Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1866-11-08
THE BALTIMORE TROUBLES.

Our readers have already been informed
of the fact that the Police Commissioners
for the city Of Baltimore, Messrs. Hindes
and Wood, both of whom are radicals,
were charged with official misconduct in
conducting the late municipal election in
that city; that the Governor, in pursuance
of the PLAIN provisions of the law, had the
! Commissioners summoned before him for
the purpose Of investigating the charges
alleged against them; and that, after an
impartial hearing Of the testimony, for and
against them, they were found guilty and
removed from Office; and Messrs. Young
and Valiant, conservative union men, ap-
pointed in their places. These Police
Commissioners have the appointment of
ali sab-oficers to conduct elections, &c.
in the city Their appointees were men
Of desperate character, and it was proved
that they had excluded the votes of a num-
Der of persons solely because they did not
choose to vote for the radical candidates
| for office.
These Commissioners, who had acted
more with regard to the wicked behests of
their party than the good Of the city, de-
MED the jurisdiction of the Governor in
the case, and determined to resist his de-
cision for their removal.
On Saturday the new Commissioners,
Young and Valiant, went to the headquar-
ters of Hindes and Wood and made for
NAL demand for the delivery of the off ce
with all its appurtenances which the lat
ter, backed by Mayor Chapman and his
armed force, declined to do.
The new Commissioners, after notifying
Hindes and Wood to ''surcease, forthwith
from exercising any of the functions or du-
ties appertaiping to the Office of police
commissioners, and issuing an order,
from their Office, in which they say: ''The
marshals and other off GERS of the police of
Baltimore city. and all members of the ex-
listing police Of said city, are hereby strict
ly required not to obey any orders that have
emanated from the late board of police of
said city since ten o'clock this morning, or
any orders that may enianate from said
late board at any time hereafter" gave
notice that they had 'entered on the per-
formance of their duties as commissioners
of police" and at once proceeded to ap-
point. regular police force, several of the
old police offering their services; and also
appointed judges of election, including a
well known radical in each precinct.
The proceedings of the new Commits
sioners were cut short by the issuing of q
bench warrant by Judge Bond for their
arrest, upon the ground that Mr.. Valiant
had told certain parties that she and Mr.
Young had been appointed commissioners,
and that they intended to discharge the
duties of the office; that they would not
apply for naoadunus, nor test the ques-
ton in the courts, but would make po-
lite demand for possession of the Office and
the property belonging to the police force,
and if mot given up to them they would
get posse and put the commissioners out
by force, relying upon U. S. troops from
Washington to back them if their posse
was resisted" This unguarded remark
was the pretext for the arrest of the COM
missioners, though it is plain the real rea-
son was the recent action of the Governor
against the old commissioners. The She
riff appointed by them was also arrested
for swearing in posse to preserve the
peace, as he alleged.
The court fixed the bail Of the commits
sioners at S., 900 each to answer the charge
of riot, and $4,000 each to keep the
peace, and passing an order that the sher-
if, "W. Thomson, give security in the
sum of $4,000 to keep the peace to-
wards the existing police commissioners,
and all acting under their orders" A ST.
milar order was passed il. the case of the
commissioners. And the new commits
sioners and the sheriff were then sent to
jail.
APPLICATION FOR wRITs OF HABEAs CORPUS.
At 8 o'clock on Saturday night applica-
ton was made to Hon J. L. Bartol, asso-
ciate Judge of the Court Of Appeals, for a