The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-07-25
AGAIN ENGAGED.
THE OPPOSING FORCES IN EAST ST
LOUIS.
Az ENCOUNTER WITH FIREARMS YEsTER-
DAY EVENING-sIIARP FIRING AND NUM-
BER or WOuNDED--THEC CONFLICT ORIGIN
ATING IN A DRUNKEN CASE.

ATING IL 4 DRUNKEN CASE.
st Louis Republican, eth
powMAN's STATEMENT.
When Republican reporter went to OBJ
tain Mayor Bowman version Of the atiairhe
found that dignitary seated in his private
Office, oppose the market-housc, surrounded
by several Of his friends. Although two
hours had passed since the shooting, he was
still considerably excited, and he was I'M
sparing in his denunciation of what he re-
garlcd rs the greatest outrage yet perpe-
tratcd by body of men whose very organ
ization he considered an outrage on the
community. In reply to the reporters re-
quest that he state the occurrences in detail,
as he remembered them, he said he would
try to do so, but allowance must be made
for the necessarily confused state OF mind
of man into whose office window sixteen
rifle balls had been fired with murderous
intent.
1--WE expected" said Mr.. Bowman. IAN
attack on the market-house, but not in that
way. All good citizens agree in condemn
ing itas "a wanton and murdcrous piece OF
business. You see, il was about halt-past
o'clock, p. m. and was standing in the
mayors office on the second flour of the
market-house Luke Hlite, who is one of
my counsel, was in the Office with me,
having lust returned from Belleville, where
he had gone in compliance with notice
from the Illinois and ST. Louis railroad
company that they would apply for an in
junction restraining us from interfering
with the laying of the track, which occa-
stoned the trouble this morning. BY the
way, Mr.. IIite has received notice that a
like application will be made tomorrow,
and he will have to 90 there. Well, was
engaged in writing Il brief history Of that
milroad matter for one Of the reporters,
when we heard several shots
fired, up at Joyce's corner.
Mr.. Hite and myself ran to the south
window, and we could see the shooting 90.
inc on over two hundred yards south Of the
market house, and over hundred and fifty
yards south of the metropolitan station
Thinking it street fight, sent word down
stairs for two deputy marshals to 90 down
and quell the disturbance, Mike Walsh, the
marshal, being sick with congcstlve chill,
After sending this order, | turned again to
sit down at my desk. As did so | heard
Hite suddenly eXcaim, Don't shoot, you
-----w and looking out the
window near my desk, saw gun pointed
out of window at the metropolitan station
toward my office. 1t was just in the
| act of being Withdrawn, and Mr.. Ilite
said to me: Did you see how | made
that draw back his gum
| had just sat down when the first
thing | knew a rifle bullet came in at the
window near me, and narrowly missed the
head of Mr.. Sullivan, who was in the room.
4 moment later another bullet came in at
the same window, and then several more,
| till at last fifteen bullets had been fired in
at that one window, nearest my desk. Two
of them passed through two partitions into
the library, one OF them burying itself in a
pile Of daily papers on fire there When
the bullets began TO whistle pretty thick,
and the plaster to fall, | need hardly say |
was very
MUCH EXCITED.
Of course did not expose myself, but |
pecpcd out of the window and saw that the
shots were all coming from the metropolitan
headquarters. This murderous assault was
entirely unprovoked, as not one shot was
fired from the market-housc, nor was provo
cation Of any kind given. OF course peo-
pie who were on the street FASTENED to get
into places Of safety, and many had
very narrow escapes. One lady
was shot through the dress, another
| who was walking along the sidewalk north
4 Of the market-housc, saw the dirt plowed
\ M by bullet only short distance from
her feet, and in fact the most utter reckless
! ness characterized the tusilad". The shoot
ing was kept up for nearly an hour there
being sometimes an interval of moment
between shots, and sometimes several being
fired in quick succession. | think as many
as one hundred shots were fired altogether
every one Of which came from the metro
politans. II would be difficult to conceive
of n more unprovoked assault. After 4
few shots had been fired, AS | said, every
body got ont of the way by getting into
lOorways and into stores, and then those
fellows began to shoot at my horse. | keel
the animal tied to tree on the shady sid'
was in full view Of them. They struck thu
buggy once, and finally shot the horse il
the flank. 1t began to rear and pitch an'
try to get away, and a young man nance
Gueck, who is employed in Beckers dry
goods store, called out, some one until
that horse and take it away! No on
acted on the suggestion, but on
J or two replied, saying, You 60
{ Guelck, they know you and won't shoot II
: you. So Mr. Guclck went over, united tn
horse, got into the buggy and went aroun'
to Fourth street, intending to put the hors
J up at Merz stable, which faces on Mai
street, just opposite the metropolitan head
9 quarters, and runs back west to Fourt
street Just as he got to the west end of tn
stable the metropolitans gave him vollel
, one bullet
GRAZING his EAR,
One tearing II hole in his brcechcs. II
, Jumped out Of the buggy, and just the
! either the horse or the harness WI
y struck, and the animal broke away and IA
r off. 1t ran right to the front OF my priva
). Office, where keep it tied in the morning
and there the buggy collidcd with tel
graph pole, wrecking it. My horse Is prctt
$ badly hurt. While the metropolitans wei
y shooting ut Guclck right through the fi
q length Of the livery stable, several shots wei
}. CONTINUED on THIRD PACE.