The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-09-10
THE GUIBORD RIOT.
The Sceens nj the Cemetery Cafe
The COrtege Met and Driven Back
by a Shrieking Mob.

The Montreal papers give in detail the
story OF the riot at the attempted burial
Of the remains of Guibord IN the Catho-
lie cemetery there last Friday The Ga
=ette describes the scene ut the taking Of
the body from the vault, and says:
"The distance between theF burial
grounds was hurriedly traversed; but on
arriving at the Roman Catholic cemetery,
an exciting crowd was found in the gates.
/ Groups had been gathering III the vlcinl-
| " during the previous half hour the
riugleaders haranguing their friends and
gesticuating violently, MS they spoke OF
| the attempt about to be made by the
members and friends OF the Institute.
! The carriages rolled up to the gates in
/ spite of the shouts and murmurs Of the
| spectators, and several We're admitted,
but as by this time the dreaded hearSe,
was rapidly approaching, hoarse cries Of
| shut the gates arose, and no sooner said
than done. They were closed very hur-
| riedly and very bunglingiy, and had firm
| ness and decision been shown, in lieu o:
! hesitation and weakness, in all probabili-
| ty these disturbers of the peace would
| have been easily COW, d, but his was not
| TO be. The gates were nervOusiy barred
rs the hcarsc drove up the roadway and
/ stopped; nothing was done for scvcra!
! minutes, and in the internal the rioters
became cmbOldened. The driver Of the
hearSc II young man named Scale, mcah-
] while kept his seat although his position
! was taI from cnviabe Encouraged by
the want of determination to effect an
entrance, if this were possible, these dis
! turbcrS OF order, who were all French
Canadians, and ali apparently residents
Of the nrighbOrhood, rSSayrd more over
acts They set to work to strengthen
their position by propping the gates on
the interior, ard several, the rlnglcaders
| in the movement, ran about shouting like
madmen, ais u e,,trcm pas us n sHtrs"t
pas; Jes,ts christ, lis H,ltreW pas; Mon
| DicU; us nc5EreHt pas; V'crge, rs
nelttreHt pas. lmprecations were
showcrcd upon the head OF VI. Doutrc,
and u rush being made for the horses, the
driver deemed 1t prudent to leave the
! spot, narrowly escaping an upset the
while y shower Of stones thrown by
the crowd assembled in the cemetery fell
abOHt the vehicle, bat fortunately no dam
aye was sustained. Mr.. Doutre aud his
friends did not seem 10 know what to do
under the circumstances, and decided OPP
position was certainly Il contingency for
which they should have been well pre-
pared. Halt an hour or more WAS passed
III inaction; the ringleaders could not
L.. ,Vhi .h
iaDored, and their actions gave color 10
the suspicion expressed that they had tor
titled thci5 cilerveSceut courage by means
of liquor. llr. Doutre, Mr.. Thibuudeau,
and Mr.. BoisSeau stood NJ some distance
from the gates, eunVcrSIng about the sit.
uation, rs If it WAS all bewi!dering sur
prise. They stated that word had been
sent 70 Dtsroch"s, the guardian Of the
CcmGta ny, in the hope that he might be
able by persuasion to induce the mob TO
dispense. and II was SAID that he did en-
dcavor To do So but without the slightest
avail rs the rioters would listen neither
TO warning nor reason. Matters were be-
coming munOtOnous when the shouts,
threats, and imprrcations were renewed,
a portion of the mob ran To the woods.
the spot where all the friends OF the inslI-
tutc and of the deceased were supposed to
be Standing, and their most fOrcb!e argu-
ment. stones, which unfortunately were
but too beautifully strewn in the neigh
borbood, were again brought into requl-
.itiun, beng hurled into the crowd re-
gard.ess Of consequences; several persons
were severely injured, and the hearse was
again Obliged to retire to considerable
distautp;. cven the sight III the horses,
who wrre far from being contcnted with
their novel position. seemed to infame
these peaceful subjects OF Her Majesty
with fresh religious zeal, and stronger
desire to prevent deii}cmcnt of holy
ground Another half hour passed; and,
finally, defeated by mob, Mr.. Doutre
and his friends. preceded by the henrse,
ana followed by a long train OF carriages,
drove rapidly away in the direction of
the city, the spectators being wholly in
the durh Is to their intentions.