Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-11-03
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BALTIMORE, Nov 2.
The State election is now progressing
There is a great struggle in all the wards Of
this city os far % heard from.
/ The polls Of the Third Ward are blocked
I by rowdes, and the police nre doing moth.
ing to hinder them
In tho Teh,h Ward the reform Judge of
election was intimidated and compelled to
leave his post. ilinslcy, appointed by the
Mayor and rejected by the councils, hae been
re,appointed.
The rciormers have been driven oil. Jas.
Jeiiers son OF Madison Jeiiere, was shot
in the side and beaten over the head by the
reformers, whom he had maltreated in the
/ Fifteenth Ward
Adam y. Kyle, jr., merchant, doing bust
nees at No. IS Hanover street, and q relorm'
er, has been shot in tho temple and is in
dying condition. His brother, Geo. II
Kyle, who came TO his rescue, was also shot,
aud is dangerously wounded.
I In tho Fourteenth Ward desperate
struggle occurred, the reiormers were resist.
cd with arms Sonney White, alias James
johnson, notorious rowdy, run en- awl into
a rclormer, and was shot dead with pistol
ball. Two other rOwdes named Harris and
Duffy were shot in the legs Henry Starr,
q reiormer, was also shot in the leg Wm.
Stiles, n reiormer was shot in the arm mud
leg Theodore Woodall was badly beaten
DR. c. Richardson, relormer, was pur'
sued by the captain of the Thunderbolt
Club with drawn sword. lie took refuge
in u store aud his pursuors broke tho win.
dows. Richardson, however, managed to
make his escape
Judge Giles Of the United States District
Court met sheriff Crenmer in the street.
and told him in decided terms that be was
to be held accountable for all the blood shed
to-day.
In the Eighteenth Ward the rowdies took
possession of the polls and gave the reform
ers notice to quit Felix MCurly was 30
verely beaten.
In the Fifth Ward the reformers we're
driven vff a. an early hour The son of
Hon. Joshua Hansart was beaten while at
tempting 90 vote.
The First, Second and Fourth Wards are
in full possession of the rowdies
In the Twentieth Ward the rowdies are
knocking down and matreating whom they
please The police offer no protection TO
citizens. The rowdies have brought swiy
el on the ground in the Twelfth and Six.
teenlh Wards.
A gang Of rcwdies from Washington, full,
ly armed, are aiding the Baltimore roughs
The indications now are that the refOrmers
as general thing have abandoned the con,
test, finding it impossible to vote without
risking their lives
la the Fifteenth Ward boy has been
moFtally wounded by o shot in the breast
There is much talk in the streets, among
the citizens, Of the proprioty OF establishing
u vigilance committee
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Wn. f. Preston, the Democratic cand-
date for Congress ia the Third District is
now lying at Barnum's Hotel badly beaten
about the head with "billy.' The Outrage
e. is said TO have been committed in the Sew
onth Ward
In the Eleventh Ward, which is the strongi
hold Of the retormers, MIR. George McGill u
n prominent rolOrmer made II speech and an
aounced the withdrawal of MIR. Thomas,
tue candidate for Attorney General. The
retorners then all withdrew, finding il i'm ,
possible TO accomplish anything.
!. MIR. Adam b. Kyle who received a pistol
U ball in his temple this morning, at the elec,
ton polls, in the Fifteenth Ward was ret
ported dead at two O'clock, but he was still
alive an hour since, but his case was hope,
less, as the ball is buried in his brain.
= At 3 o'clock, DR., Robinson, of the reform
n committee, visited the polls in the Eleventh
: Ward, and announced that the relormers
4 had been driven from every Ward except
: that and the Eighth, aud he therefore coun-
selled the reformers to withdraw, to avoid
8 further bloodshed
u Dr. Thomas, the reform Judge retired, and
the contest was abandoned Reformers
throughout the city took the same course,
leaving the polls in the hands Of the domi.
nont party.
Numerous reports are aAoat with regsr
to minor outrages on the rights Of citizens
in the several Wards,
In the Second ward, Charles Barkhard, a
} German, was shot in the hip In the Filth
ward, man whose name is unknown was
?, dreadlully beaten.
|, In relation to the assault upon Mr. Preyr
/ ton, the most reliable report is that il oocurr-
n ed at GOvanstown, in the Ninth district
Z One account says that the assailant was an
% lrishman, but it was difficult to arrive at
% the tru h, with so many conflicting reports
> This evening the streets are nearly DESERT
- ed, except by the bOisterous party. The
g stores were generally closed at dark.
T. The proprietor of the Exchange, having
been threatened with an assault upon his
= Office, has made a demand on the city au-
thOrities for protection.
J BALTIMORE Nov. 2-I0 P. NJ.
The Americans are rejoicing over their
victory in the city, The reiormers deny
however, that anything that can be called an
election has taken place. twill be late be.
lore any returns of the vote can be obtained
as there were a large number of officer
voted for and all on one ticket In the
\ Seventeenth ward it is reported that the
average vote for the American ticket is $50,
and the average vote on the reform ticket