The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-14
NEW YORK HERALD FRIDAY July A. 1871 WITH Supplement-

strong men were seen looking with terrible earnest
ness towards tine door OF the Morgue with the
bitter tears coarsing down their faces and their
whole exterior presenting a most woe-begone ap-
pearance Old and bercaved women there,
many Of whom uttered such
"cAsINEsn OF LAMENrATIoN
az seldom beard in this country; viii lc
Others on the curbstone and rocked their bodies
to and fro in silent anguish, now and then moaning
nitiously. Young women. wives and sisters and
daughters whose husbands and brothers and fathers
left their homes in the full glow OF health
ON the morning OF that fatal day and
returned not home in the evening, wandered along
the streets waving saturated handkerchiefs, and
| weeping as though their hearts would break Little
children, who could not comprehend the
| extent OF their bereavement. alternately cried
| in sympathy with the sorrow Of their mothers
| and sisters and innocenlly laughed at
| some incident that uckled their youthful
rlsbilities. Here and there were gathered groups
OF young and notwithstanding men, some staring
stolidly into far-ofr vacancy, and few discussing
| the events Of the previous day. Approaching one
| OF these the HERALD reporter acc0sted decently
| dressed and respectable looking Irishman, and
asked els there any Of your friends lying IN there
| sir :" n .4
al don't know, SIR" answered he, IL have boy
or mad one yesterday, who went out In the morn
Ing usual, but hadn't got back up to dinner hour
ay I'm greatly afraid he's one Of the victims OF
this horrible business. God nelp me, I'm quiet
man; never interfered In any business OF this
kind, and my poor boy was always harmless and
well conducted lad since he was child
IT'S TOO BAD
II 80 heavy blow Is to fall now upon me and my
poor wife that have struggled hard IN this country
for the last nineteen years and never once quarreled
with anybody, or earned the il-will Of man, wo
man or child. Day and night We worked aud
struggled, sir, and tired to bring up our only
boy az he ought to be brought up; and, IN
deed, not that l say 1t That am his father,
he " as a credi to us and to all belonging to him;
but. Tod Almighty oh, God Almighty, your will be
done on blessed Virgin Mary, how can 60 home
to my poor Mary tonight without her boy ~
Here the poor man broke down co mplerey, and 1t
was some time before either himself or his ques.
TONER could resume The conversation. After while
:Do you know anything about that shooting
..weil, SIR, saw the. most dit. wnen dinner
| time came Yesterday, and
OUR BOY DlDN'r COME HOME AS USUAL,
my wife began to feel very ufeasy. SO after DINNER
and SUnV thinking he might have beer been tempted
t. come over nere.we live In Brook.
come cal alter him. W followed the crowd up Eighth
avenue. aud was standing on the corner Of Twenty
sixth street when the row took place"
"DU you think the militia are to blame for what
"wei, sir, don't think they acted right at all.
| don't think they received the prOvOcatiOn that
would justify them IN shedding all the blood they
dld SPILL II they were cool and brave, as soldiers
ought TO be, they would walt little longer before
| know the way 1t Is with
| MEN WHO HAVE FACED THEIR ENEMY
| in the neld. While was In the army myself and nv
comrades were OFTEN placed IN the same position rs
called on to suppress riots or cvil disturbance il was
well understood rule among us not to fre at citizens.
ns en we
fired the first round or TWO over the rioters heads,
far a. my expeen0e goes we never
tne'way soldiers acted IN my time upon OCCASIONS OF
that kind. For that natter indeed, have reason
same practice YET. Where live, over
IL Brooklyn, have lately seen several
| neighborhoOd turned out, men and women, not as
Idle Razers or spectators but as mob Of rioters;
where every window and housetop were filled with
| people ready to wound and murder the officers OF
the government and their escorts and protectors,
be overpowered and slaughtered like dogs. Yet
THK PATIENT SOLDIERS OF THE LINE
sacrics human life they kept their eyes about
| them and watched sharply IN every direction. and
firearms they went for MIN and dis
| armed HIM and gave him wholesome beating No
the innocent or ignorant crowd and G no soldier
| ever attempted to use his musket without COM
take sns s nss '0 al
and excited men or women; but 1 am very
much AFRAID sr as that e the %llitlsmen who
| stuff that real soldiers are made OF. Sucn men
could never have stood before the small end OF an
bullet whistle ny and eoter the brain OF comrade
You'll see what they'll n, DO II they are ever 6rouxnt
dered BY poor boy; may God forgive them, for I'm
MANY OF the crowd seated themselves IN long
row on the curbstones on the opposite side OF the
street while Others pressed close to the tall iron
glass TO catch glmpses OF the horror WITHIN. con-
tlnual stream passed IN aud out by the policeman
unnecessarily The grun order, above on, and give
others chance" sounded with ghasty sarcasm,
one. To some who came to crafty curious sppe
title for the horrible 1t might have given pleasure.
Vo The wo %
having ieeosni1el a friend or friends Many in
A TERRIBLY INTENSE EXPECTANCY, ,a
only cast fearful, sidelong glances ct the dead
s.s!sd 5ssy sss
that he had found tie remains Of a
friend, was surprised to discover his mistake
heartrending. Gaunt, unshaven men wspt aud
walled, and women wrung their hands, sometimes
One girl, who had recognized brother caressed
the body most plteously.
The bodIes were ranged on the zinc slabs, cold
to the waist, showing the marble flesh, stark and
rigid. In most the eyes were still OPEN staring
through The stiff lids with horrible vacancy.
Hands were cllnched as II IN the last death agony
The wounds were displayed and all their ghasdy
horror From one. which was through the Temporal
bone OF the head. the brains still oOzing. The
hair was mass OF clothed blood The body at the
farther end OF the row was that OF man or large
and powerful frame, with heavy. bulldog
head. His chest was iull and broad. The
temples and face were mass OF black
bruises and wounds. Nearer the door was the body
OF an mountaineering man. with full beard and
mustacne, and q fine forehead. After recognition
It was tumbled caIelessly upon stretcher and re-
moved. The stream OF visitors was ceaseless
throughout the dav.
In the low wooden sheds attached to the Office OF
the coroner the scenes were yet more horrible. The
bodies, manRled and bloody, had been hustled into
rough boxes, which were piled up in tiers.
In close proximity TO them were others which
had already remained there for weeks containing