Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1873-12-11
FIRST EDITION..


srhEEr FIGHr AT REV CASTLE YESTERDAY AFTER,
NooE-A LIVELY TIME.
correspondent writes US from New Castle
ate yesterday afternoon, as follows
The town has been lively, this afternoon, from
the effects of whiskey. street fight has iust
come OF, participated in by doxen or more. A
MIR. tourke and MIR. Bacon commemorative fighl
| aud Mr Grow Joined in, Policeman Bonner ex-
citedly hourishing pistol.
Mr. Clark, with horse and carriage, drove In
| ana among the crowd, upeettng In his mad CA
| reer Perry CiscO's milk wagon The Whining
ton police, after disarmng Mr.. Bonner, quelled
| the ARRAY The Sheriff arrested Mr.. CLARK. and
after paying " 90 damages he was allowed to
depart.
ANOTHER AND FULLER ACCOUNT OF THE AFFAIR-
sPEoiAL POLICEMAN ON THH RAMPAaE-
LIVELY STREET soEHEs AND INcIDKNTs-THE
WHIPPED BURGLARS, DO.
Another correspondent furnishes us, this
morning, with fuller particulars. He says
Yesterday wac 6ed day in New Castle, and
When the gates OF the prison yard closed at 123O,
announcing that the most important aud, to the
prisoners, most dreaded portion OF the sentence
OF the court had been carried into execution the
surglng mass OF humanity sought other means of
satisfying their desires for excitment. And that
they succeeded, empty cellars OF our liquor deal
ers, numerous arrests, and the suspicious condi-
ton OF the butts OF the trees around the court
,ll
mas, and two or three election DAYS thrown in,
would have been AZ nothing to it. and sober
man was q novelty.
Naturally such state OF affairs could not ex-
ist unAcompanied with incidents of violence;
and Tor short time New Castle had enough ex-
oitement to satisfy the most eager seekers after
something to break the usual monotony OF the |
town.
The first item Of importance was a most dis |
graceful row between q Wilmington policeman |
and certain of citlZaDa hat
slight Misunderstanding had arisen between
some parties at Mr.. WhIthelds Hotel, and the
said policeman. probably drunk az brick" at
tempted to arrest the. disturbers of tue peace,
when q citizen stepped up and demonstrated with
him and was thurst rudey aside. Irate at this, he
made some demonstrations, and although a
small man, and the policeman very stout, the
after drew his revolver, cooked it, aud pointed
U straight at the head Of his opponent The |
weapon was taken from him before any serious
uJnrY had been done, and lac was also deprived
II his star. This was the end of the tirst act.
The next incident OF Importance was the up
etting Of a milk wagon by some drunken rOughs
Ihe OF them was promptly taken into custody |
~ the Sheriff and was compelled to pay damages
o the amount OF S5 before he was allowed to |
et o1.
Alter this, drunken fights and rows followed
aoh other IN rapid succession. In many por- |
IONS OF the town, men in bosstly state OF in-
Oxlcatlon could be seen clinging to trees, lamp
osts and tences, or else perambulatlng in curl |
us tAcks down the streets, making altogether |
nd ut once the most comicAl and sickeninp |
ght to be imagined
At 80 the extra train OF 8 cars packed land G
lmed started for Philadelphia, taking with it
10 most dsordery parties OF the crowd, to the =
reat RELIEF or our cltlzsns but enough were !
III to make the appearance OF the town very '
IL might be we'll to remark here that although
OF little reproach has been heaped upon the
lelln Tor Ills humane treatment OF the prso. |
ers, and the lightness Of the wAippng 1t | v
'mes entirely from that class of persons whose
elings lead them upon all OCCASIONS to ex- Z,
emes. Thinking people view the affair in u
iother light and give the Sheriff that credit
, undoubtedly deserves for his Efforts to ex- h
DIT to the strangers present that Delaware
stlco was not the Sbarbarity which foreign | @
ltes had and are trying to make 1t out, Q,
Since the whipping the four prisoners have
peared much as usual expressing ouly a sat. h,
action that the trying ordeal was at last over a,
u their proud spirits leel the sting of Disgrace =,
lich has been placed upon them far more than u
mere corporal pain which they have suffer
Among the more intelligent and more humane "
rtlOn OF our community not little sympathy | III
been folt for them, aud the jail officers all
'uiy to the gentemanly department which | 81
= characterized them in ali their dealings Il
In them. al
Our correspondents are mistaken in suppos-
! the policeman referred to to have belonged | so
our Wilmington force. He was a special st
by the Sheriff, although he wore a Is
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