, 1860-07-28
MOB Law RAMPANr,
twenty Houses OF lll.Aepuso Sacked.

| tFrcun the ST. Lou1s Democrat aeth1
At ten o'clock last night, some forty or 6ft,
persons simultaneously appeared on the leYe
near the foot Of Almond street, armed viii h
axes. crowbars, aledge hammers, aud simila
implements, with which, and with ruah Uni
aurrah. they proceeded up AIN ond street, At
| tEacting an additional crowd ss they advanced
Ina object Of this apparently siniste1, certain
| y omnnus, and decidedly startling movement
vas soon made evident beyond The sfghtes
pefadyenfure. It was To clean ont, smash-up
tear III pieces. stare to atoms aod burn fe
nsnes WhsteTer was c1eanable, smashab1e, tear
aole. staFeable, combustihle, in the notorious
neete o. oa"dy houses Which cluster On Almond
and y nelghboring streets. 4 den kept by Hrs
hoppe, on Almond between Second and Main
streets Was riddled with astonishing speed and
effectiveness. Another on Second between
Fnplar and Almond, nod one below Almond on
second, were successiyely attacked, despoiled
AND the1r contents destroyed. The entire row
On Almond between Third and Fourth streets.
some SIX ttne1nsnts, shared tho same tA'e. The
properly OF Madam Haycrat, on tho southwest
corner OF A.suond and Fourth was next assault
60, ant. similarly fiaed. Madame Belle Be4son' 9
no'oF'cus oo!e on the north side of Almond, be-
tween Second and Third streets had previously
been visited bJ the destroyers-
Ae the VOTE OF devastation progressed, null
tltudea Of citizens assembled, hundreds Of whom
J'lned assiduously in aiding the enterprise. Al
drst party Of the police offered resistsuce. but
were attacked with rocks, one OF which struck
poacenaa Frlese upon The stomach, intlictnx
wound which may prove fatal. The police
succeeded in 'Arresting three Of the riot+rs,
Heltard.
ln the aaray, some twenty shots were fred
~ tae ssArs, to 1ntlnidatet the crpwd, but hap.
pttJ no one was hit- 4 large crowd aecompau
led the officers and their prisoners to the no.
Zee etataon; md disposition is said 10 have
Vas not made.
The path Of the destroying tnob was marked
oy blazing bonfres, in which were CONSUMING
tne wreck OF the smashed furniture Of the
On Almond, between Third and Fourth, on
Fourth at Almond, on Myrtle near Eighth. and
n auH other Localities, these fires we're success.
slsely rlslo9, hlumining the scenes Of sack and
destruction, and attracting additional multi.
tndes Of wondering citizens and women. and
even children. The police yielded the point.
and the mob were left to accomplish their wort
Without further molestation, 30 ta1 AZ wa could
discover. until At least II O'Clock. 1t that hour
The excitement continued aud ths work was
SILL progressing. Before We left the district.
not less than twenty teneneuts bad been
cleaned out ," and it was in contemplation to
ahlsh ten or twenty more,
80 far az Va could learn, the prsvaleot senti-
ment "as one Of regret that 80 Iawless and
wholesale destruction Of property was ner.
mitted, While the slutaty effect Of breaking up
theae Establishments was undisputed. Hns IL
Eas thought disgraceful that it should ba
deemed necessary for the mob to do the work
Soacn Should in some manner be effected. N
far as was desirable, by the enactment and en.
torcemeut Of 1aw.
The tenement at the southwest corner of
Fourth Aad Almond, was Bill CIexton'. no+aa