The daily gazette., 1879-11-07
SECOND EDITION
From the Philadelphia Times.
Outrages in the I,Oentieth
Uurd.

REPEATING AND RUFFIANIsM RUN
MING RIOT IN THE REPUBLICAN
STRONGHOLD.
About on yesterday gang of six
or seven men, headed by Charles Croll,
a well known up town character,
approached the poll of the Thiity-first
division, Twentieth ward, at Warnock
and Hart streets. The leader stepped
up 10 the window and desired to vote the
Republican ticket under the name of
Patrick Donohugh, residing on Ninth
street. The windowbook man, Peter
Conrad, lat once challenged him and said:
81 know you aud your name is not Don
ohugh. You are Charles Croll, and you
belong around Tenth and York, in the
Twenty ward" The inspector,
David Walker, a clerk in Recorder
Lanes Office, it is alleged paid no atten-
ton whatever to the challenge and ac-
cepted the vote. Croll then turned to
Conrad, and after calling him foul
name knocked him down and ran of.
Conrad arose and walked back to the
window, when he remarked 81 knew
that was CrOll well enough. Why,some
of his family are now in the penitentiary
for counte-feiting. He bad hardly made
the remark when he was again knocked
down and severely beaten by CrolPs
brother and the rest of the gang. In the
afternoon Conrod armed himself with a
pistol, as he had been warned that an
attack would be made Oh him. About
o'clock furniture car drove up, from
which party of men alighted, who al
once attacked Conrad. He managed to
get away from them and run up an alley,
where he drew his pistol and threatened
to shoot, but it was knocked out of his
hand by blow from a club. At the
same time police officer entered the
alley from the other end and arrested
Conrad. He was dragged of to the sta
ton house, with the gang beating him
while he was in the officers custody
| without the latter offering the slightest
resistance, although Conrad repeatedly
called on him for protection. He arriv
ed at the station house badly damaged
and was held to answer for carrying a
concealed deadly weapon, while the men
who assaulted him were allowed to go
free.
About four o'clock in the afternoon a
man voted the Republican ticket at the
rwenty-eight division of the Twentieth
ward on the name of Captain Boone, a
sea captain who resides at 134l North
Eleventh. street, Andrew Conneen, Of
1913 North Tenth street, was standing
by and knew that the man was moi
Boone. He sent around to Mrs. Boone
who stated that her husband is now in
Japan. Conneen at once followed the
man and caught him at Ten.h sud Mas
ter streets. With the assistance of join
X, an, who resides on Hutchinson street
above Thompson, he arrested the fellow
and took him around to Mrs. Boone
who said he did not live there and was
stranger to her. Conneen and Ryan star
ed TO take the man down TO court and go
on Tenth street car for the purpose
AS they passed the police station a
Ten h and Thompson street five ofllei
ran out aud jumped on the car demanded
the prisoner. Ryan refused to give Inn
up, when the officer rested all hand
and took them to the station house wher'
they made charge of drunkenness and
disc, drrly canduct against Ryan. He was
put under bail to answer the charge
while the man who peisonated Captain
Boone Was promptly discharged ant
walked out of the station without mo-
lestation.