The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-06-29

Dangerous Riot In the Eleventh Ward.
CAPTAIN MCKINNEY up THE THrRTEENrn WARD ro-
LIoE, FATALLY IHJuRED AND six POLICEMEN Dan.
GERoUsLY worHDRD-ArrAcE on ruy FoLIcs By
THE RowDns-RRsCuI or A PRisoSER-ruE PLus
UGLIFs OF NEW YORK.
The Eleventh ward yesterday the OF Of
the most dangerous riots have had In this city for
years perhaps the organization Of present police
System. In this instance lie rowdes boldly attacked
posse Of policemen, and suoceoded In rcscuing pri
from their hands and moreover, assaulted the
fortunate pairornen violently thss 1t ia feared will
die, while several others will certainly be manned for lie
Tho circumstances attending this rio, were follow
~ Eve O'Clock yesterday afternoon there alarm Of
Are cau,ed by boys burning shayngs the fo, or
Twelfth street. The engines the spot, but
a. there was no fire they their departure homo
again The police also vcu to The % the supposed
Gre keep ne peace, understood III feeling
isied between the several IRE companies which might
lead a ghi and besides Il iheI duty 70 hand
CAPTAIN Mckinney NJ The Thirteenth xard pol,co dis.
irst started from bis station house At the of Al
torney and Delaney streets with nine On arriving
the ofavenre AMI Ninth street they found that
gang Of rowjies eos,ing thai side Of the city bad msdo
an sisaok the members Of Hose Carriage No. I,
whom they NTe beninS THANKFULLY. Captain
Mckinney and his po.sc Immediately inierfered, and
succcedcd IN sfrsstng the leader Of The rioters Peace
for time was apparently restored, but the rowdss wcro
norcci and IN Avenue u, near Tenth street, they
commenced terrible onslaught tho unfortunate police
men, x.h view W &c cue the Rotor.
The avenue nlod with heavy paving stones, where
the pavement va beng roai and these were
hurled With great yiolCbce at The olircrs. Captain
Mckinney wa hrs, Knocked down with = huge
stone, brt recovered himself AMI kcpt his
socb the defensive ly this time a'ge crowd bad
assembled and the rioters kept In The Of The citizens,
hurting stones at the policemen, vbo we're rcpcsiedly
Knocked down by them, CAPTAIN Mckinney seemed 10 DO
the especial object Of 10 these ru,ns, and he
Was hit at east dozen tunes asst ne was unable 70
dishest,ncd BY the Numbers and violence Of the
mob, Who nraly suococed IN taking away the prsoners
from The police. On succeeding ihcy chcered vcbe
menily, bat did no, stop 10 their attack upon
the wounded ofsers.
Capia N Mckinney was taken 70 stsieri's drug store
avenue c. W have his wounds dressed BIT the iorocous
mob follow ell up The roccrcn and stoUed the shore until
they bal destroyed the windows and AL the ornaments in
70 the station house where his wounds were dressed by
physician. and from ucncc he taken his home n
Sunok street II Is doubtful whether he can survive his
injuries &c "a ercsdiuly cut about me head scund
nds from The forehead N the back Of the head and IA
ro and half inches long and very deep on the back OF
The bt ad he has also received two heavy cots and his
body been severely bruised By the stones The ply
sicaa EXPIRE ed great doubt as TO Ms scluly 70 1--we.
The following named oicers were also dangerously In
jured Sergeant William Van wsri dreadfully
bruised by TIE stones Is supposed his leg broken.
was cut thai u had 10 be scwed up. Officer James
NoGill was fairly scdped by large stone 10 addition
TO a number o. seycre oon,usloDs. he received
blow or stone in The hip which may disable him for e.
c0 ser John struck vas cut across The check and other
orc,r ia. McNahon Wa struck Ia the face and much
br - aburt the body
cI.,r John Perry was struck In The temple, aai came
ne b pg Killed.
Ol-< H,Bry Friedman bruised by The aous In
the side and back
Oncer Michael Smith vas lsmed by blow In The br
with stone
The o'hcr officers were al more or lcss injured Tho
describe The fury o, the roto-s a. beng rghtul
Tey seemed 70 Swarm through ihe streets and the
Isvrg slorcs ncd the air. II was most asionshn nc that
all the policemen were not killed Outright
Drrrgt the uogrc~ OF the riot word was sent 70 the
IN -cnih ward station house, when Lieutenant okeet,
vi was 90 duty Immediately telegraphed 10 other wards
ar g. tho hicrs ofcc, IN hc Park for assistance but
u az coufd be rendered the frscas WAS over
m n OF The rioters wore known 10 the police,
a. sl NJ doubtless all be arrested today. The pr.
str ~ rescued IL wei known, and he canned co
cape 4 1ishIncni OF his mlsdecds.
his ro, e0f tho most significant signs Of The times,