The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-05-16
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On Saturday night between twelve and one
O'Clock, an afray occurred between two parties in
the neighborhood of the Powder house, corner of
Fort Avenue and johnson St., in which man
named Augustus Ford was very dangerously, if not
mortally, wounded, and three others badly injured.
Ford was shot in three places. One ball took eff
feet in the small of his back, near the spine; a
second lodged in his right leg, while the third
shot completely shattered his right arm below the
elbow. Of the others, who were injured, VIM
McCurly was shot in the right thigh: John Siole.
fous, in the head, the ball just inficting slight
scalp wound, above the right ear, and George Nash
received but light flesh wound on one of his
limbs. In the affray Siglefous mistook the po-
lice officer, for one of the assailants of his marty
and fired at him. Siglefous together with McCur-
ley, Nash, John McCann, VIM. Willie, John Da-
Wis and the others who had been shot EXCEPT Ford
were arrested and taken before Mayor Swami YES
terday when the following evidence was elected ::
Vim. Willie testified that he went to Welsb's
house to pass the night and while there little
disturbance arose, which did not amount to much
Willie did not know the nature of the dispute
that some ten twelve men calling themselves
''Eubolts'' were in the house, and among them,
VIM. Brewer, James Hutton and VIM. Clark
that they soon after went out together, leaving
witness, Ford, Siglefous and the rest still in the
bar-room, and that none of the members of either
party drunk or exchanged any threats; that
Hutton on leaving, looked Ford in the face and
wnked at witness. Witness further testified that
after the Eubots had left, he and his friends
also went out, and when they had approached the
Powder house, within 20 yards the cry of Eubolts'
"Eubolts" was raised that witness remarked to
Siglefous, 'look out they are upon u.s." neither
witness any of his party had been talking of the
assaants. Siglefous told witness to keep quiet they
would disturb no Witness testified that he then
got behind Ford, that three shots were fired, and he
(Ford) fell; that the three shots were followed by
some four or five more like volley, and when the
firing had ceased, (witness) saw some one creeping
up out of ditch; that when he got up the bank on
the pavement, Siglefous fired at him; thinking as
witness did, that he one of their assaiIants:
that the night rather dark and at the distance
the party approaching was, witness could not dis
tinguish him. Witness further testified that
after the shot fired the man who came mn
sprung a rattle, and on coming little nearer he
distinguished the glaze top of his cap, and knew
him to be police officer; that on finding this out
Siglefous remarked to the officer, 81 am glad YOU
have come, did not know it was you.'
Witness further testified that one of the shots
fired, sounded like it was from pistol; the rest
appeared to be from muskets that the parties who
fired them, did not come out from behind the Pow
der house that they could be seen and that he did
not see them run away after firing
John Davis testified that about u O'Clock ON
Saturday night, he and his friends were in the tay
ern OF Alonzo Welsh, on Locust Point; that thew
bad gone thither for the purpose of having pleas
ant time, and that no disturbance of any account
occurred on the premises except little "scrum-
mage;" that upon leaving the house they did SO in a
quiet, orderly manner, and proceeded as far as the