Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-06-11
Democratic Rowdyfsm I'm Washing
| ton.-The late Election Riot.

| From the Washington Evening Star, June So
INCIDENTS OF THE ELECTION, YESTERDAY
The occurrences which transpired in the
| second precinct of the Fourth Ward yester-
day afternoon illustrate capitally the effect
| upon our municipal politics of a partizan po-
lice force. The most disgraceful proceedings
prevailed under the very eyes of the munich
pal police, who instead of interfering to pre-
vent outlawly, pandered to its preparation
by arresting innocent persons who were at
| lacking parties TO go ''scot free"
La this precinct, Mr. Thos- J. Magruder, an
| amiabIe, quiet gentleman, a well known mer-
chant, and the last to engage in a iiot win
ii gang of 'Roughs," was IL the line goiug
up to vote, when be remarked to friend
that Wallaeh was likely to beat in the cleo
| ton.
| One James Mahoney, who was standing near
him, attempted to push Mr.. Magruder out of
| the line of voters. Mr.. NJ. addressed him in
mild tone, asserting that Mahoney had no
| right to attempt to push him away. The
man. Mahoney, replied that he had a right;
| that the place had been vacated by gentle
man in his (Mah oney's) favor. MIR. Magru-
| der, we'll knowing how false the assertion
was, replied that he had occupied the place
| upwards of half an hour, and appealed to
Mahoney to say if it was fair TO crowd him
| out in that way. To this the man replied by
a blow; and Mr.. Magruder put out his hand
and seized Mahoney by the collar, saying,
81 arrest this man; he has struck me."-
| Several persons now rushed up and attack
| ing Mr.. Magruder with blows, rescued Ma
honey. A Simultaneous attack Was made
| upon Mr.. Magruder, when friend rushed in
| to his assistance and for a moment separated
| him from them. The crowd, however, again
seized upon Dir. Magruder, and beat him,
tearing his clothing off; and two policemen
assisted this infamous assault 10y arrestng
HILL J..
were engaged in beating him. He was in
| stantly charged with making disturbance.
| at the polls, and was being tax N away to-
wards the watch-house, when Alderman Ward
| and Capt. Godda came up and took him
away from the officers, and carrying him
| round to private window OF the voting
room, permitted him to deposit his vote. He
was them conveyed to the Mayors Office,
and from thence, under a guard of his friends
he proceeded homo.
The man Mahoney was not arrested,
though his name was given TO Capt. Goddard,
but remained on the ground amid his friends,
who boasted that "lhe officers would have
difficult task in arresting him."
In the assault on Mr.. G. P. Wailach, a man
named Matt O'Brien was seen to throw
stone and strike Mr. VIM. III. Brawner He
was not arrested by the police, but MIR.
Brawner was taken away "for protection"
to the Office of Justice Dom. Another per-
son was seen to throw stone or brick-bat
into the crowd, and warrant was issued for
his arrest; but he was not arrested. MIR.
Thomas Lewis, master bricklayer, ex-
pressed his preference above whisper, aud
was chased away from the polls and over
taken on Fifth street. and there kicked and
beaten. 1t is right TO say that several
policemen interiered in his behalf and pro-
baby saved his life from the Infatuated mob.
His offtnse consisted in having voted for Mr..
Wallach, and saying SO loud enough to be
heard.
Mr.. George Wilson was an opposition
challenger in one of the precincts of the
Sixth Ward, and about O'Clock this morn
ing his residence was attacked by band of
lawless men, who stoned and fired pistols
through the windows, and fually went off
after throwing the broken pieces of a musket
into the window shutters.
Tine rowdies who attacked and stoned Mr..
Wallach's residence about 10 O'Clock, Z. NJ,
used their pistols and other fire arms with
perfect freedom against the house and those
assembled in front of it?
The attack on the house of Mr.. Wallach
was preceded by shout for Berret from a
large crowd surrounding the steps OF the
Mayors Office, which was not answered by
the crowd standing in front of the residence
of Mr. Wallach. on the opposite side of the
street. In i minute two afterw ards the
crowd around the Mayors Office steps repeat
ed their shout for Berret, and rushing across
the street commenced firing reyolvers, pis-
tolls, &C., in the crowd there, wounding sew
eral, as explained above, and fatiening their
bullets against Mr.. WIS walls. The persons
thus attacked, fed into the premises of Mr..
Wallach, and were followed by the firing
mob, who discharged their pistol while in the
passage. through which the attacked escaped
out the back wav. 1t is proper to add that
the force of partizan policemen who were in
and around the attacking mob at the time,
did not raise a finger to prevent or suppress
the outrages we here narrate. Fortunately,
NJ. Wallach and his family were in another
part of the city at the time-thus their lives
were saved, for they were the parties whom
these allies OF the police of Washington
were evidently after.
In the attack of the Berret rowdies upon
the first precinct of the Fourth Ward, as the
polls were closing, Mr.. Edward Stirling, a
clerk in the store of Mr.. Hoover, was wound
ed in the leg.
A young man was wounded slightly in the
back. His name we could not learn.
Jas. Williams, young man who resides at
Mr.. J. Humphreys, in the Seventh Ward, was
shot in the attack, in the head, and was seri-
ously wounded. Further inquiry as to the
condition of young Williams, enables us 10
say that he is very badly hurt, but not dead,
)
p. S. The wounds of Williams were dress
ed to-day, aud they appear to have been in
fiicted with brick or stone.
The above men were standing quietly in
the neighborhood, and not participating at
all in the riot.
Last night party, known as the Grams
the same who committed so many similar OUT
RACES at the Mayors election two years ago
Instruments with which the Washington
aaIica uork in olcetiau fiu1ee--at.sc<pdt
Office of Justice Murray in the Sixth Ward,
stove in the doors and windows, destroying
also the chairs, tables, and other property
belonging to a barber who occupied part OF
the Office building. They next proceeded to
the corner of Eighth and l streets (east), and
there demolished the windows of a house be-
longing to Thos. Thornley,; and from thence
to the residence of George Wilson, the oppo-
sition challenger yesterday at the first pre-
cinct OF the Sixth Ward, where they stove
in the blinds with the breech of gun, which
they left in the house, and, after discharging
a number of shots, left the premises. All
these proceedings occupied over an hour, aad
during the whole of that time not an officer
was 10 be seen. except those who accompan-
led the attacking crowd, s majority of whom
were armed with short guns or muskets. The
cause of this was that Esquire Murray and
Mr.. Wilson had supported Mr.. Waiiach.
The same party of the policies rowfies also
attacked, with pistol-shots and stones, the
residence OF Mr.. T. b. Robey, the opposition
challenger at the first precinct of the Fifth
Ward, and that Of Mr.. Joseph l.. Heise. an
opposition candidate for the Common Coun-
ell from the same ward. The contents Of
the store of Mr. Williams, sacked by them as
we describe above-policemen being with
them at the time-were utterly demolished.
ANOTHER DISTURBANCE II THE FouRTH WARD.
About 81 O'Clock yesterday afternoon,
while the voters were quietly depositing
their votes at the first precinct, crowd,
numbering in all from two to three hundred,
came up, come by way OF Fifth and others