The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-08-01
THE BALTIMORE RIOT.
Accounts OF the Fight ns Given Before tho
Jury of Inaueat.

BALTIMORE. July 3l.--The examinations
witnesses before the Jury Of Inquest in the riot
case was continued 'o-tlny.
Of,irer Blake ties, fled thut he went to the Sixth
Regiment nrmory ut about o'clock. About
2 600 men and boys were there making noise
and throwing stones ut the soldiers; he rrcog-
nizcd Kirby and Crane a'ting ~ ringlcndrrs and
urging on tho rioters rhc bricks and stones
thrown were the largest that could bc found.
rho soldiers tried to g,t out OF the armory. but
were driven back by tho mob 10y stones and
pistol shots Tho soldiers fired over the mob
from tho stairs And when they came on, again
they fired right into the mob The soldiers did
not fire shot until they were attacked 10y tho
mob. ana no shots were fired from the nrmory
windows. After the soldiers fired the mob re-
treated toward Baltimore street Tho crowd
comprised men and bows. llo heard no order
given to IRE. Col. Peters came ont on the street
with the third company and afr they started
the Colonel returned 10 tho nrnory.
Police Sergeant Rowe testified that he went TO
the arirory with Officer Brown. lie saw the
crowd rush on the scntncs and knock them
down. He went to the 'uc uf the s"ntnes.
and succeeded in getting them into the armory.
The crowd was very dsordcrly. H. reported to
Capt. Iunnan and received orders ~ gather IN
al the men he could and roi them to the
nrmorv. H. WAS warned 10y Oniccr Devinc ~
b. careful or h, would 1T Ii IS head knocked of
with "a stone. At this moment a largo stnn"
lnssrd ''lo~'. to h = head rnl smashed tn" glnss.
From that time there WIS cont nunl Npllry ot
~ ssilrs thrown nj the arnorv. and nr'y u
moment uassrd hriorr bricks ana stones w're
thrown. The " tn - then dos ribbed ia" sort"
mud ly the soldiers from the nrm"ry, and
added that h" thought the lives Of the soldiers
were in great danger. and did not hlrv" that
they could have rot out ~ the nrmory without
shooting. II" saw no Hiring from tho ndows
If the nrrvry. The crow! seemed to he OPP
posed 10 the soldiers. and not To the police.
Whenever u soldier would show his face some
OF IN" crowd wOnld tlrrHtcn lin,
Edward A. Moull Of l3s West Baltimore
street. t'st fled thnt just ~ Company I II the
sixth Regiment had reached the crossing in
front " his store. they wheeled and fired two
Vollrvs down the street. He heard the OH or
in communal Il stn ,iy rNe a." or Ter 70 the
give it 10 them Thrrr wis ~ crowd IN tn"
street IT this time. One Il the soldiers
who had been hit on the bead with u stone cam"
into his st.Ir. and b" MSS strd hmio 'lange his
apparel. H." Thought al tn" me- that the sol
doris w"r" ilr'ns blank rarrd-"s. AMI, not
"'ng airNid, stood in his front door and was
thus enabled tu soc DIST "a tIy what occurred
Aii"r the firing heard "A man who WAS sinking
his l-l at the soldiers -ay: oh. you ~; we'll
give it 10 Won v"t" Thought they w.rn firing
at nm innEinnr, Object. because he did not SOC
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