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The Daily Dispatch: May 15, 1863., [Electronic resource], The riot at Amboy, Illinois. (search)
The riot at Amboy, Illinois. --The Amboy (Ii) Times gives some further particulars of the "Copperhead" riot there. It says: Three men, named Dolan, Freet, and Rouke, appeared to be the ring leaders. Mosse Crombie, son of A. W. Crombie, of this town, we believe, was the first person attacked. Delan commenced the quarrel with him, and, getting rather more than he bargained for, others came to his assistance, and all set upon Crombie, and would have undoubtedly killed him, had not several of our good citizens interfered to save him. The row then became general, and every man known to the rioters as an "Abolitionist"--as Union men are now indiscriminately called"was set upon, whether engaged in quieting the disturbance or walking peaceably along the street, We were not present at the melees; but are informed that as many as forty or fifty persons seemed to be backing and urging on the rioters. We are inclined to think this an exaggeration, but there were certainly enough t