The New York herald., 1869-01-30

which merged into riot In . short time,
and gave indications OF resulting even more
seriously than Il did. AS 1t is, one man win.
In all probability. ray the penalty OF his partci-
patton in the anray by the loss OF his life. while
number OF others received cuts ad SCARS which they
VIII bear for life. In the locality OF the ai:ay, or at
least riot, the residents are rather mixed,
some OF the houses being occupied BY
By Whites es ,rs While others are capsa 81
other and fights of frequent occurrence yet they
are seldom participated IN by more than two or three
police OF the Fory-fourth and convicted for rgliting
nesleraay however, the ARRAY assumed moro
threatening aspect. Tor from three or four particf
pants Il increased 20 hundred or more before the
police were scarcely aware Of the fact.
Tne rloG commenced In the following manner -
Two colored brickayers named William III Edwards
anl Samuel Hasey, while standing upon the curn IN
Canton street near PARK avenue waiting i e said
face aaS s a Il. 'fs sssr EaUs eu sSs
alsey ned through Canton street in the direction OF
Myrtle avenue. Ganey pursued them, being Joined
y snoess Ssa mSn 70 Snn HE msDf Whether
or only give them bad beating is not known;
but pursuing them through the streets In the man.
ner they did naturally caused great deal OF eX-
citement and those who Joined with them no doubt
supposed that they had been doing something terri
The crowd were joined by number OF women,
and as they ran along the streets they hurled stones
cryns d ne essr 9s' s q The
how Hopkins, who had Joined Ganey, got stabbed
by some one Of the party and fel! upon the street
Myrtle avenue the crowd was close upon the
heels OF the colored men and their lives
seemed in Imminent peril. When they reached
ocer @ Bo5ns & The ForyourR H' precinct came came
upon the scene ana arrested Ganey; but his friends
overpowered the oiilcer, and Ganey was soon libe-
the rioters had increased in number to between one
and two hundred, and one policeman could
do very little IN checking them. ., The colored @
son avenues, and sought refuge In the crock
cry store OF Thomas Dawson. Mrs. Dawson,
unfortunate men to hide behind the counter. they
had scarcely time to secrete themselves In the place
indicated when the infurfaed leaders Of the rabble
darkes, striking them with the crockery ware which
they took from the shelves, and yelling, "Klll the
Upwards Of 800 worth Of the wares were
demolished In this manner and the position OF the
''hunted down" was apparently hopeless, when
their way through the mob and rearrested
Ganey and rescued Edwards. The latter
had been badly beaten the about head aud
under his protection twho is supposed to haye used
the knfe) and his brother officer with Ganer under
arrest then started for the station house. The
been augmented II kSicisit nun Numbers 1 to keep the
mob at bay. Hopkins was removed to the City Hos
liz was found to have been stabbed in the left
shoulder and breast the knife having penetrated tho
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nation The former is said to be known TO the police
as turbulent character. having been previously
tective Wondery % before the the wounded man at the
hospital but the latter failed to identify him as the
person who stabbed him. The other prominent
leader in the disturbance, Samuel Halsey, has not
vet been arrested.