Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-21

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marching at a quick step, aud kept we'll to.
gcther. When near Gay street, above Fredcr-
lex. several more shots were heard and at
Holiday street there vas quite a fuslade from
the soldiers, who turned slightly to the rear, to
ward the crowd following, the most OF Whom
were on the sidewalks. a street car was stop
ped at this point 10 the street, and just here
! the whistIing Of ball was beard, fired from
| the crowd following the soldiers. Between llol
| liday aud South streets tic soldiers fired many
times. About the time the shot was heard
! from Tic crowd the commanding officer turned
to his men and said Fire hack On them,
men," The firing was brisk from South street
to Calvert street, aud was contirucd untll near
Light street. The firing from the soldiers came
from those in the rear Of the twO ranks IN
which they were marching, and was quickly
done by turning round to the rear. They did
not seem to take aim, and many OF the shots
were too high to hit. Some shots were fired IN
the air There we're at least $50 shots fired
between Gay street to Calvert street. Some
bystaudcrs estimated the uunbar TO be much
greater. At DO time while the frog was wit.
messed was large crowd seen behind or imme
diateIy following the troops, and what were in
view were on the sidewalks About five min
utes after the troops ha! passed by Tic corners
of South aud Holiday streets crowd of about
one hundred greatly excited men followed, bnt
at sale distauce. But two men were stcn to
fall, one AZ Holiday street and one in front OF
JapoTitZ's store, above South street. Three
street cars were seen on Baltimore street with
10 the distance described. In only Que vi them
we're any passengers noticed The excitement
!, succeeding the unfortunate affair was very
great. There was, however, very little DOS:
beyond that produced by the firing All! the
people running away from the danger The
sidewalks on Baltimore street and tho streets
crossing it were greatly crowded with people III
front Of the troops, but they rapidly got cut
Of the way as the troops advanced.
After the firing had ceased 90 baltimore
/, street, Washington University llospita! became
the centre OF interest to the crowd which had
gathered there, Knowing that 10 that place would
! be brought the wounded. La the main ward
five poor fellows lay bleeding, two Of them dy-
{ ing. About their bcdsidcs had gathered the
! friends of the dying men, and the clergy too
we're present to administer the last sad rites 10
those whose lives were despaired OF. Just III
side OF the door lay VIM. Colcndar, o. -.
2Os West Front street, varGislcr, shot ir the
| leg The doctors probed the wound. but blood
) had been too freely lost, aud it was useless 10
, try to help the poor fellow, who Vas fast sink
5 ing. Father Curtis Vas present, and adnliu!s
{ tered the last sacrament, attended by the SIS
tcrs. o. the other side Of the room On Col!
soaked with blood, from which his condition
prevented his removal, lay Marx j. Doud, OF
North Boud street, dying. On the side Of the
couch sat his father, and by lin stood his
brother. Doud was in the employ OF the Adams
| Express Company, and at the time OF the firing
in front of the building be stood It his wagon,
, which be had just unoadel. His wound, which
is Oh the temple, the doctors think is a sabre
cut, the exteut OF which it was no use to tr5 to
fathom as death, it was C7idcut, would so0n
ensue. ln what manner the wound was re.
ceivcd it is impossible 10 tell. Bystanders say
tina. he was taking no part whatsoever in the
row, and though the reporters informant stat
, ed that he was standing shoulder to shoulder
with the dying man at the time he was struck,
, the first in,imation he had OF his having rcc:iv-
ell the blow was seeing him falling to the ground,
The Door fellows father told he bystanlcrs in
touching words how good a son be was, how
faithful and willing, sober and industrious, and
then, as tears weed up and his feelings chok-
ed his utterance, he bowed bis head on tie dy-
{ ing boy and wept aloud. Doud was twenty
three years old.
Jacob Wagner, of % Calvcrtca road, was
standing at the corner OF Frederick and B<l-
more streets and received bullet III the leg,
sustaining compound fracture ui the thigh.
John Neville. of Fort avenue, was shot in
, the foot. and after having his wound dressed
} by DR.. Zeigler, was taken home.
i. VIM. Il. Young, a rromptcr 1T Ford's Grand
, Opera House, VAS it appears, one OF the few
soldiers that were shot. lie joined the CON-
pany as it marched; out OF the Armory, and
!; when tho sturdy little command that march.
! cd through Baltimore street, preserving its al
lignment aud never running, reached Calvert,
the squad numbering then not more than
is men, was without leader, Young spraug
10 the front, and shouted :-"For Gcd's sake,
BOYS, keep your line, and doG't fro again uo-
less you arc forced to. Guile right !" just
then bullet struck him 10 the back Of the
E head passing around under the scalp To the
front of his face. His skull il fractured, but
he will probably live.
At little past o'clock. previous to the
sounding of the 5 alarm, there were net over
a few hundred people about Camden Station.
la less than fifteen minutes alter The alarm
sounded, however, the number, a il by pre-.
concerted action, increased to Thousands. They
were mainly men in their working clothes and
with shirt sleeves rolled up, as if just from the
shops They were lreDzed and determined IL
their dcmcanor.
| Word vas brought that the Fifth Regiment
surgcd ia that direction. % lIutaw strcct near
: Lombard great crowds collected on The side
walks, aud at the corners above ard below
Meanwhile several hnu1rcd more threatening
persons had formed into sort Of skrmlshlng
CORDS, and were harassing the military a5 they
moved. Near the corDcr of Eulaw and LON.
bard streets v0!icy OF bricks and stones was
tbrowo into ne ranks, and this was repeated
until the solliery reached the corner Of Pratt
street. The s,oues came in showers, and had
evidently been collected for the purpose. Even
women hurled stones from the windows.
Captain H9lIinger would not fire, bat was cool
aud determined The military kept we'll toscth.
or and moved Oh, standing the terrible volley
Of missiles without liuching. About dozen
men were struck. They were supported by
their comrades until the depot was reached.
Captain HolIingcr ordered his men 10 Fix bayo.
nets, which they did. There were about two
hundred and fifty men in line. At tho iunc.
ton of Camden and Eutaw streets solid mass
| of rourh linking mon blocked The passage OF