The daily gazette., 1879-06-23
WAR IN CHICAGO
COMPANY or RIFLEMKN CHARGE INTO
AND FIRE REPEATEDLY UPON A

A COMPANY or RIFLEMEN CHARGE INTO
AND FIRE REPEATEDLY UPON
CROWD.
CHICAGO, June 22.-The Bohemian
Sharpshooters, one OF the aimed COM
panies which under recent act Of the
Legislature must shortly cease to exist,
held a picnic to-day at Silver Leaf
Grove. During dance one of sharp
shooters engaged in qurarel with
Volney Clark, n visitor, aud after heat.
ing him severely had him elected from
the grounds. Clark stated his grievances
to crowd outside the gates, and gain
| ing some sympathy there, inauguTated
an indiscriminate throwing of sticks aud
stones irto the Enclosure. The lieut. IL
ant Of the company, Frank Ladweic,
ordered the lung-roll sounded aud bayo
nets liked. A charge was immediately
made toward the gate, and the crowd
| were bayonetted and sabred until they
fell back. The company reformed out
side of the gate In single liue facing
the street, and loading their guns fired
volley into the crowd. They immediat-
ely reloaded and again fired, each sharp
shooter picking his man. 1t is said that
three or four volleys were fired. The
weapons ed were muzzle-loading
Springfield muskets aud the cartridges
contained line bucksbot each. As soou
rs the affair became known two SQUADS
of police repaired to the scene and ar
rested the whole company, which
formed in marching order under the
American flag and proceeded to West
Nj Madison Street Station, where they are
now incarcerated On ,h re of murder
and guarded by heavy detachment Of
police. The captain Of the company was
not present duringthe fray. The names
OF those arrested are as follows:
l tFxf / iattt MT aH a.
thirty-three years old; Second Lieuten-
ant Charles Raus, twenty five years;
, John X aiehartt, eventeep year; Frank
Nemick. thirty-two year.; Frank Kop-
: cry, nineteen years; James Nachnan,
eighteen years; John Fl sughk, twenty
three year; Frank Yauksi twenty year,
, John Neska, eighteen years; Joseph
, Herek, nineteen years. Martin Cesal
twehtpthree years; John DalZll. twtn
ty-two years; Michael ii omelki, twenty
a two years; August Zedek, eighteen
, years; Frank Schmidt, Twenty
years; James Martin, twenty-five years
q old.
. 1t is rumored that an attempt will be
made by the Lehr and Wehr Nerein tt
rescue the prisoners tonight.
LATER.-The Lehr AMI Wehr Verein
l. which has been holding picnic outside
q of the city to-day, made no effort OF
# their return To release the prisoners. 1
appears tnat Tue picnic was gwen by
g bohemian Sunday school and that
J. numerous gang OF drunken rougns ha'
:, all long given considerable trouble, un
: til hually those in cha ge OF matters sen
j. for the sharpsbuoters for protection
.r They arrived about 3 O'clock, and short
= ly afterwards the trouble began as aboe
-, related. The lieutenant tonight denie
~ that he gave the order to hre, but say
t. that after he had cleared the grounds b.
a bayoneJ charge there was such IA raj
A. of stones and bucks that his men bega
-, a desultory fire. without orders. Th
VI members of the company all refuse I
~ talk about the affair. Seventeen are d,
~ tained, the Others having been reie iset
ie The arrival of the police to conduct thei
,r to the station probably saved the sharl
"A shooters from personal violence, a. the
were surrounded by an excited mob
TO about 1000 persons. The following is b'
lieved to be a complete list OF casualtie
Valentine Il. Clark, severely wounc
49, ed by blows on the head; ID. A. Wiki
% a bay onet wounG three inches In lengt
is on left temple; John Donohue, left sid
ma Of Jaw bone shattered and shot throug
the bOdy-said to have died; Henry WI
liams, shot in body and neck; Able
jenkins, shot in the right shoulder; Da
i-l Mccarthy, bayonet wound, a lit
boy, name unknown, cut with a bay
ON net