Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-07-20
THE START.

late riot;
THE START.
At last the regiments were got into po-
siuon and the procession started. II war
then $50 p. IN. The pageant was sin
guAr one. In front was the Seventh
Regiment, headed by body of Police
On the right the Twenty--ecoud Regi-
mcnt, on the left the Ejghty-fourth aud
Sixth, and between them the Orangemeu.
Behind thrse marched the Ninth, and 81
large p0ASe OF Police, extending from
house to house, brought up the rear In
this order the procession moved off to the
tune Of "The Red White and Blue"
TIE FIRST BLOOD.
Scarcely had half block been traver4ed
when ehot wars fired from window
and missiles were thrown from the roof
Of houses, aud the crowd in the rear and
on the tlankz burst upon the police and
assaulted them with bricks, paving stones
and other proioctles. A bold stand was
made aud the onslaught resisted by the
ofiicers. A shot in reply WIS fired at the
man who stood on the roof aud move
ment was made by the regiments as II
lions Then the crowd turned and, re
gudlrss OF youth, old age or sex, dashed
Oft. trampliug ALI under foot in their flight.
Houses, bt-emeut and cellar, were sought
in the nd tc,nt streets by the fugatives,
who disregurded every right in their mad
pursuit OF safety Great brawny rascals
burst into the stores and private dwell
ing- to escape from the threatened fusil-
i - l. ! -
can be little doubt but that many robber-
les would have been committed. The
procession still moved on.
FIRING ON THE MOB
Again the "great uuwashed" approached
the 1anks and rear of the forces, and with
redoubled determination attacked them.
Bricks aud paving-stones flew i'll every
direction about the heads of the soldiers
The first casualty was i'll the case of Sergt.
Mccullough, of the Twenty second, whose
knee was badly hurt with brick. He
bore it patiently, and did not offer t."
strike a blow in revenge. From the
A.Q-e.tops missiles were flung, and the
rsg- Of the mob increased momeutarily.
On the southeast corner of Twenty. y.fourth
street. il Dan Ryan's liquor store. There
aro wooden awning and "a news stand
in front of it. From the shelter OF these
amurderous assault was made upon the
Eghly-fourth Regiment, commanded by
Lieut.. Col. Mitchell Here the real atfray
may be said to have begun. a WON Il
flung u piece of crockery from the roof,
and "A pistol-shot was fired from the win
dow, the ball striking one of the men OF
the Elghty-fourth. Another vessel hit
Capt Douglass of the same regiment, on
the head, and without receiving any or
ders from Gen. Varian, who commauded
the troops, or indeed from any one else,
the men began to fire upon the densely,
packed mob
A volley was poured into the window,
tuo, and the Sixth, following the former
corps example, blazed away also. The
Ninth took up the fusilade, aud added to
thr slaughter. 1t is almost impossible to
describe the horror of the scene at this
point Screams and groans, mingled
with ouh- md imprecations rent the air.
Children walled and women shrieked in
mortal terror, and men fled again, tramp
Ing friend and foe, weak wounded and
dying, beneath their cowardly feet Such
q sight makes ones blood run cold. aud
almost stops the pulsation Of humane
heart Bullets ratified against windows
and doors, and, panic stricken the mob
had fled, leaving the street strewn with
dead and dying creatures.
The procession had halted during this
combat, and the band of the OranXemen
stopped playing, but in minute or two
after the fight of the assailants, struck
up lively tripping tune, and the whole
resumed their march up Twenty third
street to Fifth avenue. The writer OF
this account vas in the rear of the Ninth
while the firing went on, and stood near
off 'Jr Edward Murphy, of the Twenty
second Precinct, who was shot III the face
at the beginning of the affray. The re-
porter left the ranks when the procession
turned into Twenty-third street, and
walked backward over the battlefield,
THE DEAD AND DYING.
There is no scene so heartrending and
distressing as the ground strewn with the
bodies of men, who lived and laughed a
few moments before the fatal bullet laid
them low. But the sight of women and
children in the throes of death, at their
own doorsteps is still more distressing
Such one was presented on 9Th avenue,
between ODD and gath streets, after the
Struggle described above. Some lay in
the gutter, face downward, some on the
rilro ID track and others were stretched
on the sidewalks and in duorways. Many
imped off moaning, while few staggered
or were borne away by their friends OF
kindly bystanders. There were sixteen
per-nns stone dead in the street and many
others were in articu'O mOrtis. One poor
fellow named Reed, who had been shot
through the lungs, and was slowly bleed
ing to death, strove hard to remember :
prayer, and repeat it with lips that he'd
but few moments before given vent to
terrible bl4sphemy. "Jesus, Joseph anc
Mary" said be, "forgive me, poor sin
ner." Then he would vainly strive tc
clasp his hands, and raise them to HEAVIER
in application, while he repeated the
Lords Prayer. It was very saddening
this unfortunate's death upon his stony
bed On the northeast eoruera of Gath
street laid tho bodies of two men and wo
men, beyond them three others, and be
low them two men, one of them was ele
gantly attired. He was evidently man
In good circumstances, but could not tel
anything about bimself. His jaw was
shattered and his tongue torn out by {
rifle ball. Poor man All that could b.
learned of his probable identity was OBJ
tanned from a card in his pocket, en- which
was engraven the name, William Latti
mer.
SCENE AFTER THE FIRING.
AS soon as the firing had ceased, thu
crowds in the side streets to the east n