Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1855-05-17
From he Louisville Dem ocrat of the 9TH.
RiOtOGS Pr0ceedisg OutrastS and BlOOdshed.

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took possession of the polls in the First
and Second WARDS. swearing tina; no anti
Know Nothing, foreigner or not should
be allowed to vote. or even approach the
polls; and they kept their word faithfully.
A few of the incidents We will give to
our readers:
DR.. Sirader. posing down Nam street
from The polls. was stoned by the crowd.
and compelled to run. This was about
the beginning.
An aged German. some sixty years old.
was standing on the door sill of his house
on Clay street, near Main St. saying no,h-
ing to any body. hen the crowd assault
ed him, d jagged him into the street. and
beat him. Z. f. Baird. Esq. endevor.
ed to protect him. but without avail.
Geo. w Noble went into the First
Ward polls while The crowd were off at
J fight, and deposited his vote. On comm g
out large man asked him how he voted.
AS pleased was the reply. when he
was knocked down. Getting up, he was
knocked down a second and third time
and then dragged some distance by the
hair OF his head.
Ali old German, apparently abou, 20
years of age, was beaten almost - jelly
md left covered with blood. Young BAN
berger, in quietly passing along, was par.
sued for several squares. and succeeded
in escaping only by hiding in an old build
ing.
A large crowd pursued two Germans
from the First Ward polls to the United
States brewery on Market, jus, below
Wenzel street. An nged man seeing the
crowd coming. hurried to pass through a
private alley into his house. Before he
could open the gate and pass in two or
more assaulted him. and knocked him
down. Trying to &c, up he begged for
his life; but not his age. his gray hairs.
nor his entreaties. were ofany avail; the
miscrean, who assaulted him struck with
slung- shot-the blow missed its MIN,
striking the wall of the house. AT that
moment the crowd diverted attention 10
the house of p Merkel. keeper OF the
brewery, and the poor o,d man escaped.
The main crowd were furious in their
puraui, of the two young Germans. They
assaulted the house. demolished the bar
-~on, h---Ling e--.yth'~s in ii: hnai
MIR. Merkel in most cruel manner. Not
salts fed, the mob pushed on through
breaking and tearing to pieces all that
came in their way-chairs. beds. dishes.
pictures. glasses. Up stairs they pushed,
into the room where Mrs. Merkel and her
children were-some one struck her q
severe blow on the shoulder. Four or
five shots were fired into the room where
the children were.
Charles Hunt, Meykcl' driver. WIS pur.
sued up stairs and sto at, the ball lodg
ing in the door GASP above his head; the
crowd overlook HIM knocked him down,
and beat him nearly to death.
All the furniture in the house. except
two small rooms back was entirely des-
troyed. Mr.. Hunt was robbed of fifteen
dollars. The money drawer in Mr.. Mer.
kel's bar room was rifed Of its contents,
something over fifty dollars.
The two Germans, John Snyder, and
c. Raich, wero cut and mangled in ter
ribie manner; one of them will, in ali pro-
liability. lose one Of his eyes; an attempt,
was made 10 fire the house.
The crowd. returning from the brewery
stopped a milk mans wagon. The
yeung son Of the milk man frightened.
Jumped oul and ran down street screaming
with terror. A blacksmith near by rush
ed out and endeavored 10 protect him;
for this human attempt the crowd stoned
him.
A funeral proceeding up Jefferson street
to the graveyard. was stoned.
The drug store, corner Of Main and
Campbell, was stoned.
A shoe store, on Main, near Clay. was
also stoned.
A WAGNER from Shelby county. while
passing along quietely. was assaulted and
forced TO run.
In the second ward about9 O'Clock. a
German living OH Jefferson street. between
Preston and Jackson streets, stopped oul
of his house TO take q child of his from
the sidewalk, when the crowd that was
passing looking for 'some fun" knocked
him down with the infant in his arms.
Abou, the same time, Mr.. F. Frishe, a
candidate Tor Magistrate. went with a
friend to the Second Ward polls to vote,
when they were assaulted and severely
beaten.
Mr.. Jacob Seiberi, going to the polls,
was knocked down by one, and severely
beaten by several Others.
As Mr.. w. Ve;tch was abou! entering
the engine house. he was dragged out and
beaten.
! A crowd on Jefferson street knocked
down an old German white washer, and
while he was down. stamped on him,
kicked and beat him. About a square
further of, the same crowd assaulted an
old mana very old man, poor man,
whose clothes were oil tottered and torn,
whose steps were feeble with the weight
of years on his head-and him they beat
numerically.
| Captain Knapp was assaulted. but ma
naged to escape. A mechanic. returning
from his days work. passing on the oppo-
site side Of the street was assaulted and
chased several squares.
The following persons were also beaten
but we are unable to give the circumsian.
ces. John Hess. Felix -. black