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I] ).Further Particular* ofllhe Uiot atwilli. m.i. m.Petroleum Center.We glean from the Titusville Ihrnld thefollowing further particulars in regard to theraid on the bagnios at retroleum Center onPenMonday last. After destroying the WoodHouse, and “cleaning out” the Free andam agand wEasys, the mob made their way to the recordersI recei*p. rop. m x mdence of Miss Lucy Hart, on Washington-st.one frIt was a handsome, conspicuous dwelling, couldtwoloft a■. mnrisedIthinmce.Mfilce.I.rains50 feet deep. It was newly and luxuriously ished,furnished, for a house of the kind, the pro- rlt; d u|prietress having paid $3,000 for the outfitbefore “opening sho.’p’On reaching their destination, several ofmenac30 thdrinkiybod ving beleave the house. The woman was called tothe door and asked how much time she required to get ready to leave town. She retails omentii1plied twenty-fbur hours. After some consultation among the leaders, there seemed to bo |ing hawithi. m.44i. m.44a disposition to retire, when some pavty inthe house (supposed to be the bar-tender)whiskbone’t.nnvdischarged a pistol at the crowd from one of, the windows. Shots were also fired fromped.the second story by parties unknown, butas the women asserted yesterday by two menbrainsble toosi Mornamed Mike Moran and Jerrv Sullivan, who i an(*44had entered by the back door while ther) le‘OTTl-lawientmobmayen-omcrowd were in front.Two men in the crowd were wounded byw as a!i p a fce.the cthe shots—James Leonard receiving a bulletin his right arm, and Peter Cosgrove a simiand alt;vear clar token in bis right thigh. The wounded ^ormen were removed to a drug store for surgical treatment, and the crowd greatly ex-unusuneed *asperated stormed the building en masse.the econ-lawThe windows and doors were shivered in?asee towasdisevery part of the house, and the raiders en-woatbmembItered at every aperture in front, flank andw asrear.green 1Once within the walls the rioters pro- , beautr a rsanvtry.peo-ceodod to commit every imaginable extrav- '▼‘“Iagance. Some of them rushed up stairs and whencommenced to ransack and pillage. Trunks i the heand closets were broken open and their contents thrown about the floor, or stuffed intocienhlookii resinutilesacks and pillow cases and carried off.hountThe rioters walked off deliberately with i createtheir plunder in every direction, and seemed j the lemavthatiaw,bul-n ofcto enjoy the havoc and depredation.sidessee m tbe the main object of the demonstration.The partitions tfere all demolished. Someinires.i cu-ou rOr-um-4arysedheiripleatandvesJof the women were stripped of their clsth-had ]bountneedework.ing and brutally outraged. There were sixin the house, and after thoir escape theysought shelter in every direction. Whereverthey were found by the rioters the house wasfoundgovered re*ernrmthreatened, and they were compelled to seekother hiding places. Our reporter foundthree of them in a negro shanty, who informed him that they stayed in a stable, the hotels having refused to accommodate them forbeingbecameparaded the streets in the women’s clothingowinsandb oreepull tCitrader,paperto thistolen from the bouse. Scarcely anything ofvalue, excepting stair-carpets, was left inthe house. It was the property of Einsteinafterties, i tacksthatAddler. Tie had given the occupantsder- i notice to quit, but had been unable to ejectInc re of tislthe v e rethem.rancomFntK.—About half-past one o’clock yes-ridteiday morning Mr. George Burchill discoveredjun-t inWatchman Coats came to his assistance andthethe fire was soon extinguished. The floornotons.r rsularstirawas considerably damaged by the flames.presosee wfor thmi 11 itthat i strik*quidtorv4 4Haiit; biThis is thought to have been the work of incendiaries, as it is reported that threats ofburning the building have been made bysourc I on I two 1 of Iiaparties who worked on it and did not ro-ceive their pay.just e all tltion * her a
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Pithole City Daily Record
Pithole City, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, Aug 02, 1866
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