White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1866-08-09
The ,1'''''()l1l1 New Orleans Massacre.
DETAILS 0FTHE HORRIBLEsCENE.
Accounts from Various Quarters.

Accounts from Various Quarters.
REBEL RULE ILLUSTRATED.
The msils contain accounts Of the Nes
Orleans riot. With many facts Of intense
interest. buf, strangely enongh. no paper
gives any ides Of the close of the fe,rfui
tragedy. or Of the number OF persous |
killed. The reporter Of the New Orleans
Times. within the Convention bnilding.
gives an acconnt Of the meeting oi the
Convention, the disturbance outside. and
the attack on the building. but of the &C.
suit of that attack be says only:
y Bullets end bricks nov rained through
the hall. snd few re'retnrnsd. but as
the windows opened to the floor. little pro-
lection could be had from behind which
to shoot. ~ "'E!-J
The main crowd gathered in the centre
of the room. but we are unable to give q
description Of the fearfnlly exci,eabls
scene. Oh EaW-ETg0 .CZ3Ia[ ~ -
1t was little less than amirac!e that we
escaped unhurt. ss We fell into the hands
Of ths exasperated crowd upon tae stairs.
hut our note book ami pencil. ami the
club of friendly. policeman who recog
nized ns, turned aside the pistols that
were pressing uuhealthily agsiust bead
and breast.
.lsI ..ssH
Wa got away. and ukat followed no
pen can tell .ai The blood.spla~hed walls.
the cloued gore. the wrecked forniture.
and other evicence of mob passions tell q
fearful story which is sickening now to
think of. ;-z. .s-s s-s;.s.at5fs
The reporter in the street for the same
paper says:
A lull occurs 10 the firing and the front
is now in comparative quiet. The police
do not enter, notwithstanding lull in the
fire. and the negroes who come out the
front door. a. we'll as those who are Drop
ping from the windows, one by one, are
attacked and killed many Of them-not-
-withstsnding the efforts Of the police.
To see the negroes mutilated and liter.
ally beaten to death ss they sought to es
cape. was one Of the most horrid pictures
it has ever been our i'll fortune to witness
Policemen among the force. fell one
after another as they were either shot BY
those in the upper stories or bruised and
stunned from missiles flung at them.
One by one the persons inside the
building. white as we'll as bl,ck. are. a.
soon Is ,hsy appear. carried of by t"e
policemen to the Station. -,'s .fF'
One negro fell cnt and beaten. covered
with blood. near the fence. Another and
apothsr fell. killed while the police wsrt
bearing him off,. At half-psst two o'clock
a white handkerchief lsuntcd ont OF ar
upper window. Before that time there
had heen frequent cries Of 1--WE surren
der r. I'VE surrender !" but a. soon a
the police attempted to enter. they were
beaten back. 'f5 20 -.a s1t
i Crowds hurried to the corner of Com
mon and Dry sdes streets. and as membe
after member Of the Convention appeared
~tthey were greeted with booting. yelling
and Kissing. -. aeaJ g g..
There were many among the crowd
who were drunk and infnristed. and who
attacked even policemen who were escort
ing away prisoners. besides in several
instances killing the prisoners.
Over tu enty dead men lay in the street
about three O'Clock, when We left the
scene Of this calamity.
I AT the pnblic station alone, it seems,
"thcre were tw . y eight causal''es O.
impoltsnce treated. of whom twenty tw"
were members OF the police and six citi
zens" The correspondent Of tho Cincin-
n,ti Commercial says: ta' ''''
Its now :. nderstood to have been con-
certed- plan on the part of the rebels.
among whom the Presidents dispatch
was known yesterday morning. At the
Zap of 6re-bell. the rioters left their
business. having lately purchased revol
vers, to meet and to be led by the police.
who were also armed to the teeth. All
rushed toward the Convention. bresk:ng
down the fences on Bsronne street. in the
rear of the Capitol. which was surround.
ed by force Of police. =; .a,sl. -
They rhen ran into the hnilding. and
while the crowd oniside were firing into the
windows. climbed the stairs inside. their
leader shouting, "Rally. boys. rally"
and discharged their pistols into the Rep
resentativs Hall. where there were at the
time but fifteen conveniiouers (it being
daring the recess) within the railing. and
about seventy Eve, negroes in ths lobby.
al of whom. in the hall. prostrsied them >
seives to, escape the, sbots. As soon. q.
The pistols of the, police. wsre enptied.
the besieged rose, and drove out the ss.
! ssilants with, chairs, st the same time bar.
leading the doors. Then R, King Cutler
called upon all those who had arms to
leave the hall. and Captain Barke. the
gallant Cheif Of Police. deposed BY Mon
roe. went out and fought bis say back
10 Baronns street. escaping with shot
in the side. = 81, i, an tisst eessg,
The fury Of the beaeigsrs Increased. the
bsrricades were broken. and pistols were
again discharged. The Rev. Mr.. Horton.
sx-army Chaplain: vho had made the
prayer st the opening Of the Convention.
advsncedt to the door, and showing white
aDdkerchief. asked Tor himself and the rest
to surrender. He wss 6red upon. bit BY the
shot In ths forebesd. then seixsd and beat
en- till he vas insensibla BY the mob and
police. Ono after smother the membern Of
the Convention 10 the hall wavsi their
andkerchiefs. protesting that they usrs
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