New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-08
BLOODSHED IN CAMDEN.
THE REPUBLICAN DEPUTIES ATTACKED
AT THE POLLS

| IEvoLyERs, KNIVES AND BLACKJACKS FREELY
USED IN AN ATTEMPT TO BEAT BACK
WATCHERS FROM THE POLLs-MANY OF
THE VICTIMS IN THE HOSPITAL.
Camden. ~ j.. Nov. Just as was reared 'he
conflict of authority between the Republican
deputies sworn in by Sheriff West last hight
and the Democratic policemen and specials
sworn in by the Police Commissioners leo 10
bloodshed to-day. There were innumerable
fights. in which pistols. knives and black)acKs
were welded with alarming freedom The list
of injured has been hard to secure. lor 'he
reason that the police authorities have kept
the true condition as much In the background
possible So far is possible 10 secure
names. however, the following is the list OF IN
jured:
Samuel Fulmer. No S12 Chestnut-st. deputy
sheriff, shot in the leg.
George Banks. NO 1l25 Kaighn-ave, deputy
sheriff. shot in the leg.
Frank Swayne deputy sheriff, shot and cut.
Edward Drecr deputy sheriff. shot ana STRUCK
with a blackjack.
Nathan Vandyke deputy sheriff, Baxter ana
Sycamore SITS, throat cut.
Frank Dobson, deputy sheriff, Centreville, mead
cut.
and kicked in the head.
Samuel Collins, deputy sheriff, Stockton TOWN.
ship, beaten with blackjack.
Wilson Geary, deputy sheriff. shot IN the SIDE
Julia Chambers No. zoe Chestnut-st.. head cut
with razor.
Unknown woman shot in the loot
Michael Kelly. Eighth and walnut SITS, throat
cut.
This list is by no means complete because
there were many petty assaults where the IN
jured ones went to their homes All the rot
ing has been confined to the Third, Fourth
Fifth Sixth Seventh. Eighth and Ninth wards
of this city, and Stockton Township sectlohs' III
which negroes and the poorer whites i've Inc
Democrats gave up the First and Second wards
Of the city and the Republicans abandoned all
effort to gain any show in Gloucester City. The
county districts with the exception of one or
two townships, were comparatively quiet
All day long guard has been kept in the
9th Regiment Armory by Captain George west
commanding Company d. and Colonel W. H.
Cooper has been kept informed OF the status
of affairs The three companies stationed III
this city were notified to be in readiness ior
any emergency. and the l6O men ana oiilcers
comprising them could have been ready TO
spring into action at thirty minutes or an
regiment was allowed to enter the armory
which had a threatening appearance sur
rounded by a waiting. anxious crowd. 49,
The Cooper and Homeopathic hospitals the
only two I'm the city. were overrun all day, ana
the surgeons were thoroughly tired out Cases
are still arriving and 1t Is feared that as the
count of the vote goes on even more serious
results will follow The City Han was croWueu
with Republicans arrested frequently upon iiimsy
charges of disorderly conduct or drunkehness
Every cell in the lookup was occupied by rom
.ffh he
wounds inflicted by police clubs ana DIacK-
jacks Every effort of the Republicans 10 pre-
vent repeating and other fraudulent voting me,
with prompt resistance from the Democratic
forces Such methods prevailed as would nave
put Southern Ku-Klux TO shame The racetrack
was uppermost. and the man who dared make
an effort to assert his manhood and prevent us
encroachments Immediately became target for
abuse The people were stricken win lear as
the clang Of the patrol wagon and the hospital
ambulance sounded again and again through
The first fight Of the day occurred in what is
known as the "Mackerelvil!e' precinct 81 the
Ninth Ward, at o'clock this morning. Police
men Duffy and John Keefe. and a special po-
licenan, Michael Keefe all Democrats. were on
duty at the division TO which Sheriff West had
assigned special deputies Samuel Fulmer,
colored; his brother. Gus Fulmer; George
Banks and one or two others. The pOnceineh
ordered the deputies away but they refused to
go contendng that they had n right 10 ap-
proach to within 100 feet of the polling place
The Democrats drew their revOlvers and be
gan firing upon the small band Of deputy sher-
ifs and their friends During the fight Samuel
Fulmer WIS shot in the head. Fumcrs brother
was seized by the Democratic policemen ana
was badly beaten about the head with black
lack Banks when attacked by the policemen.
pulled q blackjack from his pocket instead OF
using a revolver which he had but received
bullet in the leg before he could strike a police
man. Deputy Sheriff Edward Dreher was shot
and blackjacked and woman passing at the
time Of the ASA nit received in her heel a bullet
intended for Dreher.
In another part Of Camden DeputySheriT
Frank Swayne was shot and then cut with a
knife his assaant being a special policeman.
Special Deputy Wilson Geary was also shot by
a policeman whose name Is not known, and
Nathan Vandyke. another deputy. badly
beaten. Frank DobsOn a deputy-sheriff on duty
at CentreviIle, became engaged in "A fight with
a special policeman and had his head cut
The authority Of the special policemen is
called into question by lawyers Of the city, who
say the Police Commission has power to
swear in extra men, the law giving cities
policeman for each 1000 Inhabitants, and Cam
den has her full quota.