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" " T,--t--T5 V-;y '""Ty 7 . 'xf, l'-;;'' y V- 0ti.x rkit rsj,v 5 y , ;;.RAI1EIGHyN.C i-?UBUSHED (wKsxt.ty BY' LUCA$ AKP -A H. DO Y ! An "'ir ;j -J:!?? t.' tSO xyr ijr Uopjirr jV-.-;". """ ""'"""7; 7-T'" j --.'r- . .,;, ,. !" ' ' ' "'i f'iiM .. -I ' ' in mi'. .7' ' ' ' " " ;'.': . I .1' it H i i ar it. W lei J I; t jrsfc Hi ir 1 lbi tell f J IT thit ncSt -. i F t ; forj iter I thi of Domeftic. , RAJLTIMORE RIOT, ? ; jntiact and authentic narrdtioe of (he events which lookpttfc at Baltimore, on theijth and 28 f A of Jufy lasti carefully collected from tame of them' ferert and from eye witnesses. (CbfcCLVDKD.) ' , The mob eained possession .of the principal en trance into the prisooi bupHre was still two very strong doors to. e lorcea $iore in?y coma reacn the party within. '.One, tt ihesc doors deta ned Un more thin a tuiaAer of.n hour. ' Whether it w Really forced or untbcRedl U not known.-f-nrhen ther reached the Ut doorafier a few slight Mnws it was unlocked. Bentlev. the eoaler, was the first man wno nicreo Hue nwpi, 10 inc pcsi oi these deponent's recollection, aod Was instantly fol. lowed by the mob. He wis probably compelled to unlock the door. r ' From this it appears that a very small military fuirdi Poited in the first entry of the iai1f especi- aywiih the Brigadier General and the Mayor at their head, would have been a sufficient protection It wit the post in which the plighted faith and ho nor of Gen. Strieker should have placed him But his pledge was forgotten or neglected, and the post was. leu wholly unguaraea. VVhsn theyictimssaw the danger approach near er a nearer they calmly prepared for their fate, buLresolvedJto make e.very possible effort for cf fating their escape. 1 hey had three or four pis tols among them and one or tyro dirks. - It was proposed as soon as the last door should be forced, lhey" should shoot as many of the assailants with these pistols, tor which there was no second thargetas possible. Mr. Hanson dissuaded from this course, sayirig it would be of no avail to kill one or. two of the mob, and would only increase tbe.r fury and render escape more diScult He strongly Tecommended that they should all rUsh a put out all the lights, create as gibval into the jail he expired without groan. i ni3 xiamc win tjc n" immunu bs mis suui. , While Gen. Lee 'a mangled body lay exposed upon the bare earth; one of the monsters attempt ed to cut off his nose, but missed his aim. though he thereby gave him a bad wound in the rrov. Ei ther the same person or another attempted to thrust a knife into the'eye of Gen. jee, who had again raised himself up. The knife glanced on the bxne, and ihe lienpral being immediately by the side of -Mn-Han?oiiT fell with his. head upon his hreast, where he lay for some'mihutes when he was kicked or knocked efi"7 A Quantity of his.blood was left on Mr! Hanson's breast, Ton observing which one- of the mob shortlyafterwards exclaim, ed exultinss see . Hanson' brains on his breast During t hfj horrid scene. several of ihe gehiJe. men, Mr. eltn7pr.'WarBcld, Mr.Kllgourt'MrV Hall and Mr.Hansdn, perfectly retained their sen- Sts, They sustained without betraying any signs of life or gratifying their butchers with a groan or . .. ... n- murmur, au ihe tortures. mat were intjiaea on them They herd, without shewing any emotion, thedeliheration of the assatsbs, about the manner of disposing of their bodies. At. one time it was proposed to throw them into the sink 6f the jail. Others thought it best to dig a hole and bury them all together immediately. Some advised that they should be thrown into Jone's falls, a stream Which runs in front of the jail. Same that they should be castrated. Others again were for tarring and feathering and directed a cart to be brought for that purpose to carry them about town. Others insisted upon cutting all their throats upon the spot to make sum of them. And lastly it was resolved to hang them next morning and have them dis sected Pointing to Hanson, and jobbing him se verely with a stick on the privates, one exclaimed this fellow shall .be. dissected." Being particu ly desirous of insulting and, mangling the body of Mr. Hanson, but finding great difhculiy in identify ing it, they at length thought of examining his sleeve buttons, supposing they should there find the initials of his name. It was insisted by some one present that he knew Hanson well, and it was not him but Hoffman. Before they seemed 'to have ttiatt up theallsi near the jail.ylliis' EeDtleman dressed his