Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-06-01

the time of its occurrence, when he found
his victim locked 10 Carroll's house, welter-
ing in his gore-dead, to all outward ap-
pearance? Why did the same earnest
guardian of the public peace fail to ap-
pear before the Mayor and prefer charges
against Carroll, and the persons found in
iCarrolPs liquor saloon, with the door lock-
ed and a murdered man Ito all apr earance)
weltering in blood upon the floor? Was
it because Carroll furnished him with his
extra rations of whisky, and voted the
straight-out Democratic ticket? Was it
because Carroll voted the Democratic ticket
that the Mayor fined him the paltry sum of
twenty dollars for "killing Dutchman ?''
Was it because Carroll voted the Demo-
cratic ticket (and perhaps sent Spivins a
bottle of whisky that the STATESMAN says
1t served him right to have Carroll kill him
for almost nothing-for pIayfully jerking a
woman's dress while Standing on low
verandah-an act in which there was no
intended insult, he being upon the omost
Intimate terms with the Carroll family
Did the "ungentlemanly act" as you term
II, demand blood to wipe out the insult
We extract the above from the journal
of yesterday morning., 1t was published
over the signature of ''Opac." The writer
should have finished the word and labeled
extract for the purpose of showing our
readers the straits to which the Radicals
are driven when they are obliged to get
their drabs to spit on men in position tor
party purposes. 9ea
To understand the depIavity of the beast
who penned the article referred to, let us
state the facts as they appeared in evidence
before the Mayor. Two ladies were sitting
on verandah over Carroll's saloon on
Fourth street, last Sunday evening AS a
party of men passed, one of them reached
up and caught one of the women by the
ankle. When Mr.. Carroll returned, his
wife told him what had happened. and de-
scribed the man. He found him, and struck
him three times with his fist. An affidavit
was filed against Carroll before the Mayor
and he, being in the Mayors office, came
forward, was fined $40, and paid it. We
made statement of the facts on Tuesday,
suppressing names, and for that this con-
temptible puppy has seen fit to insult the
city officers, tossing in a few choice bits fol
ourself.
The entire and evident intention of the
article is to excite the German portion o
our citizens against those of Irish birth; tc
produce, if possible, riot, and then cal
for the interposition of Metropolitan Po
lice, or perhaps of martial law, to wres
the government of the city from the hands
of the writer's political foes, and thereby
mske capital fer the fall election. Wha
does he care that few dozen men NIGH
be shot? The man who could pen such an
article would do anything, no matter how
low or mean, to crafty party spite. ,
The policeman referred to is not ant
never was Democrat, and we guess it is
new thing to officer Scott to be called so
But SO little thing as that was not allow.
ed to stand in s'Opac's" way. It ,oould be
sign of intimacy if a man could grab a lad
by the leg without otfense, and withou
getting knocked down for it. But why
the attack on Mayor Bull? He did not
we'll guarantee, ask Carroll or the othe
man anything in regard to their politics
nor would political considerations prevent
him from doing his whole duty. We nevel
saw him thus moved, at all events, and WI
hear the trials there every day. We be
lieve he will do his duty under all circum
stances, even to sending 'Opac" where h
ought to be-on the chain gang. .--