The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-05-16
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THE RIOT AT covINoToN. KY.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
We gave yesterday . brief accorr. - -,
which occurred on Monday, 4. Coyineto, Kw
where number Of German Turner's sror, r,,,,....
= ..a saa mat city had celebration. The follow
fcfs'on OF the affair is given in the Cineinna,
Commercial Of Tuesday. A-'
Inc turner's Association was celebr.,,,,,, All.
anniversary on the hill side, below shs oas snsl
wnne there were annoyed by q partv of ,,;srh;s s..
Gus ooys, one Of whom . lad NJ nsmod =. n, - M
detected In purionns some Of their nrovi.,c,,s
nnr, anu hsS wsry roughly handled by them One re
port hsd tnat ne was wounded by cut frou, .
SABRE outwe could not learn that he was serinns
iy injured. subsequently, a. the Turners 80
proceeding In . body to their Han. when a. H.
corner OF Scott and Fourth streets they were atom
ped by Marshal Butts and Deputy Harvey. and !
demand was made that those who had assaulted
the boy should be given into custody. This wa
refused and the officers attempted to make an ar
rest, when three or four shots were fred by the
Turner's, and ball struck Mr.. Butts under the
shoulder blade, infiicting severe. but we learn
not fatai wound in the arm and side Mr.. Harvey
at the same time received terrible sabre cut on
the head, which Clipped off q small piece of the
skull bone leaving the brain exposed His wound
Is considered necessarily mortal
large crowd Of citizens was by this time at.
tracted to the spot, and the wounded officers were
conveyed home. The Turner's preserved their
line and marched towards the Suspension bridge,
which they crossed and proceeded to the Newport
Ferry landing with the intention of crossing to
tnis city. Some one however had preceded them
on horseback. and had informed the captain OF
the ferry of the state of affairs, and who conse.
quentiy refused to land his boat By this time
several hundred people had congregated, some Of
whom proceeded to the Newport garrison and de-
manded arms OF the commanding officer, but
which was denied them. The excited populace
then commenced closing around the Turner's who
We're drawn up on the landing in q line, when the
later made charge and the crowd fell back -
Two or three shots were here fired by the Turner's
but without effect -.F
A parley ensued, in which a proposition was
made by the Turner's that any one Of their party
who could be identified as having taken part in
the affray with the officers or rs having assaulted
the boy, should be at once given up Several
were pointed out, and Immediately stepped on,
from the ranks and delivered themselves into GUS
tody. The crowd were in no wise appeased by
this concession, but demanded that the entire par
ty should lay down their arms and surrender as
prisoners. This the Turner's refused to do, and
slowly march up the landing, and thence out OF
forke street. towards the Hall of the Association
about mile from the river
They gained their Hall and entered it, when il
was Immediately surrounded. The citizens had
none but small arms with them, while the Tur.
ners were mostly armed with rifles with long
knives attached bayonets, and some of them
had sabres-eonsequently it was not deemed pru
dent to attack them. An unsuccessful attempt
was made, however, by the citizens to procure the
arms of the Covington State Fencibles and also q
cannon, but the idea was subsequently, abandoned
The SheriIfs of Campbell and Kenton counties and
other municipal and county officers at length held
conference with the leaders of the Turner's,
when it was agreed that the Turner's should re-
stpr, \ T. !,
that then they would surrender to the proper au.
thorities. A strong guard was then placed at the
various entrances of the hall in accordance with
this proposition, and the majority of the crowd
dispersed
The Commercial says the above facts were obtain.
ed from various sources The following is the Ger,
man version of the riot:
few boys had mixed in with them at the celebra.
ton and used their beer freely, and one, becoming
drunk, had snatched glass from the hands of Tur
ner, who ct once recovered it-that the boy then
drew knife, which the Turner wrested from him
striking him at the same time in the face The boy
then ran to Covington and spread report that sew
eral boys had been massacred by the Turner's This
caused wild excitement, and the most inflammatory
rumors were circulated One of these {quite wthou,
foundatlon) was that Turner had assaulted woman
and perpetrated q brutal outrage upon her.
As the procession moved through Coyngton they
were hooted at by few persons and stones were
thrown at them by boys. When near the bridge Mar
shal Butts attempted to make an arrest TIE Tur
ners say they did not know him, and that he did
make it understood that he an officer. The man
that he seized rescued and he called for assis
tance and attempted to make arrests--a row ensueo
and weapons were used. Butts, at the time that he
was shot was in the act of firing pistol. The Tur
ners contend that if they had known that Butts
an officer, they would have permitted him to make
arrests.
The Cincinnati Gazette SAYS
Marshal Butts who was shot, is well known in the
city from his connection with the Fugitive Slave Case
His wound is dangerous although his surgeon thinks
he can save his arm and his life.
Mr. Harvey is very quiet gentlemanly man, much
respected by his fellow policemen. His wound il
very dangerous, and our informant stated at l0t
NJ, last evening that it bad probably proved fatal