. Strikers, communists, tramps and detectives . ^, wasstruck on the head with a stone at the foot of the armorystairs. Bullets \\hizzed past him, but fortunately givinghim no furtlier wounds. Soon regaining his feet he wasable to reach the platoon and keep it in line, although hewavered and staggered like a drunken man, he was sow^eak from loss of blood. Another young man was cut off from his comrades, hismusket taken forcible possession of, and ten or twelverioteis, surrounding him, tore off his uniform coat, trampledit in the dust of the pavement and then struck and kickedits owner until the
. Strikers, communists, tramps and detectives . ^, wasstruck on the head with a stone at the foot of the armorystairs. Bullets \\hizzed past him, but fortunately givinghim no furtlier wounds. Soon regaining his feet he wasable to reach the platoon and keep it in line, although hewavered and staggered like a drunken man, he was sow^eak from loss of blood. Another young man was cut off from his comrades, hismusket taken forcible possession of, and ten or twelverioteis, surrounding him, tore off his uniform coat, trampledit in the dust of the pavement and then struck and kickedits owner until they supposed he was dead. Their brutalitywas not satiated until the mans body was almost one mass©f bleeding bruises. Look ! see them pounding the poor boy! said a tender-. 178 MARCH OF TEE SIXTH REGIMENT. hearted German, named Pahl, who resided in the neighbor-hood. Yes, and if you say too much, youll catch it too!yelled a trainman, one of the brutes engaged in the outrage,at the same time moving rapidl}^ towards Pahl. Thatgentleman precipitately retired from the vicinity, suddenlyappreciating the fact that his further presence there wasquite unnecessary. This man w^as an eye-witness of theattack upon the soldier thrown into The Falls. Another member of the Sixth took refuge in a friendlycigar store, whence, having been provided with citizensclothing, he soon emerged and made his way homeward. Before all could get away from the locality of thearmory a man stopped on the sidewalk and shouted : Killthem ! Kill them ! and setting the example, drew a pistoland began firing upon the soldiers. Three or four of themilitary were knocked down, and cruelly and wantonlybelabored after they were defenseless and prostrate. Mr. Pahl saw all of this. He truly had reas
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