Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-08-17
very severe in denouncing Prentice, of the ~
for his speech to the mob, made to save the Urn;
office from destruction. 1t accuses hrm of {. ZINES
falsehoods,n melting to riot,' &C. gross
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falsehoods," melting to riot" &C. s'oSs
From the Louisville JOun,, r
strongly they viii hs fssr ots's a
begun by the Americans but in dsproof this thu We're
the first killing the first numbering in the ppns,
the lower parts of the city, the of tho and
they did have play at the polls but they Wsro that
to resort to assassination They may have falsely im
that attack upon themselv contemplated
were the first to resort to assassination. ' 'ney
We have been told that there several Irshmen o.
gagged In the riot that did not belong to the cty Int
summoned there for the especial purpose Of sdnr @
IN the outrages contemplated by them on au
It has also been ascertaned beyond any doubt that them
large quantity OF arms and ammunition contained in the
informed that threats had been made by Catholic Gem
in the First Ward that they would kill any German who
learn from the statement of of the men who Were Wow
ded upon Shelby street, that this threat instance
also know that consequence of these threats and
information that those who uttered them assembled
gether fully armed and bent upon the execution Of be;
bloody purpose number of respectable, orderly Germans
who voted the American ticket actually afraid to rn
There very strong ground for belief that these ao,
not oecaoned by anything that happened MondsV
but that all the arrangements made for them several
days beforehand-hat they premedated and pecon
certed From several have been informed that
the Catholic Irish in the neghborhood of Quinns houses
Main street. had arranged for and contemplated an at
tack upon the American procession on Saturday night and
induced to defer the execution of their murderous de-
signs only by their fears excited by the immense unex
amped number and character of those who composed the
procession. Two of the Irish living in that neigh
borhood have admitted that they cognzant of de-
sign.
gentleman informs that Monday he was wsrnedbv
German friend, gunsmith not to approach the portion Of
Main street, between Tenth and Twelfth during the
day. he had within the previous days cleaned and nut
in quito hundred guns for the ishmen living in
that neig hborhood. ''N6 !"
The disparity between the number of foreign and ma
citizens killed is but small and the coroner can
bear witness and many hundreds of others witness
that the first killed both exremites of the city
were Amercans-shot down like dogs by foes IN
quesOnaby large number Of the Americans Infatuated by
the massacre of their friends have evnced disposition
much far in the work of herein they
guy-but this shall not deter from the assertion and
reeraton of the great fact that American bosoms were
stained with blood before American hands were.
We all know that it was considered very doubtful on Mon
poed within the thirteen hours of the election. The native
born American citizens thought and felt that any portion
of the people legally entitled to vote should have to
back and lose their suages for want of time, the foreign
born should stand back rather than themselves. Thsy
thought and felt that this ought be perfectly manifest
to the minds of the foreigners Undoubtedly they
bs sa and S gtT S polls
They p had perfect right to CO. they chose the polls
following morning They had right to go at what time
they pleased and in what numbers they cond They hada
polls we are told they in some few Instances
though this was doubt violation of courtesy They
violence pulling thrusting back their opponents from
the polls and we have not heard alleged they did this
- The American party voted Monday with unparalleled
rapldt They evlneed no disposition to time
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wish to after them. Votes recorded with speed
that would have exhaused the whole voting strength Of the
largest ward in the before the hour for the closing the
polls All the born citizens, though of them
have failed obtain immediate the polls would
Before the hour of noon heard loud proclamation
the doors of the voting places the supporters of the
invited up. And the whole vote would easily
have been cast but the terrific excitement created
distance from the polls by the shooting upon American c
by misguided foreigners from their lurking places
The RIoTAs we stated Yesterday there were several
datey after dinner matters violent aspect
The first serious difficulty occurred in the upper part of the
when they fred at from house by Germans Irish
j. and one of them wounded The firing was repeated Ed
Latta Americans went there Latta had leg shattered
his body, and Williams slightly injured.
The report reached the lower part of the city that six
This caused the assemblage of large crowd which pro
ceeded up town The first attack made by the crowd was
had been fred upon Americans the of Clay and
= Madison. He was shot, stabbed, and beaten Another
German, named Jacob, who sitting staircase
dragged out, stabbed beaten His recovery doubtful
Everything in the lower part of the house broken to
u pieces.
About the same time Mr.. VIM. Richardson, teacher
of the public schools was passing Shelby street and
house, the door of whce they had broken open and
beating him cruelty for having voted the American ticket
upon and severely wounded Mr. Richardson then
procured hack and placed the wounded it. While
proceeding the hack to the surgeons passing the
of Madison and Jackson Streets the hack attacked
by number of lrshmen from Irish row, jackson street
number of shots fired, the driver and boy sitting
beside him wounded and the wounded the hack
shot in several places The Irish followed the hack
firing at 1t for whole square.
after this the of incensed and infatuated Amer
went to look after the aggessos and the riot en8ue
in which the brewery burned several houses mobbe
and number of persons Americans and Germans, were
. wounded.
The Journal here gives the attacks detailed
e in the Courier, with the version:
coroner has held inquest the following bodies
William Graham American and foundry man was kill
ed on Chapel street. by being shot in the Monday
evening, and died imm diatey. The shooting done by
an lrIshman who was shot and hung but before life ex
tinct cut down. He died in afterwards He
buried, but the coroner will have his body taken up
Theodore Rhoads, American, aged 3d. residing Main
u the Eighth ward. He leaves family.
John Preston American residing on Green street. near
Preston was shot in the back of the head IN the Eighth
n Powell Rothhaupt, German wagonmaker, stabbed
Schardens precinct Died in about hours afterwards
o Leaves family.
Joseph Allison Irish Protestant shot the
of Market and Chapel streets He and his wife had secreed
themselves under bed but were dragged out ao5 in
the Court house The has not yet held inquest
h on it, He shot in the groin.
The bodies of and woman burned, both Irish and
residents Main street. above Eleventh. also deposited
7, in the Court house.
There dead in the hospital and not
d pected to
There is also IN lrshman dead in the jail.
German, PANIED Jacob, corner of Madison and Shelby
i is not expected to recover.
The summoned at to hold inquest on
the body of Iishman named Patrick Murphy near the
20 brewery that was burned .
" We have the of thirty witnesses by whom
be that in every act of violence which
produce these riots foreigners the and a
J. able, unarmed Americans were the first victims.
Inc result far learn is that fourteen men na
been Killed. six of whom Americans Three others orc
expected to die. We ascertain how
many have been wounded we have heard of about thirty
ID more or less wounded.
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