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The Daily Dispatch: January 28, 1861., [Electronic resource], Anti-abolition mob at Boston. (search)
ht by Mayor Wightman, at the request of the trustees, at least five thousand people gathered in the vicinity, the majority believing that the closing of the place was merely a ruse to get rid of the mob. After waiting two hours in a pelting snow storm, for the re-opening of the hall, the crowd broke into separate parties and gradually dispersed. About two hundred of the crowd visited the residence of Mr. Philips, in Essex street, and threatened to "clean him out," but Deputy Chief of Police Ham, with a squad of policemen, prevented the outrage, and made several arrests. The colored population became greatly alarmed, as threats were made by a few of the mob to visit their houses. No such demonstrations, however, were made. The police force called out to preserve the peace numbered one hundred and fifty men. It is said that Mayor Wightman was informed that an organized attack by a strong force would be made on the Temple from the outside, in case the Convention