Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-10-18
RIOT IN BALTIMORE LAST NIGHT.
Firing by CSlered Military Cempaay-
White Boy Killed and Several
pcrSoHa Injured

Baltimore IAsr nignt was thrown 10 D great
excitement by seports being circulated 20 he
effect that te, ri bie sId bloody rbo, hst beau
enacted at the eorusr OF Howard and ID oissrry
streets, between coiored sold ers and snIt,
citizens. A. is usUai on such occasions tue
evidence as 10 what actually tooa place IS con-
fiictine The Baltimore Eoa,aerctoI tCon-
strvative) gives the following account OF the
affair:
that were rushing TO he scene OF co.ftl=t aad
in the drug store OF ], r. Myers 4 Co.. corner
of Saratoga ana Howard streets, we en- Coun-
tered stretched upon The floor and cold IN EN-
brace of dSafn, the body OF Charles A. Ellsrn-
meyer. aged seventeen years, who had been
killed by musket DaIi. From the multi
plicisy Of statements made last night. 1t was
impossible for Us 10 arrive a. 3 correct version
Of the bloody affair, but give 20 our readers the
most plausible statement that was made At he
Inquest
. It appears that at the hour OF mae O'Clock,
about two hunored ana fitry eolored soldiers,
known as the Butler Guards, marched up
Howard street. and when crossing Clay street,
stone was thrown by some Unknown person.
Five colored soldiers who were in the rear OF
the main hooy instantly cooked their mu kes
and made a movement as IL intending - fire
up Clay street. They were, however. prevent.
ed from so doing by sergeant, and ordered
into he ranks. The column then proceeded
far as Mulberry stree', where II is alleged an
intoxicated white man remarked unaw give il
to them" and discharged revolver into the
ranks. THIS was ans wered by the coiored sol.
diers with at least twenty muskets, and in
second the widest excitement ensued. Men,
women and children ran IN all directions.
After one voIley had been fired by the soldiers.
o. ners in the ranks kept up desuItory firing
until Centre street was reached. AT this point
the firing ceased. and the negroes contin ued
their march north ward, and were encountered
no more during the night
"When the firing began at the corner OF
Mulberry and Howard streets. young Ellern.
meyer was standing beside a gas lamp and
was observed by Officer Lotus, of the Central
police station, to stagger into the street: He
immediately ran to the assistance OF the boy,
and found that he had been shot Assistance
was Immediately obtained and the unfortu.
nate young man conveyed 10 the drug store
alluded to above. but he expired before reach-
amined the body and found that he had been
shot in the right breast, the ball passing
through the liver and emerging from under
the left arm pit. Coroner Green tree being ap-
priced OF the murder, summoned an intelli-
gent jury and held an inquest The jury, after
the examination OF several witnesses rendered
q verdict that the deceased came to his death
by musket ball, fired by some one in the rear
rank of military organization known as the
Butler Guard, and that the firing was unwar-
ranable and unprovoked. After the rendition
to the residence of his parents, No. IA Ensor
street.
During the holding Of the inquest there
were not less than five thousand excited per-
sons collected in the vicinity of Howard aud
Saratoga streets. discussing the riot During
the progress of the melee, several persons were
WOnnQeU, OuL SuC0 was tnc CONFUSION tnat we
were unable to ascertain the names of the suf.
ferers. One man was shot IN the f1eshy part
of the right arm; another had his nat perfo.
rated with two bullets; another was shot in
the calf Of the leg; and a boy received q slight
wound upon one of his hands.
"At twelve O'Clock last night. groups Of men
occupied the corners near where the shooting
began, and in order that no further outbreak
should occur, upwards Of one hundred police.
men were detailed to preserve the peace"
The Baltimore american (Repubiicanl sars
ga cnlored military company was paradine,
and, as has been the almost constant expert
ence OF late, were annoyed by disorderly per-
sons hootng at them and throwing stones into
their ranks. AT the corner of ID ulrerry and
turned and fired, and one shot entered the
breast of a youth named g. f. Ellermeyer,
killing him instantly. It is alleged on the one
side that NO throwing of stones or other inter-
ference with the colored people took place at
the point where the firing occurred, though it
10 admitted that stone had been thrown pre-.
yiously, Others Assert that shot was fred
by drunken man on the sidewalk. Which
ever story is true, the unfortunate youth whs
was killed appears to have been merely q asppc.
tator, and to have had nothing to do with The
affair. hasty investigation was made by a
Coroner's jury, and q finding returned that he
firing was unprovoked. The affair occasioned
an intense excitement, and large Gro wd was
soon gathered in the vicinity in w ich it oc-
CURED. disposition was manifested to make
the event the plea for further disorder and dis.
tuIbance, but the prompt action Of the police
with the exertions of better. disposed citizens
present, ives efectual in dispensing the ex.