Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-11-04

| went down SoliH Nifr''l an up IN J 10
the swinging bridge. his Is where rhr
crowd went aud followed Didut --e
much, but heard tie stones 20 through HE
wIndows. The Stormng continued five or
ten minutes. Saw pretty good lot of
men go over the canal bridge. followed
them over Some went over and some
remained on this side of the bridge AZ
ter throwing the stones, they all ran back
Ike towards. Didr't hear much more -
Came right up town aud went to the
"wigwam.' DIR. Brisbaue came there too.
Heard him say "we can whip tile Southern
men. but not the VOrthera men Some in
the Hall talked loud and some quietly
From fifty to seventy five in the Hail.
We boys had nothing to do with it Very
nearly all of them had something TO say.
Half of them went over to ShovIin's, per
haps more. not less Saw Brisbane on
the Lehigh Valley Railroad PLATFORM
There is no cellar to the Railroad platform.
Walter Stew0rt sOorn-Was in Land
nesser Hall on election night between sew
en- and eight o'clock. Saw Brisbane Fred
Myers and Rand Erquart. Heard Bris
bane talking to them Did not hear what
they were talking abont. Did not hear
them say where they were going. Sup
posed they were going to raise fight
Some went down South street and some
up Main went up Main and down to
Shovlin's bridge Went there with part
of the crowd from Landmesser Hail.
Went to see what the party would do
Before we went into the Hall, heard some
of the boys talking about going over to
tear out Shovlin. Urban Finch was one
who walked up street with me. At least
half of the crowd at the Hall lived in town.
Heard some OF them talking about Shov-
lin at the Third ward polls. They said
the boys were going up to tear him out
| Half dozen went from the Third ward
polls up to the Hall. Knew some bv
sight, none by name. About half were
young men and half old men. Young
! Eick" went up with me. Heard the mat,
ter proposed just before the POLLS closed.
Went across the canal bridge but took
no part. The crowd waited about ten
minutes on the bridge. Heard somebody
cry out "Liberty." la minute or two
afterwards heard the stones fly against the
house. The stoning continued four or
five minutes. After the stoning the crowd
care back over the bridge. Heari
couple of pistol shots fired after the ston-
ing. They were all good Republicans
So am |. Went to the wigwam when |
came back. BrisbAue and Isaac Teots
| came in
! Frank ShoVin sW0rn-Was tending
bar for Dan Shovlin on election day and
night, about halEpast seven Capt. Ellis
came through the bar-room with cane in
his land, INTO the hall leading past the
dining room and into the room where the
election was held. He said nothing
Came back and walked ont the door ia
cling the depot. DIR. Brisbane passed by
the other door fronting the Easton turn
pike towards the poll door, Four or five
minutes afterwards the stoning and ham.
mering commenced at the door aud win
dows. Jumped over the counter with
out doors and saw Giles Stevens kicking at
the poll door on the porch | ran back
and commenced securing the bar-room
My brother was thrown bleeding and sense
less into the bar room. | did not at first
recognize him for the blood. When |
lifted him up | recognized him as my
brother. bis eye was out, living on his
cheek. He lay insensible all the evening
The door, sash, windows and the side of
the house was all smashed Th ere are
half n hushel of large stones lying in the
room where the polls were held, now.
| The election board were counting tickets.
Saw Brisbane, Ellis aud Giles Stevens.
1t was between and o'clock | should
think The election officers were driven
from the room.
5. f. IMDermott, a Member OF the Lu-
zerne Bar, s,0orn-Was clerk of the cleo
tion board. After the polls were closed,
we spent few moments in the room, dis
cussing as to who should go to supper first
1t was finally arranged that all the rest
should go to supper, and | should remain
and take care of the ballot boxes and pa
pers. After the rest of the board got
their supper, and came back, went and
got mine. 1t wa4 about halfpast seven
o'clock when | went to supper. AS soon
as got my supper, we sat down to count
the votes. Just as the Judge of Election
(Zlba Gruver) had taken off the cover of
one of the ballot-boxes, and was in act of
taking out some of the votes, there came a
thump at the door. The Judge dropped
the tickets back in the ballot box. Some
one remarked that something was going
on outside" Just then something else
struck the door, and ! says, Boys, that's a
stone" Then there were three or four
stones came in quick succession. The glass
| flew all over. The sash flew in fragments
about the room. Something flew between
my feet. | Immediately jumped up, took
one of the balot-boxes, the Judge taking
the other, and went up stairs. We re
mained upstairs about ten minutes. Part
of us left the ballot-bo in charge of one
of the board, and went back. to the poll
room for our hats and overeoats There
were Is or 20 stones in the room, some as
large as my two fists. Heard 8 of shots
fired after the stoning, apparently from the
other side OF the bridge.
John Nc Groarty, sworn-I was Inspec-
tor Of the North District of Wilkes Barre