Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-08-31

ANB KNIVES, IN A MANNER 50
UNNECESSARY AND ATR0CIOUS
AS TO COMPEL NE TO SAY THAT
1T WAS MURDER. About forty whites
and blacks were thus killed, and about one
hundred and sixty wounded. Everything
is now quiet, but deem it best to main
tain military supremacy in the city fer a
few days until the affair is fully inyesti-
gated. l believe the sentiment Of the
general community is great regret at this
unnecessary cruelty, AND THAT THE
POLICE COULD HAVE MADE ANY
ARRESTS THEY SAW FIT WITH
OUT SACRIFICING LIVES.
P. II. SHERIDAN,
Major General Commanding.
NEW ORLEANS, August ?, 1866.
THE MORE INFORMATION 1 OBJ
TAIN OF THE AFFAIR OF THE 3Oth,
IN THIS CITY, THE MORE REVOLT
ING IT BECOMES. IT WAS NO
RIOT; IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE
MASSACRE BY THE POLICE,
WHICH WAS NOT EXCELLED IN
MURDEROUS CRUELTY BY THAT
OF FORT PILLOW. IT WAS A
MURDER WHICH THE MAYOR
AND POLICE OF THE CITY PERPE-
TRATED WITHOUT THE SHADOW
OF A NECESSITY. FURTHERMORE,
1 BELIEVE IT WAS PREMEDITA-
TED, AND EVERY INDICATION
POINTS TO THIS. recommend the
removing of this bad man. 1 believe it
would be hailed with the sincerest gratif-
cation by two-thirds of the population of
the city. There has been feeling OF in
security on the part of the people here on
account of this man, which is now so
much increased that the safety of life and
property does not rest with the civil au-
thority, but the military.
SignedJ P. Il. SHERIDAN,
Major General Commanding
NEW ORLEANS, August 2, 1866.
10 .. S. Grant
Unless good Judgments exercised there
viii be an EXODUS OF NORTHERN
CAPITAL AND UNION MEN which
viii be injurious to the city and the whole
country. will remove the Military Gov
ernor in day or two. l again strongly
advise that some disposition be made to
change the present Mayor, as believe it
would co more 70 restore confidence than
anything that could be done. If the pres
ent Governor could be changed also it
would not be aniss.
ISigned1 P H. SHERIDAN.
Major General Commanding.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 3, 1866.
To Aldre'o johnson, President Of the U s.;
Tho remote cause was the bitter and an
tagonistic feeling which has been growing
in this community since the advent of the
present Mayor, who, in the organization
of his police force, selected MANY DES-
PERATE MEN, and some of them known
murderers. People of clear views were
overawed by want of confidence in the
Mayor and fear of the Thugs" many Of
whom he had selected for his police force.
1t is useless to attempt to disguise the
hostility that exists on the part of great
many here towards NORTHERN MEN,
and this unfortunate affair has so preeipi-
tated matters that there is now test of
what shall be the status of Northern men;
WHETHER THEY CAN LIVE HERE
WITHOUT BEING IN CONSTANT
DREAD OR NOT. WHETHER THEY
CAN BE PROTECTED IN LIFE AND
PROPERTY, AND HAVE JUSTICE
IN THE COURTS.
From the testimony of wounded men
ana others who were inside the building,
the policemen opened an INDISCRIM-
MATE FIRE UPON THE AUDI
ENCE until they had emptied their re-
volvers, when they retired and those in
side barricaded the doors. The door was
broken in and the firing again commenced,
when many of the eolored and white
people either escaped through the door or
were passed out by the policemen inside,
BUT AS THEY CAME OUT THE PO-
LICEMEN WHO FORMED THE
CIRCLE NEAREST THE BUILDING
FIRED UPON THEM, AND THEY
WERE AGAIN FIRED UPON BY
THE CITIZENS THAT FORMED
THE OUTER CIRCLE. $
Many of those wounded and taken
prisoners, and others who were prisoners
and not wounded, were fired upon by their
eaptors and by citizens. THE WOUND
ED WERE STABBED WHILE LY-
ING ON THEGRoUND, AND THEIR
HEADS BEATEN WITH BRICK
BATS. In the yard of the building,
whittier some of the colored men had es-
capped and partially concealed themselves,
they were fred upon and killed or wound
ed by policemen. SOME MEN WERE
KILLED AND WOUNDED SEV-
ERAL sou ARES FROM THE SCENE.
MEMBERS OF THE CONVENTION
WERE WOUNDED BY THE PO-
LICEMEN WHILE IN THEIR
HANDS AS PRISONERS, SOME OF
THEM M0RTALLY.
NO STEPS HAVE AS YET BEEN
TAKEN BY THE CIVIL AUTHORI-
TIES 10 ARREST CITIZENS WHO
WERE ENGAGED IN THIS MASSA-
GRE OR PUBLIC MEN WHO PER
SUCH CRUELTY.
As 10 whether the civil authorities can
mete out ample justice to the guilty par
tics on both sides, must say it is my
opinion unequivocally that they cannot. |
Judge Able, whose course 1 have closely |
watched for nearly year, now consider |
one OF the most dangerous men that we
have here to the peace and quiet Of the |
city. PHI SHERDAS,
Major General Commanding.