The daily gazette., 1879-10-16
FIRST EDITION.
y.,.Se Threatened bv Il Mob.

SERIOUS MOB VIOLENCE -THE CIRCUS
ATTACKED BY A KiorOUs CROWD
LIFE AND PROPERTY THREATENED--
THROWING STONES AND FIRING PIS-
ToL. suoTs.-ARKEsTS MADE.
The exhibition given by Barnum's cir
Gus and Menagerie here yesterday af'er-
noon and evening closed with one OF the
most, serious IiOts that has eyer occurred
in this city, and which for while threat
ened to have fatal consequences. AS It
is, the results are serious, but so far as
known, TO one was fatally wounded. IL
was a night Taught with excitement ana
danger. The cause OF the VIII le troub-
le was the bad element of Wilm ngton
society that lad been showing itself all
the afternoon at the circus grounds and
inci eased at Light.
HOW IT COMMENCED.
Parties visiting the circus at night
could not help noticing great crowd OF
young men and boys, many Of whom
were intoxicated who gathered around
\ IN front Of the tents early in the evening,
| and, by their loud talk, made 1t scene
| uf considerable disorder. The police
men, who were AROUND the tents, soon
put stop 10 this. and u yAbble, chHng-
ing tactics, passed around To the back
,art If the circus tent, and tn gather d
in q body. The poiicem.n nearly all
keeping the crowd from pressing into the
tent, and Tor while sLcoee.e1 well, The
crowd was kept at a respectful distance,
until Two or three, bolder ilan the rest,
made q rush toward the canvass. A they
did So they were met by u nuuibtr OF the
circus men, who roughly shoyed them
back. Serg ant ID, Ian who was on du-
w there ut that lime, describes what next
ira sp red as follows: "We could have
cot these mel back aud succeeded in
Keeping order, if the circus men had not
done tbs IL was signal for u general
charge Oh the part of th mob anu they
rushed up in a solid body. fon ought
To have seen tn circus nrn then. pn-
of the men, who evid ntly was the lead
er, gave . signal and about twenty OF
thirty Of the IN N Jumped out from un'
der the canvass Witli $, AIDES, sl,Ovels anG
plLchioIks and came TO our assistance
A general mel e followed that was hotly
contested. The way those circus ten
aants fought against the odds was sur
prising. 1t continued for nearly ten min
ules, and at the end of tlat time the mol
was beaten clear out of time and made
/, hasty ret eat. The circus men were very
well drilled aud stopped the very instant
gave the word"
During this fight clubs, spades ant
pilhfoiks were used by the circus attend
ants, while the weapons Of the rioter
appeared to he pistols aud brickbats
One Of the show people was knocked
senseless with stone and ano'he wa
= roughly handled but the attacking par
\ ty Jared even worse, for one had his arm
badly cut, another was beaten SO har'
with club as to be unable TO walk, AM
t several others were more or less hurt.
: The aud ence Inside, witnessing tn
: circus VI this time, could not help nc
ticing the disturb ,nce outside. The.pis
to shots were plain and the brirkbat
;, dropping upon the sides and top Of th
1 tent made many have serious appreheI
sions. The majority of the people, how
3 ever, did not notice it and fortunatel
y kept their seats or Seriout pam
r might have been the result.
sToNING THE WAGONS.
The riot changed it plan of operation
u shortly after its sore defeat back of I'll
o circus tent. 1t was about S:l5 o'cloc
= when quietness was completely restore
N at that place, and the wagons, coIltainln
. the ANIMALS and other exhibits of til
u museum and menagerie, commenced
5 leave the grounds for the depot 500
If after When the leading wagon OF tt
first division that went out reached MAJ
'e ison street, it received a volly Of ston'
ID and brickbsts from oyer in the lot, in
Iy mediately followed by fusilade Of pi
"a tol shots. BY the time the third WACO
had reached Eleventh street after eros
u ing Madison, the air was full OF fyiI
missiles and the drivers refused to {
lurther until it was stopped. The Gro"
G. was concealed In the darkness. One
" these wagons contained the large liol
no aud the ROYAL Bengal tiger, aud u
~ stones patt, ring against the sides OF u
lie wagon annoyed their lionships and The
set up furious bowling.
1t was plain that something must
done aud the managers appeaied to u
policemen for aid. There wee ten p
hcemen on the ground at that time, il
el' Guiding hief of Police Maxwell, Sc
us geants Lepg, WI elan and polan, a.
=, officers Biiweil, Bowling, Richards, NJ
!" Ilhenny and Gibbons. Officer McCt
,t. mick came later, being sent out from =
police office in response TO All order Il
A. there by the Mayor for all officers W
nd were not needed e sewhere to come
be to the show grounds. The men we
regularly assigned aud the work of e
il the wagons away to the depot col
A.. menced under difficulty. Each wage
IVY IN going out, was guarded by Sergeal
mr.. Dolan and Legg on one side and oflic'
" McIlhenDy aud Richards on the 9th
The wagons started down the Aven
were still watched by the policemen,
his all the time the crowd over on the Il
was keeping up It's rattling yo'ley
eg- stoues. The people living along I
Avenue, fearful Of being hurt, lock
,se. Themselves in doors. Abont this til
on. four shots were fired from the seroi
story window of one OF the houses IN
kes neiehborhood. Whether the lone
" fired did so to help along the riot or
Tighten the disturbers away from
nd domlcile is not known.
INCIDENTS OF THE RIOT.
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