Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-07-30

the turbulence that existed he was derided and
:.' aiter the second interruption some
one sdlu 10 witness that the marines Were coniny
uP; heard the crowd shouting ont and bon,inS
| shoTtly man named BeIkhard came aIon., :,
me head OF band Of men, who were dra~Sin,,
aitel them gun; q large crowd was folloyyinrSS
they stopped opposite the polls; among them U.S.
Daniel Stewart; he was vociferatino iondIv -,
witness could not understand what he was saw.
ing, except that IL was something in relation 10
the anticipated arrival of the marines a I,rne
portion OF the crowd were strangers: there w3s
great confusion; the cannon was drawn M TO the
mar house; the judges here announced that
they Were about to close the polls: that they
should dose IL the marines came ND: witness saw
man shot while he was depositinp his vote in
lhe morning; at that time the Commissioners ran
away; they said afterwards that they would not
nave the polls opened with the muskets of the
marines pointing at their breasts; inst then Daniel
stewart came past crying out that the marines
Were coming up, and said, close the POLLS close
the polls;' witness went down towards the ma
rines; met the Mayor ahead of them some dis
lance, and told him that the polls were closed;
came back with him to the polls; George Wilson
was on a platform over the window and said
many times that the polls should not be opened
TIL the marines were taken away; the IIayor
attempted to address the crowd; he could not
he heard, the hooting was so loud: the Mavor
said that he was there with the marines TO
permit the citizens TO exercise their legal rights:
witness then recognized Biddleman in the crowd:
Mr.. Deems come up to the Mayor and the Mayor
went with him towards the corner of the wood
yard; witness then walked over TO the marLa,
mouse, 10 where Deems was standing, and then
heard firing from the crowd around the cannon:
Just after that witness heard discharge of mn
kets, and saw Deems and Alston fall; the first
shots came from pistols, and they in the hands of
the mob; could not recognize the parties in cbarUe
OF the cannon was too far of; knows nothing more
about II; went then TO the corner of | street and
soon BiddlenIan was brought i'm to get his wounds
dressed; went home then, and remained there two
hours, and then went back to the polls; they We're
open, and witness staid there till the voting was
all over.
The examination in chief closed here, and the
Court adjourned.
THIRD DAY.
At half past ten this morning, the trial of the
rioters was resumed. The badly ventilated cour,
room is crowded, and the atmosphere pestiiential
in the extreme.
John 4. Linton, Esq, took his scat with the
counsel for defence, and assisted in the cross ex
animation
Thos. C.. Dom, a witness for the prosecution
was placed upon the stand, and his cross-exami-
nation entered upon by the defence Witness
could not say who told him that the rioters were
Baltimorians thinks his son did; thinks the row
dies got alarmed, and had scattered at the time
The marines arrived. Was at the polls when the
Mayor came up and knocked and called to the
commissioners. Don't know whether his pur-
pose was TO command them to open the polls for
the resumption Of voting or not; there was great
excitement. The Mayor spoke as if he had au-
thoTty; witness had no doubt he had the authority
cannot say whether it was a demand or a request:
| IT was one or the other; witness stated Yesterday
that the first disturbance took place about 'cock
| IN the morning; witness was the object of their
attack early in the morning; the rioters increased
In numbers to apparently two hundred; the ofi-
GERS were endeavoring TO keep the peace; saw no
| other persons attempting to restore order; the
pedceable citizens were on the pavement; there
were several feints made to attack the officers so
as to draw their attention when they made a rush
on the voters; there were no replies made to the
eplthets OF the mob on the part Of the citizens:
heard no such epithets until after the attack:
there was no resistance made to the attack except
| from the officers of the peace; the only man wit.
ness saw ire was one who stood on the opposite
side of the street and fred toward the officers; saw
no weapon in the hands of the officers exceDt
sword-cane which witness had there; head
| no offensive language on the part of the voters:
| only stone witness saw thrown was one which
hit Capt. Goddard; the stones were thrown from
the west OF witness, who stood west of the pave
ment east side of Seventh street and the rioters
were on the pavement west of witness or on the
opposite side of the street; more than one-fourth
OF the crowd were participators in the riots there
dld not seem to be ten idle spectators among the
| rioters they were all apparently very actively
engaged in the assault; witness could only see
| portion of the asSaulting party, hut they all
| seemedt lie engaged; Geo. G. Wilson was stand
ing near the voters either in the gutter or on the
pavement; he suggested to witness TO call for
help, and manifested disposition to assist the
officers; just at that moment the attack was made;
witness saw no more of him; more than ten
persons actively engaged in the attack; NAV have
seen VIM. Ii. Wilson before the afffay bat could
not say that he did; he came to witness and ad,
- IT,
! ness thought so himself; an freshman came up to
vote witness saw the crowd coming up 10 attack
him; witness fastened up the barTCade; and the
crowd pulled him over the barTicade tearinD IL
down, and beat the lTi>hman; he lost his papers:
witness could not tell his name, nor in what ward
lac resided; saw the crowd endeav0ring to yet TO
him; he was at the window, and the Judges had
his papers; he was stating that At their instance
he had gone and got his papers fixed right; don't
know that he had voted in another ward that
morning; when his vote was challenged he re-
Cpl VD6 m upp tl,4pla anil
no Boosting language he might have said he
could whip any Know Nothing on the ground;
Dut witness did not hear him. can state from his
own knowledge what We're the names of persons
who We're prevented from voting; but he took
their athdavit3, and of course the: gave the names
OF the persons. II was half an hour after the
polls had been closed and raOpcncd that the af.ay
occurred with the lriShInan; At the time the man
stuck up his weapon in the fence, very few per-
sons We're voting, especially voters of particular
class; dnring the interval between the ARRAY and
the arrival of the marines, witness saw officer
Watson of the police at the polls; several mem
bers OF the Auxiliary Guard Were there; witness
saw Capt. Mills there in the interval between the
mot and the arrival OF the marines; might have
seen other members of the auxiliary guard there:
part of the guards are unknown to witness; they
had no right to report to witness that they We're
there, he having no authority over them; witness
did not send word TO the Mayor that there was 4
riot; heard that Capt. Goddard had sent word 10
the Mayor after the riot held no conversation with
Capt. Goddard; heard no person say that Can't
TO the Mayor at Intervals; the man who stuck up
the weapon in the fence was stranger to witness;
saw squads OF 10 or 10 men going in various di-
rcctiOns; they Were designated to witness as PLUG
Uglies in tie morning. witness could not saY
that the squads of 10 or Is Were all Plugs or
those who had been designated to witness as
Plugs; when the cannon came the crowd rushed
into the street, before the marines arrived the
crowd went up towards the market house: wit
ness saw the cannon pass up; ID. Stewart had
hold OF the rope he stood on the cannon at
one time, when it was opposite to the polls;
witness is positive that Stewart was assisting the
crowd TO drag the cannon up; he was making
great noise; was at the polls when they were
closed on the approach of the marines; one OF the
Judges, in violent manner, when witness ex-
postulated with them about closing the polls said
that they would not open them I'LL the marines
were withdrawn; when the Mayor came I'D the
crowd collected around the polls; there Were no
persons around the polls before that; they Were
closed; the marines marched up in the middle of
the street, opposite the polls; the space and the
polls were cleared 10y the marching up of the
ma:inesi the crowd retreated before the marines;