Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-06-11

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Occasion = List of Killed anG
Wounded.
The citizens of Washington wer
called upon, yesterday Dune y, t
elect members of the two boards O
councils and other municipal officers
and in the place of being allowed a fire.
and full exercise of the privileges of tn
elective franchise, armed gangs of bull
lies and desperadoes were imported from
Baltimore with a view of intimidatin:
all from voting for the Anti-Know
Nothing candidates through the per
suasive influences of bludgeons, slung
shots, pistols and Bowie knives. Thu
Star, of last evening, in its account o
yesterdays bloody proceedings, says
A gang of hired rufians and bullies
Plug Uglies, ;" and other worthless from
Baltimore, have been imported by the
know-Nothings to take violent possess
ion Of the polls, and armed with re-
y~olyers, billies and slung-shots to pre-
vent our own citizens from ~depositing
their votes.
In the first precinct of the Fourth
Ward this, morning, a general fight oc-
Cured, in which several hundred men
and boys were engaged, Unfortunately.
1t seems that some forty or fifty " Plug
Uglies" came down from Baltimore this
morning to assist our citizens in the
election to-day. After floating around
for some time without effecting any
thing of note, they pitched upon the
Fourth Ward first precinct, as being the
most eligible scone for their operations.
A long line of voters were standing in
the street, extending for some distance
from the polls, aud composed princi-
pally of Misunderstanding voters.
The " Plugs" assisted by several large
squads of chunkers and rip-raps of u
W city, endeavored to break into this
line by crowding, but not succeeding in
this, they left tho scene of action to
concert more hostile measures.
After a short time they returned,
largely reinforced in numbers, and with
revolvers, stones, billies, brickbats, etc.
they made a concerted onslaught upon
the voters. A terrible scene now en-
sued, in which the entire crowd partici-
pated. Stones and pistols were rapidly
discharged, and men were trampled to
the earth, beaten, stamped on, and
severely wounded. Among those in
jured was r. B. Owens, Fourth Ward
Commissioner, who had his wrist badly
shattered by a pistol ball. n. Klopfer
received q spent ball in his forehead,
which stunned him, but inflicted no Sc
rious injury. Captain Goddard was,
with several officers, on the ground, and
the Captain did good service with his
long arms and heavy fists in quell;ng
the ARRAY. He was severely struck
several times, but got off without any
serious damage.
Several of the ringleaders were arrest
ed, and taken to the guard-house 4;
among others, a young man by the name
of johnson.
Tie buildings in the neighborhood
were damaged, the doors and windows
skirmish, Mr.. Geo. ID. Spencer received
precinct of the Fourth Ward the officers
did all in their power to prevent the
riot, placing themselves between the
belligerants and the voters in the line,
with Captain Goddard at the head, who
the peace, when they rushed
on en- masse, and with an impetuosity
nothing short of a military force
could have withstood; and, although
the police fought like heroes, they we're
to abandon the field to the poss-
of these hired miscrcauts.
Our Baltimore visitors were, about
eleven o'clock, good enough to pay a
visit to the Second Ward polls, wearing
the Know-nothing ticket as a badge,
and shouting for Dixon" as a rally
ing cry.
In a few minutes their inevitable re-
volvcIs were out, and some thirty or
forty shots were fred, in quick success
ion, in the neighborhood of Eleventh
street and the avenue.
In this ARRAY a young man, residing
Thirteenth street, between FL and l,
named John Ouzely, was shot in the
knee. About this time some of the
Z" solid men" of the ward were seen
emerging frcm their residences, armed
with muskets, as if they had some no.
ton of going upon a cunning expedi-
ton. The "Plug-Uglics" seemed to
think the Second Ward air was getting
insalubrious, and they left in a body,
probably with the design of" regulating"
some of the other precincts.
At one O'Clock, a noisy crowd of boys
and men passed up Pennsylvania-avenue
from the direction of the Fifth Ward,
dragging after them a small brass gun.
Where they got it we are unable to say,
but it was said they intended to use it
to defend themselves. Immediately
after, two companies of United States
marines, commanded by Captain Tyler,
yer to the City Hall and reported for
service to the Mayor.
AT noon it became evident that no.
thing short of a military interposition
could save the city from almost u%niver-
sal riot. A letter was addressed by
Mayor Magruder to the President of the
United States, asking for a company of
marines in order to maintain the peace
of the city. The request was promptly
complied with. We continue our ex-
tracts from the Star:
Shortly after one o'clock P. NJ, the
marines 1.-TWO companies, one hundred