Evening journal., 1889-09-10
THE NEW CASTLE RIOT.
TEN MEN ARRESTED FOR COM
PLlclTY IN THE MURDER.

JAuhoNhe9s
STAFF correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.
NEW CASTLE, Sept 10.-The great ex
eitement caused in this city by the Dob
binsville riot on Saturday night has not
yet subsidized Groups of people gather
on the streets to talk about It. II is the
all absorbing topic Of conversation
throughout the city The question;
Have they found out anything about the
murder Of the murder yetg" greets those
who have attended the hearings on all
sides. The Delaware Iron Works lose the
labor Of about fifty men by this affair.
Besides the Hungarian prisoners, the
following men are behind the bars of the
New Castle jail George Bratton
Edward Casey, James Harkins, Alfred
Barnes, John Barnes, Joseph Dougherty
Jacob Vandegrifr, Thomas Rogers and
Patrick Joyce.
The hearings Of evidence by both thc
mayor and the coroners jury are listened
to by large crowds Of people with great
deal Of interest. The newspapers contain
ing the accounts of hearings are eagerly
read by those not present at them. In
Dobbinsville everything Is quiet The
people there are very much excited over
the occurrence A great many say they
have predicted this for some time past.
Mrs. Barnes, the mother Of the two
Barnes boys who are IMPLICATED in the
affair is almost distracted with grief over
the Imprisonment of her boys. No in
formation has been obtained by either the
mayor court or the cOroner's jury which
gives any light on the murder
whatsoever. II has been proved that
there were several men with guns, and
that several shots were fired The Dob
binsville people are prejudiced against
the Hungariaus for the reason that they
are often drunk and boisterous, yet they
admit that their carousals are among
themselves and that they do not in
any way modest the other residents.
1t is not very likely that this crowd of
| Hungarians will remain in New Castle
long after the affair has been settled as
they say they are going to move away.
| The tough element of Dobbineville will
no doubt be sorry to hear of this, as they
will then have to find new methods OF
kicking up rows and assaulting brainless
people, while the better class will be
glad they have gone.
The funeral Of the murdered man took
place this morning from Clewell's under
/ taking rooms. Mass was celebrated il
st. Peters R. G. Church and intermeni
made in that chuIch's cemetery Tn,
services were attended by large numbers
of people,
The room in the court house in which
the trial of the Dobbinsville case was helC
ON Sunday, was thrown open again yester
day afternoon at 4 o'clock. The prison
ers were seated on several rows OF chairs
around which was long rope. On tn
platform were seated Attorney Genera
Biggs, John R. Rodney, Esq. Detectiv
Harvey Vandegrift, Mayor =anson an
the newspaper reporters The room wa
crowded with people, although Their
were not as many present as there wer
yesterday afternoon.
David STARTS was the first witnes
called. He was in Dobbinsville after
o'clock on Saturday night and stoo
around the corner until after IL O'Clock
Then he went home and went to bed. II
saw the people gathering andtheY SCENE
to be excited. George Bratton an
Thomas Rogers we're each alone with she
guns, going up to Nicking's corner II
saw nothing, but heard two shots fire
after IL o'clock Saw a crowd Of peopl
on Martin Leonard's corner with guns
but did not know how many there wer
in the crowd, or how long they rename
on the corner. He thought it.wRs abou
or o'clock when he heard the man wa
shot.
James J0rdon saw no one with CUR
but two men with clubs, the man VIII
struck him and another Hungarian.
Saw Many Men with Guns.
George W. Jones lived in the corne
end of the Hungarian row. He went on
to Dobbinsville at about 10 clock Whe
} he got there he saw great deal of ruI
ming around. He was nowheres in tn
neighborhood of the place where the ma
} was killed. He saw Jacob Vand'
, grift and George BrattOn wit
, guns in the middle of tn
row walking in the direction of tn
; Hungarians. Six or seven men had gun
but he could only recognize Bratton an
Vandegrift. The Hungarians stood o
the steps Of their houses ard called ''com
on, come on They did not make an
effort to get at the men, but that the
! were very noisy and there was a goo
| deal of drunkenness among them.
Mrs Mary E. Jones saw a Hungaria
run out of his house next door with a
! axe and run over to the tavern He ev
IDENTIFY saw no men there and returned
He and few other Huns saw youn
man. They ran for him. He fired an
they all ran back They then began {
tear up the fence for clubs She saw SCI
! eral men with guns among whom WI
F.: George Bratton. She saw the Hungarian
running with clubs and pieces Of iron.
Loaded with whiskey.
John Shuchard gave a repetition
what he had previously stated. He sa
Harkins about 70 o'clock He had 1
musket but had heavy load Of whiske,
Thomas Kirke, went out to DObbin
vile little after 9 o'clock. Everythir
was very quiet. He went into the houi
when little girl ran in and told hi
. that her father John Walling, was hur
! He went into Walling's house and saw hi
: walking the floor holding his head while
Z was bleeding. He saw Thomas Roge
s standing not far from hi
: with gun in his hand He also ga
Walling with gun in the back var
John Carr was called, but was not pre-
emit Neither was John Murphy. PaJri,
Megary had a sore foot ana was not sb
to 20 out on the street. He went ba,
q into his yard and saw crowd and Sc
!. era men with guns, but did not kno
i. who they were.
- The Bartender's Story.
d George Freebury stated that he vi
S tending bar for Martin Leonard on Sa
urday night. There was a crowd
several nations in the bar. A little di
turbance occurred at the door He sa
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