, 1863-03-10
The Detroit RIOT.

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Further Details and aspects Of
the Affair.
Its Atrocities Lessened-No Me-
groes Killed.
DETROIT, March 9.-No serious ATTEMPT has
been made to renew the disturbances, Meas
ufss have been taken to maintain order.
The city is now quiet.
It appears, after al, only one man was kill.
ed. Thirty five buildings were destroyed.
lFro1n the Detroit Free Press Of Yesterday.1
The account Of the great riot in Saturday
morning. s Fret lfsss, was, in the main, . cor
rect one, as subsequent facts have shown.
The remarks concerning the death of c has,
Langer, an unoffending German, who was
merely looker-on upon tho proceedings, and
not in anJ way connected with the mob, were
tions upon that class Of community. It was
merely given as the cause Of the bloody and
brutal scenes that followed. There could be
nothing more NATURAL than that any class of
men, no matter how quiet and peaceablc,
should become incensed at the sight of one
Of theirnumber being shot dead in their midst,
Tor no cause whatever. Men would BECOME
innamed and maddcned for that cause, who
could not be driven to violence by any other,
The subsequent acts Of cruelty and barbaritv.
however, eoere not conducted 6u Germans al
al, SO far us our reporters could ascertain !;
and II, tArough u misunderstanding any infer
ence Tas Lad to that effect in our report, we
fully place the matter ariglt.
The active particiDntOrs in the rint wpra
very few. Its safe to say that not more than
twenty or thirty men in all Lad anything to
40 with the violent demonstrations. It Was
principally boys who applied the torch to the
dwellings, who hurled missiles at the poor
Wtetchts who were in them, and who plum
dercd and built bonfircs Of their contents. Bat
they were men-moetly rowdies, Yagabonds
and loaters-wllo melted the young despera-
does to the inhuman deeds pcrpetrated, These
men, by their lawless example, instigated and
LED on The younger ones, and it is upon
them that the fearful responsibility rests.
The following Is the number Of buildings
burned, and the streets on which the contla-
grations occurred:
On the south eide Of Lafayette street, between
Bcaubicn and St: Antoine streets. six dwellings.
on the north eide OF the same street. ten dwell
On the corner Of Beaubien and Lafayette streets,
one dwelling;
On the east side Of Beaubicn street, between Ia,
,a 'ayette nnd Fort Streets two dwellings and ono
Oh the west side Of Be.ublen street, ono dwell.
On the north side 6f Fort street, between Beau
On the alley in the rear Of F. Gles' pr5yision
stres;s ~ 9 ,usn s1feel between Fort and Congress
On H. sIt sIicq qM ;n etI.gs .hag g; ~ H..
I.(ayctte anii Fort steeats ope hy Holel' oet"een
On the corner Of John et1eat a,d .,,z,
nne, one dwelling, one barn, and one shed: ave
Iwo dwelling houses were sacked, aud The furu-
tSn eaken 9at INTO ne street and burnedone
Eide Of Fort strret i; ana tns oihsr on the north
toInc streets. '~'"eeA 1'es'uo'en anu d. an
Theee were ali the building that were des,,ovo,
constituting thirty dwellings, one cooper sInnl
t"o eneas anu Two barns, In Ill thirty five.
The houses in the rear Of Mr.. Gies' store
we're occnpied by white people, and 1t Is
taougnt were destroyed by mistake occur
lans ~ .ne iocant} OF Inc residence Of some
H. aat aa.;n r. A.. n.i
-, 1ae acton OF 1he Detroit Provost Guard,
aa a;nougn % not entirely e1cusable,. is to great
f'e fhIes lalnatea oy the indignit1es that were
nespeu apon tncn py the excited crowd Of
a1,uoeaa's. w, lney stoou insults, ]eers, scohs,
4 n,,q esen pavmg Stones clubs and bricks With
tfo., Sa1ah III, nndlng that sei:.protec-
humber Of 1anR sratSiang raagg saonla @ ne dons
;,,~s faE ~ ~ aueuanS INC rlolous proceed
rrsort ~ tbc stnrneSr Su,u 49, "cls eompeiieo 10
ecr;o,,e1I LIZ e'etaef aoue winch resulted so
1'l,s nnrson
onc ~ =, Whoee lie was sacrificed, vas
cit;v- .ue most respected and influential
-cns OF DctIolb|a man VINO was never
nno~n ti,a 10 fesls. ,, ane s la", pht WIG on on
uae contIaiy, Roula nave oeen one OF the
uFst t:n 10 Aa IN executing thc demands OF JUS"
uce. -.,
As tar as We can learn, all those who were
wounded were Of lie same orderly class-not
one single riotcr being injured In the least,
The sensation runors Of large number Of
negroes being Killed arc all false. The truth
Is certainly bad enough, without exas4eration
anu aaallonal horrors. Not single negro
was killed, nor is there any probability but
that all of>the wounded will recover in the
course Of teH days: Only two we're wound
ed 60 as to be confined on the t. flowing day.
