New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-19
ROWDYISM AND RIOT
A NEWSPAPER CARRIER sAaaorrn
Ten Of the Rioters Arrcs,.s

| On Tue;day hight lawless gang Of ruS.,.
bled in the Twsrty-second Ward, and ...'.~
several outrsges upon peaceful snd uooEs,S.. 80
zers. II appears that Democratic priuar, 49,
was held in the upper psr. Of the Ward a.. -"
largely attended by these gangs Of rowdies. -
we're two parties, esch friendly TO the other krov,
the Fnst-svenue Regulators" led BY the 49,.
Patrick Horeymsn, aud the "Bulrs Head Ti.... !.
| led by James OBrien. At the terunins.jos ~ -.
meeting. the Regulators and Lights divided t,s -
of ten, fifteen or twenty, ard proceeded in 49,
directions about the Wards, evidently dsterm,.S !.
perpetrste all the outrsges that their haas MIA.
might suggest. They made their frst descent NM, .
Dutch grocery store which had jus. been cossd "A.
lights not berg ye. e1tirgushsd. Oae or non,
raped on the door demanding sdmittsnce, but N
proprietor failed to comply with their demand aad Asv
burt open the doors and entered the premises, ASp
irg themselves to liquors and other articles and ss
ing several meat and cheese knives. Every penn.
who came in their way they beat, merely BY way q
amusement. Almost every corner grocery store wu
entered by the Regulators who stole meat and cheese
knives clesvers and such other articles as they could
use as weapons.
Sergeant Van Orden Of the Twenty-second Precinct,
hearing that the gangs were abroad turned out with
soon get wind Of the movements Of the police, but
nevertheless coptir ued their ouIages travelling sb,us
from street to street as fast they could. Captain
Speigbt of the Twenty6rst Pfecinct also turned out
with platoon Of men ard searched for the rowdles,
bavng heard Of their entering several stores in HE
Ward ard stealing Skrves and other ticles. After
searching about for some time large portion Of 18th
gsDgs was discovered ip Second avenue, Thiieth
street. The police made a rush on the party, ssd,
after desperate fight, succeeded in arresting eaof
the rafians, among whom was Patrick Honeymsa and
James Brien. notwithstanding these arrests. tho
other fellows still continued their depredstons, knock
irg down ard beating every citizen whom they met.
Amorg o.her recent acts of the party was robbery
of Joseph Taylor, q news carrier in Fourth averae,
corner of Twenty sixth street. Taylor had been ont
collecting returns and was standing by gas lamp
makirg an entry in bic memOrandum-boo when four
Of the party seized him and robbed him of some $Sm
$40. Others of the gang now came up, and undw
prttense of protecting Taylor, stole his watch worth
$35.
The combined forces Of the two precincts heshSg
that the remainder of the gang was in Thntyhah
street. proceeded thither and after another fight 500
ceeded in dispensing them and restoring quiet through
GU, the Ward.
The prisoners were locked up for the remsnder Of
the night in the Twentysecond Ward Station Hous.
Horeymsn Is the man who was arrested on election
day for ,otipg and ncrg to riot in this district and
wa, under bonds to answer the charge.
Yesterday morning the prisoners were taken By
Officers Jennis, Mcintyre Cornell, Eldidge, Quidor,
GaiIlard Mathews, Myers and Armstrong to the JEFF.
ferson Market Police Court before Justice Dawson
Before any proceedings were had in the case Housy-
mans surety appeared and surrendered him 10 the
Court.
The following affidavit was made by Captain Vls
Orden:
William Van Orden, acting Captain Of the TRsasy.
second Precinct Police, being duly sworn, Opposes snd
ssysTbat the right of the 18th day Of Nov, 1857,
Jsmes Donovan, james o Drien, John Cummings,
John McArdle, John Cumiskey. Patrick Lehman,
Patrick Honeyman, Patrick Coleman, james LTkie,
and Michael Cannon present, riotously assembled
themselves together armed With cubs and other odee:
sye weapons, at the Twenty second Ward Of sad
cty and assaulted divers and sundry persons on the
public highway; aiso, wilfuy ard wantoLy breaking
windows and store DOORS and stealing properly sxpoS
ed fl sale on the outer side Of the doors making
great noise breaking the public peace, and inCng 70
riot
The prisoners were then severally examined cad
replied as follows to the various iuterrogatories