Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-06-11
4 SERIOUS AFFAIR.
Harvard Students, Enthused Ove'
Base Ball Victory, Run Wild.
4 Riot Is tho Rcsult-Policeman and Students
Perhaps Fatally Injured.

Cambridge. Mass. June lV.-A Ivy
| took place in Harvard square. tonieht'
| during which several Harvard students
| received severe bruises and severai po-
| licemen were wounded.
G%oldthwait II. Dorr, a junior. Gay
| Briggs. a special student, and arthur
| 7. Filling, a sophomore, were locked
| IN. The latter was badly cut about the
| head. ~ stitches being necessary to
| close the wound. Patrolmen lyman.
| Corcoran. Murray and McEiroy were
| roughly handled, and struck IN the
! face with fists and one After re-
i cciving the news of Princeton oe-
| feat at base ball by Harvard, Harvard
square was filled with students. FIRE
| crackers and other explosives were uis-
charged A student mounted the ROOF
of a lunch cart and there
| would be a parade. There were many
policc in the square and Chief Cloyes
| called out to the students that they
| must enter the college yard n thai
he would allow no firearms discharged
III the street. The students paid no
| attention 10 this and formed a parade
, OF 30 abreast, headed by a band OF
| students. Firearms were constantly
DISCHARGED. The police could not detect
those firing them. The police claim
some rcvolvers were not loaded Win
flank cartridges. The patrolmen were
| frequently jeored.
After reaching Putnam square the
procession returned to Harvard square
and made another start. Patrolmen
| Corcoran and Stevens saw Clay Briggs
| discharge a revolver and he made a
grab for it. Briggs fought to retain
the weapon, but it was wrested from
him, and the patrolmen started with
him for the station, but 1000 feet distant
With cries and yells the students and
other persons in the parade rushed for
the officer. while the other policemen
fought their way through the crowd
TO the assistance of their brother Off
GERS. XIII the police was shouted
| throughout the line Of students.
about 800 students formed a wedge
and ran down Brattle street with ire
mcndous force. O---cers McEiroy ana
Murray preceded the officers in charge
| of the prisoners and attempted TO open
a path, and the other officers acted as
a body guard. In Brattle square, Dorr.
with his fist, struck McElroy a terrible
| bioy in the face. He was seized by
| Officers Dynan and Coulter. who were
Immediately surrounded by 100 stu
| dents. and in an instant all three were
on the ground with hundreds Of per-
sons apparently on top OF them. The
| officers were kicked and pounded, their
faces were scratched and their clothes
tern, but they held OIL to Dorr, and
after effectively using their clubs, they
| succeeded in arising.
rilling,it is claimed, assaulted Patrol
| man Corcoran. but was seized by OH
Ger hurry and a savage fight ensued,
| Pilling being an athlete. The latter
| seized Corcoran by the neck and be-
a checking him. Pilling was hit on
| the head with a club, but continued
fighting. Then. it is claimed. he tore
Corcoran's coat from his back. The
students and others blocked the door
way to the station house AMI the Off
| GERS had to fight their way into the
building, many students receiving
severe blows from the officers clubs.
| Pilling had to be carried into the sta
ton. He fought all the way.
For half an hour the crowd remained
in front of the station threatening to
| effect an Severa, students
were allowed to enter to talk with the
arrested men. When they went out
one pleaded with the crowd to disperse
saying: The police have only done
their duty and we are TO blame" He
was greeted with cheers and when he
told the crowd to go to Holmes field.
it slowly dispersed to meet again there,
where speeches were made. condemn
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