New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-15
DEFENDING THE TRIBUNE BUILDING.

DEFENDING THE Tribune bOibD'''
Az INCIDENT OF TIE DRAFT RIOTS OF looo-i"I
EVENT RECALLED BY OLD MENBEhs vi i"'
TwFNTY-slxrH PRECINCT POLICE.
rornio, If the survivors of the Twenty-sixth
p.Aonot parce who participated in the saving OF
The Tribune Building on July IL iSoo' 9ur'ns ~
draft riots was held at Delmonicos uesuay
ing The object of the meeting was 10 op'p., y
unies and recollections of that event ana thereS
obtain trne statement Of the facts ana Tue h''io'
of those who participated therein. called the
Ex-Patroman George :. McWntters chileu Wv
meeting to order. ard upon his Suggestion en
Sergeant A. =. DE Vonrsney was appointed oha,,
man, and Inspector Andre" p MunInS Thomas
The Others present were Patrol1eh ,,amoI"s
Unrtv Thomas Brennan, and NiGnoins
Martin, of the Steamboat Squad Patiolneh iion ,d
q King and Thomas BIZ elk, OF the SANITARY 4aaa'u
Patroluan Richard Hawkey, of the Centrai Oince,
and Sergeant George Armstrong. OF the 49, L,'
Precinct. As the entire squad nu" ,oaro would
Inc nrosent Int they were unable TO he relleyerirom
duty Those who were present related the lhciuents
of the day far they could rec9lIsc 'ne.
y We,e accounted for by the fact tha may
no citizen was allowed TO stanG anu a,
witness the fight. There was no UNI iGt ,1ns and
nation bv the police between peaceaole ci,zsnS anu
fbe rioters in fine ten minutes fight, and every per
son who was not in uniform was HhocAeu uo"" -
driven back. ,. % ,I,a occounts
given Under orders of Captain NOV
IusDccorl Thomas f. ThoTne the en'ip1 ,,,,6ertrg
force of the Twcnty-siXth Precinct, nutnpct.us
Lont fcrt,- mon was ordered to the FIRST Precihc'
PoIire station No. 20 Broad-st., about 1880 p M.
to que a riot which It was Iuhiorcu J bad b@cn
current durnC the day that the rioters dnueuuTu
10 attack and demolish The Tribune once. 10
be ready for the emergency arr h"UnE Tatojn
vices were not needed down ,toNn C CPt
Thornc and his men marched D3ck Hiuut"
Nassau-st. When near the corner Oh prI hited
St. quiet alarm was gwen me Ilcn w0 Cnt,tS,n
. hurried coz sultation took place netWeen NaPl'.i
Thgrne and Captain Bryan, OF the foufih II 49,
and suddenly there was heard the breaking VI sa,S'
Captain Thorno quickly ordered Neep tLod Tn
Forward double quick" and me men ooe!D". ="
front of The Tribune Binding they me- tne iioI-
crs who were crlwdiug INTO the publication ONE
some of them had emptied INC c".' agY had
the drawers on the middle of the II jof ana hdu
SET bundles of papers on ire III ree or iouE piaorS
For fen uuu es the fight was ulooiF WVnu, oo' d
of the rioters were killed. aud Mr.. NcM2uers Tnu
o,otler officer were knocked down WIN cIup'' i nc
noice rushed into the publica.ioL ONCE drove 40
rofers out with their ciuDs, ana theh put ou' 'N'
The rioters were then driven further back, and mp
INTO Chatham-st, and across the Far' on ~ ~
mtnutes those who had got INTO the F"rh VIZ
driven back by Inspector Carpenter ana po"o,
force and they escaped up Cnl'ual,-' :;
ucket line from the City han 10 I'e In96
ticT,I wa formed by the police. and aoOhJ lo''o
~ ", y hard shower dispersed the rioters from uUNn
town. sergeant De Voursney reached tue CI'y
Hall IN uniform inst as IhS rlDnns Glc c ond as
lacked lie rushed through the mop alone; anu az ~
sisted IN driving the rioters out OF Inc lriouno Vi
lce. ,.:. II. o,norio,ce said.
Onc striking incident came under my 1uSet a'i,n
! ynu,'g man came rushing through The Tribune
one TO the sidewalk. whcre we were CLUBBING tne
rioters. and wanted to aid us: lie was haIie IS
| and coafless but was determined TO snare III
| %h rcuellpr of the rioters. After much
Effort we got him back into the office knowing, as
| Inc was not in uniform, that lac ~onid have stTou
| flo some chance OF getting dubbed Nv me polco
~ az other citizen. learned Afterwards that thls
h1sv vouna fellow was G. W. Sn,alley" After each
one had related his experience Messrs. W.
| Nurrov and King were appointed cOnlh'tee 20 III
yitr each of the parcpatOrs in the riot To sehd III
writing sketch of bis experience at tue unle thaV
| ,ha f,cts may b. colated and put upon record