The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-08-27

and white people escaped through the
door, or were passed out by the poIice-
men inside, but as they came ont the
policemen who formed the circle near
est the building fred upon them, and
they were again fired upon by the citi-
of those wounded and taken prisoners,
and others who were prisoners and not
wounded, were fired upon by their cap
tors and by the citizens. The wounded
were stabbed while lying on the
ground, and their heads beaten with
bEtckbats. In the yard ofthe building,
whittier some of the colored men had
escaped and partly secreted them
selves, they were fired upon and killed,
or wounded by policemen. Some men
were killed and wounded several
squares from the scene. Members of
the convention were wounded by thepo
ltcemen while in their hands as prison
ers, some of them mortally. The imme-
diate cause of the terrible affair
was the assembling of this Conven-
ton. The real cause was the bitter
antagonistic feeling which has been
growing in the community since the
advent OF the present Mayor, who, in
the organization of police force, select
ed many desperate men, and some of
them known murderers. People of
clear views were overawed by want of
confidence in the Mayor and fear of the
"Thngs," many of which he had select
ed for his police force. have ire-
quently been spoken to by prominent
citizens of this subject, and have heard
them express fear and want of confi-
dence in Mayor Monroe. Ever since
the intimation of this last Convention
movement, I must condemn the course
of several of the city papers for sup
porting by their articles, the bitter
feeling OF bad men. As to the merciless
manner In which the Convention was
broken up,oI feel Obliged to confess
strong repugnRnce.s 1t is useless to at
tempt to disguise the hostility that ex-
lists on the part of great many here
towards Northern men, and this un-
fortunate affair has so precipitated mat
ters 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, wheth-
er they can be protected in life and
property, and have Justice in the
courts. IF this matter is permit
ted to pass over without a thorough and
determined prosecution OF those en-
gagged in it, we may look out for fire.
quent scenes of the same kind, not only
here but in other places. No steps
have as. yet been taken by the civil au-
thorities to arrest the citizens who were
engaged in this massacre, or policemen
who perpetrated such crueIties. The
members OF the Convention have been
indicted by the Grand Jury, and many
of them arrested and held to bail. AS
to whether the civil authorities can
mete out ample justice to the guilty
parties on both sides, 1 must say it is
my opinion unequivocally they cannot.
Judge Abel, whose course have close
ly watched for nearly a year, 1 now con-
slider one of the most dangerous men
that we have here to the peace and quiet
of the city. The leading men of the
Convention, r. King Cutler, Hahn and
others, have been political agitators,
and are bad men. regret to say that
the course of Governor Wells has been
yacillnting, and that during the late
trouble he has shown very little of the
man.
[Signedl P. a. SHERIDAN,
Major General Commanding.