The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-10-03
CITY PoLITIc
SOFT SHE'LL PRIMARY ELECTIoN

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TERRIBLE ROW IN THE THIRTEENTH wARD-A MAN
SHOT AND SEVERAL BADLY BEATEN-rHE CUSTOM
HOUSE OFFICERS AND THE WARD POLITICIANS
Pursuant to announcement, the sort shell primary
elections held at the respective head quarters
between the hours Of So and 6,S M.
As was expected great contention prevailed and in the
Fifth and Thirteenth wards riot ensued 1t appears
that arrangements made in the several wards by the
Custom House officials to carry the election for their
friends, some of whom the hard county ticket
These cut and dried Custom House not
relished by the small ward politicians, and hence the
difficulties In the Thirteenth ward there were two
tickets, known respectively as the Ferris Custom
House ticket and the Patsey Mccormick ward ticket
Soon after the polling commenced at Onder-
donk Hall, of Grand and Clinton
streets, a knock ed down, when the row
commenced For time the polling place the scene
of the widest excitement and several persons whose
names we could not learn, dreadfuly beaten VIM
Allen, Custom House night Waterman, was, it is
ported knocked down and beaten badly. During the af
fray, pistol shot fred which took effect in the leg
Of Samuel Mcdonnell. The pistol, it is alleged in
the hand of George Ferris clerk in the Custom House.
The police under Captain Russell Of the Thirteenth
ward were soon the ground and arrested all they
could of the rioters, and took them to the station
house. The following the names of the persons
rested:-James McLaren caulker; Chas Howell butcher
W. p Mccormick, liquor dealer; Geo. Ferris, Custom
House clerk James Gallagher, tinsmith; James Davis
butcher; p. McIane During the difficulty great num-
Der of policemen present. Three squads from the
Nineteenth ward and many from the Thirteenth ward
the ground.
On arriving the station house. Justice Brennan was
sent for, who examined into the difficulty and at length
discharged Howell and Mccormick their agreeing TO
give $500 bail Ferris entered into bonds for 81 900 bail
and all the rest were discharged to appear this morning
at the Essex Market Police Court
The of the riot spread throughout the city aud
the most exaggerated rumors aoat in respect to it,
the report being that several PERSONS together with
above stated In the Fifth ward there also dis
turbance between certain noteo pugilists but it
queled by Captain Carpenter, who with large
posse of police, the ground. There
two tickets run in this ward both of which claim be
elected One is known the Morrlssey and the other
the Allen ticket In the Fourth Nineteenth and other
and ii is expected that hot contest will take place in the
city and county conventions which will assemble on
Thursday and Friday evenings respectively at Tammany
Hail. In our advertising columns will be found full par
ticulars Of the tickets elected claiming to be elected
In the Nineteenth ward the poll held at the Rail
road House in Fourth avenue between Forty first and
Forysecond streets There was very large attendance,
estimated at nearly five hundred persons, though every
thing passed off without disturbance until the polls were
closed when rush made for the hall door leading
up stairs where 1T was enormously supposed that the
renewal of the feud between the Herrick and Wood
parties. 1t that the Herrick men the In
spectors of Election, though the Wood men
pised vast majority of those present. The latter,
therefore, resolved to witness the counting of the
made tho assault mentioned They succeeded in stavng IN
Tourney and posse of the Nineteenth ward police who
in readiness in anticipation Of difficulty. The ex-
cItement very great and there vast quantity
ofyery hard lighting Several men were beaten dread
furated combatants. The police had great difficulty in
restoring quiet The Wood ticket is said to be elected