The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1857-11-14


following particular. of \ murderons loray'
hy the "Ihugs' of tina, CITY. on the Tues
day lthe 27th ult.l preceding the elec"on'
I, was evidently designed rs ioreshadowins
the sanguin.ry scenes that we're to folio"
on election day, aud to intlmidate Demo'
cratic voters from going to the polls, The
recital will send thrill Of horror to the
mind, and hearts of all right thinking.
proper feeling men. to whatever party they
may belong:
,too'clock Tse.day night some fifteen
men suddenly appeared on ~ Thomas st,
between Mehcet,e and lerpslchofe, divided
in three different squads, one OF which
passed down the middle OF the street and
one on each sidewalk. The faces OF all
were either backeued 81 masked, aud they
were armed with pistols. knives and slung>
hot. Ihey rushed down the street, as
sailing every man who was out of doors,
hurliug the women rom the Sidewalk INTO
the gu'ters they were all clad In da'k
cost. and uoar Of them spoke aloud all
= communication between thcnsclve, being
va low. multcfed tone.
ihlma. Donohue. a lame man, who
was sitting on bench ia lrout OF Mrs
heuait,'s family grocery store WAS fret
attacked, stabbed IN the left breas, with
dirk. and his head dfeadlully beaten with
) clubs Not moftaly wounded.
They then rushed lnlo the family
Grocery store Of Peter Rhode where
quite number Of men were sitting inside
I nnd upon the bench at the door, aud COM
m-uced general sisbbiue beating and
shooting
John Eagan, drayman, was stabbed
several times, twice through the breast,
I diving Of his wounds IN two hours. The
4. coroner Il. now holding IN inquest on his
body a, the Charity Hospital
John Colbert's skull WAS fractured by
y blows from slung shot, aud WAS stabbed
: twice, in the thigh and in the small OF the
e back the latter wound Of most despe-
, rate character. When we saw hun he
4 was lsug IN his house, .ti.l able to speak.
but vety low \ stream OF blood across
the street aud through the passages Of the
: house to bis apartment indicated The course
4 which those Vhp carried Lim in had taken.
, pfs Stone Lewis and Hire were called ia
attendance Colbert Is wa5ehOuseman for
, D,a, q Go.
Richard Coleman, draemap. WAS dam
] .erousy cut ia the breast aud severely
p beatru about the head.
Rrnnagan, a lsborer in the Louisiana
Press, was knocked down by u large stone
which one Of the ruliians held in his hand
9 aud with which he was struck in the face,
; and then stabbed severely.
Jas. Smith, drayman, WIS knocked down
by blnw from slung-shot and kicked
Riley. lsboret in the Louisiana Press
| received a severe confusion OF the skull
from the blow Of .lung shot.
John Deynughn, drayman, was shock
inpiy hea, about the head with clubs aud
siuug-.hot
James Murphy. boss drayman. was
scyote,, beaten VITA sluag -aot aud clubs,
and is desperately wounded
Iirnn q Gass had very marrow escape
from the ball Of pistol which was hred at
him Just rs he ran through the back door
ol the grocery. The ball would weigh
neatly al ounce, aud Is now deeply lmbed
dsd 90 the d1otspost, which 1t entered after
actually grazing the head OF Gas-. Had
1t gone an inch further TO the right, 1t
would have raked the bed, about three
inches above the mattress on which Mrs.
Rhodn was lying ia the back room
Seycra OF ,he above parties were over,
taken A. they were running from the gro
Gerry. and sttucs dawn wherever tiey were
caught, ihe place. being marked with their
blood The woodwork aud fixtures OF
the grocery are also stained with the blood
OF the wounded IN various parts
After doing their work OF indisefimina'e
assaul, aud murder on st Thomas street,
so suddenly aud Ia such overpo wcrng force
p that not the slightest resistance WAS or
could be made. this band OF midnight
a.sas.ins' passed into Ichoupiioulss aud
New Levee streets, where they committed
various assaults though no one was dam
gerou.ly wounded All the parties at
lacked were lfi>hmen.
\ second act OF tho bloody drama on
- Thomas street was, we learn, abou,
being performed in q coffee HOUSE. on St
thafies street. Mt an early hour last might,
but IS the object Of the contemplated ai-
tack "a politician who. It is sad, wont
work freely IN the tfaces,) WAS fully pre-
pared, aud gave unmi.takable evidence OF
dy tng game tho performance WAS neces-
sarlly cut short by the dropping Of the
curtain before any blood was spilled.
What next'
4 third act. we learn, WAS performed At
a lager beer house in the Second District.
at the corner of Derbigny aud Cont streets
Several persons entered the house and