Connecticut western news., 1882-07-26
RUNNING THE GAUNTLET.
A Scene in Alexandria During the
 Riot of June.

A lady, whose son is in the service of the Eastern Telegraph Company, at forwards the following ex- tract from letter of his, relating his escape from the fury of the mob during the recent riots:
 had better give you my personal ex- perience of what occurred. At 8 p. m. i've of our fellows went out boating in the harbor. Having been on night duty, l was asleep until 3:45, when went out with some others to see some friends: As we arrived we heard shot fired, followed soon after by two more. We took no notice, but went up stairs, where we found them all loading rifles and guns, in case of rising, which, they said, had been threatening for some time. There were two ladies (to whom the house belonged) and the Captain of one of the ships in the harbor. So it was proposed to send the women on board, in case of accidents. They were sent off with the Captain and another man. Whether they got on board safely or not don't know, but God help the poor girls if they got into the hands of those brutes of Arabs. We then went back to quarters and got our revolvers. There were four of us, and we determined to go to the harbor and warn the other men not to come up, or else to come up immediately, before the row commenced. We drove all right until we got to the turning down to the landing stage, when all of sudden a crowd of Arabs rushed round the corner shouting "Down with the unbelieversl"
 "Death to the English p Before we
 knew where we were we got beaten
 about the head with sticks. We all got
 out of the carriage, revolvers in hand.
 As was alighting an Arab caught me
 8 fearful blow on the top of the head
 with 8 stick. I marked him, aimed
 carefully, when I found that my revolver
 had got jammed somehow. and would
 not fire. I cooked it and leveled again
 but the thing would not go off. Almost
 at this moment I received tremendous
 blow on the top of my skull, and another
 on the wrist, which knocked my pisto
 out of my hand. I stopped to pick i
 up, when I received stroke on tn,
 back of the head which shall not sooI
 forget. It struck me that I should b'
 no good to the other fellows if staid
 so turned and fled for good half mile
 I ran the gauntlet up the street stream ing with blood, either lodging or els
 going straight at the Arabs and strikin with my fists somehow or other. wa covered with blood, and was just sink ing, when espied chemists sho ! open, rushed in, and sank on chail 7 As it happened, I arrived at the rigf moment and in the right place, for thel l were sixteen young medical students we'll armed to the teeth, one of whol 3 dressed my wounds and gave me som l lemonade, and made me lie down on = divan, with orders not to say wort t assuring me that was quite safe. a sent note to our quarters, and at ], the evening they sent four men, we
 armed, to fetch me. One of my ,oth @ comrades turned up; the remaining tv G have not been heard of. A party h ). been sent to the hospitals and CO 1T sulates to search for them, and dead tt alive to find them. There is still hol ), they may have taken refuge somewhe d and may turn up. lost my revolve l. watch-chain, one shoe, my hat, al 10 stick.