The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-09
ROUsTABOUTs ON THE LEvEE.
They Resist the Police, aud Two OF Their
Number Shot and MOI tally Wounded.
Esuring the Fight an 0mcer is shot ANA
"a captain struck In the sseaa
with a R0ca.

1t has been known for some time D. ast
that the negroes on the levse were de-
tetmined 30 resist being arrested by the
regular police, and they have fire.
quently expressed themselves that be-
fore they would submit they would
fight.
At O'Clock last evening these threats
were fully realized by the police, and
terminated very disastrDusly to both
sides, especially to the negroes.
Capt. =. Rourke, commanding the
Harbor Station, having been entrusted
with a warrant for the arrest of d negro
by the maine Of John Richardson,
started out In search of
HIS MAN.
Meeting him libtle ways from the sta
ton the captain placed his hand on his
shoulder and told him he was his pris.
Uner.
The negro Immediately resisted and
said that he did not recognize the
Nichols government or the warrant
that the officer held In his hand, and
that he would not go along. At this
stage OF the proceedings another officer
came to the assistance OF Capt. Rourke.
and grabbed Richardson on the left
hand side, while the captain held him
on the right.
Richardson protested against going
to jail and called on the crowd Of idle
negroes that were hanging around
TO RESCUE HIM.
The negro Richardson had no sooner
made this request than large rock
struck Capt. Rourke Ia the forehead, fell
ing him to the earth In senseless con.
dition.
The negroes then started to murder
the officer, who still held on to the pris.
oner, and he. seeing that his life was In
peril, drew his revolver and kept the
negroes at bay until assistance reached
him.
BY this time some half dozen Other
officers had reached the scene, and the
negroes. with drawn knives, pistols ant
cotton-hooks, started for the new
comers with vim. The first shot was
shot. the ball grazing the forehead Of Ger
poral Donovan, inilicting u sligh
wound.
This being d general signal Of war
shots were fired from both sides, anC
| the negroes finding 1t too warm, retreat
| ed. As the negroes were falling back
a squad of policemen from the Centrn
| Station arrived on tho levee and hostil
ties on the part of the negroes ceased
they getting out OF the way
! TO EvADE ARREST.
It was now discovered that two no
grues had been wounded. They wert
taken into the station, where they CAV,
their names as John johnson and Chas
Jackson, the former had received bul
| let In the abdomen, and the latter hat
been stabbed in the buck.
Both men were sent to the hospital
where their wounds were examined b,
the attending physician who pro
nounced Johnson's wound AS mortal
and Jaokson's stab rs very dangerous
Capt. Rourke was sent to his resi-
dence. and his attending physician
stated that his wound was very severe
II not dangerous.
Corporal Donovan's wound is yer,
slight. though" painful, He was ais
conveyed TO his residence.
Several other officers were struck b.
rocks. but Gher wounds are very slight
Later in the evening. Alexander d
Create and Henry Alexander were III
rested and locked up in the Harbo
Station, charged with melting riot.