New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-08-07
4 PROHIBITION rAw BATTLE N aA75ACHU-
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Loic,u Cor7ssDcnden,e Of me Bo''oo Journal


The excitement. which has peryadcd the
usually quiet Spindle city has not been eNcr.I.d d,
il eguacd, since 1860, MLch Wy Ult"l'J "a
pT % i liquor ET"S dealers were brought before
Inc local magstTacy and fined Then as now IN, omar
Strata of the pOpuiatOn threatened summary vengeance
on the executors the law. From that time until about
two years ago the liquor retaining wa wen luOhru
ton for 4 quiet and orderly city. When tine Leg Itue
curtaed the state Police APPROXIMATION np"Gfe h @r'
found necessary TO reduce the Numbers Oh Scls
and only one deputy was lett IN charge OF tne Gy,
fact the liquors dealers were 9Ct SLOW 10 , friT n
v e1il guor az freely rs they pleased ana to whom
tt{ pi S c , M had "A reputation as the nortIerly
ic of Boston Major Jones, Chief Of the Consahnafy'
stationed four constabes here few days ago. WIN III
structiOns to enforce the law Vigorously
They came armed and equipped WIN paper. pI5io,5
and pluck first calling at me largest HP2U ~, ~
That kept by Patrick Dempsey, in Lowell-st Mr DonP
scy absent but ms employ were very cii ~ IN
the execution of their warrant which they ana srizig
All some aO gallons OF distilled liquors But outside ~
was rnored what was up ana croMu Oh fpu t no
collected ready or ught. Ihcy DtEah me- 10
H. neck and somewhat injured. Then the driver of the
wagon containing the cOnl,cded properly sot
,iLn lii thc driver, and cOlaTed him. Then the crowd
came up pcnc, breaking RiOiseS hOd upon lil' "a
en- lance snd lust as he came "A fellow by the name
OF Michael Fender hit SOuther over me h'tI WIN
hoe the blow taking effect upon the flgit sue OF to
face As me fell his pistol dropped and exploded MOf5e
quickly seized The pistol ana ISr isT like IT,
u WdI
Drawing "A bead the man Pehder, VINO N'7 lSllns
bGck afer hs assault suuthcr ne ni'u me plI cn
trin, tb flesh of his right breast ana passing through
- - ~ ann near The elbow The crowd being al BAY
the seizure was completed, and at later noF ie'i
fnr an assault with deadly weapon bioiBh'
before the Court and held in SJVOJ Ioi ul al 'N' '"
riOr Court. -. -. ,Y..,.o
officer souther ia now lying OF the Washington House
IL i, feared that lie has recover q NrI5 IIo g.
The brain as he at tunes in delrious sliti he n,
L. t and certainly will not be IN III coHult'h ~
rct,1oylI 10 bis home in Charcstown ioy Houc ~
has thc sympathy Of very large proportion Oh wv
hol n trlv this morning Major Jones, WIN .
Az StW ~ bgut dozen menSarryed here from boston
Win the oppressed deterInAIi9h OF 5 IL sun
WI order In this they nave beeh ANY hP
I.u ~, he local police aud the citizens seheial3
Ti'G az mi. bas been 10 thoroughly scare the Noulu
- -,ners and To preserve order. rIA h'd'S ~ -
- ,ace today under the Immediate super i1sion -,
,o"h Nor.e The officers left their headquIloIo a.
DtPu.9 5nck ACCOMPANIED by about dozen teams, IA
mr., he n,iur was TO be carted away Inc i,
seIcd however, not so large AS was @ the nrJ,
e. ne severe fright the dealers f,ctlNeu I va
W tI ~ Yesterday. II IL said that express In,
5oJ business last night III caring away lhe Pif
uIu" ~ paccs Of safety. ON inc ara -
eLJ Marty at the first place oil a''i,S w.. n =
crown ,bnred and as the raided places were Nls,e
boy 1nreased until there could not nave Den tbo
~ man "A thousand persons, al Ol "lioi ", aahadIn
Iera lin % with interest "A good ull VI InaIe as
inok place, but no hostile ,c" of and lodged in
Iooh after wagOnOad "as takc. On rasoI ~ The
Nhto ~, ether of tho stOTehOuhes al thc i,td ,,
oiS VI me following Is list OF the lIIir, Tcu3y
ticr with the value OF the cOhuscatou i3 n Rings
tOsstloi. M lsg Centrs, 500 Samuoi - 49, -
a. NOyos, ~. - s150: James Collins, No % Rai
10, iVy ISorirs W Cheney, No Mhhle no' 1irn,,s
sl3oi ~. Sos 81 and % MaIAetHl., WV iri1i
uiii ~ ~ M,rket-st, zoo hurlT'iflph % it -,
i4h,h w, sanu after O'Clock, when lhe Hi-l Ioi ~,
ii,' t'A pa -. ,,as safely lodged iu me ccIni ~
'''i'i' Dispersed and tn u,IofLL VI 'nv FS'''''