wounds put him to btd and early in the morning sen: him further intothe country. The names or all the others who 'escaped in this manner arent yt known. : yy swy. .:tf.r u By wlhoTri cr with what intention Trie' Is Ignorant but Mr, Murray was carried hy sorw jrsoni ah4 laid on the ground by the ! falisV-(.they left. him there probably supposing he was dead and, all went away but one. . That person alter all the tept As the; events whtfc vk - bla,c i 'previous to Va" tenng lhp Jail, have befn before 4mpfy detailed, couni-ai-iifnora panicuiaMrrfclatssto 'himself ? ',flrww at mis.asyum,..wje wcye toye? depol oka ited In the crimioal apartment. w'hereV. we Wri were gone ; approached Murray nd laid his t amused with a repttitiori.ot Assurances fron Qen era otiiQKejTj I in inv)UBuouiawaiK Over.(ni,ir hand upon him. He took ihe hand of ihe man mi firr8fd it. He started with .surprise, and dread a,t reeling his. hand pressed by what he had supposed to be a cirpse ' Murray - thea begged his -.assis. anceto.stap , which heprimisedi ;;c,dipgXht' he wastjne oi the mob buMIvmht hert should be fair play." He then assisted' Murray ; tp rise, and conducted him to a neighbouring hovel whence at Murray s' request be went into town to inforrr' hs friends where he was: and cehdudt them the place. This office he faithfully arid successfully performed, though so much' intoxicated as to.be hardly able to walk. Murrays friends.' thus con ducted, came and removed him to a place of safe ty. . t 'i ' ' j ' ' Gen. Lee ws taken to the Hospital where his' wounds werejdressed by the physicians and he re ceived e very assistance of which his deplorable and mangled iituation admitted. Hence he was next day conveyed to the country and arrived at Little iorK, wnerene is saia tp oe aoing well.:, piajor much confusion s possible, and by that means 1 settled tneaispute meir attention was attracted tnaiiv would escabe. As for himself he would be some other object, - Ur. Hall, personally unknown recocnized, but every roinmustdo the best him'-' all but one, it is believed, of the sufferers, was . .. . ' . s-- . I? '..1 : . f. .i . Kit h seemed a; once to emorace the plan, but instrumental m rescuing mem irom me moo, Vhea the mob were about entering the last door,; which he did by a stratagem which will endear Mr. Murray ana mr. l no.mpson presented their mim to an goon men ana ungmen ins course tnri pjitoU, the utter saying very tamuiariy, ' my lads,ne witn me au oi otneis not now known, in oucea tne moo to piace tne supposed dead bodies under hts cure until inorifing, and he conveyed them into the jail to the room whence they were first taken. There he was assisted by Drs. Birk head, Smith, Owen, and a gentleman who assum ed the name of Dr. Page," but is better known by the title of the 4 Boston .Beauty,".-and was ex tremely active in assisting Dr. Hall to administer drinks ancl opiates. Having examined their wounds some of the doctors went to town privately for car riages to carry off the bodirs. By management they had induced neailv all. th; mob to retire till morning, borne 'neni, nc'.flouot, being la'.putt!, ou hid better, retire. , I can shojt either of you." replied, X tn kill you, by the mob. .Murray rejoined t can fcil anyone of you first." Mr; Thompson Was disposed to hie, but Uen. Lee ad Mr. Hanson urged to the contrary, and the mob coming in were rushed upon and the confu sion commenced. , t The plan proposed by Mr. Hanson availed ma ny of his friendsywho escaped almost, and some en tirely unhurt, to (he number of 9 or 10, who made their way through the crowd m the confusion that ensued.. But it was useless to himself because he was known to Mumma the butcher, who recognie ed and knocked him down after he had made good retired to refresh'themsflvts. A Lirpe part follow hisway to the -lobby, as it is called, or haH'of the ed Mr. l'hompi-sn, who rud fien carried off iu jbil.'