il1 ihose two were visited BY our reporter On
attending physician as being il a ranid sts te
Of fconya1esccnce.
Some ofthc victims of tho ortracc-vra,o ,,,o,,
Of great pectabiIty-snher hn5csf o,,d tIIn ~
dusfrioue-nnd whnse morai' nvd'sT ~ Ts, anu ~.
nnrsons ~ cn1,manJ % t,o "eha g9Ss'loaed Ihese
nMterial MD Of the benern1ent Tbasts ..hu nhu
fcci for the onnresse5 vii not VA uose ~ mno
allow them "a e,1fsr hecansa ~ w., lrS ha,.a, na,
which has ief1 them f,r ~" +;,na " ~. hao
out homo or the means n snst.inr ;; H. ILL
The ruins. were visited Z on sS satnrdnv wi nv y
large co0course Of neonIaNmen ts,a,Han ~ ~ =
children, attracted tkither BIZ the rrsat cnr;os- u.s.
ity which nlwnys EXISTS to E;tness - sanro
Of eYcry great disaster There wss ny ~ oecas ras
firenf ia hn;1J;n~ 1oet etasa,..s ~ Aod ~ see-
n Rom of snon15ar;21 -,;.,e ~ were
ware were T., he Son s1nn~ ,ho eeI,o ny taon
" cEerv xr,;ne honsn ~ aSt Nnth; =, neal &
Tas ieft to te1l f6at 1,,nnr 1ecs,5" ~ etse
bic moh. ''1>'>1' - ~@A' "As' 'AA-
II NAV not bc om;sa +o s+,+o I'm ro,e,,.
WIN the flamc. WOW. 1,ot oxt;,s,, tns isasons 1
enT;nes hcfSre thn :ne,eartrl uasnsu ~ tae
were entirely dest noved III. stna,,or. un uuse
nnon ~ en;'+ rrati tnI ste!llcrs we're
frst outbreak If tna ccnisorat;o ~ aline ot Inc
MED by tho efficient ana an6terst;' ~ Ssonpa- %
sha1 wills 1har ,rasa 1na .uc'Gea,c Ere NAT
= st-ao,,, 1,,sass 49, "S1e tiGPa11nS 70 put
was nonsp1+ad IN h. uu.iu.ns eoe Aafsna
,ncn srhn .rsrrca ~ n1laoel .! plomineot
11rcss fho fra n t!t noa ~ enuor 70 SUP
5aye thc nrnncrE - ,Ie ES;to noasgs' .o' III 70
inr Ther 1ssnS II 49, ;me ''s Rxop,e aoJon.
not be moestnd in The iotIa+ cn,r:, muss " mouia
fr,nDte1 tha fo-nar ~ Ise.a eou' sIa ~ NJ
troyed. and thn enr;nrs Tine rcnJ.raa w. ,sa 1es-
less. There benS ever nrosnsct XIX t3he. theso
threats would be executed II tho demands
Of the lawless mob we're not compIicd
With, the Marshal very properly decidcd
10 save what J1ronarfv ho ennrj nrJ
r1,tifr fro1, ioat.. LIZ couAo4 ana
s,d ds1,,o,,as - neeSslty, tne feelings
ana aemanus OF Tue mob. When it is remem-
whole city would lavc been at the mercy ri
t1e devouring element, the decision Of the
ner in which he firenen pr15nrned ~ 1917
ous. laborious and tediors dnt;as dn1: tue u.au-
upon them is worthy NJ the nroetaet ae'olslns
everything wh,ch men ~ conId u ast a. 81 praise.
nothinc Wis neG1ectcd wh;c1, ~ oa,s;d ~ ocngL
least tend to supnress md nrcvcnt ai the LIE ans
from communicating with thc 1,onsas as uh;nh a5s