The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-08-14

off to jail An attempt to lynch FISK
was made on Canal-street, but the po-
lice in charge of him prevented it.,
although they nearly killed him them
selves by beating him with the butts OF
their pistols. But few freedmen were
arrested coming out Of the building, rs
thew were nearly all shot dead at sight.
The Rev. Mr. Horton clergyman from
New Hampshire, now in charge OF
church in this city, oflciated as chaplain
of the Convention. / heard his prayer
at the opening, in which he asked fer
yently that the lives of the members
might be spared, and thanked God that
peace had been declared i'll Europe,
Drawing for the same blessing in this
country. In habit peculiarly ministe-
rial. one which distinctly marked him
as clergyman, he came down stairs
with white handkerchief OH his cane
intending to surrender himselfpeace-
ably. He was met, knocked down,
trampled upon, kicked and beaten near
ly to death, while begging for mercy.
The police and their rioting friends were
his assailants. Dr. Dostie, intending to
surrender himself, also came down. He
was shot, stabbed, and treated in the
! same manner as Horton, although he
implored the rutfians to take him prls-
oner and spare his life. 1t is probable
that both Horton, and Dostie will die
These details suffice to show how the
arrests were made. r. King Cutler
and Judge r. X. Howell escaped with
out much injury, and CHANGING to fall
into the hands of humane policemen
were conveyed to prison almost unln-
jured.
On Common, Baronne, Dryades, st.
Charles, Rampant and Carondolet
streets. freedmen were murdered by the
police and the mob in cold blood.
Standing in the door of the telegraph
office on Carondolet, | saw about two
hundred men chasing one negro along
the sidewalk. Six policemen were near
est to him, and in advance of of his pur-
suers. They emptied their revolvers
into his back, and finally another one,
when he was near enough to his victim
to Law his hand on his shoulder, shot him
in the head, and he fell dead into the
alley. Another freedman trying to es-
cape from the institute was climbing
over fence, when | saw him fall from
policeman's shot AS he struck the
ground at least dozen police and riot
ers surrounded him and fired their pistols
into his head and breast, at the same
time pounding him with clubs and canes.
The blood flowed from wounds in his
scalp, covering his entire face but they
continued their brutal assault until he
breathed his last, although he several
times raised his feeble and wounded
arms to gesticulate for the mercy his
tongue could not ask for. | saw
white man draw stilleto and strike it
into the heart of a dying negro on Com
mon street. The blood spirited out in
great red Jets, staining the murderer's
clothing, face and hands. He got up
and displayed the CORY marks as
though they were proud emblems of a
praiseworthy deed. These and other i'll
cidents which saw, suffice to show you
how the freedmen were treated i'll ma
iority of cases. 1t is due to justice,
however, to say that some of the police
men treated even the freedmen with
moderation, and rescued them from
death at the hands Of the mob.
The police behaved, as general rule,
with extraordinary bravery and extra
ordinary cruelty. Probably fifty of
them were wounded, several MORALLY.
u,
and nsed their arms with geat effect and
indiscriminate execution. AS | have be-
fore remarked, some of them did their
duty in protecting their prisoners, and
all the prisoners who are now alive owe
their lives to this fact. The mob would
have lynched every white man in the
black man, had it not been for few
al, o1,iny
what | have already said, however, YOU |
must know that some of the force were !
the worst rioters present. A gentle
man of my acquaintance spoke to one of !
them in the act Of killir a freedman, |
asking him, Why don't you arrest him |
Don't kill him. The reply was, "Shut
your mouth, you niger loving -,
or I'll kill you" The force seems to |
be a mixture of cowardly brutes and re-
spectacle men. The few officers that |
have conversed with since the riot do not
pretend to deny what have here stated |
about them, and am willing to affirm
that have told nothing but the truth.
l saw colored corporal of an artil-
lery regiment, apparently, walking on
the middle of Baronne-street, while on
his right hand an Infatuated crowd
were chasing a freedman down the
sidewalk, and on his left hand another
crowd were chasing one up the sidewalk.
Each crowd were firing pistols and
throwing stones and clubs at their vic
TINS The corporal walked in the mid
die of the street, in full uniform, with
side arms only, as steadily and soldierly
as if on drill. He had been sent on an
errand by one Of his officers. and was
returning. 1t was scene that made
my heart thrill with admiration for a
brave man, although he was as black as
ink
heard union man in the midst of
a crowd ofrebel rioters, who were
pounding a negro and shouting for Jeff.
Davis, swear at them and call them
traitors and every epithet of ignorniny
that his tongue could command
Strange to say they allowed him to es-
cape unhurt.
An old gray headed Irishman, men,
her of the Convention named Havnes