Account of the Terrific and Fatal Riot at the New-York Astor Place Opera House on the Night of May 10th, 1849: With the Quarrels of Forrest and Macready Including All the Causes which Led to that Awful Tragedy Wherein an Infuriated Mob was Quelled by the Public Authorities and Military, with its Mournful Termination in the Sudden Death or Mutilation of more than Fifty Citizens, with Full and Authentic Particulars — John Shaqi
Account of the Terrific and Fatal Riot at the New-York Astor Place Opera House on the Night of May 10th, 1849: With the Quarrels of Forrest and Macready Including All the Causes which Led to that Awful Tragedy Wherein an Infuriated Mob was Quelled by the Public Authorities and Military, with its Mournful Termination in the Sudden Death or Mutilation of more than Fifty Citizens, with Full and Authentic ParticularsAnonymous
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Account of the Terrific and Fatal Riot at the New-York Astor Place Opera House on the Night of May 10th, 1849: With the Quarrels of Forrest and Macready Including All the Causes which Led to that Awful Tragedy Wherein an Infuriated Mob was Quelled by the Public Authorities and Military, with its Mournful Termination in the Sudden Death or Mutilation of more than Fifty Citizens, with Full and Authentic Particulars
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Astor Place Riot, New York, N.Y., 1849; Forrest, Edwin, 1806-1872; Macready, William Charles, 1793-1873; Mobs -- New York (State) -- New York; Riots -- New York (State) -- New York
WM. C. RUSSELL, Esq.; a lawyer of Wall-street; left his
residence in Fourth-avenue, about half-past 10, and while
passing the corner of Lafayette-Place, had his left arm
shattered by a ball.
Mr. MARSHALL LEFFERTS; of the firm of Messrs. Geo. B.
Moorewood & Co. 14 and 16 Beaver-street; while on duty as an
officer, was knocked from his horse by a stone, and seriously
wounded.
One of the National Guards had his jaw-bone broken by a
paving-stone.
LORENZO D. SNELL, of Philadelphia; 49 Bayard-street; was shot
through the thigh.
Mrs. BRENNAN, house-keeper for Mr. Kernachan, corner of
Second-avenue and Ninth-street; while passing up the Bowery,
on her way home, leaning upon the arm of a man, was struck
by a ball in her left thigh, which passed through the fleshy
part of this and the right thigh, without injuring the large
vessels or the bones.
STEPHEN KEHOE.
Mr. VANDERPOOL; was wounded with a ball at the corner of the
eye.
A boy, by the name of STONE.
An instance of heroism is related of one of the wounded, who, when the
surgeon was about to examine his case, said, “Never mind me now, but
look round and see if there is not some one who needs you more than I
do!” The speech was worthy of Sir Philip Sidney. The lives of such men
ought not to be lightly sacrificed.
Of the military and police, a large number were wounded, some of them
severely, by paving-stones. Capt. Shumway received a flesh wound with a
pistol shot.
The military performed their duty, generally, with commendable
coolness. Some, it is said, laid down their arms, rather than fire, and
others fired into the air; but on the whole, they did quite sufficient
execution, especially on those who were not actively engaged in the
riot.
CHAPTER NINTH.
WHERE LIES THE BLAME?
The dead are sleeping in their quiet graves. Day by day, time brings
its consolations to the afflicted; but has society no lesson to learn
from the horrors of which we have given as full a description as could
be given, by looking at the mere surface of things? We have shown the
causes which produced this dreadful sacrifice of human life—this
massacre of innocent and unoffending citizens, for many of the killed
were truly such. Let us endeavor to turn the terrible lesson to some
useful account.
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