The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-11
The Police Severely Censured.

BELFAST, Aug. 10.-Five thousand troops and
$500 constables occupy the disturbed districts.
The presence of the police tends to increase in
stead of suppress the disorders Protestants de-
clare that Catholics were the aggressors by
wrecking Protestant houses, while Catholics are
equally certain that Protestants were the ag-
gressors. Of one thing there is no doubt: Never
did two mobs of different religions display a
more bloodthrsty desire to kill or MAIN each
other During The fight Sunday and Monday,
whenever powder ran short, yiragoes on both
sides, with fat-irons and other implements,
ground large grains of blasting powder into
size suitable for small arms while boys of ten
der age cast bullets and slugs. While the riot
ers we're firing, youths and women stood behind
them busily loading spare guns. in or
der to prevent a waste of time The
fusillade lasted until o'clock yesterday morn
ing, when the ammunition gave out and tacit
truce ensued both sides removing the dead and
wounded to their homes. Both sides are doing
their utmost to hide their losses. On Monday
the Protestants received welcome donation of
twenty-five rifles and much ammunition from
Ballymaccarrett sympathizers, while Ballyna-
minch Nationalists sent the Catholics supply
ammunition and many revolvers of the type
called 'Sweethearts." The plentifulness Of wea-
pons will constitute the gravest danger in the
future. There is general demand for house
toulouse search for arms A visitor, who has
been studying the cause Of the riots. writes: 'It
is useless mincing matters The police have
fired upon and slain people from panic if not
from vindictiveness. The people assert that the
latter WAS the cause. The people regard the po-
lice as murderers, not protectors. Thatissue must
be faced. Hundreds of people have friends dead
dying. 1t is worse than useless to say they
want only to attack the police The latter now
represent the peoples deadly, death-dealing ene-
mics. The friends and neighbors of the
killed and wounded all regard the police as foes.
Their bare presence is terror to the repulsed,
and excludes the idea of wantonness. This is
now the great, supreme difficulty. l have seen
men in respectable houses throwing stones at a
batch of twenty policemen, escorted by 100 horse
soldiers
Numerous complaints have been made of the
behavior of the police. One citizen says that
while going home through quiet street, he was
stopped by six conssables, who rudely searched
him, ordered him to give An account of himself,
and then imperatively commanded him to go
home at once. Another writes that three con-
stables, who drifted into respectable tobac-
conists shop, upon seeing pouch engraved with
a likeness of Chamberlain. flung it down. ours
ing Chamberlain for going against them" One
of them, addressing the lady behind the counter,
said: 'You're afraid of the Tipperary boys
put six bullets into an Orangeman last night
and I'll give them double tonight If had my
own way / wouldn't leave one.n
Maurie Healy, member of Parliament for
Cork city, has been instructed, in behalf of the
widow of Constable Gardiner, who was killed
during the Orange riots here. to claim from the
city an indemnity of $4,000 for his death.