The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1866-09-15

He is no. Permitted % SPEAK.
A TERRIFIC RIOT.

nd hts refirue offtttu ~ TIC urF~N s''.i
80 nass seven O'Clock. whe-c an immense -
rowd ~ men. women and children had :.
,s,hesed. There VAS iorchlight process !
ion Of several Thousand lamps. numerous =
and turn cut n the butch \.
rrs N uniform snd mounted. a. veil - "
numerous marshals. Alter firing The M /.
ton 4, salute. ,he party ia carriages. moved !.
~ Tennessee street. between two lines ni '
men, placed to keep the erosd bsek. Ups
"a this tirse the behaviour o. the crowd hsd !
been orderly. hut the first carriage hsd no ,
snnnsr passed ,hsn The crowd broke over ,
the lines and mixed iniiscriminatciy with I
the procession, which moved. with h'tle
regard 10 order. up Teunesses street sud
down Washington 10 the Bates House.
The crowd about the Bates House Was
very dense, and soon began 70 manifest
ric,ous and turbui-nt disposition. There
were loue end uproarious shouts for Gram.
mingled VITA grcans and hisses :cr Johnson.
III. soon became evident that there was an.
organized scheme on icct 70 preseaI The
president from being heard Prominent
: Hepubl.csns-men who profess 10 be law
abidinr riiizens and who pretend 70 be
; lovers % fair dea!ing-were seen indasirl
cusls mingling ~i.h the crowd, owsg'ag
the rough- 20 d. .heir work we'll
h Finally Judge Gooding appeared on The
Z south balcony Of the Bstes House. and. one
q by one. insr odoced the various members Of
II The Presidential party. General Meredith,
lin the mids, 81 perfect. .rsndrmoniusn o.
lvillainous soise<, succeeded ia msking his
\, reception speech. and introduced the Presi-
4 dent. The Chief Magistrate Of the nation
!. with uncovered head. his whi.-A h.'s- sn'
a the dignity VI his station appealing in vsi'
I, for respectful hearing. faced frantic nvb
n which greeted ham with IN oversheimin
- storm OF groans. hssses. bello~ings. and .
"a sorts Of grctssque muses.. insersperscd wit
,tel vile and insulting epnhetS The irIends
for the President. Of whom there we're thou
Nv srds 10 the street, we're taken by surpris
Wand oyera~ ca BY the strength ard drie
o!lmined 'front.' IN sE4 rioters. ~ ssin We
.-lflsry Appealed TO- The uprssr wa com
AXE ued withou, inlermission mill ,hry h
hey beloved themselves hosrse u seemed
bclf al hell had brakea .oose. s..s it, inns.
vii we're holding high carnival in rent u |
inglBases House.
nun . III -
-lbalco0y. the President turned HE back
.I.al,he mob, ana entered h- room, doubt,
10 lstrongy impressed with The decency I
A ,,irood breeding Of IN Indiana polls audcn
The which refuses the Chief Magistrate Of
,cdi- nation hearing. The shutters we're clos
"a aIthe curtains drawn. md the mob lei
andlenioy "ihe fruiis' Of their victory.
zenslhsIf 90 hour or more the riot was KEEP
hear without cesssiion o. the groaning and
med. lowing, and then il assumed more ser
shape. Tho torchiight procession be
- to move through The crowd. when he rio
- opened the ball BY striking q the 10
49,. with their cudge's. and smashing The u
!. 49, parences. A torch bearer. " hose Ismp
= y, knocked of by brswnv rutlian. turned
lavs stsf, an ] broke the scounirei's head
one liz. Then pistols were brought into req
be- ltion. Some twenty ehois were fired. G
ana. ing general scsueriug or the crowd.
4 the lcilzen named John Trucks, was hit ia
will nose, and . gentleman named Rocker.
theifl Hamilton county, received : ball in
le onIknee. II il said ,hst Mr.. Charles Sta
MUM lawyer and phonogrs phic reporter. rsc'
ope ala stray shot in the hand, and that :
II At was also slightly wounded. A man n
hdent Noah Rhodes fred the fret shot, u q
tiuethsi young Robinson, son Of our Sh
was also among the irst 70 Try bis revol
- Some time after the first shooting,
',erifi. Isrd Sisescher. ySusg man ofthe city
,,,ntv. and killed man NAMED Stewart. Sire
cople. liz johnson msn. Slewsrt's polite
III for Do not know. We did not get any ~
J. oncItc informstion o. the circumstances ps
honor ing the shooting. but understand that
10 the lone struck Suetcher. lie fred three
one Of which struck Stewart 10 the
lodging 10 the back 81 bic head. hs
'at Ine carried into The corner drug store. and