Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-10-29
The Outrages on Railroad Passengers in
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Baltimore.
EDITOR EvKNING SrAR:-It mas become n a,
toTiops 70 the public that there Il beea no SCI
cuIIy Tor travellers through Baltimore for IN.
last eight years, provided tue fact that thsy ra
Republicans be known TO the rebel ru ia an of
that city First the conspiracy TO assassinate
fiesiasnt Lineoin, then the murderous assault
upon massachusetts troops, Fastening to the
protection OF the National Capital, ag aiu 81 an !.
ueipated attack from Southern TRAITORS, and
nnaliy he disGrac-tui assaults, on the two re-
CENT si.. uceasi0ns upon passengers who left this
tend the Soldiers and Sailors Mass Couyen.
uon IN Philadelphia, and next those who LETT
py me same route TO vote at the Pennsylvania
e'cuoh, are suflcient eyIden ces that the lite of
Baltimore.
In reference to these last ou.rages, Hon. T l..
ILuIock, secretary Republican Congressional
Committee, wrote TO the President OF the Balti.
more and Ohio railroad the folio wing note:
Rooms OF THE UNION REPUBLICAN Con.
GREssIoNAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, Wash
ington, ID. G., October 18th, ISSs.-Hon. Join w
Garrett, President Baltimore asd Ohio Railroad,
baltimore, M.-Dear Sir: Henry :. Wander.
blit, Esq, OF Philadelphia, principal clerk
m, IN TINS Once was a passenger on the Bal
umore and Ohio Railroad train which
Iet Washington on the I'd and 18th insts.
AZ $40 o'clock p. m. He was on both oc.
casions subjected TO great IN suits, and was in
very imminent peril OF his life. Rebel ruffians
INVADED the cars Al ELliimore and grossly in
suited and maltreated gentiemauly passengers
who should have been protected by railroad
and munic.pal officers.
Yours, respectfully.
THOMAS l.. TJLLoCK. Secretary.
10 this mole Mr.. Garrett returned a reply
the most favorable portion of which W as pub
liz ned IN Monday mornings Chronicle.
In that reply those who read il and who now
read Mr. Tullock's letter, cannot fail to OBJ
serve the main question in VOWED is entirely
lghored,-tbat is the passengers who left thi s
city on Mr.. CARROTS road on the ID and also
on the 18th inst, Were grossly insulted and
maltreated, and their lives endangered by rebel
ruiiiins who entered the cars oil both of these
OCCASIONS at Baltimore, and that no attempt TO
prevent them was made either by the Baltimore
police, or the rail agents.
Mr.. Garrett contents himself with asserting
mat these ''difc ultieS''-or this aOuple san !.
ness as ne should have put il, Of which Ne
seems to know nothing except what he had
seen In he newspapers. did not occur on his
par OF the road and with attempting TO convey
the impression that if there was any s.diffi-
Guilty., which he seems to doub', the police
investigation
As all the passengers upon whom the attacks
were made We're seized by the police and locked
up lor SGyety' until after the sspretended ex-
ANIMATION was over or else had fled the city
TO save their lives, of course these sympa-
TIMERS OF the rebel rutiians who committed the
outrages, found no evidence OF their existence.
and OF course Mr.. Garrett had no ground for
coDdemnlng them.
There Is another little omission on the M RI
iact mat his road entered into n contract with
these passe myers. when it took their money, to
deliver them IN Philadelphia, and was as much
pound 10 DO 1T safely as it is to deliver every
KIND OF freight safely.
The passengers don't known the Philadel.
PIMA, wilmington and Baltimore Railroad
company in this transaction-they make their
bargain with the Baltimore and. Ohio Com
pany, through their accredited agent, Mr. Gar.
Iett. That Company is bound ia law and
honesty TO see that they are safely taken there,
or abide by the consequence. Mr.. q. seems TO
think that though he has taken their fare for
the W hole distance, he is only bound TO take
them foriy-two miles of il because his road
happens TO extend no further, and may there
leave them IL The mercy of a Baltimore mob
provided they are not assaulted in his depot :
But there Is time coming, even if law cannot
1ieht this great wrong, Congress con. and II
VIII De crIminallV culpabIe il il does not APP
ply he remedy.
1t Is little better than treason to trust the
National Capitol and the life of every loyaI
man Who may have occasion to visit or leave
Washington, to the mercy of the rebel pJpuia-
ION Of The mob-ruled city Of Baltimore.