Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-08-11
THE BEHAVIOR OF THE REBEL
POLICE OF NEW ORLEANS.
Testimony of the New York Times
Correspondent.
The Police WeFetIe Worst Rioters
Present.

The New York Times, in withdrawing
the rebel riot at New Orleans, had the in
famous audscity to declare that the New
Orleans police did their duty" How
false this assertion is let the New York
Times own correspondence prove. We
quote from the regular New Orleans cor
r~espondence of the Times, published on
Wednesday last.
THE POLICE "THE WORST RIOTERS PRES
ENT."
From what I have already said, how
ever, You must know that some or the
force lCere the ig0rSt rioters present A
gentleman of my acquaintance spoke to
one of them in the act of killing a freed
man. asking him. "Why don't you arrest
him? Don't kill him." The reply was,
"Sbut your mouth, you nigger-loving -
or I'll kill you"
THE POLICE ATTACK THE CONvENTIoNIsTS
HAHN SHOT BY POLICEMAN.
The mob and the police filed the side
walk and the stairway of the building.
Shots were fired through the windows
| from both in and outside, and bricks,
paving stones, clubs and other missiles
were thrown from both directions. A
gentleman named Fox came down stairs
and was arrested; but on stating that he
was merely s. spectator was released, and
walked across the street, where he shielded
himself on & doorstep. From his posi-
ton be could see inside the building which
he had Just left left, and he states that
only one person after him came ont With
out being killed or badly Irouaded as they
came dol0n stairs By the police and the
mob of rioters accompanying them. Gov.
| Hahn, who is lame and walks with q
crutch, was met on the stairs as he came
| down, and escorted out 70 the curb stone
by two policemen. On reaching the side
walk he was surrounded by about twenty
persons, who beat him on the back of the
head with clubs, and he received a severe
stab in the back, also a pistol shot from
behind. II is probable thGt this shot 1ca,
fred By policeman.
FISK NEARLY BEATEN TO DEATH b
POLICE.
An attempt tolynch Fisk was made OF
Canal street, but the police IN charge O
him prevented it, although they neGrll
killed him themselves By beating him l7iti
the butts Of the1rP1StoEs.
FREEDMEN NOT ARRESTED But MUIR
DERED.
But few freedmen were arrested coming
out of the building, as they we're nearly
all shot dead at sight.
REV. Mr.. HORTON MURDERED By POLICE
The Rev. Mr.. Horton, a clergyman
from New Hampshire, now in charge o.
a church in this city, oficiated as chap
lain of the Convention. l heard his pray
er at the opening, in which he asked fer
vently that the lives Of the member
might be spared, and thanked God tina.
peace had been declared in Europe, pray
ing for the same blessing in this country
In a habit peculiarly ministerial, ont
which distinctly marked him as Il clergy
man. he came down stairs with a white
handkerchief on his cane, intending Il
surrender himself pesceably. He wa
met, knocked down, trampled upon, kick
ed and beaten nearly TO death, while beg
ging for mercy. The police and their ri
citing friends a0sre his Gssajiants.
DosTIE's MURDER.
DIR. Dostie, intending to surrender him
self, also came down. He was shot stabb
ed, and treated in the same manner a
Horton, although he implorcd the rutiianI
to take him prisoner and spare his life. l
is probable that both Horton and Dosti'
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