Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-12-26
A DOWNTOWN RIOT.
NAN sHOr ANO a W0mAA
I.rRUCK WITH A BRaCk AND
BADLY INJURED.

oaite serious riot occurred IN the
s,arn part OF the city about O'Clock
Thursday afternoon. In which q
re number Of persons took psrt. The
cis as far an could be learned, are as
llOws
Some coIored men at Eighth and
Sprch s'reets, who had been drinking,
gagged In an alteration, when y man
Lmed Archy was struck by another.
"A the tight became general.
Some white men then took part, and
Ae colored men retreated 70 Decatur
N Buttonwood streets, where the
ht war renewed, and bricks and
ones flew like bailst0nes. Archy's
yersary again sought him, and Archy
bnmenced firing with seven shooter.
bd an eyewitness said last evening
at nj least two of the Shots took effect
the man, aud that he fell to the
Ound.
several called TO Archy to desist fr.
q, and some Of the hystanders wanted
h father, who was present, 10 cry aud
the pistol from him. Every one
emed afraid 10 approach him, and a
Ihre man threw q brick, with tie IN
n.ioD OF knocking Archy down. I'm
r.unately the brick missed him and
tuck colOred woman, named Emma
urray, In the face, who fell TO the
svement.
The report became general that the
boman was killed, and that had the
Fect Of stopping the fight. She was
ekei up In an unconscious condition,
i,h the blood streaming from her face.
bd taken 10 her residence in the
heinity. DIR. Cantweli WAS summon.
ard after washing away
e blood found that the woman
~ seriously injured, her nose being
btirely mashed in. and her skull frac
bred The physician stopped the hem
rbsge, and raised the broken fronta
pnes, after which he found it neces
Dry TO insert quilts in her nOse 70 en-
be her IN breath.
1t was delicate surgical operation
)st DR.. Csntwell succeeded In perform
in the most skillful manner, but h.
bars that II the woman survives, hel
gelids will always droop, as It is hi,
opinion that the nerves which holt
hem Ia place are permanently injured
.ast evening she was resting qnietl,
hnter the ~ tiuence Of sedatives, which
ad been administered by the phi hysiciaI
p ease her pain, hut her face WA
pwoll,n so much that her eyes wer'
Entirely closed, and it il impossible {.
pay what the result will be. The woman
y the wife Of Charles Murray, and u
fhe time she was struck was passin,
elong, and had nothing whatever to d'
with the fight.
IL could not be learned what becam
|of the man who was shot, but It i
probable that his injuries were not yer.
serious, and that he succeeded in secret
|ing himself for fear of arrest. Johi
Parker was struck on the head with ;
srick and knocked down. His wife raj
20 his assistance. when she WAS als'
'struck and badly hurt.
William Archy, the father of the maj
WHO did the shooting. WAS severel.
|pummelltd, az were also several othe
|col0red men The riot. which Taste,
nearly an hour, caused considerable ex
@lement in that section of the city, ant
word was telephoned to the police sta
hon for assistance, but as all of the off
GERS were busy In other parts Of tn
city, there were none to respond. 1t wa
most disgraceful affair, and AZ seve
ral colored men were firing their revol
vers, in addition TO the bricks an,
stones that were thrown, 1t seems won
eerfu that more persons we've not In
cured, or some killed outright.