Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-05-23
X. N. Election Riots in LouisYiIIe.
OUTRAGEFAND BIO0BSHED.

Saturday morning early, crowd of
jackals, hyenas and bawdy house DULLES,
took possession of the polls in the First
and Second wards. swearing that no anti.
Know-Nothing. foreigners 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 our
readers. ~
DR.. Strader. passing down Main street
from the polls, was stoned blythe crowd.
and compelled to run. Thissswas about
the beginning. e
An aged German. some 60 years old i,
was standing on the door sill ofhis house
on Clay street. near Main, saying moth
ing to any body, when the crowd. assault
ed him. R.F. Beard, ESQ, endeavored
to protect him. but without avail.
Gerge w. Noble went into the First
Ward polls. while the crowd was off at a
fight, and deposited his vote. On com
ing out. large man asked him how he
voted. AS l pleased" was the reply,
when he was Knocked down. Getting up.
he was knocked down, second and a
third time, and then dragged some dis
lance by the hair othisshead.
AN old German, apparently 70 wears
of age, was beaten almost to a ielly, and
left, covered with blood. Young BAN.
berger. in quietly passing, along, was pur.
sued for several squares, and succeeded
in escaping only by hiding in an old
building.
A large crowd pursued two Germans
from the first ward polls to the United
States brewery, on Market, just below
Wetzel street. An aged man. seeing the
crowd coming. hurried to pass through a
private alley into his own house. Before
he could get in through the gate, two or
more assaulted him, and knocked him
down. Trying to get up, he begged for
his life but not his age, his gray hairs,
nor cntreaties were of any avail the
mIScreants assaulting him struck with
slug shOt-the blow missed it's aim, strik-
my the wall of the house. Al that mo-
mrnt the crowd diverted attention to the
louise Of D. Merkel, the keeper of the
brewery, and the poor old man escaped
The main crowd were furious in their
pursuit Of the two Germans. They as.
s?ulted TIE house, demolished the bar
room, breaking everything in it beat
Mr.. Merkel in y most cruel manner. Not
satisfied, the mob pushed OH through the
house, breaking and tearing all that came
in their way-ch&irs. bed, dishes, pic
lures, glasses Up stairs they pushed, into
the room where Mrs. MerkeI and her
children were--SOme one struck her Il
severe blow on the shoulder. Four or
five shots were fired into the room where
the children were.
Chas. Hunt, Mcrkcrs driver was pur-
sued up atairs and shot at. the ball Iol
ged i'll the decreasing above his head i;
the crowd over took him, knocked him
down and beat him nearly to death.
All the furniture in the house, except
in two small rooms back, WAS entirely de.
stroyed. Mr.. Hunt was robbed of fifteen
dollars, The money drawer lnMr. Mrr-
kcPs bar room was rihed Of its contents,
something over City dallars.
The two young Germans, j. Snile"
and G. Raich were cut and manglcd in IL
terrified manner one of them will in al
probability lose one Of his eyes; an at
tempt was made TO fire the house.
The crowd, returning from the brew
cry, stopped a milk mans wagon. The
Young son of the milk man, frightened.
jumped out, and ran down the street,
screaming with terror. ~ blacksmith
near by rushed ouI and attempted to
protect him. for this humane attempt
the crowd stoned him.
a funeral proceeding up Jefferson
street to the graveyard, was stoned.
The dug store, corner Of Maine and
Campbell, was stoned.
A shoe store, on Main, near Clay,
was also stoned.
a wagner from Shelby county, while
passing along quietly, was assaulted and
compelled to run.
In the second ward, about 8 o'clock.
German living on jefferson street, be-
tween Preston and jackson streets. step
ped out of his house to take child of his
from the side walk, when crowd that
WAS passing, looking for " some fun, "
knocked him down with the infant in his
arms.
About the same time. Mr.. +. Ffishe, IL
candidate for magistrate, went with n
friend to Second Ward polls to vote,
when they were assaulted and severely
beaten.
Mr. Jacob SIbert, going to the polls.
was Knocked down by one, and severely
beaten by others.
As Mr.. w. Neicth was about entering
the engine house, he was dragged out
aud beaten.
4 crowd on Jefferson street knocked
down nm old German white washer, and
while he was down, stamped on him,
kicked and beat him. About IL square
further off, the same crowd assaulted an
old MAN very old man, poor man,
whose clothes were all battered and torn,
whose ST. Ps were feeble with the weight
of years on his head-and him they beat
numerically.
Captain Knapp was assaulted, but
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