Evening journal., 1891-06-08

them scrap 1t out. we will not interfere,
We all left deeming 1t unsafe from the
condition of things to return. In the
midst OF the raid f B. Cotton was found
helping colored men In the side window,
which had been repeatedly closed by me,
but was as often opened by some one
Democrats were assaulted and forced out
of line to have their place filed by some
colorsd person. Out of registered vote
of seventy Democrats only thirty one
were permitted TO vote, while l2o hepub.
licans voted. Possibly this might be all
need say, but my position is peculiar
one. labored earnestly and sincerely TO
elect the mayor that has given us the
the present police force, believing that
under him we would have better
government than Mr.. Dougherty would
give us, vet when my life and the life of
others were 10 peril am sneered at. |
am glad to be able to congratulate the
community that there is soon to be
change, and that we may yet have q
government that will challenge the
respect of the people. and police force
capable of performing the duties for
which they have been selected. But even
more to others to whom | appealed for
protection feel that have been treated
to base ingratitude.
Foreed out by tie Mob.
Inspector Frank d. Carpenter, was in
terviewed on the occurrences OF the day. He
said:
In the frst place the Morning News,
with its usual bitter partisanship, has
distorted the occurrences Of the day into
q series Of base fRlsehoods, and attempts
to Justify the action OF the riotous ne
groes Captain Mitchell and Franklin B.
Cotton, by stating things that are abso-
| lutely false and without foundation. No
man was refused who had right to vote,
and every man was excepted who was
| qualified no matter what was his color or
| politics. Thomas Brown, colored, as
sisted by Mitchell and Cotton. was the
cause Of commencing the disturbance
| Brown declared If he did not vote some
one would be killed. He was not q
| qualified voter and we determined he
should not vote. From this time on
| Mitchell took charge of the window and
refused to allow anyone to vote. The
/ Department of Elections WAS called
and after some time voting commenced
sgain. Then James Sipple, colored, who
is not assessed any place in the city, and
has not been for over two years back
after being challenged and his vote
refused by the Board of Inspectors,
/ blocked the window again with the aid
Of Mitchell and Brown. Voting was
stopped again by Mitchell
"Cries of Tear them out weU kill the
sons of -sr were frequent.
II called Hpon the police to clear tht
window and allow the voting to proceed
The police refused to obey. This wa
done In the presence Of Mr.. Wilson of tbs
Department of Elections Matters KEEP
growing worse until Mitchell assaulted
Mr.. Gorrell. who had been waiting
almost three hours for an opportunity
to vote Soon after this the negroes
swarmed ia the back window and whei
we arose to face them they came in botl
the front windows.
Franklin B. Cotton with his hand
assisted them in getting in the room
One colorad man named Jefferson
grabbed q chair, and we wer
told to get out. The slightes
resistance on our part would hav
created riot. So we peacefully with
, drew. No one ran at all. | wake
across the street to Sergeant Stetse
| and two other policemen and called upo
+ them to clear the room and allow th
! voting to 60 or. One Of the police sale
Let them scrap 1t out by themselves
d As we wsreoutDumbered more than 10
1 l., the only thing left to do was to depar
. in peace, which we did"
& "Did you 20 over to the Tenth war
e to get mobY'
. II did not 60 over to the Tenth waI
I to get a mob as the News says. I'll
, refusal of the police to preserve ordI
! was the most disgraeeful thing about |
/ They encouraged the men to clean us OF
4 OF the window"
"Will you swear out warrants for thoi
\ oficersg"
t Yes, every one of them for disobe
ing the lawful commands of the inspe
4 tor under section go Of the RegistratiC
a Law Among them are Sergesnts Ste
d ser and Peterson and Officers Burleig
t Horn and two others.
Q Mitchell Assaulted Gorreli.
. During the afternoon Captain Edmui
: Mitchell, Jr. assaulted J. R G. GORE
= the Market street real estate agent
Gorrell this morning gave the followli
!, statement of the assault upon him;
II went to the polls about or /.
3 clock for the purpose Of voting.
. went up on the porch and saw N
u Mitchell and young white man stan
p ing at the window. ! WAS informed tn
10 no one could vote there until Mr.. Colt
: came back from the DepRrtme
O OF Elections Mr.. Carpenter arc
% and said the polls were not close
. Mr. Mitchell said no one could vc
= until Mr.. Cotton came back. l q
not, at that time attempt to vote. Il
y the porch walked down the yard un
Y they recommended voting. had
u important engagement at the Office a
y was very anxious to vote and get avs
= After the voting began | got in the j
~ several times. and every time l v
2 crowded out again by the color
" men. remained there until abou
y o'clock and saw an opportunity to get
- the winoow and vote. Mitchell v
~ standing on one side and colored NJ
q on the other did not see any i
le formed and did not attempt to crowd
n, m front Of anybody in order to vote
~ simply walked up to the window, tC
al out my tax receipt and ballot and reacl
W out my arm to pass them over
70 Mitchells shoulder. As soon as did
~ be deliberately caught me
Gu the lapels of my coat and thr
go me around very roughly. tt
20; a lot of colored men crowded in 9
pushed me entirely away from
IL window before | could vote. l vi
nd back and saw Mr.. Mitchell. and told
ep | intended to see whether that kind
re- thing could be done or not He told
to 90 ahead and find out all wanted
ut about It. Mr. Cotton stepped up {
Ain said he had been watching me all