Litchfield enquirer., 1870-04-21

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 A PRIZE FIGHT BROKEN UP AND THE ROUGHs CAPTURED.
 The following account of this excellent piece of police work appears in the Courant: A prize fight was announced to come off at Charles Island, Milford, Tuesday morning at six o'clock, between James Kerrigan of New York and one Toughey of the same city. About forty of the worst kind of roughs arrived in this city on Monday night by the boat, and took carriages for Milford. A steamboat was also chartered in New York to bring Toughey and his friends and was to leave that city at 12 o'clock, midnight. ..e.. .....- ...
 At about nine o'clock in the morning, Sheriff Hotchkiss received dispatch from Milford asking for protection from the roughs that were prowliDg about the vii- lage. The sheriff at once called upon Ad- iutant General Merwin and Colonel Brad ley for assistance, when the Sarsfeld Guard, the New Haven Grays, and the Governors Foot Guards, the Montgomery Guard, and the Now Haven Light Guard were ordered out and left on special train for Milford at 1O:15 a. m. On arriving at that place, the military took a double quick for the bar that extends from the mainland to the island and which is bare at low water. The militia arrived just in time, for nearly all the roughs were then within the bar endeavoring to reach the main land. On seeing the military force, the crowd stopped and consulted together for few moments and then started like drove of sheep towards the island. They endeav- ored to hide in all sorts of places, but the New Haven police with the sheriff and mi litia, soon searched every nook and corner and captured sixty eight, who were march ed to Milford station and placel under guard. General Merwin then learned that the steamboat which was to have brought the balance from New York. had expert enced heavy weather during the night, and had put into Black Rock and discharg- ed about hundred more, who commenced ransacking the houses, and insulting citi- zens in that village. General Merwin then ordered the militia, not on guard, into the special train, and proceeded to Fairfield.
 Your reporter noticed among the crowd several young men from Hartford, whose parents are among the first business, men of our city. They were marched to the Station house in twos, guarded on each side by the police, fanked by the militia, and are now safely quartered i'll the City Hall, guarded by the police and suf6- cient number of citizen soldiers. The whole movement has been we'll carried out and reflects credit on General Merwin and his staff and line officers, as well as Chief of Police Bowen and his officers and men, NF~ 4oll AA~ c1n 0f ho county.
 On the island the crowd was disappoint. ed, iA the non-arrival of Toughey, who was on board the steamboat that left New York. While the crowd was waiting for his arrival, two "buffers" from New York had fight for $lO0 a side, and fought six teen rounds in forty nine minutes. They were both arrested, besides Patsey Shep- pard of this city and Mike English of New York, who are to fight May 27; but this little arrangement will evidently break up at eoiU. ~. ..'- ,.~-.-. -..-... .- Among the party arrested on the island were Kerrigan and his packers He is a brother of Dan Kerrigan, who fought Kel- ly in 1859. Toughey and his party were landed at Bridgeport, but hearing of the raid left as soon as possible for New York, on the Il o'clock express train from Bridge port. There are among the crowd several common councilmen of the city of Brook lyn, and two from New York. The names we are not able to give at this writing, as many of them have given aliases. Govern or Jewell, General Merwin, Sheriff Hotch- kiss and Colonel Bradley are deserving of great credit for the part they have taken in the matter. and all praise should be award ed to our National Guard who so prompt ly responded to the call to suppress one of the most desperate gangs that ever visited this state. The crowd ransacked several houses in Milford, and robbed persons in the streets, if alone. There was general reign of terror in that usually quiet town. A boat containing two men, one reporter for a New Haven paper, was capsized by the wind while on it's way to the island, about 5T o'clock in the morning, and but for the prompt assistance of MT. Dwight c. Lines, they would have drowned. MT. l.. happened to be near where the boat upset. A reporter for the Clipper and one for Wilts's Spirit were among the captur- ed, but were let off on bail by the sheriff, to appear when wanted. There is general rejoicing in the city over the result. The the highest terms of the way their men dCLcO III 1dCIu6 OACA Q OAOWO OA uCSpOAo. does. 1- &5a tv
 The lot who left on the Pope Oatlin, got wind of the movements of the military, and most of them escaped. The cores pondent of the Register says:
 When General Merwin got back to Mil ford. at 2 o'clock, he found the dispatch, and taking the troops that were not guard ing the prisoners. on board of the special train, started for Fairfield. At Bridge port. they were reinforced by the Sedg- wick Guard of that city. On arriving at Fairfield, it was found that some one of the roughs in Bridgeport heard of the mat ter in Milford, and drove out in wagon to tell the New York party. The rear of the train was found occupied by the roughs, some four or five refusing to pay their fare. No one would authorize Gen. Merwin to arrest the gang. and even the sheriff of Fairfield county. dared not to take the responsibility and the troops were forced to return without making more than three or four arrests.
 It was concluded to bring the fellows