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Tlie assailants retired, but havins? taken a fresh rccnait of couraf?e from a neip:hbonring giog-sliop, they soon re-.turned again. One accoimt states that it was Mr. Love-joy who fired the shot by which Bishop was killed. This is not stated by any other account; nor is it material to the case, for the fii'ing, by wlioinsocver done, was with the express sanction of the whole parly, and was therefore the act of all. At this period the mayor was deputed by the assailants to parley with tlic defenders of the press, and assure them that they had resolved to destroy tlio press,, and would not desist until they liad ac-coinplished their pui'pose. This message lie bpre,, and received for answer the noble declaration, that they liad assembled, there to protect their property against lawless ’oU'iicc, and were determined to do so. The mayor ro-tUi., d with his answer, and administered some more soft pervasion, with the effect that might have been cxpec.tcd. Aifearfiil ciy rose from the assailants, linni them out,’* and presently ladders were brought and spliced togetlier, till t ley would reach the roof, and men wore running up with combustibles to set it on fire. This attack was made on the cast side of the building, where there were no doors or windows, and no way to keep off the incendiaries, but to go out of the building and fhe. Mr. Love-, joy and Mr. Woller, a merchant, went out and fired several times; but a larty of the assailants liad taken post beliind a pile of boards, and from that cover shot down Mr. Lovcjoy, and wounded Mr. Weller in the leg. Mr. Lovtjoy jumped up after he was shot, and ran into the warehouse, exclaiming, “I am shot, I am a dead man,” and fell down and expired, in a few minutes. Ho received two balls (one aecoimt says four), both tlirough the chest. The following is from the official account of the mayor:—“The firing soon became fearful anri dangerous between the contending parties, so much so, tliat farther interposition on the part of the civil authorities and‘citizens was believed altogether inadequate and hazardous in the extreme; no means were at m3' control, or that of any other officer present, by ^Yhich the mob could be dispersed, and the loss of life and the shedding
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Christian Advocate
London, Middlesex, GB
Mon, Jan 01, 1838
Page 2
Full Page
Clipped by
Hayner P.
IL, USA 11 Jul 2018
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