Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-10-12
TuE FIGHT ON 1.-THE HILL"
More Sworn Testlmony-The Accused Police
vindicated-The Republican Cam
uai~n Lies Exploded.

VIndicated-The Republican Cam
paign Lies Exploded.
The following additional testimony was
taken before the mayor last evening and
this morning in the case OF Colonel Ellas
McMellen against the police officers for
neglect of duty during the riot on'the
chill Oh Friday evening last. 1t will be
seen that the blood and thunder stories Of
the New Era and Examiner are completely
exploded by the sworn testimony of Their
own witnesses examined yesterday and
to-day, without taking into account the
testimony offered on the part Of the ac
cused.
For the prosecution Henry n. Stevens
was sworn and testified as follows: After
the fuss on the hill and the procession had
come down to the square, went to the
colonel of the battalion and asked HIM II
he could not get an escort to go up over
the hill with the Columbia people. lie
said he would see what he could do. Alter
I left him I saw Mr.. Deichler and asked
him for an escort. He told me the police
men were all out On their beats. Some
one in the crowd called out he should
swear in fifty men to go over the hill with
the Columbians. Hc said, 81 will attend
to it myself and see what L can do.'
said one man would be of 10 account as
an escort going over that hill. Some one
said that Re, the chief, would be pretty
fellow to go over the hill through that
crowd by himself. He turned round to
me I suppose he thought it was l who
said it, when he said to me if 1 was not
careful might get myself into trouble.
Th. Defense.
= ~, ,oo,,c,l off
the following witnesses were called and
sworn:
G. 4. Offender, sworn was on Manor
street in rear Of DIR. Longs; saw the pro-
ccssion coming along peaccably until the
Fourth ward came along; saw i little boy
ten or twelve years old, and saw one of the
Fourth ward club strike him over the
head with a torch because the boy hur-
rahed for Hancock this was seen by Mrs.
Alderman Donnelly, Mrs. Waltz and an
other lady; when saw this went for an
officer; found Harman and told him what
had occurred, and requested him to go and
see about it. He went out and got the
procession moving it was stopped at the
time Harman was there cndeavorlng to do
his duty: The crowd was too large and
diso.dery for any one man Or two men to
preserve order. Goodman was in this fuss,
and this was the occasion upon which
Harman was accused of holding Goodman;
saw Harman take hold Of Goodman for the
purpose Of preserving order.
David Carr, sworn Was 1T the Piow
tavern talking to Mr.. lIarman when the
fuss was up on Manor street. Mr.. Harman
walked up and then he came down again.
When the fuss was on West King street,
opposite Martins l saw Harman go down
to where it was and saw him trying to
make peace He was trying to make
peace at the tavern when the procession
came round.
Horace Miller. sworn Twas standing at
the P!ow tavern when the fuss was on
Manor street last Friday night. Harman
was ut the Plow tavern with me. When the
fuss began Harman ran up and l followed
him. The crowd commenced to halloo
and make q noise. Uarman rushed in
among them and pushed back all who
were in his way and told them to be quiet.
They became quiet. and then he came back
and went down to Ackcrman where an
other fuss was taking place. Tic caught
hold OF some Of them there and pushed
| them back ; l mean those who were crowd
ing on the procession. Officer Flick came
there and Helped to push back the crowd:
When the crowd was i'll Manor street
saw him push back the crowd to the pave
mcnt; saw him going into the crowd and
do all in his power to preserve the peace
saw him take hold Of no one except to
keep order. l would have seen him,
Think, if he had done anything out OF the
way.
Edward Hardy sworn j was standing
at the PlOw tavern as the procession came
II ,,-f.n v,n In
commenced on West King street, Mr.. Har-
man was standing there; saw him rush
iuto the crowd; just at that time some one
in the ranks called halt : saw HaIman
push the crowd back, and the stones were
thrown from the direction CT the street
towards the tavern l ran iato the tavern
and saw a young man washing his face.
He told me he had been hit with z stone ;
his nam, was Hebrank he was 4 Hooker
on. / sawsIIarman try to do al he could
to keep things quiet.
Andrew J. Flick. police officer, swoin {:
On Friday night on the occasion Of the
Republican procession, we were marching
up Manor street came to DR.. Longs cor
ner: met Mr.. Gill who came into tie
,-anks as friend and marched one door
hollow the Plow tavern with me. There
was some hig fellow whom I don't know
who took holll OF inc and struck me- Gill
took hold of him. saying to me s. I'll see
won THROUGH" Onicels Kautz and Har-
man both came UP after he had mt me anu
tooiz hold of him, but the crowd was So
large and rough, and in such coniasioh'
that it was impossible 3or any man 10
make IN arrest there. Id.ew my oli'y OUT
and said ''lct him come, 70 nc "ah'eI
to get at nc again. Gill SAT- ne would
stand by me, and said to the man .'e 0uSnI
to know who nc was hitting, and .Sho"lu
not touch an officer. I took my flag ana
marched away. Harman and Kautz we
both called Oh by me and they did what
they could to assist me.
o. b. ShertZer, sworn | saw MIR.
Kautz, while | was standing under my
door, No. 3j3 West King etrcet {; crowd
collected and some one said he was going
out to the procession to hit some one
Officer Kautz held him by the coat and
said, ''You stay here it is not your place
out there; it is Republican procession
and YOU have no business there. . lie
held him until the crowd rushed
on, when the man got away from the Off
Ger there was man with y cape on who
rushed in and said he would clean out the
crowd on the pavement. Officer kautz
got between him and the crowd and kept
them apart and told him to go on with the
parade l saw kautZ in the crowd at
Ackerman's when the procession rushed
in; know neither the man kautz pushed
back nor the man from the procession.
Frank Hubley sworn Was standing
corner West King and Charlotte streets;
saw the crowd fussing around saw Officer