..HiSL.wat theh. dreadfully. beaten, trample4 onTthfliraitiner siattdln1 his narfati'vi, Son, per tend pitched for dead down the high flight of stairs i haps', fell sated -vnii the cruelties ah cidy crrmmir Sarjonuor weans-i ncuurposc-ior wnicn4ium-fteu unci wnnmew, i ,ne remainder were in a tiif-a dead bodies sooner than oneoftis should be hurt. These assurahce't however, did .not jappeasetue" inordinate .cravines .of huhcrer diirink ih ' . v v aiCTiiv vuij vy uic numanuy, ot . . e; gfnUemtnof He .to'wnj' mterta13for; W some Ttws 1 purpose having . been ofttributed 'trdnVW- r It ought not to be forgotten, that we were fold fliat we might be released no .finding, bail. ? Mr. Biyd .ctffered to become ball after we were; pftlfr" housed :bu.t was told that we could riot be admit r ' ted tobaii This circumstance ,added to Uit ap.: r pearance of ? large, and rapidly encreasing i&tifo"- blage.otUie spvertigns of Bsltimore, in the even ing, without a prospect of the i-edemptiqn the lolcmn and sacred pledge of the Mayor agd Gen. Strieker, induced in my miad some sswdon f foul playf ( .Self peseryation is a powerful stimulus' tp itiventipq. Immured and unirmed aseweii anuw.muu.aiiymeans.oi..B & Musgrove it is understood was also . taken to the Monster that btset u, or of protecting and de- Hospital, and carried the next day four miles a. landing, either ourselves or our frkrids'f.it vsvuck mo ry (w lrttSk t !t fCrTT Swrr rv r rnuBAl llf vas posud at the door to mark the victims as t&cy. canie out, and designate tfiem for slaughter, )y giving each a blow' or two, tvhjcH was the si j flal to his associated, who proceeded to finish what he had iey:uii. The fate of Mr Hanson befel GenLee. Gzn Lidiran, Mr.. Hall, Mr. Nelsdn, llr. Kiigourr Major :vlusig'rove, Dr. P. Wrfield and'Mr. vVrt. Gaitller, all of whom were thrown down me steps of, the jail, where they lay in a neap nearly three hours. Uurtng this whole time bove Ellicotts Mills on the Montgomery road. A mortification having taken place in some of his wounds after he reached home his fife was. Tor a time, despaired of, but the skill ad attention of Ur. Charles A. vvaiheld, Ur. Mathews and Vc. Allen f homas have preserved this gallant officer, and he is now out of danger. r Dr. Peregrine Warfield, Mr. Charles J. Kit gourand Mr. Wiiliam Gai'her all of tKem miicb mangled were conveyed without molestation in a, hack brought by the physicians about 4 o'clock in the morning to Ellicott's Millers, and thence to the house of the father of Dr. P.'W. about 54 miles ffom town. They are all recovering. It would remain now to relate the; last act off this horrible and bloody traged which includes the fate of Mn Thompson now safe and recover ing in Little York. Pennsylvania. He was the unhappy victim reserved, for what special cause is unknown, by the butchers for their infernal pas time. His narrative already'. before the public saves us the pain of desfribi'rfg the unheal d of tortures which untamed ferocity delighted to in fit on him His prayers to put an end to. his suf ft rings by death, Were 'inhumanly rejected as often as ' repeated. ' - - Such yre the ptirticuhrs of this attrocio'usnil bloody affiir which it has hhhtrto " been possible to collect in an authentic shape, and a paralle to which is scarcely 10 he .found in the annals of Rev cluucnat y France, even,' after the actors in similar scenes there had become hardened by cusiqm and familiar 'to deeds" of horror, .cuielty and crime The blood .hounds' of Republican France massacre ed by thousands .those, obnexiou's ; to. their ven geance,but they dispatched themictims quickly, rarely ever resorting to such lingering tenures as surelexhausted . anuthe two democratic physicians the exclusive R c'pu' :li'calisnri1rftOT Drs. Hall and Owen had the address "iiltimaTeTy to prevail on all of them to leave the jail for the pre sent.' 7 - 1 . ' . Wlr'ethe physicians were gone for carriages, Mr- Hanson proposed to Drs. Hall and Owen." to convey him if .possible to Mr- Murrays about three miles oST where his family was on a visit. He said it was likely he might live until morning, when if he remained in jail he would be again taktn by the mob.: He was told carriages would soon be i-mobriim jail, btit upon discovering impatience Dr. cy Dealing nisrone, and then the other 'sticking jUwen went out to see u he could De safely, carried penknives into theif faces and hands, and opening .off at once. . When he returned .Benlley.came Liberty and"' Happiness halelhercreditof invent; their eyes and droping hot Candle grease irto them, Sec ; Mr. Murray, Mr. I hompson and Mr. Winchester were carried In a ditTerent direction, Unknot '"thrown into the- heap of Supposed slain. ; Major Musgrove was the last who remained in the pnson room when the rnob brbke in. VVHile ..the slaughier of bis, friends was going in the pas ;:sage in Ms view, he calmly Walked about the room Raiting for. a fate which he saw noiJossibility of a "Tting. At length one of the assassins came and called hini oUt. He went pot ahd was attacked In the entry,: knocked down and beaten till h was ifuppbsedby the butchers to bedead. ; v, V Some of the Victims were ; rendered wholly iri stnsible by the first blows