Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-10-22
The Baltimore Roughg.

e Our correspondent "Mc," a gen
n tleman well known in this city,send
t US hurried letter from Phlladel
! phla, briefly, giving what fell unde
I his own personal observation OF
the train from Washington to Phil
: adelphia, as it passed through Bal
, tlmore, He says in a note that the
newspaper accounts Of the outrages
Iperpetrated by the Baltimore roughs
: are notin the least exaggerated but
e hardly tell the whole truth. -
, Among the scenes for which our
correspondent vouches is the fol-
t lowing, cut from a newspaper ac-
oopnt - CIeUeland Herald.
At Annapolis Junction, one of
0 the lads who usually sell ncwspa-
5 pers on the train, took a vote for
the Presidency among the male pas
sengers, and he reported fifty votes
. for Seymour and Blair, forty-two
Grant and CoIfax, and seven who
declined to tell how they intended
!, to vote. "a
The design of taking this vote
was to "spot" the Republicans for
! the mob.
I The cars were drawn through
1 Baltimore by horses separately and
as the first car, in which were the
"smokers," was halted on the east
sideof the President street Depot,
it was instantly taken possession
of by mob ofroughs, who leaped
] upon the platforms, and occupied
both doors.
/ The mob outside crowded against
the windows, bowling for Seymour
and Blair
/ IheTufTians inside commenced |
an examination of each passenger
as to where he lived, if he was go
ing to Philadelphia to vote, and
lending with a threat that if there
were any Grant and Colfax men in 1
the car they would have their brains
blown out. q i
A party Of three or fouraecosted
\ William Thornton; Philadelphian,
who was sitting quietly in his seat
The leader presented a cooked re-
volyeE. which he held directly !
against Thornton's mouth, saying Il
+ Where do. you liveY Are you
goingto Philadelphia to vote p
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 he was one of Bill McMul-
lens crowd, in Philadelphia. The
man with the pistol said E: "You
lie. | believe you are one of the
Radicals going to Philadelphia to
vote, and if thought you were, /
wonld kill you right here. Q |,
He added in a threating manner
"Who do you know in Philadel-
phia that can vouch for you? 2, Tell /;
me somebody or I'll kill you,'' |,
the pistol to his face. /,
Thornton held up his hand and 7,
swore that he told the truth, I
when the ruffians left him, begging /
him to excuse p them for having
treated one of "Mully's crowd SO Z
roughly, r~s rgrrr Il
rear ofMrL Thornton, was nektias- 4
sailed with black jacks over the '
head, by three or four of the ruff I
fans, for daring to "lcok" at them. Il
He gave them no provocation what o
ever
"a, While-this was going on inside, (
she crowd outside were incessantly {
Yelling-FBring them outE xiii c
syery one Of theIn!" s'Don't let a
me Of them 60. on the .trainPl- fl
Throw them under the carp I
Before the examiners had time N
20 go through the entire car, in this n
way, the next ore arrived, when
he mob ran down towards il, and in
cut and beat several Of the b,
passengers in the most brutal man. ii
Ter One passenger was pulled fl
bodily out Of the side window, and I,
licked and beaten by the mob TIL !,
hey could pommel them no more. q"
The third car arrived and it's oc- a
,upants we're treated in the same
way. After this the ruffians stag "'
yered through the cars, shouting "
or Seymour and Blair, with lmpre- y
ations that if anyhsdAd Grant and tlt
Jolfax man dared to say be was for "
ither of them, they would kill him y
N the spot" GT ID "a g ~
hltCI lu6 CblS WGI6 COuDlbus Jl6 =
1ob. uncoupled them, with shouts IN
hat they would keep the train there ot
nd not letitg to Philadelphia, -4I 4 rit
he conductor and engineer, how q
yer, coupled up as rapidly Jas pos &c
ible, and succeeded in running the To-
through carsh out to The SWITCH! 70
nd back again to the depot, to at a.
ie!i the Baltimore car, This was no
ne signal for another attack. q The AZ
oters again entered the smoking IS
N, and a man standing on a front ne
latfofm ran into the baggage car, ye
ursued by as manytas could kick
nd beat him. o. s8ta9 Z AtJ ad a.,
During the time this was going ~,
. there were three. or four uni
'rmed policemen present, who ap- u,
cared eithert6 fraternize with the a., A.
oters, or to be afraid Of them, for ~, ~
} arrests were made, as could be ~
zen from the cars. 81 .a.siagas1 goui ~
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