Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-06-20
mAssAcRE IN ST. LOUIS.
The Recorders Court Fired Into by
d =. Volunteers.

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Iron tie g. Louis Journal, Monday EVENING"
| And vet another slaughter of our citizens
| No Den can describe the intense excitement
| that now pervades our community. Hum
| dreds are running in every direction inquir-
/ ing who's deadf At the present writing il
| is impossible TO give the facts in detail Sufi.
Gent may be gained from the following re-
port to satisfy all concerning the facts of this
last terrible massacre. At quarter past ten
O'Clock, this morning. detachment of U. S.
| volunteers, or Home Guards, part of Nc
Neifs regiment, under command. as Ii al
legged, of one Bissell or Bissick, proceeded
| from their quarters at Turner's Hall, down
Seventh. When Immediately opposite the
Recorders court room, in the building occu-
pied by the Hook and Ladder Company, on
Seventh street, between Pine and Olive
street, several bystanders, who had left the
Recorders Court rather hastily to see the SOL
diers, rushed out on the sidewalk. Just at
this juncture soldiers gun, in the extreme
rear OF the ranks, apparently while the hold
er was adjusting cap. exploded accidentally.
Immediately upon this, and it is said with
out any order being given. the troops COM
menced q murdsrous and promiscuous IRE
upon the crowd of unprotected citizens who
stood before them. The number of those
killed, or their names, cannot be correctly
sscertained to-day. The slaughtered fell In
every direction. The wall of the dying rang
In the ears of startled people for blocks
around. Shrek after shrek went up to
heaven, the rush for places of safety suited
dozens, and still the soldiers fired. The
scene cannot be described, nay, hardly imag-
ined. Upon the balcony, in front of the Re-
corder's Courtroom, Henry Frangel fell.
Close by his side, officer N. NJ. Pratt, who has
for several years been connected with the
police force, fell, pierced through the heart.
The Recorder, sitting quietly at his desk, en-
tirely unconcious of the possibility of trou-
BILE in the street, was suddenly surrounded
by storm of bullets. The window immedi-
ately behihd him was completely ridlded by
bullets. His desk Was shattered and rent by
the flying lead, still, prOvidentially his life
was spared. a prisoner, up for some petty
ofeDse, fell dead in the dock. The other
prisoner, taking advantage of the confusion,
fled from the building and escaped. When
there was no longer anybody in sight to
shoot, the rattle of musketry ceased, and
there lay the dead, the dying and the wound
ed, to be gazed at by the thousands of horror
stricken citizens that soon congregated
around the spot where the massacre occurred
In few moments a body of police arrived
on the ground, and short time afterwards a
company of regulars, uDder command of Capt.
Sweeny. The street, for some distance around
the engine house, was cleared, and the bodies
of the killed and wounded removed. AS near
as we could ascertain several were killed in
stantly, and large number of others badly
wounded, several of whom, we are informed,
by physicians in attendance, will probably
die during the day. We saw two bodies still
in death, which were literally torn to pieces
By Minnie balls. An italian named BOugero,
the proprietor of saloon on the corner of
Seventh and St. Charles streets, received two
balls in the head, one of which tore off his
lower jaw. We are unable to state positive
ly any more of the names of the killed and
wounded. Many were taken to their homes
by friends, and their names will probably not
transpire for several days, or at least until an
inquest is held by the Coroner. When we left
the scene of the massacre, the firemen were
engaged with their hose in washing away the
pools of blood that made the sidewalk look
like the floor of q slaughter house. AS We
have before intimated the widest excitement
prevails. The people in the immediate neigh
borhood of the butchery are speechless with
terror. Many of them are preparing to leave
the city, as il is evident from every circum-
stance the lives of none are safe in the city.
Several of the wounded are now lying at
the City Hospital, and five of the dead bodies
can be seen at the Health Office. We shall
be prepared to give more OF the details con-
corning this last terrible massacre of our fel-
low-citizens tomorrow. In the meantime, we
trust those who witnessed the affair will hand
their names in to the Coroner. We have to
found who has attempted. or will attempt, to
palliate or excuse. in the slightest particular,
the butchery of our citizens this morning.