The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-04-30

polics, who were drawn up ~ The opposite
corner Of the street. A detachment Of the
police force ran over to them. the odhcer In
command ordering them to give up their
muskets. Their reply was ball. hred BY
Dutchman named Peter Martin, who stood
behind q hackney coach. Il took eject in !,
the arm Of policemen Hunt. who wac sdvsne. |
inc towards the crowd. Hunt drew his re-
vclver and fred u HE assailsnt, who lodged
and ran down Clark street toward Washing.
ton, pursued BY Hunt. AZ Hunt reached
the corner Of the street, near the Cour:
House gate. be received another shot in the
eide. end fell.
The crowd, who were Of course ignorant
Of this order, soon began TO reasonable grad.
ually, on the north side of Randolph street,
especially in front of the lager beer saloons.
The police then commenced the task OF dis.
arming them. A n incredible number OF blUd-
geons were taken from them, oil who resisted
being at once arrested. in many cases the
resistance was serious and attended with
bIoodshed. One man on being ordered to
give up his bluJgeon. answered by striking
the officer severe blow on the head.
The officer closed in with him, knocked
him down and was about dragging him on to
the watch. house, hen he in turn was knock
ed down by blow from . william who came
up behind him. A general melee ensued
in which the police. now in srong force.
were triumphant, some four or five arrests
being made. Most of the persons taken at
this time were pursued and either shot or
knocked down before they would surrender.
Every man captured was heavily armed,
either with swords or long, sharp knives or
pistols, in addition to their clubs. The
swords and knives were nearly all grouad,
and quite sharp. =
Athalf past four the Light Guards arrived
| and took up position in front Of the Court
House. At this time Randolph street was
filled with an excited and angry crowd, who
were muttering the direst threats against the
city government and swearing to rescue the
| prisoners.
The Guards we're ordered to clear the
street. II was done gradually, but promptly
and eifectually. Marshal Knights and Capt.
Nicholas went up to the crowd and told them
they must leave Randolph st. clear. Awed
by the presence. Of the military, but few re-
fused to obey, and those few we.s at once
taken into custody.
i An open space was thus formed in front OF
the North entrance to the Court House, and
this was gradually extended until the street
from La Sale to Clark street was perfectly
clear. Patrols was then ststioned at the cor.
ners Of these two streets, and no one was
allowed to pass.
] At little before 5. the National Guards
arrived under command Of Lieutensnts tNrigh,
and Baker. They took post on the left oil
the main entrance to the square, the Light
Guards being at the right.
|. At half past s, Col. Swift arrived with his
artillery. The cannon were heavily loaded
end were placed at the two corners of the
{ square, SO rs to command on the one o.. Z
: CLARK street up and down, and Randolph
: street eastward, and on the other, La SALE
E street up and down, and Randolph Stree
j. westward. The muskets of the Guard,
were loaded With ball cartridge. bsyonet
. fixed. .
. Randolph street was now cleared, but III,
i, lager beer saloons in the rear Of the troops
I on the North Side Of the street, were still
{ occupied by the Dutch. The next thin!
I done was to clear these. This was done b.
. police. On knocking at the doors and de
!. manding entrance, Captain Nicholas was re-
/. fused ct first bat the butt end Of colder
1 muskel soon stove In the door, and the polio
!. entered. A number Of men were found with
= in, heavily armed. They were Of course o.
n rested. The buildings were placed in charg
. Of the police, and the alley in the rear imme
}. distely placed under guard, 90 40 to proven
o the Dutch from entring by that way.
y Crowds still continued to collect in tn
/ avenues leaving to the Court House, but the
d were not composed exclusively OF Dut h.
n large proportion were Americans, draw
J. there BY curiosity. The Mayor came OF,
q upon the Court House steps. proclaimed th
J. city under martial law, sad exhorted all goo
}. citizens to dispense. Recorder Wilson an
o Mr.. McIroy rode around to the crowds Of
d the corners. repeated the Mayors proclsma
}. ton, made brief and pertinent addresses Z
% them, and desired them, for the sake Of goo
}. order and peace, to 60 to their homes. TIL
addresses were well rec eived. chcered, and Il
;. most cases the crowds disappeared. A lev
n disorderly spirits were arrested.
al At the time we are forced tn 20 to press.
|. o'clock. P. H., Sunday evening. all 10 quie,
J. but approximations are entertained OF Difficult
d ~ during the night. The military are posi-
ed &C. before, and are ready for insts mt service
}. There are lsome 500 extra police on duty
d many Of them being our best citizens.
?. In the meantime the feh, was raging o
e the corner. Probably dozen shots ha
d been fired by the crowd, and nearly all tn
;. persons Who fred them had been arrested b
|. the police, though not without severe an
bloody struggle. Marshal knights, c. p,si
?. Nichols. Lieut.. Cutler, officers Weston
e Noyes, Chubb, Mr.. Allan Pinkerton, an
many others. were engaged in tie thlckest q
}. the fight. and performed prodigies OF valor.-
: Mr.. Weston was brutality pounded on tn
Il head by three Dutchmen ut once, who s
tackled him in front, while two more cam