white hat, and was easily re-
; cognized at the distance | was from him.
I While reclining he seemed to beckon with
e his hand to some one for help. He was
sober, and a sober man in his habits. he
: was very quiet, peaceable, and inotfensive,
: as think. Up to this time there had been
d no disturbance on Main in that part Of the
e city. b. RHopES.7
: Jefferson County, Set.
Subscribed and sworn to before me Aa1
D gust 10, 1855. ]. l. DoZIER. Examiner.
Lester Parker, on oath, says that, on the
9th of August inst, the election day about
4 or 5 o'clock, he was going down Main,
between Fourth and Fifth streets, Louis
vile, and saw Theodore Rhodes Just be-
hind him. They walked on as far as Pick
ctt's warehouse, corner of Eighth d. Main.
when affiant stopped and Rhodes went on
down Main towards Chapel. Rhodes had
in his hand carpet sack. / have known
him for fourteen or fifteen years well, and
know he was then sober and had always
been avery sober, hard-working. indlstfi-
Gus man. He was also a man remarkable
for bis peaceable and quiet disposition. I
D never knew or heard of his quarreling or
fighting in my life. He was a man Of
family,
A few moments efter Rhodes left me,
and not more than ten or Efteen,, heard
: the report of firearms, and, looking down.
saw that the firing proceeded from tie
house of Mcdonald, an Irish grocer, on the
n north side of Main. opposite Chapel street.
: from the alley above his house, also from
= the house belonging to Mr. Quinn, on the
t corner of Eleventh and Main, occupied by
: Dennis Riordan. The firing was very brisk
Il and rapid; at least some thirty shots were
fred in minute or 50; the flashes from
the windows of ofMcDonald's house assum-
, ed the appearance Of sheet Of 1ame. At
, the time there was no crowd of persons in
! the street; few persons were passing a.
. long the street, and very few. There was
, no disturbance there al the time, and no
L. Ia. e.
t " minutes afterwards. A few shots were
( fred at McDenaid's house in fifteen or
D twenty minutes after the first firing from
: MeDenald's. i've at Portland, below
$ Louisville. During the FIRE, affiant was
: assisting 20 save the property. when an
old Irisli woman came out ofons of QuIhn's
I houses, and said to him affant l-s'oh. sir,
' lifii had not been for Burns, none OF this
S trouble would have happened; he was the
a cause Of all this shooting
j L t. PARKER.
. Subscribed and sworn TO August 8, 1855.
: before me- O. H. STRATTAN, N. p n
Il About 5 o'clock, p NJ, of Monday last
4 was standing on the northwest corner Of
: Market and Eleventh streets, when the af-
: fant heard the noise OF Tre-artns on Nsfas
5, street. After afew fires, attaP. ran down
!, to Main street, and when he goI to thecor-
g ner of Main and Eleventh. be stopped, be-
y cause Il eI was a rapid increase of thefr-
Y ing; in fact, there seemedto be no iBteI-
# mission between The sounds or cracking Of
I the fire arms. One Long occupied the
J, house OF Quinn. at the rortheast corner OF
d Main and Eieyen'h h streets, and, Quinn had
Y ten or twelve two-s;ory tenemenls above
g the one occupied By Long. lie [Quinnl
o occupied rooms above. in the first house
d east Of Longs. When witness got to Main
S street, he placed himself in such aposition
, as would enable him to seewhere the shoot
ing came from. He saw plainly that there
: were two men al -e~ary window IN Quinn
$ houses except one, which was the houee
s directly west Of the house occupied hy
g Mcdonald. He saw that the 1aerl
3 had two doubled barreledgups or mHske's
q or pistols, and he saw1then shooting out.
y ,oftbe windows rather up Main street.
The shooting continued with increased eel
or;tv for fifteen minutes after he got there.
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