The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-07-15

and driven of The crowd now began To aug.
ment and many people flowed 70 the spot out OF mere
curiosity TO know what going with the crowd the
excitement incT Fourth slrees closely
packed with dense crowds Of people, most Of whom
Hart advanced against The people With forty or Any police
men, me police came ON 10 lines OF I've men deep
As soor - they came mp within reach Of the crowd the
stopped for moment and made brief halt, but ct
command Of Captain Hara they immediately pushed on,
with the visible purpose Of dashng through the crowd
But great and dense the crowd OF people that
utterly impossible for them TO make way and allow
the police 70 through consequence was could
not be avoided collision between the po-
cemen, whe were rushing upon them. Some stones
now thrown at the police whereupon, ct the instant the
police by the command of their leader (ss We have been
informed upon unquesonabe authority, drew their
volvers, and began to make pdscrmr ate and cont
nued firing upon and into the di OF the crowd In the
street. although hitherto not the least necessity whatever
had arisen for extreme and desperate proceeding
The Of people thus attacked driven madness ana
began OF course to defend themselves, and
made formal attack upon the police who hal provoked
them 20 wanony. Guns and stones used for
the first time by the crowd, Tin self defence and accord
ing 10 all appearances 1t seemed rs II many lives must
Inevitably be loet In such conflict After time how
the crowd gave way before the reviewers and clubs
Of the police, and began to dispense.
Al The fret tire Of the police, young named John
Muller, fell dead He resided at % avenue A. He
standing at the time he was shot, the sidewalk, quiet
and lent spectator OF the exciting He fell dead in
staniy upon the sidewalk, being pierced through the
breast by several bullets number of persons stAn ling
near him when he FELL attempted to lift him up after he
had fallen but they beaten away by clubs Of the
police and some Of them knocked do IN to the ground
upon the murdered man Muller was, however, after
little while, carried home. he yet breathing, but
he drew his last gasp few moments after reaching his
home.
The police proceeded conduct thes in the most
disersceful and infamous towards the people.
They struck at them on all sdes, dealing blows
persons who standing still and quiet doing nothing
They even abused and msrested women who among
the crowd. One woman, who had Q child in her arms,
was struck repeatedly the head by these policemen
until she fell down nsensble from the blows Many Ger
mans wounded who had taken part whatever in
the confict among these we might mention Mr.. Robert
Grauer and Mr. John Schulz On the side of the police
officer Hebben severely, and 1t Is feared morally
wounded also officers wacob, Davis, Fountain, hcMllen
and Adams1n.
There were rome hos ribe deeds committed by the
hands OF the police ct the last German riot. However
think better not to arouse tue population any MORE to
Keep the facts 70 ourselves and not to bring them all be-
fore the pubic but only Obliged 10 pub
hsh -Four men, who were carrying the dying Muller In
sid German officer was beating the dying man with bis
club. All the German officers behaved themselves
most disgraceuily, and amongst them officer Dreschman
ear ned The most aurels Perhaps At other
will poirt out those gentlemen 70 their German fellow Cit
zcns.
is said In general that Captain Har by giving COM
mand to fire without reason the origin Of the riot
and therefore all the ba upon m The police are
trying to ypdcae ,bemseve. false reports which they
spread out We recommend TO fellow citizens TO keep
the peace OF the city, but the other hand ad wise them
not to spare eo Is TO bring Captain Har before the
law TO answer for his unjust and unlawful conduct
moet Infamous falsehood IL Is that the riot already
prepared before; thates the case h must have been
done by the Metropolitan police because they alone began
the riot. true that there s great anpsny against
the new palioe II is quite natural, because such
Just law ought TO be opposed and the opposition is only
OF that alone the officers should try their best
maze themselves popular, and not to the spirit of
the people and bring about bloody collisions.
Yesterday 1t was expected every moment that q re
newal Of battle would take place the upper part the
city, and the population had Themselves well prepared
The tma est circums lance would have been enough
bring forth horrible things but TIL O'Clock NJ dis
sance took place would not have been advisable for
any officer TO be In tbs. vicinity.
In the whole city things are such state and 80 much