Daily Republican., 1882-06-05

: Ger Wesley Carey, but Samuel Coyle
linterfered and in the melee officer Car
ey got pummeled for his pains and the
victim escaped.
Two men, Merriam and Fisher by
name, were challenged on their natur-
allzation papers, but Inspector Witsil
hurried their ball ITS in the box before
the matter could be settled.
Ned Butcher, Democrat, residing
$40 Adams street, attempted to vote
twice, but George Sawyer, a Republi-
can window man stopped him.
An Irishman residing in the Tenth
ward at No.9O4 west Fifth street voted,
though Mr.. Sawyer told Inspector Wit
sill all about the fellow.
There were ten more votes in the
box than the clerks lad recorded. Five
Of these were rolled together and were
thrown out;the other five were counted.
How the ballots rolled together got In
no one seemed able to tell. The ballots
were unusually large and it was diff.
cult to place two together without being
noticed.
The number Of young mon who voted
ION age" was unusually large. Towards
the latter part of the afternoon young
men who took the oath that they were
between twenty one and twenty two
years of age, came up by twos and
threes. Protests were useless. The
Democrats on the outside, pushed them
up and Witsil swore them and took
their ballots. During the last two
hours of the afternoon Inspector Witsil
neglected to call for the receipts and
during that period numbers of strange
men voted.
Sergeant Dolan, police officer No. II,
and William and John Gibson sent
carriage to Front and Union streets for
a man who moved there from West
Chester last March. The man came,
was greeted by officer No. II and led to
the window, where he deposited Dem.
ocratic vote.
THE FOURTH AND FIFTH WARDS.
There were no disturbances in these
wards worthy of note, and with the ex-
ception of the usual amount Of wrang.
ling, the election passed off quietly and
peacably.
THE SIXTH AND SEVENTH WARDS.
Everything passed off quietly in
these wards with the exception OF a
slight disturbance in the first named
caused by a colored man being struck
by a passing vehicle Toward evening
a vote was challenged but the chalen.
ger was knocked down and there the
matter rested.
| THE EIGHTH WARD.
| In the Eighth ward the trouble COM
menced in the southern precinct shortly
after the polls opened, and was said to
have been caused by Inspector Daley
insisting on taking vote which had
been challenged, and eefused by the
Republican Inspector Baldwin. Some
blows passed between the men VIXEN
the door leading to the room was
bursted in and had it not been for the
Interference of some prominent Repub-
licans the probabilities are that ths
crowd would have used the Democratic
inspector pretty roughly. There came
very near being another disturbance
when a Democrat named August who
resides over Third street bridge came
up and attempted to vote, and gave
his residence as being on Taylor street;
the man was hustled away from the
polls and several in the party were
very anxious to teach him a lesson, but
calmer counsel prevailed and he was
allowed 10 depart.
He was not satisfied however but
went to the polls in the Northern pre-
cinct of the same ward at Eleventh and
Pine streets, and tried the same game
there. He was followed and had no
sooner made the attempt to vote than
he was knocked down and used pretty
roughly, and it is not thought that he
made any further efforts at repeating.
Several other minor disturbances oc-
CURED at Eighth and Pine streets
during the afternoon in one Of which a
Democrat struck a Republican and was
promptly felled to the ground. About
6 o'clock man named Stinson who
resides on Taylor street near Poplar
became engaged in an alteration at the
polls and upon finding that he was get.
ting the worst of it drew revolver and
fired.
There were two police officers stand.
| ing short distance off and 1t is said
that they were requested to arrest him
which they refused to do. The crowd
then started IN pursuit. ana Ine man
ran along to Taylor street and up to-
wards his home.
| Whenever he found the crowd gain.
ing on him he would turn and fire at
them, and several shots were fired in
return. Fortunately no one was killed
although it was said that Stinson was
shot in the hip. He succeeded in reach
ing his door and getting in, barely
escaping being hit by brick that was
no doubt sent for his head.
He had scarcely had time to fasten
his door before the crowd were trying
to burst it in, and if they had succeeded
there is every probability that if he
had been found his life would have
paid the forfeit. 1t seems almost mi
raculous that no one in the pursuing
party were struck by the flying shots,
as from the time he started from Eighth
and Pine streets, until he reached his
house, he had emptied every chamber
in his revolver.
| CONTINUED IN THIRD EDITION.