Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-09-20
The Journals Libels on Ex-
MAYOR Gillespie.

The Journals Libels on EX-
MaYOE Gillespie.
While Nc Gillespie was Mayor there we're
three terrible riots ia Dayton Hs did Rot
arrest anvbody bscause his friehds we're Ia.
yolyed. To- the Grst riot, his itienda sndeay-
ored To break into the county iaii, for the phr-
pose of bar eing a prisoner who was already
Ia the custody Of the iasciui authorities -
Mayor Gillespie didn't bring any of.the riot.
ers 20 panishment In the second riot Mr.
Gjllespies political friepds set iire.td Tue prop.
erty OF citizens who had given no personal Or
political 0tisnse, and destroyed houses and
other property worth thousands OF dollars
Mayor Gillespie did not discharge his sworn
duty. He did not arrest anybody--did not at
tempt TO arrest any rioter, In the third riot,
Mayor Giiiespies friends were conspicuously
iovoked and poor, uinoceht DAn. earle the
father of eleven children, who now mourn
his bloody fate, was murdered A public OH
cer 40 distinguished, a swora Magistrate, who
thus executes The TAO aud discharges HIS duty,
would make a hice Sheriff '---JOifFnGL lit
We very much doubt, whether, in all the
history Of pusiy wasIare, a mehher Or more
malignant assault, or one more utterly false
vas ever made upon any candidate, by. any
newspaper. Every charge in the above ex.
tract is deliberate uutruth, wiliully perpe.
trated by the writer, and told in the face Of
facts which are known to the whole commu
nifty t,e.i'.a ....i,.
In regard 10 the FIRST riot these are the
facts: Mr. BohMEYER the former editor OF
this paper, had been ahOt dead on the street,
by q leading Republican Of the city. That a
terrible excitement should ensue, was naih-
raj That people, shocked and outraged at
the crime, should seek 70 drag the perpetra.
tor from thejSi, and execute hlm sommarily
had been the,historyofsusb trausactions eiae-
where, and was 10 be expected here. The At
tempt was made; and, though, as we said,
perfectly natural, was lawless, destructive of
all order IA comHhuity, and was therefore TO
be resisted by the autbodtits Mayor Giles-
pie did resist, with all the force st his com
mand, and with great hazard to himself pro
tected the prisoner Reeused OF the murder,
and succeeded in Dispensing the crowd and
restoring order and quiet to the city Sol.
diers had been telegraphed for by some one
but when they arrived there was nothing for
them io'do; and they returned with the ex.
ception, perhaps, Of one company, which re-
mained for a few hours. The prisoner Brown,
himself, in his affidavit for change OF venue
makes the following statement, which in it.
self is a complete answer to the Infamous
slauder of the Journal Says Brown in his
affidavit. "The mob was only prevented from
executing me by he determined Resistance
of The Mayor &c, &c a, '..'
The second riot grew out of the despotic,
lawless, aud wholly unustiGable seizure Of
Mr.. Valanligham. The wonder in this case
is, and has always been, not that riot en-.
sued, resulting in the burning Of a dilapidated
Oldprnting Office. II is amazing that revolu
ton, universal throughout the land, did mol
Instantly follow this unexampled wrong, Bn
the peopls, who had already endured much
crouched again aud submitted Mr. Valan
dgham had been seized in his house-hi
q "castle, as every mans house is by the law
\ Of the land-and dragged away by brute force
Mr. Gillespie was his political friend his per
sonal friend, his near ueighbor and with 9th
er Of bis friends took the next train for Cir
cinnati, to ascertain what had been done, o
was to be done with Mr. V. The riot occurre
in his absence. He could not control it, b'
cause he was not here When he returned t
Dayton next day, the city had been place
under martial law by order Of General Burr
, side and Major Keith, theiow drunken, brr
! tai petty tyrant was ruler aud commander :
Z Mr.. g., on arriving, Immediately repaired /
keiths headquarters, aud offered him any a
sistanee in his power to preserve order m
: arrest the guilty. .4s 'A'
|, Keith remained here in command, and i
.. military administrator Of the lawl llhr two {
o three months, aud instead Of directing h
4 attention TO the. enioseement Of the laws, an
the arrest of the parties charged with rio
devoted himself to the task Of arrestng me
aud ioomen for being Democrats, and Il
hurrahing for Vallandigham and like offence
A few of the hundred persons arrested wel
charged with riotng bnt were discharg,
!. without trial by the beastiy Keith Thus co
tinued Keiths reign OF terror until the gull
y parties had escaped or all testimony bad bas
B destroyed, when be was called away, and Da
& ton set free. Now the ass-tute edtesOf.t II
o Journal wishes to make Mr.. G. respousib
i for the neglect and ineaiciepey Of a drunkG
O Abolition military ry--civil1-Goyernmen
d As to the third mob, i ia so rseeptf that
!, is hardly worth while to recapituale the faol
"a A drunken Captain led lot of soldiers,
melted them, 10 mob this Office The oulra,