New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-11-11
THE LOS ANGELES RIOT.
A BRUTAL AND CAUsELESS BUTCHERY.


THE IRISH AND MEXICAN RIOTERS.
IPRoM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THB TRTBUEKl
Los ANGELES, Cal, Oct. 26.-The damnable
dongs in Los Angeles, last Tuesday night frOwned
upon and disspproved by all parties sects races and
grades without distinction and without eQuivOcation
The telegraph has, Of cOuree informed you briefly OF
them but hasten to send the details.
There two three different companies Of Chinese
merchants In San IFrancsco who cOnsgn In business
way through and to agents. the Celestial emgants VINO
arrive from China ntrusted to their care On Monday
last the Esd nst the day before the tragedy sort OF
war broke out between Of the members OF TWO o
ferent companies, and pistols were freely useu'
Tho dsturbers of the peace were at once
taken in hand by the proper officers OF the
law and carried to Justice OF the Peace'
who bound them over in 81 900 bonds to appear the next
day at Court for trial There no end OF Ceiestias
who were anxious to become bOndsmen In any sum as
surees for the combatants The Judge questioned the
respopshity Of the latter parties, at which one OF the
Cinnamon declared his ability to double, treble, or
ouadrupie the named, in proof OF when DC agreed
to demonstrate by exhibition of his excheGuer Down
TO the Chinamans den went the wealthy Celestial Ms
LAWYER and two cOnsablCs; and 10! in good strong
box were bright stacks Of $50 gold pieces, in eight S
Mica Others who were anxious to succor their COM
panions Ocularly demonstrated that they were "weH
hxed" Before dark the same day II was generally
noised about, and many think by the c0nstables ana
pollccmcn themselves, that the low, reeklng ABODE
q
gold and precious goods Be this as 1t may was GER
tanv the incentive Of plumber and the ultimate cause
OF the sackng OF the novels and the carnival OF crime
But really the commencement Of what terminated IN
dance OF death precisely the same in character Is
that Of the day preceding TheEold quarrel again be-
came war1n and Wednesday evening" about o CLOCK,
the cOmbatants again met on the piazza in front OF 10
Kings store land general and discriminate discharge of
pistols followed. Two or three officers, however VINO
the alert rushed mp to the scene boldly ana
attempted to arrest the participants Quick as a
fash the doors and windows were barred and
bolted, and all of a sudden a shot from an APP
crturc tore away the right shoulder of officer Bel
dcryain, who was in the discharge OF his
duty. Another shot took effect in the!nee OF young
man standing nficting severe and dangerous
wound At this juncturc aMr Robert Thompson. we'll
known ana esteemed citizen, who had been summoned
y Bcldorvain as aid made his appearance armed when
he was confronted by Chinaman with pistol in each
hand both Of which discharged bullet from one
piercing the right breast of Thompson and killing him
almost instantly. At once the Intelligence OF the mur
der by Cinnamon Of officers of the law was conveyed To
all parts OF the city, and following in the wake OF the
alarm came strctChers with the American dead ana
wounded It is not to be supposed that any community
I'm the world COud have resisted at tins moment the de
sire capture the murderer murderers, ana inlet
summary punishment, especially when 1t must be taken
into consideration that the Chinese population OF the
ucghborhood of strife for the most part gamblers
thieves. brawlers and women Of dissOlute habits.
10 was at this iuncure when the city Marshal
made his appearance near the scene OF conflict; he al
once summoned all within the hearing of his voice TO
volunteer. at which the Cinnamon, who had been en-
gagged in the firing closed their doors and windows and
improviscd an apparently efectual barricade. large
number OF the people Of the city, agreaby to the sum
Of the Marshal made their appearance armed with
pistols shot guns and other instruments OF war. 1t was,
~ fact occasion when any exhibition OF
hesitation would have been quite the reverse
Tho GNapia ola
the ground with all the cOnstables and policemen
beside the volunteers A complete Gordon bad been
formed and both the Sheriff and Marshal felt that they
had thing under their control In fact the dtspos
ton OF the citizen forces was so soderke thatthe house
could have been completely guarded until daylight and
hc proper arrests could been made the next morn
ing But here and there what had been but angry muir
murnCs, had grown deeper and cries OF Hang them
hang them!" "Burn them OUT" &c, filled the air
Great crowds Of desperate and vileOokng gathered
around the premises The knights Of the dead falls
short card players drunken teamsters, thieves
robbers Of druDkards. and a very large army
of indoent Mexicans and Others constituting
on the whole the very Of the city, appeared in
great numbers and in a few moments forced back the
citizen guard greater portion Of whom, as well as
most OF the officers quit the ground. Then commenced
the work Of pilage, plumber, and murder. For aiew
minutes the firearms raiued bullets against the doors
and windows during this time the shouts and cries Of
the drunken and excited multitude and 1.-THE attempts to
force an entrance through the roof and at the windows
and doorways by axes made scene like hell itself tand
one which entirely beggars description Suffice it to say
that the mob trumphed. 1t gained access to the prem
es IN which the stacks of gold" Hats caps boots
Shoes clothing jewelry eaaOes, choice liquors, and
$1,000 in coin taken and TO the sacking
and pillage four ceestias shot dead, seven or
eight wounded and seventeen were takeu-most OF
them to public streetsand hung sWhere the murder
would have ended can tell, had not the better
portion OF the people including many Of the members
hV
chilly taking scores Of nOfensve ChinamPn from the
possession Of squads Of the moh which had after the
plumber scattered in all directions, each with one "
more intended victims.
This affair which will he looked upon a his-
tOrical disgrace and will place Los Angeles in the cate
CORY with other cities where such tumults have
currcd must not be taken popular Outburst any
more than the riot in NewYOrk in July 1855 Los An
Gcles to all inents and purposes is fair in fame and
as free from bleInish aw-abding community
must not be made TO suffer in reputation for the mob
violence Of the hafcivili2ed scum.
Tho horrible incidents Of the tragedy Of nature TO
rival the brutal in the history OF riots will seek
10 give enough show you the character OF the violence
and the standing Of the principal victims.
Wong Chin, a merchant, was the hrst victim OF hang
ing He led through the streets by two usty Irish
men, who were cheered by n crowd Of men and
grown-up boys mostly of Irish and Mexican birth Sew
era times the unfortunate faered or attempted TO eX
trcate himself from the two brues who wer" leading
which haIfdrunsen Mexican III MS immaculate
rear would plunge the point Of large dirkkne INTO his
back This would of course, accelerate his speed yet
never a syllable fell from his mouth Arriving at the
eastern gate OF Tomlnsons old lumberysd Just out Of
Tcmplest hasty preparations for launching the ino
fensive man into eternity were followed by biz be
ing pulled up to the beam with rope around his neck
He didn't seem to chang right" and eOf the Irish
men, who had assisted in the adjust meDt Of the rope
around his necb, got upon his shoulders and jumped
and stabE and stranguatiOn andIOther modes Of civil