The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-05-30
THIRD EDITION.
FIGHTING ON sAGURDAy.
Almost a Serious l;ipt Between Police
Omcers and Negroes in the Evening.


Omcers and Negroes in The Evening
Owing to an abundant use of whis.
key there were several lights around .
the polls ON saturday afternoon, but +
In most cases the participants were I
negroes There came very hed.' being !
several SCRAPS at the First wnrd /
polls ut Fourth and latnall streets, |
but fortunately they were arrested. \ |
fight was started AT the Third warl |
polling place, Third and Madison |
streets, but II was soon suppressed and |
there was no further disturbance thrrs |
during the afternoon.
There were several disturbances at
the voting place Oh Tenth nelr Orange
and the officers h1d their haads fail to
preserve order. Lewis IL. .Hamiltpu.
with several more colotcd men were
standing near the polls acting in q
very disorfl rly manner, and were or
) dered to move on, They moved Il few
feut, and Ollltdr LUrrlsan again told
them they must not stop there, when
Hamilton became worry in5uIent, and
made a movement us though he was
X about to strike Tho officer.
The latter struck him with his club,
when Hamilton gave him a singing
blow in return. and He'd. A warrant
was sworn ont by the officer for his
arrest, on a charge OF assault and bat
terry, but nothing more was seen OF
him during the afternoon, When the
night men came on duty the warrant
was haned TO Ollcor Black, and he
with Officer Caldwell kept sharp look
out for the fellow.
About Z O'Clock in the evening they
saw him at Eighth and Iatnail streets
and told him he was wanted. He ro-
fused to go with them, and when the
officers undertook to arrest him showed
light. ecutlie ensGcd, during which
Officer Black was thrown to the side.
walk, but still held on to his prisoner,
and when he fell was on top. Officer
Caldwell undertook to assist Black,
when Hamilton made vicious kick at
him, and received in return a blow
with Blacks club in the face. BY that
time "a crowd OF thirty or forty color.
ed men had gatnerd around, and not
only urged Hamilton to cuutnue hi,
resistance, but also showed Il DISPOSE.
tion to assist him.
Officer Caldwell, finding that
4 matters We're bccumwiug serious,
drew his revolver, and also whtstled
Tor assistance Sergeant Wiggles-
worth and Officer hi Mare, both of
whom wer5 in the vicinity in citizens
clothes, responded while the Sergeant
also had blackjack in his left hand.
They forced their way through the
excited gang to where Officer Blake
- and Hamilton wero struggling, ana
warned the crowd 10 stand back and
not attempt to Interfere il they valued
their lives. At this time Chief Blac.,-
burn appeared on the scene, and
calmly stated to the crowd that Ham
Nton was under arrest. and would lie
taken to the hall dead or alive.
During this time Wigglcsworth and
Hack had hand culied the prisoner,
and the latter with Officer Caldwell
started down Eighth street with him
toward Market. As threats were freely
made by the crowd thnt they wuUld
rescue Hamilton, Chief Blackburn
with Sergeant WiggleawortA and Oil
Ger hi Mare kept them at bay with
their revo!vers a..
The crowd was constantly incrcas-
! ing, and as it became larger grew more
belligerent and had it not been for u
healthy fear OF the reyolvers some.
or all OF the officers, would have been
used pretty rough, Just rs The party
y reached Eighth and Orange street7 il
eolored man who was driving along il
furniture car was ordered by { htrf
Blackburn to alOH, so ihal the prisoner
could be placed in AMI driven 70 tle
hall. The crowd however forbid Tim
to stop and lie undertook to drive on
when Chief Blackburn seized the horse
4 Dy INC bIlulc,
The fellow. however, was dcter.
mined to go ahead and commenced ~
ply the whip on the animal. officer
ID Mare took direct aim for his hu1d
and warned him OF the enu.pugalrc
If he leralstefl. when he hrnn'6t the
: animal TO full stop. As 20 Jl#i S ~ tlt /,
another negro sWufe tAlt H. would
drive the lur5e away and Wa l,et Ing
up Oh the wagon to 5elze the reiu7.
when Chief Blackburn struck Atn M.
der the jaw with his list AM ie.iel
him like a log IN lie street
"A ThesssilH GRITTY Of tlle crowd were
aTtR59sSlth bricks, ana wien The man
81 fell. they made Il rash Tor t.la wa.Eo on
bampIps tile tsl!uW under. tot rao
crowd were ag,gN warned 10y tho Of.
ficers 10 fall buck and considered it
the put OF wi-d0m to obey, and liam
iltvn was brown INTO the WAGON He
then commenced aSidn TO slruEsio
when Sergeant Wig ellsworth placed
his knee on Ills hre,l5t diid hatl MIN
securely Gl,il Police station wis rcarh
cd, The Chief and otHel.etiiecrz were
however, Obliged to walk On r.ch 81 y
and behind tic wagon to keep tht
crowd Lack.
Hamilton was arrugurd befor,
Judge Hall yesterday morning HEg
committed HI defUllt Of slue haal l0l /
further hearing TINS mGf1gIng lht
officers are entitled H. Vast deal u
credit for had II net bhcH foT tIl-i1
goodness and nerve, serious no
would Doubtless haze resulted
From what all eye witues1 saw OF Tia
affair. he thinks tie officers woult
have been justified la ilru4 latu tn
hon ling Ldil drAnlici moi.