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The Daily Dispatch: July 18, 1863., [Electronic resource], article 14 (search)
acked) on Tuesday and beaten dreadfully. The Herald says he was hung after being beaten, but the Tribute gives the following account of it. After beating Col. O'Brien until he was completely insensible they again drugged him into the yard and threw him into a corner where every now and then they visited him and renewed theirf the Colonel. The greatest excitement existed in the neighborhood, and many people took away their more valuable property. Previous to the return home of Col. O'Brien the mob had ransacked and completely gutted the house.--During the afternoon aid arrived and the injured man was removed to a place of security and where he coht, after this news, and many other residences. Webb's ship yard was in the hands of the rioters, who were proceeding to burn the vessels there. The body of Colonel O'Brien could not be found. The Herald estimated that 200 persons were killed in the two days rioting, of whom 156 were negroes. At 1 o'clock Wednesday morning the