The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-08-10
Detailed and Corrected Account of th,
Bloody Work.

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Hall was densely packed with freedmen
and whites, the former having armed them
selves extensively since their Fridays dem
onstrations. just after the adjournment
procession, containing about q hundred
! freedmen, carrying United States flag, and
marching the streets with martial music,
arrived at the Institute, having had slight
disturbance on Canal street. AT this iunc-
ture the merchants all over the city, fearing
the coming riot, closed their stores. When
the procession entered the building, squad
of police followed, aud ATTEMPTED to make
arrests. A scene of the widest confusion
followed; pistols were fired, clubs and canes
were used, and brick bats few in every
direction. The policemen claim that they
were merely attempting to arrest the Canal
street rioters, above mentioned, but Ger.
tain it is that they mounted the platform,
where small body of the members yet re.
maired, and one of them presented pistol
upon their using offensive language. The
policemen were finally driven out Of the
building, leaving inside Governor Hahn,
Judge Howell, Mr.. De Costie, and other
gentlemen, with Clark, attached to the State
Government, beside about fifty freedmen
Fortunately, Governor Wells had Just left
the building for the purpose of consulting
with General BaiTd about calling out troops,
General Sheridan being out of town.
The institution used now as the State
Capitol is located in Dryades street, he.
tween Canal and Common, and when the
policemen were driven ont, they were
met by a large body of freedmen, who
caused them to fall back to Canal street.
Hiring furniture cart, used>t as an oh
scrvatOry on Canal street | okiag toward
Common through Dryades street. The DO.
licemen rallied aud drove the freedmen and
their friends back to Common, and in turn
were driven back to Canal street, leaving
Dryades street perfectly clear OF any vestige
OF humanity except the bodies of three daai'
freedmen. Up to this time one police Off
Ger had been mortally wounded one severe
ly, others were slightly hurt with clubs
and pistol shots. Police re.euforcements
soon appeared in Canal street, aud the
crowd OF rioters accompanying the police
approached the Destitute and commenced
throwing stones through the windows and
firing pistols at any one they could see in
side the building. At the same time a de.
tachment of police attacked the crowd OF
freedmen on Common street. and after
sharp firing and wounding several blacks
they drove them away. This give the 20.
lice and the mob wi.ich accompanied them
lire engine was brou sht out and placed
IN front of the Institute, for what purpose
do not know. Several attempts were made
by the police to enter the bull ling, hut
they were repnsed The ammunition OF
the men in the Institute seemed to give out
abont this time, as they did not fire any
more. They ATTEMPTED to escape through
the rear of the Institute into Baronne street,
hut were met and either arrested or shot
down. They also tried to escape through
an alley which runs from Dryaies to
baronne, on the Canal street side. do not
know that any freedmen succeeded in get.
ting away from the building alive, although
| saw several at d's'ance from it being
marched to Police III Headquarters. | think
that every one who tried to escape from it
was killed, and | saw several brought in
the alley above mentioned, and after they
fell | saw crowds of rulfians beatin. them
as they were dying.
The policemen, whatever their orders
were, behaved we'll toward the white pris-
oners, comparatively speaking. a. NJ Fish
was the first member of the Convention
captured, and am happy to say that, al.
though the police could not prevent the
crowd from abusing him badly. they did
keep him from being Is nched. A niap
Fish was being carried by under guard,
and got rope ready to hang him, bul
the guard drove the crowd away with
their pistols The next member arrested
was Captain Haynes, Texas scout for our
army during the war. The crowd had
been taught a lesson, and did not interfere
with him, although they grumbled deeply
US he passed through, calling thenf- rebels,
traitors and other net names
Governor Hahn succeeded in getting into
the hands OF the police unhurt from out OF
the building where he had been, not as
member, but as one of the most prominent
equal rights men in the State. While he
wac under guard, however, some coward
shot him through the back of the head, in
hlcting dangerous wound, and he was al.
so stabbed. He was then placed in a hack
and carried to police headquarters where
saw him sent in confinement He was very
pale and the blood trickled down his face
from wound which seemed to have
reached his left temple.
Mr.. Dostie, who had the reputation Of
being the most violent negro suffrage man
in the South, aud who certainly was the
most violent speaker on Friday last, was
killed while attempting to get away. am
tol that policeman shot him in the back
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him and cut him horribly with knives.
John Henderson and other members of
the Convention were also captured and
were wOunded-by stray shots the local
papers say, bit more likely by cowardly
rioters-while on their way to the station
house.
The riot commenced at 1915 and ended |
at $3.50 o'clock. At 2:45 O'Clock the mill
tary, under General Baird, appeal ed on
Canal street, and finally took possession of
the whole city. Before night the riot was
confined to Dryados, BAronne, Common.
Carondelet and Canal streets, and tie build
ings and yards all around the Institute.
saw freedmen shot dead on all of the above
streets except Canal. who could have been
arrested uninjnred, How many men have
been killed, wounded, or even arrested, il
Is impossible to say, but my estimate ia one
hundred freedmen and twenty-five whites
killed aud wounded, aud one hundred al.
together arrested.
The substantial men Of the city deplore
The occurrence, but all are very violent in
heir expressions, some glorying in the
murder of Dostie and others in the murder
Jf the freedmen.