American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-08-30
Alexander O. Cross State. ~, .oo-a1..,

10y, eue oth lust, tne Gay OF election II
Louisville. he was &C the Second war;
J Poils, when boy, say 2 or "A years old
at shout two o'clock p. NJ, came TO him
and complained that he had been badl,
treated by a large number of foreigners or
i Green street above Shelby. He said tba
he had started to water his horse, but hat
been driven off by them. Mr.. Edward
Williams was present at the time the boy
came to him. aud they concluded to SEE
Mr. Selvage. who was acting as sheriff Al
the Second ward polls, and get the bene.
Int Of his advice before they took any step
They saw Mr.. Sewage and it was agreed
upon that he, should 90 along. We wen
70 the place pointed QUITO us by the boy
When we got to point at Greeu street
where il. is interseeted by Campbell street
four or fve'squares From the. place of vo..
ing. they discovered aalarge number Of
foreigners, some with maskets, some with
pistols, some with bowiekniyes, some with
rates. and others with scythes, which they
honrished over their heads. When we
got within from 80 to 100 feet from the
front Of tho crowd, Mr.. Selvage raised his
hands In y supplicating position. d begged
the crowd to tfronany hostile action.
While Sckasc was thus engaged afiaut
sawa man on the northwest corner OF
Green AMI Campbell pointing his gun to.
ward Sewage. Afiant spoke londly to
lSelvage. telling him to "look out He
supposed sevsge had not seen his danger.
Aboutthe moment he spoke to him the
man shot, the hrsegun be had heard of be-
ing shot on that day. SelSage was shot in
The face, and on the bresst. and as be stag
gered. he tusned'lis hack on the crowd
and WIS she: in the hack, Tie slot taking
effect all over him. lie bled profusely.--
He states thata at the time Sclyagc was shot
Edward Williams was standing within two
or three feet of him. Williams turned
rapidly around with the intent. as witness
supposed, to each Sewage as he fell, This
action turned Williams around fIom, the
crowd. and as he turned another gun was
shot and tie contents Of the gun were
lodged all over his back, lie then drew
his pistol aud Williams drew his pistol, and
they all (Scivage without arms) started to.
ward them. They started off in hurry
some up Green and some along Camp
bell. They 1.-THE forcignersl would stop
and then fire. Sylvage's son coming
about the time S. was shot, was also
wounded by several sho.s. Farther, he
says that when approaching the crowd of
Dutch and Irirh, they saw a one horse
wagon with two or three men in it quietly
passing down Green street, when on get
ting near by end in the midst Of the cowd i,
they were stoned & beaten by nearly all Of
the Dutch crowd.
| After the facts above stated had trans
pirod, a party Of Americans. hearing aud
seeing the firing, came running up iu pur-
suit, and the firing aud fighting became
general in the neighborhood. Many shots
being fred from the doors and windows
falong the streets Of this neishborhood at
the Americans. as they ran through the
slreetsn pursuit of different parties Of for
eigners. ALEXANDER G. CROSS.
The foregoing s.aemcut having been
written in our presence, has also been care
fully read TO us and we concurin the state
mem of facts having..b,en eye witnesses of
them. EDW. WILLIAMS,
AARON RAY,
y. u. CELt n AGE.
VIM. E. Jones. states, that, on Monday
evening last, I've and another man were
coming down Green street in a peaeeable,
quiet way, not even talking loudly if al all,
when, just MS he got opposite VIM, Grey,s
house, on Green street, near the brewery,
he afiiant was shot at out of the brewery
in the immediate neighborhood. He
knows thai his life was Ia great danger,
for though the bullet or shot missed him, he
distinctly heard the same whistle close to
his head. This was tiveor six squares
from where any voting was had
te WIN. Il. JONES.
STATE OF KESTuCxY, Jefferson CO., Set
certify that on this day the foregoing
statement Of Alexander Cross was subscri.
bed by him in my presence, after having
been correctly real to him, and that he be,
ing by me sworn, declared upon oath that
the same is true. do further certify that
the statement signed by Edward Williams,
Aaron Ray, and J.. D. Sewage and that
signed by William E. Jones were all sign
ed in my presence and sworn to respeclive-
ly as being true before me. Given under
my hand August 9th 1856.
.. ~ j. /. DUZIER, Exm'r.
George W. B1rge, being sworn, says
that, on Monday, August 9th, 1856, about
8 o'clock, A. NJ, was quietly walking up
Main street, when at the corner Of Han
cock, by myself, an Ilishmau threw a
brick at me and then ran out Hancock
street towards Market and followed him;
he Kept a long distance ahead of me;
when ,twsen Jeff,rson and Green streets
three lrishmen came out Of house and
one of them said, there goes watchman
afer one ofour countrymen, and another
spoke and sail, 'leI's kill him" and the
three came,up ONE. | being totally un-
armed knocked thethree down with my fist,
then almost Immediately II more men
came up and one struck me with brick;
they then caught me, one cut me on the
head with knife, l also heard one of
them say murder him he's watchman." E"
They overpowcred me. cutting my hand
and kicking ms on the neck after was
down. | was senseless for three hours
and was doubtless left ON the ground for
dead. ! was perfectly sober all the morn.
ing, GEORGE w. !, ,BURGE. +
Subscribed and sworn 10 before me An.
gust 8, 1855. ~.
~. o. II, SIRATTAN, N. p, +
John Metcalfe, on oath. says: That, on
Monday, August 6, in the evening. he was
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