Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-06-30
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From the oircIeville Democrat OF last Friday. !
Another Abolition Outrage.

| On last Sunday there was large crowd Of
persona gathered together in the grove neal
Clarke Run Chapel In Monroe township In thit
county, to hear the funeral services of Lieuten-
ant Samuel Roland, late Of the l14sh regimen,
U. j., and among Others young man by the
name of Griffith, who happened to be wearing q
oopporhead bfeaetpin, but his coat was 80 bnt-
toned that no one except those who knew he was
10 the habit of wearing lt would have noticed N
At the time Of the assault ne was auietlv stsnd.
ing about twenty feet from the outside eoat
there not being seats enough for all present,
Near the close of the services and during
prayer, two or three persons approached him,
one OF whom took hold Of his coat, opening Il
40 as to expose the pin, aud asked him what
that meant. Griffith replied that il meant hon.
esty. He was told BY one of them tha. he must
take oil that pin or they would tear IL off for
him. He deciued to remove the pin, and told
them that he did not want disturbances; that
no did not come there for that purpose. They
Immediately attacked him, with the intention
OF taking the pin from him. He kept backing
away from them, insisting that they should let
him aiuno, aud Rnaly told thsm II they did not
he should be compelled to defend himself, and
that gome Of them would get hurt His assail-
ants crowded him back against the seats,
when one Of them hit him over The
eye and knocked him down between the
seats. As he fell, and before the COW
ardly miscresnts that were attacking him sue
ceeded in getting on to him, he managed to get
a single barreled pistol from his pocket, but be-
fore he had time to use it, halEdozsn or more
Of his assailants were on top of him stamping
aud pounding him, some OF them endeavoring
to take the pistol from him, during which time,
and while come one of them had hold of the
barrel of the pistol it was discharged, wound
ing three persons One man was shot in the
hand-vound not very severe-another man
had the ends OF three of his fingers shot off, and
a young woman by the name of Merrill was shot
in the thigh, making q severe but not danger
ous wound. During the time that Griffith was
down, a Miss BoliD, at whose fathers he had
been at work for some time past, forced her way
as near to him as she could, and begged OF his
cowardly sssailants not to kill him, at the came
time telling him no; to shoot. A miserable
aud contemplate coward by the name Of Davis,
struck her d blow on the eye, bruising her face
considerably, ami Whch would have knocked
her down had not the dense crowd prevented
her falling. The shout was raIsed 10 "kill
him" "murder him." chang w-one OF
the officiating mibis!ers, We are credibly in
formed, joining in the shout-not the miaerable.
contemplate coward that struck tho woman,
but the young man who was being kicked and
STAMPED to doath by as many of the dirty,
cowardly dogs as could get at him; and no
doubt they would have eucceeded-had
not the Sheriff of the county and his
Deputy happened to be ON the ground-and for
no other oiieDse Than wearing copperhead pip.
for it ia NOS pretended by any one that the Young
man wss making the least disturbance, or that
be had held any conversation with his assailan.s
previous TO their attack on him. The Sheriff
commanded them TO desist, and called upon all
good citizGns present 10 assist him in quelne
the disturbance. The Deputy Sheriff, Mr.. W.
bolin, succeeded in getting to the young man,
and attempted TO take him from the mob, but
failed. The Sheriff and another man forced
their way through the crowd, and finally, after
Considerable exertion, succeeded in getting the
young man clear OF the mob, aid started with
him toward his buggy, which Was stsndiug
short dis ance off The Sheriff and his Deputy
with the young man in custody, was followed
by the mob, aud before reaching his buggy they
ali received several kicks and humps from the
miscseRnts who were following them, threaten
lag to ba0g all three of ihem, shouting that
they were nothing but busternus aud t. iaitors
The Sheriff succeeded in getting the young man
int0 his buggy, aud brought him to this city and
l. cked him up in the county Jail. On Monday
sume OF Ihe persona who had been engaged In
tue very laua.ble Undertaking VI attempting
to rob young man OF e cUppsrhead breast. pin,
during the funeral services OF one Of their
nelgbbOrs, came to this oi with tho intention of
prosecuting the Young man they had nearly suc
ceeded In muIderng. They engaged a lawyer
who drew up an accusation ng4intt him for
shooting with intent 60 kill, and placed it In |
their ,nts 10 procure warrant, with which |
they proceeded TO the Office OF Justice of the |
Pc.cs Bnsa Ies trouble then arOse; none of |
them were willing 10 aaear 10 the accusation. |
They then Called on their intended victim, who
vas still in the coun,y jail, aud proposed to him |
t drop the whole mstter il he would agree to
lbe ,rOpGsai. Nc. Gnffi b referred d EN- 10 his
iawJer, Hh1 very politely informed taem that
they could proceed With ihtis prO5t cution, and
tha. he intended 60 proceed with his-that he |
aas not done with them yet, as they would fiod |
t. their codt.
The person upon whom the above most in
famous aud unproyoked outrage was oOmmit,ed,
Is between tgeutJ tJ-1ne aid twenty-five years of |
age, Of small SIZE, aad ID admitted by all to be |
q quiet, iudusirIous aud respectable young |
mau, and bUre himseli like brave man who |
was conscious oil being in the right, amid all
the howlings AMI jeerlngs of an abolition mob. |
How long, III tue name vi al that 10 reasonable, |
ave the Democrats o. this country to bear such |
ou!rages and insults how long will they2 The
Democratic party, as parry aud as individuals,
are law-abiding citizens, and expect to be pro. |
sected in theis persons ano property by the laws
Or the land; Ii they fail In that, they must and
will seek some ether way.