Daily Republican., 1883-04-28
FOURTH EDITION,
THE DOVER RIOT.

The Grand Jury Find . True Bill
Against Eleven Of the Rioters and
Hold Them for Court.
Special TO the REPuBLICAN.
DOVER, DEL, April 27th.-Tht
Grand Jury to-day found true bill
against eleven of the Saturday night
rioters. They were indicted for riot
Those indicted are AS follows Thomas
c. Denny, Charles FAIRIES, Will Tomlin
son, Frank Pyle, Edward Camac, VIM
Mccall, William Honey, Daniel Tom
linson, Charles Butler, William Smith
(colored) and Edward FAIRIES. They
were each held in the sum of $500 fol
their appearance at Court. The Court
will convene in special session on the
7th of June for the purpose of trying
the rioters. James l.. Wolcott and
George v. Massey, Esqs ARE counsel for
the defendants.
OPINION OF THE DOVER PAPERS,
In reference to the riot Of Saturday
night the Dover Sentinel devOtes quite
a lengthy space, from which we clip the
following:
Saturday night last witnessed one Of
the most dastardly outrages upon the
streets of this town that the citizens of
any town were ever subjected to. The
town was in virtual possession of a
gang of ruflians armed with shot-guns
and pistols, who shot down innocent
and unoffending people without provo
cation, and in cold and premeditated
manner. Twenty of the showmen were
wounded, five of them seriously.
| They had done no wrong to their slay-
ers, and were even unknown to them
Their death and wounding had not even
Il quarrel to palIiate it, but they were
shot down like brutes while guarding
their property and trying to leave the
town. The shooting was l,nned hours
before it took place, and numerous ac-
cessories before the fact were occupy
ing windows to witness the ''fun, as it
was called by the participants.
The paper also contains "A lengthy
editorial on the subject, and denounces
the whole affair as most outrageous
one, perpetrated by gang Of rowdies
who invest nearly every town.
The Delawareau treats the subject In
an editorial from which we clip the
following extracts:
The State and town authorities are
using every endeavor to ferret out the
guilty parties in this disgraceful affair,
and we have no doubt that the authors
of this whole affair will be brought to
justice. While no right-thinking per-
son will tXcuse or paliate such n breach
of the peace, we think that tits the duty
Of good citizens to withhold judgment
III the ease until the facts are brought
to light in the courts, and the guilty
parties, whether our citizens or the
shUwmeu,i in this miserable and disgrace
fuI street fight or riot, are brought to
Justice.
HThc statements, however. that have
been spread broadcast through the press
are of highly sensational character,
and III some respects glaringIy untrue.
The accounts of the origin of the trouble
are conflicting, so also AS to who are the
aggre,sors and We don't propose blind
ly to condemn any one for the reason
that the affair is being ferretted out by
the officers of the State, who when sutfi-
cient evidence has been obtained will
place the blame where it justly lies.
While we are and ever will be the up-l
holders of the law, we deem it improper,
pending judicial investigation into the
matter, to give expression Of opinion in
reference to the guilt or innocence of |
those charged or suspicioned AS being
connected with the disgraceful affair.