M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-03-31
fom tho Washington IA, Examiner
A Terrible Row.


On Monday evening the Ringgold
company arrived in town, aud, go lar
as we are informed, no serious diff
Guilty occurred between them and the
citizens until Tuesday morning, about
5 o'clock, when a fight took place on
Main sire, t, near its crossing with
Wheeling street. We did not wit
ness the difficulty, and the many and
conflicting reports concerning it leave
us in uncertainty as to how it began,
Certain it ID, however, that several Of
our citizens, who were in no wav en-
gagcd in the fight, were shot, and
Lieut.. Hart was severely injured by
blows on the head. Among tho citi
zens, those wruuled were David e..
Wolf, David McCahan ani benjamin
Porter. Mr. Wolf was struck ahuu'
the Middle the ball lodging in the
back his wonnd is re -ardod rs very
dangerous, serious doubts being Ell
tertaincd Of his recovery; he is civil
I'D man, over sixty years Of age, and
wad passing by when shot. In DAvy
McCahan's case, the ball entered ;hc
lower part Of the breast, and pass @
near the stomach clear through the
body. His case is exceedingly criti-
Ical. lie id a mere boy, about twelve
years old, and while performing al
lerrand fnr his mother, was brought
near the contestants and shot. Ills
mther is a soldier in the Army of the
Cnmhel land, and his mother is lefl
with a family oi seven children. B,n
! Por'er-a nonpartici pant alSo-was
shot in the knee ; and painfully,
til ,ugh not dangerously, wonnGed.
Shortly after the above occurrences
Mr.. Bouj Brady, while passing down
Beau street toward his residence. III
company with brother and u friend
WAS fired at two or three times by
soldiers standing near tho Fulton
House, and narrowly escaped being
hit, as also did those with him. Twt
Of the balls struck the lower part o
Smiths Iron Hall building, one O
them penetrating the basement. Tn,
wife Of the senior editor of the Ec,
,amlner also made a narrow escape
having come to the door of her dive!
ling Immediately adjoining Smith
llaID just as the shots were fired
= This conduct on the palt of the sol
diers 10 totally indetrnslble.
= Such we understand to be the MOI
serious results OF the fight, and Gel
tainly it ought to vividly impress q,
cry one with the necessity oil takin
measures to keep armed men undt
control. We have no information 1
I to who is to blame for this disgrace
) lul, and we fear in two casos, fat
row, but certain it is that all the OF
. D. derry elements OF our town ought
! be exercised to prevent a repetition
this promiscuous ahootlng. The 80
= der could not possibly have had al
enmity towards those who were il
jurcd. We would try to impre
D upon the Council the lroprioty
keeping all drinking honscs clos
J when there are soldiers in town, al
upon our military authorities the Il
cessity Of exercising whatever pow
) they possess over the soldiers. Noit
i, VI soldiers nor citiz1ns should be pl
" mitted to carry weapons OH such o
casions, This practice OF shoutil
' prOmisCuously among unollendi
'9,citizenS has become entirely too co
u mon, and must be stopped if We hp
J to maintain the Hscendancy Of i
IL and order. Let those who have i
Huence in thgso matters exert the
selves.
y Mr. Wolf died from the effects
his injuries at ab ut lour o'clC
IT Wednesday morning.