The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-03-10
FROM DAYTON.
violence nnd BiOodshed in
Daytou-Onc Man kiiied aud
Two Wounded.

] 10 soldiers of the 41tn veteran NOluh-
teers, assniled the Dayton Empire, at
noon, with stones, aud destroyed the ma
tcrial Of the Job Office and nows-room Of
tho German copperheod paper. Mcssrs.
Young. Davis, Distrch, Fox, aud other !
Union citizens, by earnest efforts, re-
.torcd pence. Alterward when X. G..
ICorwino was speaking to the crowd on
the Court house corner, he told the sol. |
Idicts i. was their duty to defend the Con- |
stitution md laws. a coppcrhcad poll
ticinn nsultlugly said, "and the ngger.'
The soldiers rushed fer him lie retreat. |
I'd aud fred, wouudng n soldier. A num-
'l,cr Of copporhcads spread across Main
street, opened FIRE up that street, into a
Ipr, mjrtunus crowd of men, women md
children, mere SPECTATOR. The soldiers
were uuarmcd aud retired. The copper
heads fired about fny shots. One soldier
fired five. Daniel Carlc, spectator, fell
in the Journal ,nicc premises, and died. |
Julius Oglcr, soldier, was desperately |
wounded. Whitc,mb, another soldier,
had ncsh wound in the thigh. George
Kit,r,dgc, boy, severely in the leg. Pc
ter Eikcr, coppcrhcad policeman, wound
ed in hand. The policeman are inid to|
have participated in firing on the crowd.
Great excitement. The corpcrheads are
tlirchtru,d with retaliation. Col. Lowe
Iordcred out four militia companies, who
patrol the city tonight The soldiers
had too much whis NY, aud rcvcngcd them
selves Tor the ir,ultirg course of the
Empirc. Tho ccppcrhcuds wero alto
ccthcr to blaine Tor tic second riot. All
quiet at midnight.
The Dayton Journal contains long
account Of the riot in that city on Thurs
.dny, from which we quote the following
facts:
About noon twenty soldiers of the illh
| Ohio regiment collected in 'ront of the OF.
flee of the Dayton Empire, aud threw
stones against il. They thea entered the
building, aud mistakinp the composition
3 room ol the WochcnbidH for that ui the
: Empire pied the types of that paper as
r IwclI Us that ofthc one thcy intended TO
d. visit Captain Badger who led on the
soldiers, is seid to hayo been intoxicated,
y and his case has been reported " Gov.
q Br, urh. The soldiers chccred loudly
H while at their work, aud large crowd
b.. was attracted to the place. Il. >. dung'
IL. w. Davis, I. w. Dietrich, aud other
- prominent Union met succeeded IN pacl-
0 Tying the rioters. and persuaded them to
II Dispose. The Mayor of the city was al
>, SO present, but no official interference
" was then necessary. The soldiers then
u went to tho Court House corner, where
c Can't Badger made mn inilammatory
speech. ny this time tho frc.bclls SCUM.
Id d, aud Il great lhrong OF people had as
@ scmblcd in the streets. Mr.. Young aud
J. r. G.. Corwin, Gsq., then made pacific
, speeches, dcnouucing the disorder that
~ had taken place. and quiet seemed about
Ic to b. resumed, when one Maxwell, no.
al torious local politician OF the Coppcrhcod
y lpnrly standing near the side OF the speak
or, TO MIR. Corwin's remark that the sol
dcrs were organized "to sustain the Com
70 stilulion and tie laws" added "and the
~ ggcr."
l. ills rcmrrSs had tho effect that seem
is ed desirable. II fired tho soldiers with
, fury, aud they rushed forward to avcngc
Is the unpro,okrd insult. But whether they
recognized Maxwell us the author, il is
. difficult to ascertain. AT Glt cvtn nus hv
- re,rcatcd among others, aud was followed
oi up, when he drew aud discharged ps'
lc tol, the shot woundng soldier severely
!, in one hard Another and another shot
=. followed in quick succession, and sudden
'" ly number ot men in citizens clothes
3, some of them said to be police officers
- sprcad thomsclvS Ike line of skirmlsh
sh crs across Main, south of Third street
> and opened Il rtckl,s So and wunton fiTt
with rryolvrrs, directly into the helpless
'h inoilrnslvc and unurmcd crowd Of cili
Izcns-mcn, womcn and childrcn-whC
fled aGrgh;cd in every rcction.
y The firing lasted but minute or two
cs lint some fifty shots or more were fired
- iOgthis nun.b Der il is said that Eve wer'
-, disch,rreG by soldier, who, upon cx
', hausting his weapon, 70 back ms com
u radcs { soldiers being unarmrI' pnr
i'd ing yhn firing, bullets whistlcd rcen
e. through the air, or struck sharply in tn
IN. srcets, Knocking mp the dust in litll'
lpuils, but the effects, save IN the dlspcr
ne sion Of the multitude, were not immedi
OF oteK apparent. A fow minutes late
however, Daniel Carrie, peaceful spec
tatnr, staggered iuto the urnal oihtc
- tell and died. Jules Oglcr, woundc'
, : soldier of the lith Ohio walked up home
n, when il was discovered that he was dan
~, rouslv wounded in the right lun., an
~ In oro ,fais hands. One WM'cumD,
- soldier OF the ith Ohio Cavalry, was sal
CO I, be wounded in tho groin. An oy
~, witness saws that the soldier alluded
nm above did not lire in consequence OF a d'
" ioctye weapon, but he stood his groun
'"s till badly wounded.
George kittridge Gan urchin) sou I
-, Mr.. Kittrdre of Miami City, was scvcr'
80 ly wounded in the left leg; the bal stril
''o ing the bone, glanced aud lodged IN h
nr foot,
,nt =. Elchcr. policeman of the GIh wa
a.. was shot Ia the right hand II Is said
was associated with tho ussaltlng pSrt
l'' A ball struck James Kelly, the Cou
NOT House orier, On the shoulder blade, ID
'cn did not penetrate the SKIN,
Md Several others w,ro struck lut n
wounded.
A coroucr's jury was called in Car
by case, and returned a verdict that he "
ore shot by some person unknown. II
the drinking houses were all closed up
~, Three eomptn es ofyolunleermliiia we
''b' called out. by sunset ali was quiet
eat Captain Badger was arrested and held
isal bail in the sum OF $500, which ho iui
lent ished. Nouc of the soldiers OF cnp1'
,,ll boad were taken into custody. L
Journal remarks;
In this connection we cannot iorbt
.o,, the rejection hat tho conduct OF
'S', Union citizens of Dayton, yesterday,