Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-09
BURNING OF THE QUARANTINE
BUILDINGS.
Rioters in A ms

An attack was made on Wednesday night
the LIST inst, about 10 O'Clock upon the Quar-
antine buildings. An organized force of
about | 900 armed men assaulted the north
west corner of The wall, and tearing it down,
passed into the i~nclosure and set fire to the
shanties used as hospitals for yellow fever and
small pox patients The large brick building
on the hill, called the St. Nicholas, was also
fred and consumed. The mob broke in the
iron gates to the main entrance also, and the
engine was taken in, but the hose was cut, and
the iremen manifested no disposition to extin-
guish the fire. The mob deliberately entered
the several hospitals, aud removing the sick,
piled the straw beds and bedings in the door
~a B& ard PfJ 'HipRAFs sa apd set them on Gre.
men about 60 in number, into his house, armed
them with muskets; but the force was too
powerful to render any attempt to oppose
them successfully. The Harbor Police were all
on duty in their boats; but the mob was be-
You'd their control, when thay reached the
ground. One of DR.. Thompson's stevedores
was shot in the back with a ball and buekshat,
by whom it was not known.
The inmates of Quarantine was in a state
of great excitement, fearing that the mob in.
tended to take their lives. DR.. Bissell, the Res
ident Physician, in his excitement, put a mus
ket to the head of one Harbor Police and
came near shooting him. The Doctors have
all fed; where it is not known. A boat of the
Harbor Police, No. I, Coxswain O'Brien, was
dispatched to the city for assistance. Will.
the boat was Oh its way to the city, a large
sturgeon iumpted into the boat, nearly sta vine
it.
1t was believed when the boat left that the
mob intended to raze the whole of the Queran
tine buildings to the ground.
The QUARANTIEN MoB.--The mob at Slater
Island destroyed the remainder Of the Quaran
tine buildings on Thursday night, and the Tri
bume says that a out sixty persons, sick of va
rious diseases, were carried out of the Hospita
and placed upon the grass, where they remain
ed, without any shelter save the sky, unit
dark ON Friday night, part of the time exposed
to a drenching rain, when the police arrived
with some tents. Ray Tompkins, the ring
leader of the incendiaries, was arrested anC
taken to New York on Friday evening. Wal
rants are out for Others of the gang. People
residing in the infected district where a mai
named Kramer died lately, have been noti6et
TO leave or their houses would be burned, an(
it was reported that a demonstration was to b,
made against the shipping last night. Troop
have been ordered to hold themselves in read
mess to prevent further illegal violence, and
guard of sixty marines are on duty for the pro
lection of United States property.
Everything was quiet at Staten Island yes
terday. The breaches in the walls surround
rug Jtfc quarantine grouuus nave ueeu uosrurs
up. and preparations made for erecting tempo
rary buildings for the accommodation Of tn
sick The patients have been removed to
barn adjoining DR.. T~hompson's late residence
and every attention is paid to their wants b,
Drs. Bissel aud Welser. The police, arme'
with rifles. patrol inside and outside tn
grounds, but no further outbreak is expected
The frigate Sabine has taken up a position Of
the Quarantine so as to afford protection t
the shipping in case of necessity. Five per
sons, namely: Ray Tompkins, John c. Thomp
son, Charles Deforest, William Muller ant
Matthew Carroll, have been arrested upol
complaints charging them with completely ii
the destruction of the hospitals and othe
buildings. They were brought to the city, AM
held to bail to await the action of the Crane
Jury. 1t is stated that warrants for the ap
prehension Of eighty others have been issued.