The daily gazette., 1877-07-24
MORE BLOOD SHED.
RIOTERS FIRED UPON AT
READING AND TWELVE
OR MORE KILLED.
NEADING, Pa, July "a.

may be added to the bloody records of
Baltimore and Pittsburg. Without one
word of warning four companies of milf
tary fired upon an assembled crowd of citi-
zens in the very heart of this city and
killed four people, shot five policemen
and severely wounded between twenty
and thirty others.
At ten minutes after eight o'clock the
military marched in toward Penn street
though the cut from the depot The
military, about three hundred the fifty
strong, marched to the tap of few drums
that could not be heard square away.
Few were aware of their arrival in the
city, and fewer still knew they were ad-
vancing upon the crowd.
A'sUDDEN AND DEADLY FIRING.
Steadily they approached, when sud-
denly 300 rifles were discharged in vol
leys, and five men dropped to the pave
ments. The report that the troops had
fired blank cartridges is therefore incor-
rect. When the troops fred their first
volleys they were given broadsides of
rocks and stones from the tops of the
walls. Quite number of revolver shots
were returned by parties in the crowd.
The troops continued their firing and
men, women and children fled in fear.
They had assembled on Seventh street to
look at the train that had been stopped
and they were recklessly and indiscrim-
inately fred into. The citizens are all
most uni versal in their condemnation of
these proceedings. In FIVE minutes the
streets were cleared. Stores were closed
and hotels and restaurants were locked
| up. Business had been proceeding as
usual, and just before the firing not
single merchant or business man was
aware of the coming of the military. The
| streets resenbled a small battle field and
the pavements were stained with many
pools of blood 1t was absolutely danger
GUS for men to come from the alleyways
and from behind brick walls to go to the
assistance of the dying. Finally the suf-
ferers, groaning and shrieking for water +,
were carried to the. drug stores to have
their wounds dressed.
The Cut for a distance of 100 yards from
| Penn street was blocked with people, and
soldiers maddened by shower of stones
and Jumps OF coal, fired blank volley In
to the air.
POLICEMEN SHOT.
| Among the policemen who were on duty
at Seventh and Penn streets, keeping the
pa avements and sidewalks clear, five were
shot down as follows:-
| Ohcer Abner Jones, shot through the
back, the ball penetrating through his
body.
oficer Ludwig Rupp, shot twice through
the right leg.
| Officer Oien Weller, shot in the leg.
| Officer Hart, shot through the thigh.
| Onicer Haggerty, shot through the ankle.
NO WARNING.
! These policemen were shot with rifle
balls. They received no word, of whatever
kind, warning them what was to happen.
officer Rupp, one of the best men on the
force, is dangerously hurt, and fears are
entertained that he cannot survive until
morning. The officers had their wounds
dressed at the drug stores and were taken
home.
Chief of Police Peter Cullen, who was on
duty near Seventh and Penn streets, had a
rifle ball penetrate his coat, and Oficer
Weidner also had his coat ripped with a
ball.
Officer Culp narrowly escaped DEATH a
mimic ball whistling past his head just
grazing his ear.
LIST OF THE KILLED.
Those who were shot dead are -
John Weaver
Daniel Nachtrieb.
IL. G. Schaeffer.
Milton Trace. s. ..
| MoRrALLY WOUNDED.
Those considered 10 be MORALLY wounded
are:-
Alexander Eisenhower, shot in the right
thigh. q. FNfN e. ~
Albert Mills shot in the groin. 'ltl
A son of Oficer Charles Grant, in the
stomach.
Valentine Croft, In the knee
Martha Noonan, in the groin.
g. Ribble, in the right thigh.
SEW RELY INJURED.
The following are severely wounded =
Mr.. Weller, city editor of the German
Daily Post, has severe wound, the ball
penetrating through his right ankle HI
waS carried TO the Office of the Chief Engi
neer of the Fire Department, II F. Boyer
where his wounds were attended to. HI
had just stepped from the front of the pos
Office, near the corner of Smith and Penn
, streets, when, suddenly, and without the
| least word of warning, he was shot down
} and in all probability his limb will have t.
be amputated.
Councilman Henry w. Corbit was fount
lying near the corner of Seventh and Peni
streets, severely shot through the right leg
9 above the knee. Three minutes after tn
| firing had ceased he was found welterinl
= in the blood, with nobody present to hell
him to place OF safety. He appealed T.
. the people who subsequently, arrived L
. help him home, which was done.
Thomas Quinn.
u III. @. Benner.
: Allen Cassidy.
,r Samuel Brown.
d Llam Messenger. -|'-
. Edwin Boyer. .
Frank Bannan.
Patrick Ouinn.