The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-06-11
RIOT ON HARVARD SQUARE
STUDENTS AND POLICEMEN ARE
NURSING SEVERE BRUISES.


His Bacll-No Heed Paid to the Warming
of the Chief of Police-There Were Yclls
of Mob the Police-A Flying Wedge Was
Formed.
Boston, June 1O.-A riot took place
in Harvard square tonight and as a
result several Harvard students have
severe bruises and several of the Cam
bridge policemen are nursing wounds.
1t all happened as result of the STU
dents eXuberance over the victory the
Harvard nine secured at Princeton to-
day. Three students were locked up
and one was so badly cut about the
head that a physician was summoned
to the police station. Twelve stitches
were taken in the wound. He is Arthur
7. Pilling, a sophomore. The other
two students are Goldthwait H. Dorr,
a junior, and Clay Briggs, a special
student.
Patrolmen Corcoran, Murray, MCEl-
roy and lyman We're roughly handled,
anu Ilie CodN VI tLe HlSL was StIlppeu
from his back. The others were struck
IN the faces with fists and stones.
Ihls all occurred after the officers had
attempted to arrest Briggs on the
charge of discharging firearms in the
street.
Early in the evening the news was
received OF Prlnceton's S defeat and nun
dreds of students were standing around
the Crimson office awaiting the news
Immediately upon its receipt a wild
cheer arose, and the students in their
JOY threw their hats in the air and gave
the college yell many times. Chief
Cloyes had many officers on duty III
harvard square and vicinity. Shortly
before eight o'clock it appeared as If
every student of the thirty-1ive hun
dred IN college was in the square,
which number was augmented by hun
dreds who came to see the fun. Fire
crackers and other fireworks were eX-
ploded, but there appeared to be 40
concerted action agreed upon until one
student mounted the roof OF the night
lunch and shouted that there would lie
parade.
Chlef CloyeS cried at the top OF MS
voice for the students to enter the col
lege yard. They would not be allowed
to discharge firearms in the street he
said.
Absolutely no heed was paid to the
word OF warning, and by sheer force OF
NUMBERS the parade was formed ana
the men began to walk down Massa-
chusetts avenue to putnam square
Fltty abreast they marched, ana there
were fully 1000 OF them, headed by STU
dents playing on horns, cornets ana
drums.
constantly the noise OF firearms could
be heard, but the people were unable to
determine VINO mad the reVolVers. Some
OF the reVolvers did not carry blank
cartridges, either the ponce clam.
Inc patroimen were 1eered again and
again, and frequently cries would go up
to MOP the police.
Inc students returned 10 Harvard
square "lthout incident where the yell
ing was continued. Then the parade
started again, but IN an instant all was
IN an uproar. Patromen Corcoran and
stevens mad detected Clay Briggs dis
charging a revolver, and they made for
1t. Briggs fought with all his might
to retain the revolver, but it was
Wrested from him and the two patrol
men started with him for station NO. l
| in Brattlc Square, about 1000 feet dis
tant
With cries and yells the students
and the other persons in the parade
| rushed for the officers, while other po-
licement fought their way through the
| crowd to their brother officers assist
ance.
XIII the police was the cry raised,
and it was taken up and carried to the
end of the line. When the arrest Of
Briggs became generally known about
300 students formed themselves into
veritable flying wedge and ran down
Brattle street at tremendous momen-
tum. 1t appeared as if no force could
Withstand their rush, and individuals
who We're following up the band of po-
licemen with Briggs were thrust aside
officers Stevens and Corcoran had hold
of Briggs by either arm, while Officer
McEroy and Murray were in advance
attempting to open path and the 9TH
er officers were acting as a body guard.
When in Brattle Square Dorr. with his
clinched fist struck Patrolnan McElroy
in the eact a terrible blow. He was
grabbed by officers lyman and Coulter,
and then the crowd became even more
frenzied than before. Dorr was hustled
along, but the two officers were imme-