The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-04-06
FIGHr ON THIRp STREET. Last

who works at Mr. Heilman's foundry,
was standing at the corner Of Third
.and Main. Streets, at Bridwcll's drug
store, he was set upon by one Of those
characters generally called bum.
mers," who said, can whip any
id black Republican - adding
other !aqgnase Dot prepsrI TO- use IN
the coiumps Of a newspaper r. ana
abusing Gogens in a most d;-graceful
manner saying that Hc Aalr Aa#ey
that's said ne could wAip Gopens. . 70
all Of the abuse Gogeus replied that
he earned his money honestly, and by
hard labor, and-tiiat be had none to
squander in betting. Shortly after
that, another hummer came up and
commeneed abusing Gogens. usiHg
about the same language the first one
did. Gogens stood il as long as he
could, and then attempted to resent
the insults heaped upon him. The
two clinched, and at once engaged in
a fight, which terminated ia no serious
result. As soon as the hummer
struck Gogens, half a dozen voices
were, heard frg9 6theTsih} sympathy
with the hummer, yelling out, {" go
for him, go for him" Deputy Sheriff
Cox, be it said to his credit, was on
the spot promptly, and did all. inehis
power to separate tie parties and re-
store quiet, aud, with others, at last
separated the belligerents.
. Has it come to that pass that a
quiet-ahE' leaceahleI ma SHOULD be
thus set upon by gang of bum
.mers in a public street? Is that the
way Democrats propose to elect their
ticket to-day 2lhAre men to be set
upon and beaten because they choose
TO be Republicans? Surely, such con-
duct will not operate in favor of the
party these men lproposet TO fight. for.
Let candid men think.
20 Since writing the above, we have
learned that the same bummers "
made an attack, oarThird Street, :
on the same man, Gogens, and beat
him up most shamefully, on Sunday
evening, about s o'clock. We know
there are many Democrats who depre.
cate sdeh conduct, and if such men
have an influence in their party, they
ought to exercise it on the side of
peace We will see what will be done
to-day. Every good citizen should
do all in his power to preserve peace.
AN INCIDENT. Last Saturday eve
ming, just after that disgraceful fight
on Third Street, man WHO gave
the name of Bruner7e stepped up to
some gentlemen who we're talking at
or near5 the entrance to W. H.
Walker 's,real estate office, which is
nb5 stairs, and senqlnred, where
are all-zthes men lwh3 & belongs UP
stairs?" Gone Of thezzgentlemeu7 %
the crowd was pointed to as belongS
las 6 upstairs. . -Bruner then-csRed
him aside, aud esaid, - / am@regis-
tered, aud have my -gertifcate, but
have no-placc to board I don't
want to pay my board myself. after
taking aEb the trouble to come to
+he city just to vote, aad would like
to get an order for board" Bru-
ner was asked where he came from,
and replied, up the country, and
admitted that he had just come to
the city for the purpose of voting
the Democratic ticket. It is by this
means W. II. Walker and his friends
hope to carry the election. lis by
the importation OF voters that thess
men expect to rids into power. This is
but one illustration of many cases that
have come to our knowledge Of the
of thesDsmaerats to pal III
legal votes to-day We do hope that
true men, who hape rbelgg99 Of theE
city at heart, will watch out for
these fellows. 1t wSlatakd close
watching to prevent this base fraud
which they viii attempt today III.
HAPPY REUNION. - On Saturday
night, ORR rather Sunday morning,
after tie Democratic procession hal
concluded its march, a large number
of Democrats. including sopesefsop1
siderable prominence, whose names
we suppress, repaired to Fort Rhyme,