The Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1854-1855, 1855-08-16

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iAar,asd 10 ioin them in Quinn's row. They
IN IN hsogsd him to receive arms into his house.
~, 10, ha ieclned We did not live In Quinn's
row. W.
Richard Marsh. being sworn, says: l an
70 Years old, reside on Green street, between
fourteenth and Fifteenth, Louisville. That
an Monday evening. 9Th inst. about 81 O'Clock
sfiant was sitting on porter wagon near the
"a. walk at the corner Of Main and Tenth.
THE Americans were on the side walk, quietly
,aIkinp; none Of them were intoxicated or
di,turbifg any one. l observed three Irish
men come from McDonald's grocery, on the
north side Of Main street, and passed through
the crowd. down Tenth, towards Market; al
ter turning around in Tenth street about the
time they reached Market, say within i've
minutes, they returned As they returned
and when passing through the crowd. sudden
10 one of the Irshmen brushed against one OF
the crowd, and l think, then, some one struck
!. him, and without word one Of the Irish
men commenced firing a revolver. and then
the whole three commenced firing, and shot
At least twenty times; each OF the lrIshmen
had a pair Of revolvers. and they returned
hack 10 McDonad's grocery where they came
from. there were a number of lrlshmen stand
inc in and near the door of McDonsld's gro
ceTv. The crowd of Americans scattered
when the firing commenced. some running
one way and some another. l went out Tenth
street. John Ray was shot in the arm, VIM.
Love in the ear each Of whom | have since
seen and probably others were shot; and the
Irish returned unhurt.
RICHARD MARSH
Subscribed and sworn to before me. August
10, 1855. y. H. STRATTAN, ). L.
Joseph Hucker, on oath, says he resided
ON the 9th of August in one OF Quinn's row,
on the north side Of Main street. between
Tenth and Eleventh, Louisville. He resided
there about seven months. On that day, he
heard while in his house. report of firearms,
and on looking out Of the window he saw
man living on the sidewalk near O'ConnelPs
grocery, on the corner of Main and Chapel
streets, and in few moments saw an Irish
man pass over from McDonald's grocery. sit
uated opposite O'Concelfs, and on the north
side OF Main, having in one hand revolver,
and in the other gun. He got within ten or
twelve feet of the man lying on the sidewalk,
and deliberately shot him in the forehead. l
saw the blood come from the wound and also
from a wound in the breast; the man never
moved afterwards, l think. At this time
there was no crowd there, and no one on the
street that saw, except the dead man and the
one who shot him; but in n few moments some
persons came and removed the dead body. A
man, an American, then told me had better
close the shutters of my windows. or might
be injured; and did so at once. He offered
me no injury. but borrowed my gun to fight
the Irish with, who were firing from Melon.
AIDS house and other Irish houses along the
row. He took the gun away, and did not
get it till day.
The Irish all along the row were well arm
ed. most of them having two pistols each,
and also gun. There were about IS or 100
Irishmen living in that row, think. and they
h lad many visitors Of their countrymen. l
saw many OF them often with pistols and guns
during the two three weeks preceding the
August election Of 1855, and one Of them,
who had several pistols. told man i'll my
hearing Saturday before the election, that
he was RIApY. Two three weeks ago l saw
Mr.. Quinn carry double barrelled shot gun
into his house at two different times. On the
night of the riot there was a key of powder
in the alley opposite Quinn's houses, which 1
covered up with bed clothes TO prevent explo-
ed upon my voting. notwithstanding l had
told him that | was not naturahzed.
No violence was offered to me or my family.
The Americans aided me and my family TO re-
move out of my house which was burned. and
told me to leave there or the Irish nigh, shoot
me. l am German by birth and Catholic
in religion. JOSEPH HUcKER.
Jefferson County, set.
Subscribed and sworn to before me August
9, 1855. j. l. DozrER, Examiner
Thomas W. Flavell states on oath: Tha. he
is q nurse at the Louisville aims house: that he
was in house Ito see SONS women Of his ac-
quaintanee) opposite Quinn's row, on Main
street between Chapel and Eleventh streets,
between the hours of 10 and O'Clock on
Monday. August 9th. inst. He observed in
Qunn's houses numerous men armed with
pistols and bowie knives; that he saw Irish
men passing in and out all the time and armed
with pistols: that these men saw him and seem :
ed unwilling to allow him 10 leave TIE house.
and acted as if they thought ne was a spy
lie states that he escaped from the house
whilst some drays were on the street and
when the men were not noticing him. He
does not think he would have been allowed to
leave the house, had the men noticed him go.
Ing away. Tho women he visited a. said
house told him that on the preceding night
Sunday they slept in their clothes 50 as &c
DC able TO leave on the shortest notice. am
an hnSishman THO. W. FLAvELL.
subscribed and sworn TO before me- Aug. 9
The undersigned is keeper of the Louisvill,
Ennsn and ha Ill.