Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1857-07-16
Tiac Military Ordered Out.
= ace Finally stored
From the New York papers of the 9th inst. !

in the "Bloody Sixth" ward, between a
gang calling themselves the Dead Rab-
bits, y and the Bowcry boys, in Bayard st =,
near Mulberry Firearms were freely
used, and seven persons killed, and TWEEN
ty-fve or thirty wounded In the Seventh
and Thirteenth wards there were also seri-
Gus aifrays, in which number of persons.
including policeman. were badly iniurel
Last evening the fight was renewed in the
Sixth ward, where a terrible conflict took
place between the two factions, and eleven
persons were shot, many OF whom are sup
posed to be fatally wounded. The police
did all they could to suppress the riots, but
they were totally insufficient even to pro-
tect themselves from the fury of the mobs,
and had it not been for the presence of the
military in the very heart of the rioters
strongholds there is no knowing where the
matter would have ended
The bloody riot in the Sixth Ward by
which nearly dozen men have lost their
lives, and large number been seriously
wounded. appears to have originated with
the revival Of an old feud between a party
ofrowlies, called the Dead Rabbit Club, :"
from the neighborhood of Mott, Mulberry.
Bayard and Elizabeth streets, and party
of Bowcry boys. As early as two o'clock
on Saturday morning an attack was made
by the dead Rabbits" on the drinking sa-
loon No. 40 Bowery, which seems to have
been the headquarters of the Bowcry boys.
severely inuring a number of the inmates.
breaking :hc windows, and doing good
deal of damage The police of the Tenth,
Thirteenth AMI Sixth WarlS were notife !,
and succc ,del for the time in quclling the
riot. The Metropolitan police were pretty
roughly handled i'll their attempts 10 res ore
order. as will appear from the following:
Twenty-Five Metropolitan policeman
drawn from various precincts, marched TO
the scene of conflict with view to put an
end to the disturbance. a reserve of fifty
mon were held in readiness. The twenty
five marched steadily on, assailed at every
step, not only with ycls ami groans, but
with brickbats pitched from alley ways and
hiding places, anl missiles were even
tgG IhgqTn -, gg2a a,h them from the windows as
ces men standing upon the honSe-tops bat
terel bricks from their own chimneys, and
hurlel them upon the officers below. maim-
inS them at almost every step. The mere
handful still pushed on, using their clubs as
they went, AMI making several arrests
From one tenement house, near the corner
OF Mulberry street, several shots We're fired I
anl bricks AMI paving stones thrown at /,
the officers. This attack was so fierce and /
onScontinuel that the police, Suddenly ,
turning, ma lc dash for the house, the !
loors of which we're tightly fastened on the .
inside. They charged so liercelv and with
such effect, as to drive in all directions the !
;rowl that opposed and, breaking down
he doors, rushed to the upper stories in
search of their assailants, most of whom
lad nearly all tiel preciptately through the
ear passages. One man and two women
we're captured, however, the women having
heil laps fillcl with paving stones.
On emerging to the streets again, with
heir prisoners, the policemen were assailcd
With, if possible, greater violence. and the
numbers of their opponents 50 increased,
hat destruction seemed almost inevitable,
when large number of the Bowery boys,
nj citizens generally, rushed to their res
ne, drove back again the Dead Rabbits" !"
nj escorted the police-ncarly all of whom
we're more or less inlured-and their pris-
'ners to place of safety. from which they
fterwarl Icgainel their head-quartcrs-
The prisoners were taken 20 the Fifth Ward
station house.
The riot did not end here. On the con
raty, it continued to rage with still great
+ violence. the sight OF the wounded and
wing aiding to the frenzy O; the combat 8
ntS, who became constantly more mad Z
cneI by the poisonous liquids which they :
ept constantly imbibing. To the drug
torres near by wom lei men were removed
very moment, AMI their groans mingled Z
iith the cries of the women AMI children, ;
Who, reckleSsly pushing their way among {
he throng, beheld some dear friend or pro-
ector carried away for surgical treatment. [
nalc the spectacle terrible one. and one t
o be remembered by all who saw it.
AS the fight advanced, firearms were {
roIght more generally into action, and
9th parties acted more cautiously. Each {
arty constructed a barrica le of the carts l
nj vehicles Of all kinls with which this :
horoughlare is ALWAYS encumbercd on hol {
lays, and from behind this ircl with mus |
cts, rifles, guns and revolvcrS. Occasion :
lly becoming wearicl of this slow mode t
+ warfare, one party or the other would ,
ave their barricadc and charge the other, |
itching stones among their enemies and :
hen retreatng. :
W ord had meanwhile been sent to the .
'uperintcndcnt's Office that the police had {
cen attacked. aud accordingly force of q
1rty men, under the command of Sergeant Z
lickS, was sent to their relief These went !
own w Whitc to Centre street, through Cen l
e, Franklin AMI Baxter streets, where 2
hey came upon the aSsailantS in the rear t
l Bayard street. where they woud have a
cen hemmed in and obliged to surrender, 5
ut the hurricane of missiles from tops of 1
he houses told with fearful effect upon the a
olice, who had likewise to contend with a l
lolent mob hand to hand. They, how +
yer, fought bravely, though they had no a
re arms of any consequence. Sergeant &
Ilcks saw one man throw brickbat. and q
'stantly rushed for him and colIared him Il
18th design of having him taken to the !
omhs. Z,