Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-06-07


Our third EDITION last evening, issued at seven
O'Clock, contained an account Of the disturb
anees at the polls In the Third and Seventh
Wards in the afternoon. In the Third wsrd at
about hve O'Clock, O party OF colored men
were passing along L street. between 9Th and
were seated ON a porch, and some of them sung
out I" Hurrah for Emery" when one or two re-
Piled BY hurrahing, and after some words passed
IN which each candidate was id, the colored
party threw few stones, and one OF the white
men drew revolver and fired, some say SIX
shots, but others two or three, one Of which took
erect IN the wrist Of VIM. johnson, living on
Ridge street, passing between the bones of the
lower fore arm. When the firing commenced
the colOred men ran, but soon an immense
crowd were on the ground, and the parties ran
seaSch of back yards and sheds. Detective
Bigley arrested Thomas Sherwood and Daniel
Kurtz, two young men, passing up 18th street,
on suspicion Of being concerned, and they were
taken to the sixth precinct station, where they
are held for hearing. These parties contend
that they were not near the place at the time.
concerned in the attempted riot at IL .. m. in
the Third Ward, in which a number Of Bowen
roughs from Baltimore participated Rich
ard ard Franklin, John johnson, Addison Lane,
John Carter, Willis johnson, Henry Bell, Way
man BROOKS, Henry Baily. Charles Taylor,
Alex. Budd, james g. Evans They were
all sent to the Central Guardhouse TO await
trial. Henry Baily was badly cut about the
head. Addison Lane and John johnson were
committed to Jail for court to answer the charge
Of riot and resisting officers, by Justice Thomp-
son. ~ ..'5 ~ = =
A disturbance broke out at half-past five, on
~ street between and 2, streets, In the
Seventh Ward, originated by some colored
Bowen men, and Ii became so serious that the
officers were obliged to resort to pistols. A col
ored man named Richard johnson. living on l.
street, between AZ and 9Th, was shot by an
officer. He was taken into the drugstore on the
corner Of A. and street. The man was at
tended by DIR. w. q. Poulton, and the ball found
to have entered in the left side, taking an up
ward course, logging In his person. The wound
Il not necessarily fatal, though quite serious
The mounted police were telegraphed for
and In few moments appeared under Lieut.
johnson, and had to use considerable force in
dispensing the crowd, riding on to the pavement
with their horses and using their batons.
Lieut.. johnson, with his mounted men, re-
NAMED on the gronni until late hour. Two
men were arrested and locked mp in the first
precinct station for being the orginators of the
r1ot-one named Roane and the other named
Brown. At last accounts the wounded man,
johnson, was alive.
just towards O'Clock D. m, a large crowd
Of Bowenites, mostly colored corporation en-
ployes, with the Bowen strikers from Balti-
more. marched up 9TH street towards NJ, yelling
hike demons for Bowen, and were met about
halfway the square by the Emery men, and
soon hand-to-h hand conflict was in progress
The police was quickly between the combat
ants and after considerable hard work arrested
three of the Principals-Giloert Coleman
Tobias Clark and Robert Nailor, who being ar
raigned before Justice Thompson were fined 80
each.