The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1872-10-01

THE PATTENBURG RIoT.-The recent riot
at the above place has caused great excite
ment throughout this section of country. The
Hun:erdon Independent says:
We have been able at last to get nearly
correct version of the horrible riot which oc-
Cured at Pattenburg, ON Sunday morning
last, between the Irish and Negroes employed
on the Jugtown Tunnel.
1t appears that two of the blacks had gone
to Pattenburg to serenade a newly married
couple, and while thus engaged some Irishmen
came in and one of them asked one of the
blacks to play his favorite, (his partner being
out at the time). The black Immediately
struck up tune, when he was suddenly
knocked down with stone. His partner
then came to the rescue, knocked a half dozen
of the Irishmen down, and succeeded in quel
ling the disturbance for the time being. Dur
ing the melee one of the frishmen was killed,
having his head cut open, but whether by
the blacks or the Irish themselves is not
known.
All, then, was quiet and remained SO until
sometime early on Sunday morning, when
about 1875 Irishmen congregated, and made an
attack on the negro quarters by setting fire to
them in order to get the blacks out The
Irish were armed with every conceivable wea-
pom, while the blacks were totally defenceless
and accordingly beat hasty retreat before
their pursuers who pushed on after them as
rapidly as possible, firing into them all the
time, killing and wounding Unfortunately.
The first black killed was at a lane a short
distance from the huts. He was shot first, and
then beaten to a jelly. They then pursued the
blacks to the farm of Mrs. Dilly, where one
of the blacks had crawled under the porch.
One was out of sight and was assisting
another, when the Irish shot the one half
under, and dragged him out, and set upon him
with picks, shovels, axes, etc, hammering
him until he was merely a shapeless mass
They did not discover that another black was
under the porch, as he said he crept back in a
dark corner, where he lay frightened that
he could not speak.
They then pushed on after the fugitives,
who were flying in all directions. They here
shot another, and surprising him to be II
right, they pressed ON, but did not succeed in
shooting any more
They then returned to where they had shot
the last one but he had crawled about two
hundred yards into corn-field they however.
traced him by his blood, and having found
him, exhibited their fiendish propensities in
the same IN amer as in the two former cases.
The blood thirsty mob searched all around
for any of the blacks that might be concealed
They went to Mrs. Dily's, and as the doors
were all locked, they concluded some of the
blacks must be concealed in the house. They
therefore demanded aunllut;tnce, threatening
to burn the building if their order was not
complied with. She very peremptorily refused
to accede to their demand, and they burst the
door in and rummaged the house, but did
not find any blacks. They then went to the
wagon house, which was also locked, and COM
manded the hired man to open the door, un-
der pain of instant death, which he was forced
to do, but their search was fruitless.
The widest excitement prevailed during the
whole of Sunday, and work has not been re-
sumed up to the present writing.
Sheriff Rittenhouse, and Counstable Ram
sey, of Pennington, were on the ground on
Monday, arresting the rioters as fast as they
were found.
Barney McFadden was supposed to be the
ring-lcader of the Irish, and was caught at
Plainfeld by some one, and constable from
Hampton Junction was sent for who took him
in charge.
One negro crept in a hen-roost of farmer,
and laid himself on the poles III the upper
part of it, when an Irishman looked in to see
il any of the blacks were in there. He saw
no one and went on. The way that darkey
clapped his hands when the Irish were out of
hearing was amusing to see.
One negro said he was not afraid of the clubs,
and picks and shovels of the Irish, but says
he, "Golly, lingo, when they fetched out their
long guns dis darkey made better time than
any express train.