yrhich they received Others who preserved their skhses and recollec tion, resolved to feign death, in hopes of thus es cping farther injury. The brave Gen; Linganlost . .his life by his endeavors to save it.' He so much mistook the character of the monsters as to sup pose them capable of some feelings of humanity. tnjpded them that he had .fought'for their li berties throughout the revolutionary war that he "was old and mBrmi and. that, he' bad, a f large and lelp'es's family dependent on him for. support. These remarks served only to attract their atten on to him and to inform them that he was still .with him, arid Mr. H. scalrrtiTged hisretnoval. b pon which Bently objected saying that be had no rrght to permit the prisoners to go7 away as they were in custody. He was answered bv Mr. H. that the jail being broken .open and' the prisoners ' rescued by themob, and.brpugHt back for security without being recommitted he could not beblam. ed. Bentley replied very well, do as you please." A person then presented himself arid offered to carrjr Mr. H. off, who fell and fainted several times upon attempting to 'ise.I3r. Oweri recom mended and gave him a glass of brandy which he took arid was quickly invigorated arid enabled with the aid of his deliverer to stand up andwalk. He asked to be carried to Gen. Lingari over whose dead body He stood for a moment and was hurri ed off. When he got to the outward jail door he was taken on the back J)f his deliverer who ran with him to the fallst conveyed him overand help ed htm over irtd a small garden opposite where he. was told to lie until called for. After laying Some time wrapped up in a blanket he heard a wrangle at the jail'knd concluded it was the best time to crawl away as Well as he could, which he did to a place of safety whence he was conveyed in the morning at day light, some distance from town. fM?wE?fcry supplication was nsw moults and blows At length while he was still en. same time Mr iiansoh didr The former though son Thomas, arid Mr, Tartey have been disingen flCavonng. to, peak, arid t6 stretch but his hands among the most . injured found his way to a se- uously perverted to an unjust. and. infanrous pur for mercy, one of the assassins stamped upon his i cure retreat within a few hundred yards of Mr. H. pose.. ,. 7 -' '." .- ? . .'7 " . ' freast, struck him many blows in rapid succession and was taken in a cart covered with-hay to the tvyvng the damned old trojtcat ' the, hardest .dtirig' same, house, in the country -where the wounds of f " f them? and repeating the opprobrious epi. 'both of them were dressed and they were taken tliet of Tory These blows pta an end to his tor. -to Anr Arundel county without delay. Mr'. Hall r .j im ic4 m utewmmutcs micriua ru- tuw uuuaspicy 115 iuusij 01 a numane genue It is proposed as aoori as practicable to obtain front eath of the gentlem'n a separate, statement on oath of what he sunered himselt an( of all thai passed wiifiln pis observation. Meantime, the a bove statement must receive universal credit, eve ty material circumstance being embraced in the introductory affidavit. .The intended statements will be published, in order to give a fuller view of these horrible scenes. While, they hold jup to merited detestatjon those who by their active co- operation, connivance or their dastardly and !trea cherbiis supineness contributed to produce the ca tastrophe, they will serve as a beacon to. warn thexivel and military authonty of other places of me aanger 01 temporising wnn uie most lerocious, ruthless and bloody of all monsters, a mob while they tdach an instructive lesson to, the honest but deluded citizen seduced by the, syren charms of democracy. , .. ; , .. : . . ine persons, names in the above affidavit have read with mineled reirret and indignation the bar- tial, mutilated an.d Unjust report of the local au thorities' in Baltimore, wlu'le they - have seen an- ' r.i. -L: .t -j : . - iicxcu iu 11 wiui griei ana ama-emeiu tne signa- ."ji 1 r ' 1 i. . - - . 1 t mrca 01 sumc wormy, anu nunerio nrm anq ina? pendent citizens. f Understanding that the justili cation made for the barbarous Cruelties whicKtrea- cfiery anii black malignity procured to be inflicted upon them, is that an extensive conspiracy was formed to .murder or otherwise raolest the citl tens of Baltimore, the above nariied dd therefore solerfrnly swear that, no such; cijpspiracybr associ ation even was ever fot tried, bin merely a determ ination entered into by less than a dozen gentle men in,the coUntry io prpitec,t the person and rpp erty of IVtr. Hanson', and defend the liberty of the press with tbelr lives if necessary. , This determ- : . . .. 