Daily Republican., 1883-10-26
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For several days past the srial Of the
recent circus rioters has been In pro-
gress u Dover and has been watched
with great interest by the residents of
the town. A large number Of witnesses
have been examined by the State,
among whom was Henderson, one OF
the proprietors Of the show, who was
badly shot about the face and had one
eye put out.
Henderson was sworn on Wednesday,
and testified that he Was from Georgia,
and had been In the circus business for
fifteen years was In Dover on the night
of April 2lst; was experimenting the
moving Of the wagons from the grounds
to the depot; had given orders that all
the wagons then on the grounds should
leave a. nearly together AZ possible !;
started from the show grounds about II
o'clock instructed tho seventy-fve
men with me to 90 with the last wagon,
and gave them to understand that II
any OF them should create disturbance
or resent anything which was offered
him, he would be discharged l thought
by this action that 1t would have a ten
dency tn sllay any trouble that had
besn reported as brewing, while he
walked beside the first wagon in com.
pany with one man. As We approached
Che Bayard House saw crowd on the
two corners and In the middle Of the
street ~ the first wagon was crossing
Governors avenue q negro In the crowd
threw q brick at the driver. Mr..
Henderson here said: Gentlemen,
could pick that Niger out Of q crowd Of
four million men now, and swear 10
his identity."l I cried to the driver to
"go 10 ahead /" the crowd here either
stopped or Illustrated the horses, and
they stood still; just then pistol shot
was fired from down Governors ave-
nue. i; turned partly around and hold.
ing up my left hand, In which l had an
umbrella, cried out; For God sake,
gentlemen, don't shoot hold on there. "
While standing In this position l was
shot In the hand which raised, snap
ping the handle of my umbrella, break
Ing my forefinger In several places and
burying about twenty-five shot in my
hand about three seconds after this a
man standing in front Of the bar-rooin
door of th Bayard House discharged
gun at Inc, which took effect in my
right eye and about the face; about the
same time was shot on top ofthe head
in thirty or forty places I am under
the impression that this shot came from
the third story of the Bayard House ;
all this time the horses were on the full
run toward the depot 80 far had not
moved from my tracks; now stepped
back and q man came from behind a
tree at Hammond's corner, and placing
the muzzle Of a gun within six inches
of my mouth, fired; the discharge
knocked me down, the load taking eff
feet in my face and tongue and knock
ing out tooth was also shot at the
same time in the right breast with a
pistol or rife ball.
After being knocked down by this
last discharge, managed to crawl to
the sidewalk, and walked short dis
tance down Lockerman street, and sal
down on door step, after being car
ried to place Of safety, until I re-
covered my strength sufficiently to walk
when / proceeded to the depot, and
upon arriving there was placed In a cal
and medical assistance rendered. The
witness then testified az to his move
ments after the accident. He was cross
examined by Mr.. Massey, who asked
him If be could describe the man who
shot him.
He replied that he could tell the man
any time who shot him in the right eye
1t was bright moonlight night, and
the man was standing on the Bayard
House corner, not twenty feet of. He
was asked to give description of him.
At first he was very reluctant to do 10,
saying that he had had one experien ce
| in Dover which was not very favorable
and he did not know but what he might
be shot down again If he were to make q
public statement OF this kind. He Of.
fered to 20 before the Grand Jury and
identify the man, 80 that he might be
indicted, provided he should be insured
protection by the Sheriff. The court,
acknowled sing Mr.. Massey's full righ,
TO an answer, Mr.. Henderson finally
said : The man was about 80 years O
age, was about five feet eleven inches II
height, weighed probably 100 pounds
and had long red side whiskers and {
mustache.
After further cross. questioning tn,
Court adjourned and the case was con
tinued until yesterday morning, wher
four more witnesses we're examined fOl
the State, who testified as to seeing Den
ny and Will Tomlinson with guns be-
fore the firing began After hearing tn,
evidence of the above the State closed
and Mr.. Massey opened for the defense
He said that the defense did not deny
the shooting which took place near the
corner Of Lockerman street and Cover
nor's avenue, but they would show
that there was another demonstration
between the Bayard House and depo
earlier in the evening; that the tow
was invaded by crowd of roughs arm
ed to the teeth, who formed in battl
array prepared to fight, and that tn
first shot was fred by Snowman.
The examination of witnesses thel
began, all of whom testified that the.
saw thirty OF forty circus men comin
from the grounds openly carrying club
and pistols, and that they fired th
first shots. The case will be continued
, to-day and it is thought the defens
will be able to prove that the circu
men inaugarated the riot.
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