The daily gazette., 1880-10-19
TIE REPUBLICAN RIOT.
FURTHER NoTEs-A REPUBLICAN PA
PER's ACCOUNT.

groes were shot during he radical riot
on Sa' urday night, Republicans are
still lying most outrageously to make
it appear as if the whole affair was a
Democratic outrage. The following
account of the riot, taken from that
stalwart Radical journal, the Philadel-
phia Press, was written by one of the
most careful and intelligent newspa-
per men of Philadelphia, Mr.. f. A.
Higgins, brother of Anthony Higgins,
Esq, of this city. MIR. Higgins was in
this city Oh sunday, and his report was
the result of careful, personal inves-
tigation of the affair. Here is what he
said:
The DeDoci ats held a grand demoL-
stration last night. Seven clubs, pun
b b,riDg 1913 men, AMI headed by hal d
of music parad, through the princi-
pil streets under the marshalSbip of
William II. Brady. They carried the
customary torches aud trAnspareDcies,
aud the latter bore no Inscriptions lhal
ought to have excited the most bigoted
Republican. The Club named the Blue
Hens Chickens we're the second club in
the line, ard they owe 10 their place
| that tiey got home with tull ranks TOR
| the attack was prepared and meant sole
| ly for their benefit. The line of the
procession lay through Ninth street,
which about Walnut aud the immedl a. g.
ly adjacent streets, Is ,hs negro quar-
ter Oh ,he town. Tue negro Republ
can Campaign Club has its headqua'- :
ters in .hree story brick building there.
The clubs leading he procession noticed
that the colnred voters had congrrgated
in considerable numOers ON tho corner
Lear the club rooai, and treated with
silent contempt the Jerisive remarks
that greeted them. Two clubs hal Dass
ed when the "Blue Hrn's CHI k-nb"
came along hearing their name on a
transparency, and on the opposite side a
hand, a rooster and u scroll on which
was inscribed "Englsh." The transps :
eLoy when opposite crowd Of seeming
ly nifty onlo1kers snddeaiy went Uut. A
we'll aimed brick de III OlisLtd Il q affaii
light, ins ciiption and all There WAS a
rnomentary Con u-ion In the ranks OF
he procession and some words indlcat-
ing retaliation were heard; but the
sharp order. "Close upW restored order
and the club moved on.
The Young Meu's Democratic Club
of which Henry Sharpley President OF
the City Councils, is president, marched
near the end of the line. Its foremost
tiles had come opposite the III aroes,
when the fl ash of a pistol told Of IA dead
| llbT purpose, ". was lOllOWtu ny IL NOI'
/ | ley of small arms from pistols up to
aus kets, loaded with buck and ball.
, rhe club had not come prepared for any
such reception and scattered incontl
neutly. Their rou; demordlized The en-
tire proct sion, which in a few seconds
0eca me a demoIal zed mob.
OFFICER RICHARDS DEFENSE.
The charge that officer John Richards
!. of the police forcee started the riot BY
discl arging his pistol at National Hall
&; is so RIDICULOUS that the Ne,os, kepuhli
: can, of this city, is already begiuuing T.
weaken IN it. More than one hundre
: decent, reputable people, including al
The members of the MilIard Band, th
!, Fifth Ward Club, and numerous partie
on the sidewalk, are willing TO max
affidavit that officer Richards was at tn
head If the line, at Eighth street, whel
the firing began at National Hall.
THE NEGROES PREPARED.
L The simplest facts of the dlsgraceftl
affair are positive that the attack mad
by the negroes was premejit aLed ali
a designed. Over twenty white mel
S wounded, many of them with bucksho
e from guns and muskets, weapons lha
J. men do not generally carry just for pro
!. lection against unexpected emergencies
The fact that only four negroes wer
shot shows how few pi>t Is we're carrie,
Il Dy the white men in line, and that the
e we're obliged 10 depend on their axe
and torches for profession.
y $500 REWARD.
Mayor Almond has offered a rewar
: of $500 for the arrest and detection {
: the parties who started the riot. 1t Is
patent fact that the riot was started il
y and about National Hail, but who fire
II the first Shot will doubtless never b
II known unless the cupidlty of some @
the negro rioters is tempted 10 the poin
d Of confession.
A SILLY YARN.
The Republican pleads as one excus
:, that the negroes were tackled, durin
>. the procession of Saturday night week
' at Fourth and Madison streets. This
= a silly lie, as all the Republican resi-
= leuts of the neighborhood well know
Mr.. springer, the Republican who wa
y 50 severely beaten by the negroes tina
< night, without the slightest provocatior
as admitted that the GAzETTE'S repor
Of the affair was the only true accoun
= a published.
MORE WOUNDED.
4 Another victim of the radical assault
! whose name was not previously report
d. is Frank Enus, of the Saulsbnr.
club, residing a. lll2 King sire I. Tn
. uaiet, iuotf nsive negroes shot him thre
Zines, two balls stlkng him in th
,bdomen, and one in the thigh. Hi
. wounds are quite serious.
There is no doubt others were wound
u q but dill. cent inquiries fails to revea
Ldeir names.
a YOUTHFUL VOTER.
n When one of the negro rioters, wa
|. tried, this murning it was in testimon
that rhos. Durham, who was also arrest
+, ed, on Sunday was a mere boy. This
:. doubtless true but it is also fact tha
Durham has been regularly voting th
Il Republican ticket for the past three c
# four years.
II HOW NEAL WAS SHOT.
y Wesley Neal, a Repubnctn, Will
viewing the parade from the vicinlty
=, Ninth aud Walnut stteets, was struck
l. the arm by the flying Oulle =. Neal II
10 sides at n }, $50 Il .st Seventh slree
near Waluu', AMI the route of the pa
J. ads was almost past his house, 1t Is
matter OF co lecture why he selecte
this particular corner of Ninth and w a
nun streets, rs the more favoraole poii