New-York tribune., 1880-09-24
LOCAL MISCELLANY.

THE ATTACK ON BROOKLYN BOYS In BLUE.
no, ,cr CAPTAIN LEAvEY SAYS THAT THE AssAlLANIs
wrRv BoYs-rHE sTATeMeNT INDIGNANTLY
The list Of the wounded in the assault Of Demo
cratic rrfiians on the Eighth Ward Rcp9bllcans, ln
Brooklyn TUESDAY hit on the head and
her ~ narts OF the body by the flying stones. went
obout their work as usual Those seriously nuit;;
except ss,d oass wsre in al the back Of the head
six inches long The back of his head ana nus neck
are greatly swollen, but there Is no fear OF s ,ae
rcs,!t although great fears OF his recovery were
fall for hours after the wound was received. foiice
Captain Leavey, of the Third Precinct maoe G's
report to Superintendent Campbell yesterday AZ
is as follows:
The Eighth Ward Boys in Blue, commanded by Cap,
tain Madden. eft their meeting room IN Fnthsve anu
raSsea 'o 10 ,n the S main body Of the
Montaguesl vo!ley of stones was THROWN a. mem zen,
follow named persons slightly wounded Daniel
Dougiass, of Tweny-sxi-st between rour,n ;s,r au
ave- John Novel; of Twcntiet i-st. between Sixth ana
Scven,h-aves and john Graham. Of s,xtn-aye' near near
wounds except Graham. who has slight cut On ms
knee and all found by the oi ers whom sen, r 10
investigate the matter attending TO ner various h1i
sui;s as thouga nothing had happened TO them. Tue
parties engaged in the dsgracefu assault are grown
hoys ana as vet not sufficient evidence azainst
any OF them their arrest pus expect 10 pe aoe
do soon haye also i"yesgateo a. gn
tonst. while wai,ing 60 meet oom,any os Gre" reo
and Arthur Masecteers. Tae Musketc.fs MSiS :, ,oui
tne Twelfth wari, aud large crowd followed THEM
from the Point, some OF whom threw piece OF prlcK
at tae Tuth Ward company when near OHrolt-st., III
Clinton but fortunately struck no one farosnah En-
ward Fi,z immons was on post where tne asssmv Was
comm fted out failed to make any report returning
from pa, rol at midnight. preferred charges against
said officer for neglect OF duty
IL viii be observed that Captain Leavey says
nothing OF Richard Reed. of Twenty -sec0nd-t. Oe-
tween Fifth and S,xth-aves., whose " slight scaip
wound Is SIX inches long and rather deep. captain
Leavey is q Democrat. ,os A..
Captain James WoOdbouse, VINO COMMANDED tns
detachmrnt, and Lieu,enants j. w. Simonton and
j. p. Penberthy. on reading this report, expressed
their indignation in unqualified terms. "Ihe
idea - sad Captain WoOdDead. "of Old war ve'e-
rams like many who were IN our ranks, being cut 30
pieces as we wcre by eight or nine boys! why,
ar our lamps were smashed, hiling the street wn
OIL which igni;ed and made the street bout us look
like sheet of flame and through TINS many OF us
had TO fight our way against the stones that were
showered on us! expected the ponce wonid 90
their best to belitle the whole outrage, but never
thought 40 absurd report as TINS could possibly
come from them"
William c. Reej, q boatman. living at Twenty
fourth-st. said yesterday Il was with the Bows
In Biue Wnen VIC turned. after beng hrst as.
taulted conld see tue stones come whirhns out OF
The darkness into tue glare Of the torches. Samuel
Mc(iOuig!e who stood next TO me. had lls t0rch
stick cut in two with agstone Our lamps were
smashed and the oil ran III the cutters III Diazne
etreams We could not see many OF them until the
oll burnt up but eau take nv oath that all The
assaIlants saw were men, and they seemed 10 eqoai
us in number" ,
John Graham, who was injured in the head and
leg saws that they numbered iully 100. Doylssa.
who was seriously cut, Ross Newell, Ryan. Mc:
Cowan, McGonigie, Thompson and many others VI
those struck corrobOrate Graham