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Show ': IDy W.U.TeleirAbt,. A . 1-H.ltO KAI'K GREAT EX. j ClTLJl EXT AND LOSS UK LIFE. llockcbter, N. Y., 2. The eicite-( eicite-( merit over the rape of a little girl by tlie negro Howard has finally culminat-;od culminat-;od without bloodshed. An immense crowd surrounded the jail this eveuing, 'being frantic over the report that the child had died from her injuries. The ; evening papers publish the evidence against Howard, which is conclusive of his guilt. Tho police surrouuded the jjail and the military assembled at the 'armory. The police finally dispersed , the crowd, and quiet being apparently restored, were relieved. I Later.- The crowd again surrouuded tho jail, yelling and BhoutiDg. The polico wero again sent for. In the meantime the military arrived and at ; about IU p. ui., while the crowd were I yelling at the corner of Court and Exchange Ex-change streets, the military tired a vol-; vol-; Icy into them, killing two mon and a boy, names not learned, and wounding 1 one. The excitement is redoubled and ! the people rushed from al! parti of the i city to the scene. The crowd asserted that the liring was unnecessary, while the military declare that they were obliged to shoot in self defence, a.s they wereLcing pelted with stones. From tho testimony of 1 tho police, who were eye-witnesses of the allair, the slatetueut of the military , appears untrue. The men killed were mcro spectators, not paiticipating. One of them was a highly respectable, in-l in-l fluent id German citizen. The feeling against the military is intense.and it is ; feared there will be more bloodshed ; before morning. The colored "people ; are ileeing to their houses, as it is not ; deemed safe for them to be seen in the streets. The police are being drawn .in lrom the outer districts of "the city ; and placed around the jail. 1 Loehcster, There does uot seem , ' to be any movement for a further at- ! I tack upon the jail. A few companies i lot militia are now guardiug Ihc jail ;and the streets leading thereto. Addell. Kllcr and Marlow were killed, John Norton fatally wounded, and Elias J. Marston is reported to have died of his wounds. The captain of the militia mil-itia disavows giving tbe order to fire, I and says the order was to charge bay- j onels, and in this movement the guns ' were discharged. ! |
