Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-06-08
Town Fifth street . shipley. When in
front of SduirD Rerta,lett's oftice he

down Fifth street % Shipley. When in
front Of Squir0 Hsrtolett's Office he i
found that the crowd was rapidly Rnin.
ing on him, and he ran In there. The
Squire had gone to 70 his suppes and
ths crowd rushed s6tsw the man, wheI
picked upa chair to defend himself
with, hut was quickly disarmed and
severly handled before he escaped.
During the fight several panes of glass
were broken in the office door.
FIGHT OVER ELEVENTH STREET.
BRIDGE.
A fight occurred ut the polls over
Eleventh street bridge, caused by some
Democratic roughs and repeaters at.
tacking James Redding, Feading at
Thirteenth and ClAymont streSts, who
was standing near the polls. Two Of
the gang caught Mr.. Redding and
held him, while three or four more pro-
ceeded to take II ont Of him, !" as they
expressed 1t, with eluhs and knives.
Mr.. BEDDING was Afterwards removed
to his home, and DT. Mann of,Eleventh
and Kirkwood streetsl summoned. An
examination showed that two Of his
ribs were broken, and that he had
received . deep cash In his 9de. Mr..
Redding 10 said to be somewhat better
this morning, but 10 not ybt out Of
danger.
TROUBLE IN TIE ELEVENTH WARD.
There was considerable disturbance
al the A4sern0on around tho Eleveuth
ward polls, and Democratic repeaters
voted without let or hindrance. When
the Republican inspector demonstrated,
and put his hand over tho box to pre-
vent m illegal vote being polled, the
Democratic inspector picked mp the
stamp and threatened to brain him, II
he did not remove his hand. Republi-
can votes were rejected, bus Democrats
had no trouble whateverin in polling all the
votes they wished. The Democratic In
spector Henry Schmidt was detected
putting Republican ballots In his vest
pocket, and also dropping them on the
floor, but the Republicans were over.
aved and unable to help themselves.
known to reside in and vote In another
ward, came .p to the polls and voted.
The polls were Kept open after 2 o'clock
TO accommodate the Democratic repeat
|ers, who, having finished their work in
the other wards, crowded around these
polls to swell the vote Of that district.
As soon ~ tho polls were closed, an At-
tack was made on the Republicans in
the vicinity, and while some saved
themselves BY running, others stood
their ground, among them being ,nan
named Miller, who knocked the roughs
down as fast ~ they approached him,
and some Of them were badly pnnished.
In trying to stop the fight, officer
White was struck on the head with q
brick, and received cut about an inch
In length.
OTHER FIGHTS.
A fight took place ct the Ninth dis.
trict polling place, Fifth and Spruce
streets, and John Kirk WAS arrested
Ho had hearing bsforeJ udee Cumminl
and was fined 81 and costs.
Bernhard McHugh, and Harry Cam
pbell wereAfrested for Illegal voting, and
held in $500 bail for hearing on Fri
day morning.
Two or three repeaters.tried to get In
their work in the Twentieth electioY
district, Eighth ward, but finding tn.
inspector too vigilant, moved to NOR,
congenial quarters.
A disturbance occurred In the
evening In front of the City
Hall, betweenta drunken man and Of
ticer Piersop, which ended la the man
being locked up. There was also q
light at Fourth and French streets
during which one Of the large glasses II
Barkley Brothers window was bro
ken.
/ II is probable that there were NOR
illes al votes cast at Saturdays election
than ever before In this city, and unles
some means can be adopted to checl
this system Of wholesale fraud, 1t viii
be folly to attempt to hold elections Il
the future.