The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-07-10
THE ELEvENrHWARD RIOT.

THE ELEVENTH WARD RIOT.
In our edition Of yesterday we published acsosr, q
riot which took place In the Eleventh wa-d wsdnes
SAy night between two factions known ss ne Buesy
and "rne Forty Thieves" resulting in the police being at
tackled BY dhieyes for their interference hit
Since then las been ssoera,ned tina; the fgh between
the Bfues" and the Forty Thieves was al
sham tha, the real object Of the rides eursp
the police and give them Q good drubhlng. It appears
that he rowdes concoc,ed q plan whereby the police
wcad be drawn INTO the reshes Of The enemy. The
spiracrs gave the alarm rap u the Of Twelfth
street and avenue A. which naturally drew the .ttenon
70 The place where the rioters Ia waiting. but had
hardly reached the corner Of avenue and Twelfth street,
stonee. The police men completely taken BY sur
Prise, bot nevertheless they rallied promptly, and
drawing their reviewers warned the rioters Of their
danger. TIE rorsioe psid 70 attention 70 the
wholesome advice but continued 10 attack the off with
ssnes when tie cred three or four sho into the
crowd rushed forward, and charging the enemy with
eres; vso hey succoedcd In making two PRISONERS The
police then eireaed In good order with their prisoners,
The captsred rioters The mob followed officers closely
and when the latter reached the rush
but the policemen again fred their revovers a their q.
sala "a, and again the wdes defeated The crowd
men wien ne on cers 70 Tie Eleventh
wno stausp coute and there locked mp the prisoners
Yesterday morning The accused being brought before
Justice Brennan, the Essex hnset Police Court, gave
their names ss Michael Riley and Jas. Hopkins. The
magistrate committed the prison ara for exs unauon The
following q The Air. re ,oried by Capt
squIes &c the superintendent OF Police yesterday morn
Dr-
Aeou, II O'Clock as, night An alarm rap was heard in
the seventeenth ward BY the Eleventh ward officers
Iwebh street, and upon running IN the direction Indicated
tnereby, and when II the corner OF avenue and xeh
street, they were attacked BY the mob with stones and
clubs and The odds against them great that the
officers were near being peed from the ground, when
they compelled TO use their revovers few Shots
put part OF The roters to light, bot OF the
ding rallied again ana attempted 10 the prisoners
Michael Riley and James H. Hopkins, whom the officers
bad arrested with stones n their hands they we're
sgsin compelled 10 Ere Upon their and nraiy
succ oded In bringing their prsoners 10 the station house
wha; injury done BY the shots fred 10 not vey
Known although 4 s reported that sevesio Of oatsws
alarm rap given BY tho rowdcs themselves, for the
express purpoee Of ORA spg the officers there and than
making an onslaught upon tbem They we're OF course
.sten by surpr TO- and fortunate that few OF hem
add the, ieey WI not be caught nap again very
out fbn. evey nan sent Into the Ss1ici vii prepared
here'fer 70 shoot down any outlaw Who attacks them
Inese fellows are regularly Organized ssrs, known as
VIVA, could secethe objec, Of The rioers In tbus
oourtne eight with the police we canpo; imagine Per
hspe they thought they would have fne piece OF fun II
they could draw Ca. dozen 80 OF the hAnde Into
an anfequented and rather doubtful neighbuhood, and
give tnem sound thrashpg But The hetropoltans
not 70 be caught by such miserable cha and In the end
came out % Eue ahead cf second best Zone OF tie
policemen were H. ured ri all Tue ranks Of The nArkrc
vile crowd Suffered severelytwo OF their number having
been made while two three home
mpse with ,eversl pcnDy weights Of lead IN their sssnIs
when he police are san called out BY such nlse alarm
rnTs, they will be ~ fully prepared for the emergency
they were On Wednesday night, q, the wild young Of
Mackerliv'e WI take warning, and not apenpt 70
baby hey vii end themselves somewhat deceived 10 he
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