The daily gazette., 1883-06-06
A ROW AMONG DARKIES
TERRIBLE FIGHT AT
SCHEUTZEN PARK.
COUNCIL MEETS AND ORGANIZES.
Serious Results Likely to Follow the Row
YesterdAy-On0 MAN Ciubbed Because
He Would Not Ride In = Coach,

| Inc Colored MOROCCO Mems Association
gave its first picnic at Scheutxen Park, yes
terday afternoon. For the purpose OF ct
traeting a large audience, the PhiladeIphis
leader, was engaged and came to this city
on the steamer Felton, The committee OF
arrangements, in their endeavors to get a
| large crowd together, were success
full but they utterly failed In their
attempts to preserve order although every
precaution was taken to do so. Beside dele
eating a lot OF their members to serve as
police, Officers Townsley, Mcbride and
another, of the regular police force were in
| attendance. 714
| Things moved along smoothly until about
O'Clock when row was started by some
unknown person which, in Its effects Is likely
/ TO prove very serious to at least two while
abouta q dozen men who we're engaged in the
fuss are now sporting cut heads and black
| eyes.
A thorough canvass among those in at
tendance by GAZETTE reporter failed to
discover who the ringleaders were but It ap-
pears very plain that the three police Off
GERS were very careless In the discharge of
their duties or were afraid to interfere, for
no attempt seems to have been made to
quell the riot which broke out in all its
/ strength about 5 o'clock.
As near as could be learned a man named
George Wells, under the influence of LIQUOR
and belonging to the Orange street gang.
kicked up fuss with Phillip H. Burton,
who tried to avoid fight by moving from
one place to ano;h her. Wells kept following
him. This procedure was carried on for
some time, when Burton turned upon the
crowd and threatened TO shoot If they per-
sisted In following him.
This threat OF Burton's seems TO Lave made
the crowd furious, for they Immediately
made for Burton, who carried out his threat
and shot Wells In the stomach. The crowd
then set upon Burton, beatiD. him with
clubs, beer glasses and almost everything
they could lay their hands on, and would
undoubtedly have killed him on the spot
had not his wife and a few older members
of the association interfered and succeeded
in getting Burton from the crowd more
dead than alive and the blood flowing from
numerous cuts on his face and head. As
soon as possible Burton and Wells were
placed in wagons by their friends and hur-
rled away from the grounds, willis the band
and the larger part of the people at the park
beat hasty retreat into the city, the band
leaving ON the 7.30 train for home.
Wells, who is dangerously wounded, was
taken to the house of his Uncle, Daniel P.
Hamilton, at No. 1923 Orange street, and
DR.. Henderson was summoned The ply
sician probed for the ball but was unable to
hnd 1t, and the wounded man last night lay
in critical condition and evidently suffer-
ing great agony. A visit to the house this
morning ELECTED the fact that Wells was
resting very much easier. DIR. Hender-
son stated that peritonitis had set in but he
had hopes of checking the Inflammation.
The bullet entered two inches below the |
ribs and two inches to the left of |
the navel and is, the doctor thinks, lodged !
in the abdomal cavity on The right side. |
Wells works for Mr.. Hamilton, who states |
that he was born In Philadelphia and came
TO Wilmington some months ago, since
which time he has worked ieadily and did
not quit until noon yesterday to go to the
picnic.
Burton was taken to his home at No. 22O
Shipley street and DIR. Blockson called. The
patient was terribly beaten about the head
and face, and four wounds required to be
sewed up. One on the left cheek and an
other deep one on the side of the head,
where the scull appeared to be slightly de-
paressed, were apparently made by clubs,
while on the other side of the head and one
on the back were evidently cut by black
jacks. Last evening Burton was lying In
semi-conscious condition, but the attending
surgeon says that his injuries will not prove
serious unless erysipelas set in.
DE is resting more comfortable this morn
prostrated condition. Burton is usually es-
teemed quiet and inoffensive man and has
recently suffered from hemorrhages of the
lungs. He is also somewhat crippled from
the effects of wounds received in the late
war, in which he had the reputation of being
a good soldier.
careful inquiry among the Orange street
party resulted in the finding of no new or
material facts They are all disposed to say
as little as possible about the affair, but
claim that 1t was all from the result of too
much beer. The committee is inclined to
blame some of the lawless ones of the
Orange street gang and do not blame Bur
ton for shooting Wells, as they claim that it
was in self defense.
What the result of the injuries received
by Wells and Burton will be, will only de-
velop in the couple of days.
1t don't appear that any arrests were
made during the day, Notwithstanding the
fact that the officers were on the ground
during all the trouble.
young barber who works with STAINS
bury Murray was also beaten by several of
the Orange street party for the reason that
he would not ride in the SAME coach with
them, he being accompanied with the two
ladies from Chester.
He gave az his reason for not riding In the
coach that the men in 1t were using very bad
language and for this reason he had left the
coach.