The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-03

had OF only determined to make opposition 10
an arrest, but had mace all arrangements for pro.
ing tht IT re ease on habeas corpus
} he Board are reluctantly compelled to discredit
the Mayor, and TO believe that he knew thai not
so der Lad been asked for, and that, when he
massed his armed police and held them alooi from
The uidinP no barrier renamed betNeen the Con.
citizens with whose threats the cny was
vt ripging except hs paper proclamation,
hftred Of the mob towards the Convention
and the negroes was shared by his police. In tins
number co llsiOn migh be considered inevitable,
and an attack by the mob upon the convention Is
sure TO follow. Then the polce-massed, armed,
and Ieady-are let loose upon the scene TO Quell
the no." How they old quell 1T will appear from
Before describing further operations, the Board
would cal attention to the evidence concernlng the
character of the mob acting in support and in con-
TO be to infer tnat some organizations or bands
OF ex.Confederate soldiers came by some pre-
6adGes or dist nOuisbine marks testified to as borne
by citizens on that Gay are, first crescent and
a star; second a eros cannon badge, known to be
that OF the Washington Artillery; third o white
handkerchief tied arouno the neck and fourth a
b ue nbbon in the button-hoe though there is some
reason TO suppose the latte to have been the marx
OF supeIDum eraIles ununlformed DO ice II will be
remarked that one witness was himself directed to
assume the white handkerchief badge by a friendly
ohceman who desired 10 save him. Whether the
OrRanIzaton known "Hays' Br gade AssocIa.
hon" which was ordered 10 be dissolve d by General
sheridan, was present as a body, merely by the
common impulse OF ITS members, cannot be ascer.
talneo; but of is actual presence there be but
little doubt.
Manv OF tie police were members, and such ex.
pIessions az "Thtre goes Hays BrIgade;' Damn
you, you are fighting Hays Brigade - us all Hays
Bngade up?" "No; II 1t had been not one would
have escaped" p AMY show where the strength OF
the supporting force to the police lay 1t IS within
the knowledge OF the Board that one plan of action,
which was the subject of considerable talk some
weeks previous, was for sheriff Hays, If given a
Association as his posse comitdtuS; and when 5ene-
raj SheIidan's order pub lshed uisso wing such
sssoclat! ons, the negro paper exulted that Hays
BIlRaue would not, as threatened, break up the
Convention
Ihe Board cannot but think that any person ex-
amininP the evldt nee must come to the conclusion
q at such associations present in pursuance of
prearTanged and preconce1ted progra nme Direct
testimony the subject OF such preconcert pro-
badly never be Obtained but the weight of SUSTAIN
ing evidence, IN the Boards opinion leads irressti
bly, to one conc Uson.
In connection with the subject of marks and
badges the Board would call attention to the very
significant Gct, testified 10 by many witnesses, that
the pol &C many instances had reversed their nat
lends, and thereby concealed their numbers. On
this fact the Board consider it unnecessary to
In regard to the scenes which now took place
ar, und the building, and the manner IN which the
allied forces in the streets conducted the slege,
the Board cannot undertake to present even
summary of the evidence. They can only say that
the work Of massacre was pursued with
ard terocty unsuI passed in the annals of crime.
EscaI ing NEGROES were merciessiy pursued, shot,
stabbed and beaten to death by the mob and po Ice.
Wounded men on the ground begging for mercy
savagely despatched by mob, police fremeD,
and incredible as 1t may seem, IN two nsta BY
women; but in two or three most honorable and
exceptonabe cases white men and members of the
Convention We're protected by members OF the
police. both aga against toe mob mob and against other
defended in This manner Governor Hahn.
Alter lhe attack had commenced, the Police ap-
and with the mob. Then cheers and waving OF
Lats as they threw the mangled Dostie, then sup
posed corpse. ike dead dog into the cart sufi-
entity show heir unison of feeling with their
allies. 1t viii sufficiently appear srom he eV dence
that it was only by announcing his character such
that he saved himself ON instant death at the
hands of the police. reporter OF the same paper
capped subsequent matreaiment on suspicion OF
having worn Grape for Lincoln"
AZ a little before o'c ock signal of 70 strokes
was struck upon the city frebells. The Chief Engi-
neer testlfe' that he had been warned on the dav
previous that such would be the signal for a con-
centration of police in case of riot The signal is
not fire alarm as there but nine districts in the
CITY, ana for a general alarm the number of strokes
is 20. Nevertheless two engines turned out and
repaired to the scene OF the riot
Firemen were seen acting as and with the police,
making the arrests as SPECIAL police, and lending
the assistance OF their iron wrenches in the congo.
al occupation OF despatchiDgl the wounded.
OF ders, private or otherwise, the Board regard as
tmuaterial. There can be no doubt that the signal
that the attack had commenced, and as a call to
arms TO all who might desire to participate therein.
Look out for hot work now, is the cry OF the
streets as the first strokes OF the bells resound
IL is in evidence that IN instance orders were
g ven to stop saw-mill on hearing the signal 1t IS
understood that duIlng Confederate occupation tins
number OF strokes was the alarm signal to the mill
tary IN case of anticipated attack and it would
a most seem that the stirring appeal had not yet
lost Its power since, according the test mony of
one witness 1t evoked at least one Confederate
officer, in full uniform and side arms to report ior
The condition of affairs, and occurrences in the
inside OF the building. are described by great num-
bers oil those who were present The witnesses cor
roborate and support each other on ali essential
points, the differences being such as must be ex-
pected in the accounts given by the actors in scenes
of excitement and terror, ana which variations, in
TACT, strengthen the general case, by showing the
absence of any comparison or prearrangement of
testimony. The important facts are, that when the
FL ST fighting in the street had ceased and the fire of
the besiegers was directed at the window, promi-
nent members OF the Convention requested and
at once within the railing or bar OF the house, and
sit down.
This was effected. Those who could not find seats
seated themselves on the floor, and the doors and
windows were ordered to be closed Before this
was effected, 1t Is probable that the return Shots SO
yarlously estimated, were fred from the windows
ms however was soon stopped by orders from
mind. Ihe police then made their first entrance,
by breaking open the doors, and according to al
most universal testimony except their own, opened
an lndlscriminate fire INTO the room This was in
stantaneous and preceded by no demand or call for
When they had emptied their revolvers they
driven out with chairs by the negroes, and an at
tempt made to barricade the door, but unsuccess-
fully, as they again and repeatedly gained an en-
trance, and the same occurrences tooK place-the
pOlce emptying their reYolvers and beng driven
out by the negroes. The Rev. Mr.. Horton was shot
while imploIing cessation of fire from the police
During these repeated attacks few shots were
returned by the few negroes of the procession who
as before stated, had reyolvers, and TWO policemen
| were wounded IN the building, though whether by
these shots the careless and excited hre or their
own side seems doubtful. The police testify
that fire was opened upon them first in every
instance but without considering that any
different testimony would have the effect of
eliminating themselves, and REGARDING their
credbiity equal to that OF the other wit