The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-08-02
1sEic Negro ltiHi ut tie Grant Meeting
in SasaliiUni.

fronn ne S"'tNtllh KHp"Dir'an. .Wiil.
George Wilson said Somctlin" w c. lld
not hear exactly. but it WIS something t.
excite the luminosity of colorcd lncn near
him. The difficulty began on the western
side of the hall. The words used by and
the manner Of this Wilson caused several
colorcd men to come up and inquire into the
difficulty. Wilson asked Il tail muIatto with
Il mol>taclc if he (thr mlllaltol called him
(Wilson) Ii liar: The mulatto said no, hut
if he WilSonl should speak to him is he did
10 another colorcd man that he (tlic muIatto)
would knock him down. This was about
what passed between them. Wilson then
went up to the coiorrd man in Il threatening
manner. \ riot WAS imminent then, and Il
great many Of the cuIorrd people shouted
PUT him OUT mcanin" " il>on. Wilson
| driicd them. Then there WAS 4 rush to the
spot where Wilson and the colorcd man
were qrarrrlling and rlinching. We lett the
trouble SO close to Us and >iMtcd Tor the
+; door. When we had advanced about ten
fec in that direction some one fired Il small
pistol in the centre of the difficulty. Find
inc it was impossible to get down The steps.
we made for the little room to the west; fol-
lowed by about twenty-five 0rihirty negroes.
who "r"n N a great panic. Some whitcmcn,
cuStom-hol>e attaches, also followed. Dt-
ring this time an energetic knock-down,
knile-cutting, and pl>tol-Slooting difficulty
WIS icing carried on by the contestants. \
perfect hell was being enacted on the spot
where the difficulty originated, and no ono
in the crowd had enough influence to stop
it. CuStonI-louSc officials made themselves
scarce just about this time. On getting in
the little room, for Il while we stood in Il
,ri,,l,,, nrl .~,,ll 1,I. .,r, H.. i-.I. r
the negroes and watch the meLEc. Sticks,
swords, and pistols were used in Il most
fearful manner. Pretty soon. hcwcvrr. all
other difficulty WIS created out Of doors
between the whites and blacks, the b ks
being the a9gresSors. This statement can be
proven, that as soon us the negroes, who
went rushing down the steps. got into the
street, they commenced the difficulty with
the whites by pcltinS them with bricks,
which finally resulted in pistol-shooting on
both sides. The first shot was fired by ne
Srocs, although they were warned not to
throw bricks and shoot in the direction op-
posite the street, where Il number of gentle
men were standing, who had come up to see
what was the matter, and who had no intc-
rest i'll the fight between the Radical factions.
TN this fight several were wounded OH both
sides among them WAS Mr.. Henry BOgardu>.
lie WAS shot in the back, but is not consid-
cred in Il dangerous state.
Inc shooting having commenced into the
windows, we were obliged to leave our place
where we could see to an advantage the
tumult III the hall. On descending to the
floor, we saw a tall mulatto, with side-whis-
kcrs, come in the room from the aflray in the
hall. His eye was bleeding, and he said he
had been shot, but he would not tell his
name. Another communicating negro culnc
i'll with his breast all bleeding, and lie said
that lie Lad been stabbed. The appearance
OF this man seemed to inluriate the cuIorcd
man who was shot in the forehead, and he.
with an oath, .jerked the stabbed negro by
the shoulder and grabbing his pistol sprang
for the door us if demented, and swore he
would have revenge. All this time the diff
Guilty Increased in the hall. during which
seven or eight pistols We're fired, each of
which were bound to take effect, As the
crowd WAS SO thick.
The tempest outside was raging also, and
the shooting from without into the hall
seemed to have some effect after Il while, as it
brought about Il little less lighting. During
this terrible engagement we could not see
What became of the two Wilson's nor of Ben
Morgan, the one.armed white constable and
i Conservative. We learn, though, that the
latter was seriously shot and stabbed, though
what part he was to bear i'll the meeting we
could not see, other than that he was there as
a peace officer, and in trying to command the
peace received his terrible wounds.
We hear that George Wilson aud his bro
Their Tom We're also carried of, pretty Sc
Yerely beaten and shot up.
Constable Louis Endres was also shot dus