Washington telegraph., 1855-08-29

told my husband, to be too numerous and so thew
let 1t pass They had been led to 6eere the process
son would be small By those trlo opposed the Ks,o,r
Nothfnss, this heard them say. l saw many of
them with arms six or eight days before the last
election, and they said they ready for it.
have not seen my husband since Monday last
nor heard oi him. l fear ne was finally induced
to join them in Guinn's row. They had begged
him TO receive in his house, but he declined.
We did not live in Quinn's her
CAROLINE x WALL,
mark.
Jefferson County, Set
Subscribed and sworn TO before me. Augnst 10
1S49 j. L. DOZIER, Ermr.
Geo. VI. King swears that a squad of Ameri-
caus was fired upon-that they were unarmed
and gave no provocation for the assalt
Joseph Hucker oath. says-He resided on
the 9th OF August in of Quinn's houses in
what is called Quinns Row on the North side
OF Nam ST between 10th and Ilth Louisville
He resided there about months On that dav.
he teard. while in bis house, a report of fire
arms. and on looking ont of the window he saw
man lying on the side walk. near O. ConueIFs
grocery. on the corner of Main and Chanel strs.
and In few moments saw an Irishnan mass
over from McDonald's grocery. situated opposite
OConnelPs, having in one hand a revolver. and
In the otner a gun He got within 10 or IL feet
of the man lying Oh the sidewalk and deIiber-
ately shot him in the forehead saw the blood
come from the wound and also from a wound in
the breast; the man never moved afterwards I
think At this time there was no crowd there
anG no one on the street that / saw except the
dead man. and the who shot him but in a
few moments some persons came and removed
the dead body A man, an American. then told
me | had better close the shutters of nv win
dows, OF mignt be injured, and did so at once
He offered me no injdry, but borrowed my gun
! to fight the Irish with, who were firing from
McDonalds house an other Irish houses along the
row. He took the gun away and did not get it
till to-day.
| The Irish all along the row Were well armed.
most OF them having two pistols ach and also
a gun. There were about rs or 100 Irishmen
living in that row, think, and they had MANY
visitors of their countrymen- [ saw rnany OF
them with guns and pistols during the or )
weeks preceding the August election of 1853
and one of them. who had several pistols told
man IN my hearing on Saturday before the cleo
tlon, that he was READY. Two or three wee ks
ago, saw Mr.. Qhinn carry a double -barreIled
shot gun into his house at two different times
On the night of the riot there was kes of DOW
der IN the alley opposite Quinr's houses which |
covered up with bed clothes to prevent explosion.
Mr.. Quinn had called on me and insisted .lpon my
voting, notwithstanding had told him was not
naturaized-
No violence offered me or nv fanilv-
HE 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 might shoot
me- | am German by birth and Catholic in
| religion JOSEPH HUCKER
Jefferson County set
Subscribed and sworn TO before me. August 0.
1855. J # DOZIER. Examiner
! About O'Clock, p. NJ. of Monday last. | was
/ standing the northwest corner of Market and
Eleventh Streets when the afiiaut heard the noise
] oi firearms on Main street After few fires af-
| tiant ran down TO Main street. and " hen he rot
! fo ne of Main ND l.
because there rapid increase OF the firing: in
fact there seemed to be no infermission between
the sounds or cracking oI the firearms One Long
occupied the house OF Quinn. at the northeast cor
ner OF Main and Eleventh streets and Quinn had
tel or twelve two story tenements above the one
! occupied By Long He (Quinnl occupied rooms
ahoye. IN the first house east Of Longs When
witness got to Main street, he placed himself in
such J position as would able him to see where
/ the shooting came from. He saw plainly that
/ there were two men at every window i'm Quinn's
/ houses except one, which was the house directly
west OF the house occupied BY Mcdonald He
saw that each of the men had two double barrel
/ ed guns or muskets pistols and he saw them
shooting out of the windows rather up Main St.
The shooting continued witE increased CELEBRITY
for fifteen minutes after he got there. He watch
ed the whole proceeding with intense anxiety. and
he saw that one of the men in OF the windows
OF Long s house had noticed him. tor after thrust
ing the uuzzle OF bis gun out of the window in the
( Usual east direction he turned 1t toward where
aiiiant standing. Aiiiant stepped quickly
back so as TO be out of harms way when the gun
was changed to its first direction. He saw
/ Rhodes lying dead directly opposite TO McDon-
AIDS and he saw Graham lying some 10 or Il
j feet from RhoGes and Graham as ne Thong bit
! was dying when he first him. He did die IN
few minutes He have no nonbt but thai
/ they had been shot by persons out of the windows
of QuInn's house, though he didn't see it dome
He has been for three or four years ma orket-uias-
] ter OF Falls City market house in the neigibor-
hood OF Qulnn's houses. and he knew some of the
persons whom he saw shooting out OF the win.
dows- All he knew were Irishmen
JAS. J. WHITE.
Jefferson County, Set:
Subscribed and sworn to before me August 9th
1855. il DOZIER. Erm-r
Dr. A. Y. Brewer being sworn says That on
Monday Aug g. 1855, about 81 O'Clock, D. m af-
faut was standing at the Northwest corner o.
/ Eleventh and Market Streets after some gun shots
( had been fired on Main street, and otsersed six
or eight Americans coming down the North siGe
OF Market street: when they were between Tenth
/ and Eleventh streets. shot fired from tie
| upper story of Irish coffee-hous corner OF
I Chape! and Market streets. and IN quick success
I SION two more shots were fired. | saw one of the
I men fall The Americans ran past the house and
came where | was; and being totally unarmetl
ttey procured brick bats from the street and start
/ ed back. when repeated volleys were fred from
said cotlee-house. until the Americans were rein
! forced and the Irish fec
/ A v BREWER. VI. d.
! Subscribed and sworn to- Aug s. 1875
! o. H. STRATTAN, N p
/ From the Hem. Dnily IVhisl
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