The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1863-07-28
INCIDENTS OF THE RIOT IN
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NEW JOHA.
j The worst features of tho rioious demon
STATIONS which. have made tho fair name {
our city by word and Kissing during th
past four days is tho dastardly aud wanto
outrages committed upon the persons Of on
colored people-men, women and children =
The columns of the Times aud Of its contem
porares have been HE'D with verified report
Of unprovoked attacks upon the persons of lh,
negroes, OF brutalities absolutely sickenipg il
detail, OF burniugs, beaiiugs and lrownings,
This, we are pleased to observe, il is not 6,
universal as it was during tho first days 0
the riot, but even so late as yesterday there
were occurrences Of literal murders and 0
barbarous indignities, which disgrace, the
City, and add further infany TO the rowdies
and rioters who have so completely set tho
Ordinary routine of the City's life.
The first case brought TO our notice was
that of William johnson, coIored man, who
resides with his family in Roosevelt stroet.-
lie was walking down the Second avenue
near Thirty sixth street, at late hour or
Wednesday night, hoping that the lateness Of
the hour and tho darkness ofibe street would
shield him from observation, and enabled him
10 visit frienil who resides in an alley way
not far from that locality. AS he reached
the corner he was hailed by party Of young
men-none of them more than twenty-five or
three years of age-who asked him jokingly
10 look at his watch and tell thom tho time.
johnson made no reply but passed quietly on
when one Of thcm running up behind him
struck him violent blow on the back of the
head, and at the same time tiipped him, SO
that he fell ulllength upon the pavement
Instantly the whole set jumped upon him,
kicked him brulally bruised him, so that h.
lay for while insensible. He wa I then
thrown upon the steps Of grocery and left
to die, or get up, as the chances of life might
best favor. a3 ,rq gu erfats q
Toward morning tue unfortunate man came
10, and slowly dragged himself the long
..s--y a:-t-uoo his nome. rorruuatefy ne
was unnoticed and unbindercd, so that he
reached bis door in safety. -.
4 But, as though to prove tho old adage
that troubles never como singy, be bad but
just stepped in doors, when he was met by
his beart- broken wife, who told him Of tho
presence of his dying sou, waiter, whose
employers place is in he lower part of the
City, and who, on his way home, was beaten
and left for dead by mob of 'loDgshoremen
and was brought home in dying state by
the kind hands of the Police. The son died
before noon, but the father, though terribly
battered and bruised, is living, and will doubt
less fully recover.
The following
-ieSAH CASE OF BRUTALITY
is one of the worst, so far as beating is con-
cerned, which has come under our observa
tion. At a late hour on Wednesday night, q
colored man, whose name We could not obtain
was passing along West street, in the neigh
borhood of Pier No. 5, North River. He
was evideutly "a laboIiug In.sn, auu was utess-
ed IN a tarpaulin, blue shirt, and heavy
duck trousers. As ho was passing grog-
gerry in that vicinity, he was observed by a
body of dockmen, who instantly set after him.
He ran with all the swiftness bis fears could
excite, but was overtaken before he had gone
block. His prosecutors did not know him
nor did the entertain any spite against him
beyond the fact that he was black man, and
laborer upon the docks, which they consider
their own peculiar people. Nevertheless,
they pitched into him right aud left, knocked
him down, pulled him by the hair, kicked
him in the face and ribs, and finally, by the
hands of their leader deliberately cut his
throat. Tho body, dead they supposed it,
was thrown into the water aud left to sink
fortunately life was not extinct and the sud-
den plunge brought the poor fellow to his
senses, and being good swimmer he was EN-.
abled instinctively TO seek for theme work OF
the dock This be soon found, but was SO
weak could do no moro than hold on and
wait for day. Yesterday morning Messrs.
Kelly and Curtis, of Whitehall, discovered
him lying half dead in the water. They at
once attended to his wants, gave him 10
charge of the Police boat aud had him sent 10
tho hospital. Tho cscpe Of the man from
death by the successive abuse of beating,
knifng aud drowning, is most wonderful. SO
determined and bitter is the feeling OF the
'LoNGsHoREMEN AGAINST NEGROES,
that no one of tho latter dares show himself
upon the dock or piers, even when regular
employee of the place. The white workmen
have resolved, by concerted action, 10 keep
colored men from this branch Of labor, and
they have evinced, by their conduct toward
their former comrades in work, a spirit as
murdcrous and brutal as it is illiberal and sci.
fish. 1t Is prevalent rumor, to which the
authorities give full credence, and which the
'longshoremen seem proud Of, that scores oi
these uufortuuates have been thrown into the
river and drowned; for no other reason than
that they were obnoxious to the sensitive
minded individuals Of lighter color. AT all
events, there are great numbers OF coored
men whose whereabouts cannot be ascertained
and who are either hid in places unknown to
their friends and families, or have met the
fearful fate SO literally dealt out to them by
their naturalizsd fellow cit gems.
4 The wrongs which the colored people have
sustained, and are yet sustaining, seems TO
have produced no marked. ,s,.av 8
m h.v DESIRE FOR REVENGE m
uF on their prosecutors. On tho contrary,
they desire simply 10, bc unmolested, and 10
continue 10 The humble sphere which, for SC
many years, have been theirs, and 10 which
they have so generally been peaceful and or
derly citizens. A somewhst comprehensive
tour through the quarters Of the city occupied
by negroes yesterday, has brought to our
Knowledge scores Of instances, in which a
Christian fortilude, unsurpassed in the days
of martyrs, has sustained tho poor, outraged
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