Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-10-21
Plug UgIIes.
How Baltimore Mob Assailed Psssen-
ger Prain-Scandalou Treatment
-.fT of the Passengers

The train which left Washington at $40 p. NJ
yesterday for Philadelphia, was attacked in Balti-
more about o'clock, by one of the most vllainous
and cut-throat looking mobs that eyer disgrsced
even Baltimore The train consisted OF three pas
senger cars from Washington, filed chiefly with
male passengers, but a number of lady passengers
were in the rearnost ears
At Annapolis Junction, one of the lads who usu-
ally sells newspapers on the train between Balti-
more and Washington commenced taking vote
for the Presidency among the male passengers, and
after going through the train he reported fifty votes
for Seymour and Blair, forty-two for Grant and
Colfax, and seven neutral or who declined to tell
how they intended TO vote at the Presidential cleo
ton
The design of taking this vote was developed
when the train reached Baltimore, 1t was evidently
intended 10 spot the Republicans, to make them
the marks for the mob in the preconcerted attack
which took place at the President street depot
Many of the passengers on the train to Baltimore
were way travellers, who generally vote for Blair,
and on the arrival of the train in Baltimore most
of them left at Camden Station leaving the remain
ing passengers chiefly Republicans.
The cars were drawn through Baltimore by
horses separately, and the first car in which were
the smokers was balted on the east side of the
President street depot IT was almost instantly taken
possession of by a mob of roughs upwards of a
hundred who leaped upon the front and rear plat
FORMS and occupied both doors of exit so as to make
sure of the passengers inside. The mob outside
crowded against the WINDOWS bOWllnS LOT Ocy yOuE
and Blair 1t was the rebel yell repeated, which
was heard on many battle-f field of the rebellion.
| The ruffians inside commenced an examination of
each passenger TO where he lived if he was going
to Philadelphia to vote, and ending with threat
that if any Grant and Colfax men were in tho car
| they would have their brains blown out.
| party of three or four accosted William Thorn
| ton a Philadephan, and Assistant Purveyor st the
| Metropolitan Hotel, Washington, who was sitting
quietly in his scat, in this wise The leader pre-
sented q cooked revolver, which he held directly
| against Thorntons mouth saying Where do you
| live2 Are you going to Philadelphia to votef Tell
me- quick, or I'll blow your brains out adding a
horrid oath Thornton begged them TO spare his
| life and TO mollify them told them be was one OF
! Bill McMullen's crowd, in Philadelphia. The man
with the pistol said You liel believe you are
one of the radicals going TO Philadelphia TO vote
and if thought you were, would XII you rlght
| here p a.. ..
He added in threatening manner, "Who do
| YOU know in Philadelphia that can vOuch for yo-
| Tell mo somebody that know in Philadelphia, or
IN kill YOU stll holding the pistol 10 his face
Thornton held up his hand and swore that he
told the truth when the ruffians left him begging
him 10 exCuscn them for having treated one OF
Mully's crowd so roughly.
| a colored man, who sat IN the rear OF MI. Ihorh-
ton, wus next assailed with black-jacks over the
head by three or four Of the ruans, for daring TO
| 'look at thom. He gave them no proyocation
whatever.
While this was going on inside, the crowd outside
we're incessantly yelling" Bring them out +
a Kill every one Of them = Don't let one OF them
90 on the trainlp aThrow them under the car y
| The other passengers expected every moment 10
have their tufn of cross examination In the same
styie as that administered to Mr.. Thornton, but be-
fore the examiners had time to 60 through the en-
tire car in this way the next arrived, when the
mob ran down towards il and dragged out and beat
several Of the passengers in the most brutal man.
| ner One passenger was pulled bodily out OF The
| side window and kicked and beaten by the mob I'll
they could pummel him no more.
| The third car arrived and its occupants were
| treated in the same way. After this The ruthans
staggered through the cars, shouting for Seymour
and Blair, with implications that if any g. Grant
ana Coifax man dared 10 say bc was for either o
them. they would kill him on the spot"
None OF the passengers were armed at least no
weapons were displayed BY them a. ...
n Aftor the cars were coupled the mob uncoupled
them. with shouts that they would keep the traiT
there and not Iel II 60 to Philadelphia. The con
, Aactor and engineer however, coupled up as rapid
lv as possible, and succeeded Ia running th'
through cars out % tbs switch ana Oacs AgMi
10 he depot to attach the Baltimore car This wal
the signa for another attack. The rioters again en-
tered the smoking car, and maBs standing on
front platform ran into the baggage car, pursued
by IS many ss eonld kick and beat him.
During al the time this was going on there Eer
three OF -four uniformed policemen present, who ap
peare either 10 fraternize with The rioters or 10 b
afraid of them, FOR no arrests were made ss eoui'
, be seen from The cars.
number Of Washington passengers, who IN
tended coming to Phifadeiphia, were lef At Bslti
more, having escaped ia the confusion.
How many were hurt OF whether any we're killed
! oould not be ascertained BY he passengers as th
train moved Of while the excited crowd wac roam
ing round The depot