Daily Republican., 1882-08-30
"ASTORBANUE L1ST
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A r,u, SIGGI
Man AlmoS. Become. ny . . cslor,,
About II O'Clock last es .' RiOr,
as ple il shat t1nt had o been held I5s&s 5Ss soa.
was about breaking m o'reet near MIMI
ed man named David 4 z b, q young caI.l
staa;e snG seeing Officers TibSsIs,o tb,1soa NC came
panion named Fisher 4 ~ ,ald to a e~
white s--'s of b~s ot WHAT'S 80 n,'
tSs hese II for "' 2" Officer TiSSsttt TiSSttnS a,ol
said "You had better Tpb,ag bs ! over I,'e1 to N
piied, pHs y%1 "%Sns fSss" which Him. Hin,SSaa Sa
ora or b. s1h." The officer & tbsU sOg, :, yCgs
ne did not keep quiet be 'pVn wou,1 ,Gla bio
hlm. when Hinsop daSoSO S would sus
guage. TSbbett took H boId dptStane aS
a struggle ensued, durinau nu uaL, 81 hin, ID /
TIl L :.
ground. "nu ne fell tOGE
The prisoner broke looso o
snort distance, when he w@0 aud rl
by the officer and anntb"s was OVerata
place, during which thew ho,h hsSGlile M NJ
the TN ground with the ofifoS, UU'O isls
Finding that he had a desna,.on o1 On
toner @ to deal with, Officer EbSss, EFTbSss g Sg
to pat the nippers on him. i,OVs't hut " III
was pulled bacE by soma wv ut. DIS "
crowd. In the meantime 9 Ha sas la&
back, Came to his assista ,ce 'us S cfos
prisoner finding that he was ova. aaa "
ed commenced 20 scream m ,,Ss pGEa W
had the ne effect of drawing ,, a c,o.li Y
over zoo persons, many Of wbom mpsa w
eel a disposition to attack tbo DI y slo'
Sergeant Hatton and Oficsr "' w %lSea
accompanied by George CooDe"v "Ils Y
Ing the disturbance rushed to X, " v
to assist the officers. Just ao az %'sl wv
ge"nt arrived, he saw a coio,sa h ,.' Y Y
u,'uiel lawrence Fisher who wns,
log 10 excite the crowd to resc"s "% ~
son. The sergeant undertook NV w ~
him, when Fisher turned and ,S.'9 ~'a
tight. '"u 'd''4
Fisher Is a large powerful ma, !,
the sergeant reached back for hi NJ "
when his arm was caught by son, uD Y.
In the crowd. At this time off,, ill., " W
bert, who had handed his nrjso,S,..F S y
to Officer Moore came to the sss,,s .s
assistance, and drawing his %. rsr,.
told Fisher that if he did not Id 'Ta y !
the sergeant and go along O1jslSS \
would blow his brains out. TbsSs
had the desired effect, and th N.Y. n.
ceased his resistance. While th, IN ~ =.
going on Off Jer Walker had Dot @ \.
idle, but had succeeded in s,rs,tsv S
man named johnson Brown, w6o y,
slse melting to riot. ~
Mayor Wales who was about ,s,
ing, came ont On the street and iii
all in his power to assist the oRsN
and qusll the disturbance, He clIS
on the citizens to assist, and C,lord
man named James A. Jones resDopid
and rendered efficient aid in prsvsrtn
the outbreak from assuming gyats
proportions.
During the fight several bricks Vsn
thrown, one of which struck younv
man on the head and inflicted a. Oeyss
wound, which was Afterwards dressed
by Mayor Wales, A man who va
throwing bricks was seen, and u.
monstrated with by a hystsrd9,
" hen he drew IA knife and att6mUted D
cut bis aCcuser. Two men, WAC were
standing near, Immediately seized him,
but lie succeeded in breaking away and
IL Aking his escape. A number Of WO-
men in the crowd also did everything
in their power toward resCuing the
prisoners and exciting the men to riot
By this time word bad b8sn conveyed {
to Sergeant Decker, and he came with
several other officers and the men were /
taken without further difficulty to tho
hall. The prisoners bad a hearing this /
morning, Hinson, wNO is wellkaown
to the police, being ltied first on the
charge of inciting to riot, Officers
Moore and Tibbett gave their testimony
wAiCh was denied by lhopriSoaer, who
claimed that he was attacked by tho
officers.
The Mayor after hearing the evidence
of the officer, and the statement Of tho
prisoner, fined him 81 and costs
Lawrence Fisher was tried next Ca
the charge OF melting TO riot, andintsr
fering with the officers, and was sen'
fenced to pay a fine Of 81 aad COSTS
johnson Brown was the last Of 100
trio, and the evidence being similar .
that in the case of Fisher le was aS
fined S. and costs. This prisoner pts
tested that he had nothing TO 90 WIN
the fight, but the officers teStlnea ulna
Too much praise cannot be aocoIda
to Mayor Wales and bis otticersloI 'aI .tI
caImness and courage under SuCn,uf
ing circumstances, and had 1t moi oNl
for the manner in which they %sA S,
there Is no doubt but that tne alAl
would have ended in a serious Fl0A