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At 2 o’clock, Sweeney and Pike were 1 fought out for caanunaWoo. From the , evilt;iet»e it appeared that they had gone j to the booae and shop of Mr. Kig.s, who I with bts wife «ra« absent at market They 1 then went into the shop adjoining, and I' flharie therr attack upon Carroll, without tike •east provocation of any kind; and the pretest was, that the journey men hat- 1 ter» had formed e club, and were resolved that no one of their trade should work below their presort bee wages. They fell on him, as before stated, with clubs. He ■I first held up a .halter1* tow that he was working with, which saved him for a while, until they split bis thumb, and' almost broke his ^rsa, which rendered him 'Usable to protect himself. They then with a blow split or cut his mouth and jaw. The blows to the neck injured toe collar bone,and be was otherwise barbarously beaten. There w no doubt, from the marks on the hatter's bow, that but for it, he would have been killed.On besag called upon for their defenbe,Sf * * ^it appears the prisoners had none to offer.Mr. Carroll is a man about fifty years of age, has a family dependent on him for support, and came from May aril te. to this city for work.Judge Hotchkiss was inquired of as to the amount of toil required of the parties for their appearance at court to answer for tine offence and daring outrage on society, and to the credit of our worthy magistrate, who seems desirous to maintain the pence and promote the welfare of our city, he deemed it neces-tary to require bonds of three hundred dollars each, fo want of which they were committed to jail. i
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Mercantile Daily Advertiser
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Mon, Sep 18, 1826
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