The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-07-13
another Terrible Riot in Second Avenuc.

che Germans Attack the Metropolitan PO-
isce-Cinbs, Pistois, k0ives and Stsnss
Understanding Of Large Number, and
Probable Death OF Three ARREST OF Five or
the Rioters by the Police The German Ac-
court OF the Anrsy-List OF Killed, vVound-
ed and Al Iested.
About half past O'Clock a't everng Germans
got INTO dncuky, and eventually. a. feht, In Fourth
street, avenue A. ofcers Iaruoy ~ wacob, Of the
SsyeGet nth ward, being near al hand intsrred aud
Tesiad the men, They proceeding with their prison.
the station house. when tbey attacked by all
tho by-anders sno the audience Of German theatre
beng dapissed but Few moments ter, jained In the
fray ~ub 9iew OF resoning The scners. Me,pvailo
Se,ge.o cs wood, or me came ward with a squad o;
eight men hearing VI the occurrence started for the
hatle He bad been patroliny the ward with
.he d'asn 81 epihg lock out for an more OF tho So
cond ssenue fi,aet having liking ftr - conductors
norey Upon 'esebng the ground, the l' the officers
struggling IA ,htr prto rs 10 tho si multitude
tbresieit T., re cue them. The sqaf.l 0. ga up tho
officers u" hesab slowly 10 retreat EarC iA3 station
bouse, oAesyiug ueir prisone along. y, 'm1 cane
rave,.ct ,..s snr CONN enced y y ~ sao
incredibly, and ~ snev passed up fUur street. Leg 70
latorsd with fesrfcl havoc with Zones, orickbsts '
ns'es Of every tesc pton throw u macy cases fr'I
q ~ OF houee The n,tle band, hcsevor, kept In
oCnoacs mass and iTove the croSi hli cnoo, stl
tsaits he prison rS The NIB, have became rein
freed from be toeArre and lager bier RS in tho VI
cil'! sau hrotg h JUNIORS that the police were trying
to ec'orce the pquor law, became s'ill moro
ssd and bore upon the police wiz. edoubed
ne bricks and missiles FROM me Of houses
nrug sll the while Ooer Hsdden, "a 80, al police
man, struck w,h heavy missile u .ns head
ana WA 20 ita frh wounded that hs ao was lsroired
Of He provided with prompt medical ataen'- zee,
and considered Necessary % take bis ante mo- s
exaUi , for whit ID purpose Coroner Perry arrived
The -a,,n house Of II o'clock last night Officers Mc.al
len pavis and Fountain also severely wounded.
that the little force had 10 slowly retire. bringing their
comrades nd prisoners. Word was sent 10 the station
house OF situation and Captain Jededah Hart
arrived Oh 'te ground with force of so men ALI that he
could mus'er-wao joined the others 10 Fourth
street The prisoners were then easily conveyed
to IL. station house, where they were looked
| up. roe po ice formed In line, five abreast, and
halle ~ Fourth street. just above avenue A ->nose
'ots In order 70 give toe rioters cb1cC =
pelt heo missiles from the tope ~ ho h1'as me
mob wa o'neunnng up Fourth stroota large uuro *
Of boys berg ahead; nut when the got within ABOUT a
rods Of the ioice they stopped ht,n ON 'tet ~
short time nov ever. they started agar md
The police then went at them heartily n theif crrs
cosc hand TO hand 6Rht Pistols araarpg q
there are not more killed Tue police onel Sac rioters
down the street. and then being betwee t1o houses
avenue A. the missiles began TO sy again 0c Ad.sor
IVES hit with tremendous big stone, which liked lib
Oh mpey cap and woud doubtless have been killed had
be been struck faii blow with ~. As Il ~as he was
slightly Injured Oicer Mott had q bullet edged In the
b, Of bis boot, I'D fom third story dow. Capt
Hart saw q in the mob layc q pistol aud
OF the mob. The police o'r,.t bravcy .1ougt, End
finally succeedel in rnmre,sip fsper NJ the mob
Doubtless there ARE great more ,xsc heads than
y
black smith-oi- NJ the crowd attack ~ tho poice--was
shot dead. There we've numbec OF ssess made IN the
melee.
THREE hiGLEL.
Ia raid that three have been Z, END aed
Of their wounds bes,ees ofcsr Haddt ~boeo wound,
dangerous that Dr. Mott, who b attending him
has only faint hopes of his recovery. Ferry visited
him to lake bis deposition, but ne did not essenia
at the time.
NAMES or oFFIU9Rs wOUNraD.
Henry Hidden, seriously.
Thomas WAkeub,
Cha Iea Nc Millen, ( 4, S.,. A..
Thomas Davis, "s~V n"''
VIM. j. Fountain.
NAMES OF THE PRISONERS.
gamer Robert, German.
John schwet, do.
Adam Gicr, do.
Philip Hover, do.
Morris Witty, d..
ALI more leaa iniuYed