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also fired into the residence of Mr.. Merit
and one of the bullets cut three fingers
from the hand Of his little daughter. lie
brought them around here not long ago in
a little alcohol jar. He says that after the
first volley he ran to the window and threw
up his hands, begging them not 10 shoe,
any more, but they fired three shots even
after that"
What time was consumed, Mr.. Bowman
by all this shootingN
Fully an hour There were over one
hundred shots fred
"And you arc pos tive none were fired
from the market.house at the metro.
politansi'
Not shot. tell you the assault was
without any notice or provocation whatever
There had been shooting on the street, but
that was nearly six hundred feet south of
the metropolitan station-.ust the opposite
direction from the market-house."
How 90 you account, then, for the as
sauIt on the markct-housep
II cannot account for it at all, executing
that these are lawless men altogether too
free with their rifles ! telcgraphed the
governor that he ought to order them to lay
down their arms, as they were shooting
everybody, Unfortunately. Now there
may he some explanation for their conduct
IN the fact it seems it seems, say, as
though Mr.. Sharman had some guarantee
from them that they would back him in
laying that railroad track and they may
feel somewhat chagrined at the way the
thing turned OUT
What did you do when the shooting
ccascdW
"Well, telegraphed the governor this
morning, when that mob came over the
bridge with their clubs and revolyers, that
we had no arms with which TO protect our
selves, although mob was about TO attempt
by force to lay track on our streets, in
spite OF the existence Of perpetual injunc-
ton. The governor replied that he had di-
rected the sheriff to come to nv assistance,
and the sheriff did come But he did not
come near my office until after he had hob.
hobDed for two or three hours with the other
side. Then he came and said that he saw
NO DISTURBANCE
no occasion for his interference. and after
telcgraphing the governor TO the same effect
he went back TO Belleville, having taken no
steps to prevent trouble, which might break
out at any moment. When this outrageous
shooting affair occurred, ! telcgraphed the
sheriff 10 come down with the Bcllevile
guards, and lexpectthem down al ten o'clock
this evening"
Hon. Luke Iiite corroborated Mayor
Bownan's statement as to the circumstances
attending the assault on the mark house.
He said that at the time he saw a rife
thrust out Of the en- !ine.house window and
pointed at the market house, not a shot had
been fired, save those which were being
fired down at Joyce's corner. The man
who pointed the musket was Pat Lawlcss ::
and when he (lIitcj called out: Don't
shoot, you -,"he withdrew the mus.
ket Mr., Hite regarded the whole affair
as barbarous beyond precedent.
Several other gentlemen Of the Bowman
faction told the same general story, but
there were, as is always the case in affairs
of great excitement, the widest Of disagree.
ments in some Of the details. There were
a few who acknowledged that fifteen or
twenty shots were fired from the market
house, bat the majority insisted that the
shooting was all one way