Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-06-05
A Second Iragleai Collision In 81. Lou
is.-slx men Killed and i've Wounded.

Friday was enacted saturday cNc-
ming, and six more victims We're al
dcd to tho already sad list OF the
dead, Two scenes of blood so close
together, and so frightfIl in their
results, have seldom before plunged
n city into mourning, At about %
o'clock in the evening a large body
of the German Home Guards enter
cd the city Third street, from the
arsenal, where they had been enlist,
cd during the day and furnished
with arms. Large crowds collected
to witness their march, and they
passed unmolcsted along until they
reached Walnut, when they turned
up that street and proceeded west
ward. Large crowds were collected
on these corners, who hootcd and
hissed as the companies passed, and
one man standing on the steps OF
the church fired n revolver into the
ranks. A soldier fell dead, when
two more shots were fired from the
windows of q house near by. At
this time the head of the column,
which reached as far rs Seventh,
suddenly turned, and, lcveled their
rifles, fired down the street, and
promiscuously among the spccta-
tors, VIII. lined the pavcmcnts.-
Shooting as they did, directly to-
wards their own rear ranks, they
killed some of their men rs well as
those composing the crowd. The
shower of bullets was for moment
terrible, and the only wonderis that
more lives were not lost. Tho mis-
silcs of lead entered the windows
and perforated the doors of private
residences, tearing the ceilings and
throwing splintcrs in every dircc-
ton. The house of Mr.. Mathews
was entered by three bullets, and
Mr.. Mathews daughter, was struck
by II spent ball. On the
street the scene presented rs the sol
dicrs moved off was sad indeed
Six men lay dead at different points,
and several were wounded and
sAricking with pain upon the pave
mcnts.
The dead carts, which have be-
come familiar vehicles since the
scene of the last two days, were soon
engaged in removing the corpscs
from the ground. The wounded
were carried to tho health Office
Four of the killed were members of
the regiment, and two were citizens.
Last night the former had not been
recognized. jerry Switzclan, an
engineer on the river, was passing
by the door of Mr.. IL. Glovers resi-
dencc, on Seventh street, next to
Walnut, when a ball struck him on
the head and scattered his brains
over the doors and walls. A pool
of blood marked the spot where he
fell, after his body had been rcmov-
ed. Jeremiah Godfrey, a hired man
of Mr.. Cozzcns, county Surveyor,
was working in the yard of Mr..
Cozzens at the time of the occurrence.
While STOPPING over, in the act of
some flowers to a frame,
three soldiers entered the gate, and
approaching within the yard, fired
three shots into his body. Fortu-
nately none of them were fatal, being
all flesh wounds. The family wit
messed the affair, and say that the
man had not been out Of the yard,
and was unaware of the approach
of his assailants until stricken down
by their bullets. Charles III. Wood
ward, clerk in Pomeroy & Ben
tons store, was shot in the shoulder,
and will have to have his entire arm
He was carried into
the residence of Mr.. Mathews and
kindly cared for. James F. Welsh,
living at No. 1S9 Wash street, be-
tween Fourteenth and Fifteen streets,
was shot through the foot. Mich
ael Davy, residing between O'Fal-
lon and Cass avenue and Sixth and
received a ball through the
ankle, and amputation will bc nee
essary. John Nelus was wounded
in the cheek. Several others We're
injured slightly.
The houses on the right side OF
Walnut, from Fifth to Seventh, were
considerably injured by bullets, and
the inmates in several cases had
very narrow escapes. AT alate hour
in the night the bodies of j. Garvin,
whose brother keeps a livery stable
on Market street, William Cody,
book pcddler from New Orleans, and
John DIX, were recognized among
the dead. Immense crowds Of pco-
pie filled the streets after the occur
renee, and the whole city presented
a scene of excitement seldom wit
messed.
Mayor Taylor made an address to
the people from the steps of the
church on Fifth and Walnut streets,
exhorting them to disperse peacea-
bly,, and promised that they should
be fully protected from violence
The address evidently had good ef-
feet, and the streets became more
quiet. The action of the soldiers
in retaliating upon two or three in
dividuals by firing recklessly among
the crowd and into houses, excited
universal indignation. The act
was uncalled for, and found a paral-
lei only in the similar proceeding of
the day before.