Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-07-20

tneniatiCn OF the sd1 ing ones weiyi.
piteous. The dead re in unfit cond IS
ton to expose to Tie gaze of friend.
They lay in'fppsne collins, as picked up in
the streets, with blood stained faces and
dust begrimcd garments. and the sight
was sickening. Thirty-two lay side by
side in the Starlight, in the rear of the
morgue.
GIRL VICTIM.
The body of Mary Ann York. ten years
of age, was stretched upon the centre OF
the floor. An ugly bullet wound was III
the back of the head. 6nt id not mar the
face. Her features were in repose, and
seemed lighted with happy CLEANS. She
had just come from her home, at No.
224 West Eighteeath street to see the
so ID iers march by, title dreaming of her
awful result. While gazing with de-
lighted eyes upon the pageant, she rash
of the volley came, and before the horror
of the tragedy could tran>fx her countc-
nance, she sank down in death. She
seemed asleep and dreaming swcetly The
agony Of her ia ther5 who came in anu
recognized tie body as these lines were
written, was terrible to witness.
A WOMAN BUTcazERsD.
Next TO her Is the body OF The woman
referred to above, about thirty years of
age. She was Of a short. plump figure
an oval f ce, plain features. long dark
hair, and blue eyes. She was dressed iii
plain ca lico suit, with black CATERS.
A musket shot, had. gone -compl ete ly
through head, from temple to temple. and
through tie broken skull the braius
oozed out and mingled W ith<the lake OF
gore upon the stones beneath. She was
also shot in the hand and through the
abdomen. She must have died with a
single gasp, for the head was thrown
back aud the lips scarcely parted. Nc
| one has iden tilted her.
BLOODY sCENElAF THE MoRGUE.
The streets in ,he.neig hborhood Of the
morgue at the Bellevue Hospital this
morning we're denseiy crosded with spec.
tators- Many are in quest of friends
but by far the larger portion are imrcll
ed by morbid desire to see the MA lined
and bloody bodies yesterdays rioting
The number of corpses III the morgue ,hIs
morning was 26, aud of these 20 are
lden !fed and permits given by Coroner
Young for their removal. The bod e.
lay in cofius, which were placed in rows
| along the yard attached to the dead house
aud the crowd allowed to pass ouud tt
see ii any o t the dead were friends. A bou
LOGO people must have passed before l:
clock. and as one of the spectators Il
covei ed among the dea one to ihem
shieks that rent the air piclc the heal t.
of the lockers on.
HEARTRENDING INCID: NTs.
Occasionally poor sorrow str cker
W lie would throw :rsclf on the cuffii
which held the :,maiu of her dead hus
| baud aud cry aud noan as if her hear
| you Id break. The mohcr OF boy o
II, shot as he was return az from school
came to see his dead body. 1t was, how
| ever, coffiueJ, and the lad down. so The
official told her kindly that she wcuIt
have to wait until brought home She
broke iHto wild mplaint, and in nc.
cents broken by emo len. cried ut, Oh
won t you LET me see my boy, 4, no neve,
did any harm to anybody? Oh let M
see him, lvt me see him. Doctor, dear
give me one look at him What will
10 at II. | was twenty four years in
England and this didn't happen.' and
she thus went on in half-clazed man.
ner, evidently almost driven out Of hen
senses by the sudden blow which depriv-
ed her of her son. Many other heart
rend:ng incidents occurred during the
period of iden tification.