The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-10-09
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1 ORGANIZED ATTACH ON A eaEELgYs Am snnw
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES MEN HOLDING AN
AkAoRY AGAINST TUE AUTHoR1rlrs-rs rrNsr
EXCITEMENT. A'''1
CiSciNSATi. October IA riot occurred
mere about 10 O'Clock tonight. on the Garner
OF ruth street and Broadway. between n
| HtceIeF torch-lght procession and a number
OF cotored people, in which from fifty to
SeVchtS-hVc shots were fired, and several
| persons wounded, but none, 50 FAR as heard
'io'n' hiitcd. The accounts Of the affair.
gwen oy eyc-Witlesscs, are very conflicting.
and it is almost impossible to obta,n trn.1'
worthy particulars.
The Greeley club was from tbn Fourth
Ward. in which tho population ia larrclv
Irish and the locality of the riot is thickjy
settled 10y colored people. The colored peo
PIE say that during the day word was sent
'nrm inst they would be attacked this eve
H'hG. lhlS word came also to the police.
ana The officers Of The district feared riot.
and the rolprcd men laid in n stock of ana
munition.
ihrcolovcd women Of Allen chapel. which
Is al IA" corner Of Sixth street and Broad
way. were holding & fair for the benefit of
| their Churches. They had Il colored brass
| hand playing in front Of Che church. This
| drew larry" crowd of people, and speech
| WAS called for.
\ cotorcd man made political speech on
| III" street. ana while liz was speaking the
| procession Of Greeley men. marching west
| on i,iith street toward Broadway, came into
the latter street and turned to so down to-
wards Fourth street. This WAS one square
distant from where the speaking was going
on. III the corner Of Sixth street and Broad
way the procession turned down Broadway,
marching away from the crowd at the church.
| Here and n! this time the firing com.
mcnrcd. How il commenced is uncertain.
| No tWn stories agree. One account is that
| LOT al Colorcd children rushed down 10 the
corner IN SEQ the procession 90 by, and hlr-
lahad ior Grant, and that The torct-bearcrs
III the procession beat thCya aIL drove them
uWay, &Di attempted 10 drive Colorcd man
away by beating him, and iIlat lie drew 4
pistol and fred at them. Ct.:cls, who were
not near hr. but Who aaw The beginning, say
that four SHOTS wee fired G!St from the pro-
ccSSion. and that coiUrud l!.l@ fired back.
the preponder&nce OF testimony is that the
iiriu~ wa, commenced by one very large CO.
lorrti nam, who wGs standing al the corner
O! Filth street and Broadway on the side
walk.
Tie confusion then became fearful. The
run. and then rallied. The co!orcd men-
such lis had pistols seemed to be using
: thcm and retiring north over Broadway.
lnarncd cocrcd men r:,n TO their armory
on New street, where they got about thirty
mliskc.S and rushed ont 10 reinforce their
friends. They succeeded III driving back
ant Distressing the members Of the process
sion. They thea rushed to their armory,
where about one hundred and fifty or Two
hundred 81 them are under a!lns- They
: have ali The approaches Of the urinory
: guarded.
one ut lhrir leaders inside made them n
: speech, in which !lc ,.d: This attack to.
ui.it WMs made 10 nti.nit2dtc you from vo-
; TIM Tomorrow. Now. | want TO say 10 You,
lct every !l4n Of Won - to the polls aud
vote. II 1t the cost oil your lives This
{. speech WAS received with doa!cning shouts.
5 While the rin' was III progress the riot
Z ,tkfn was tulncd III OH The ilrc-bcllS, and
the whole pole" force was called TO the
| sccnr. IA" Mayor. Chief Of Police, and en-
1 tire police force were ICON on the SPOT. Tho
= police termed acius> the street ia pntoon>
z and drove The mad crowd from the vlcinit!
z of strife. They then made such disposition
It | Of their force aS to prevent renewal OF The
conflict up 10 the present writing (midnighD
Il Great crowds OF men are now congrcgalet
i oil Vain street. outside the police lines ano
Il t.rcc -siu&rc, from the armory. where The
colorcd incil AZ" under ai2ns. The creates
n excitement prevails in the locality, and scri
!. Gus fears are entertained OF n conflict.
The general belief Of the witnesses Is tina
after the riot began both sides participated
I TO their utmost in the firing, but there ar
:, no trustworthy accounts Of colorcd mel
I! being shot. The witnesses say several c0orc(