1 .i rtit' t r 1 uiauuu remains ynauereo -1 ne letters 01 coi. JohnJian. me that each of Us should adopt the bejt means w e coidd devise to avoid the projected immolationi Accordingly .about the dusk of the. evening, cu? the memorable 28th of July. 1 quitted the apart5 tneuFof my friends arid sought refug frorVif "tlie '.y yl In the passage ! encountered the turnkey.. Tht was not a time for deliberation. Immediately fo lowed him softly into a room occupied by some nei gwjtrimtnals...jm thence I pursued him wfth cautious steps into an apartment in the occupation, of five .whiteculpHts with whom I remained. 1 found there another of the . gentlemen who ha4 ' been condudted to jail with ui, a Mr: Graham. Whether the turnkey knew that I was following btfrii or whether He permitted it under the impre&-' sion that I.'Vas orie of the criminals, I shijtl hot pietend to detei mine. 1 wore a coat which was not my own nor had he seen.me in It before if he did then. t Seeing so numerous an assemblage of enemies about the jail, and no guard to protect iisV I h , tertained no doubt that all of .us were doomed to ; bleed. Resigned to my fate, I threw.ipyself upon one of .the prisoners beds and fell asleep- In a, few minutes, I was awakenc.et.by one of the pris oners, and found that the mob had entered the lohi by of the jail,, ard were endeavoring to get through ' the door, which let them into the passage Lading to th.; room of my friends. Haying entered the passage, they advanced to the door of my; room; which they stfucktliree times with an uxe One of the prisoners, a iVerichraan, bjr the .name if Du Prat,' 11 shall oeVer rdrget him ! exhorted . them to use all possible dispatch in releasiug the jji6ontr3, assuring them tbt they would form art immediate junction with .the . mob TlwQtriob paused,-aod premised a -brppjliance with this r'e questrafterthey should daw hat thcy-waWlUmU- the Torif a, prided the prisoners would iaform them where they were to be lound. - One of u;e prinbners pointed to the door of Mr. 'Hanson and his fiicndsThey approached it,, aod, after stiili.' ing it more than once, it(was opened, and a seerie, of indiscribable horror-ensued. ' . '"' .'. ' ';, . The door of my apartmenr and that of wf friends,, were directly opposite to each other, anu separated by a passage I had assumed adisguise which prevented a recognition of my. person- 1 had V red handkerchief about mneckT"aht one about my '.head, lied under the throat artel wore a drab, instead of a blue coat.- When the mob discovered they wereat the wrot&g door, tlief" pose. BocKVitt.E, August 12th, 1812. y An liitelligent Youths ''- lf-f lt ' OF respectable connexions, will be taken at (th8 office as ari appt-ehtice to the printing bustnessV squeesed my hand with great cordiality, and pro mised roe a speecy noerauoD irom conun,emni f I saw many of my friends taken from the roomi and most inhumanly; beaten'wUhK.bludgeons swords, &c Their helpless Condition, the ; ex tremity of their sufferings, were sufficient to dis solve a heat t cf adamant My sensation'7 can on.r : ,i ly be felt. Language is ioadcjuate to their des-7 ,y crfption. My heart was pierced., , I threw .nystlf upon the floor behind the door of my prison where t lay for some time", giving vent to the angbish of ' my spul in a flood of tearsi . , .(, ; ", '.y From th'is state of : prostratiori t:.Was) called hjr " ' One of the criminals tn myapartment to the, wiii doW There is not a . solitary ray of compassion! a or everi. of common humanityr to illuminate the . gtoorri of diabolical atrocitythat.:shoudi"the''!it f baviotir of these sayige rna. , I saw ytlic n 7 from the window, still; eating, -wltl rerK6rseTes; fury, thes hapless ijvicU.rnci pttfidiotii "reveno.,. whom tjiey had "dragged from the asylum ij ai '.'7 Jsiilw'-i ' . Mtirder was ..succieeded.ljy' theft. .1 district- ly saw th,e mot) take something . from tbc. pbclyrt 7' of k victim, whom I -Supposed ;to .;be'Mrl AVm y ' Gaither." He opened it, told ins tpmrade it ws . mony arid enquired if it -was lawfu to' ktp ii; He was answered iri the anirmative.y ' Tlie mQb, oi- many of them, continjued in cnl' about the jail the greater part. of the. night ;-awji" -'j perhaps, during that penpd, they nevejf were nh, 7 i BCuL lIUIll Juy UIJU 'Juuib mail iii'ui ai uimi- tinTe.y They encjiured after the toiics, and thr-at:? ehed vehgearice 5huld they find them vithiy
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