Account of the Terrific and Fatal Riot at the New-York Astor Place Opera House: May 10th, 1849
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Account of the Terrific and Fatal Riot at the New-York Astor Place Opera House
May 10th, 1849
EAN 8596547068013
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Table of Contents
ACCOUNT
CHAPTER FIRST. THE NIGHT OF THE 10TH OF MAY.
CHAPTER SECOND. FORREST AND MACREADY.
CHAPTER THIRD. THE QUARREL RECOMMENCED IN AMERICA.
CHAPTER FOURTH. THE PLOT THICKENS—THE ENGAGEMENT AT THE OPERA. HOUSE—MACREADY DRIVEN FROM THE STAGE.
CHAPTER FIFTH. THE COMBAT DEEPENS.
CHAPTER SIXTH. THE SCENES OF THE FATAL NIGHT.
CHAPTER SEVENTH. THE DAY AFTER THE RIOT—POPULAR EXCITEMENT—CORONER’S INQUEST—LIST OF THE KILLED AND WOUNDED.
LIST OF THE KILLED.
LIST OF THE WOUNDED.
CHAPTER NINTH. WHERE LIES THE BLAME?
ACCOUNT
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AT THE
New York Astor Place Opera House,
On the night of May 10th, 1849;
WITH THE
QUARRELS OF FORREST AND MACREADY,
INCLUDING ALL THE CAUSES WHICH LED TO THAT
AWFUL TRAGEDY!
Wherein an infuriated mob was quelled by the Public Authorities and Military,
with its mournful termination in the
Sudden Death or Mutilation of more than Fifty Citizens,
WITH FULL AND AUTHENTIC PARTICULARS.
LET JUSTICE BE DONE THOUGH THE HEAVENS FALL!
NEW YORK:
PUBLISHED BY H. M. RANNEY.
1849.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1849,
BY H. M. RANNEY,
In the Clerk’s office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the
Southern District of New York.
THERIOT.
CHAPTER FIRST.
THE NIGHT OF THE 10TH OF MAY.
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On the night of the 10th of May, 1849, the Empire City, the great metropolis of the Union, was the scene of one of those horrors of civilization, which for a time make the great heart of humanity stop in its beatings. In the darkness of night, thousands of citizens were gathered in a central square of the most aristocratic quarter of New York—gathered around one of its most conspicuous and magnificent edifices, the Astor-Place Opera House.
This Opera House was built expressly for the performance of the Italian Opera, but has been used at intervals for the legitimate drama, for vaudevilles, and for balls and concerts. It is fitted up and decorated with taste and magnificence, and in the opera seasons has been attended by the most wealthy and fashionable people, who have made extravagant displays of luxurious adornment. While the private boxes were taken by the season, by those who wished to enjoy the music, liked the display, and could afford the expenditure, the other seats were let at a dollar admission, and the upper tier or amphitheatre was reserved for people of humbler means or more modest pretensions, at twenty-five cents a ticket.
Around this edifice, we say, a vast crowd was gathered. On the stage the English actor Macready was trying to play the part of Macbeth, in which he was interrupted by hisses and hootings, and encouraged by the cheers of a large audience, who had crowded the house to sustain him. On the outside a mob was gathering, trying to force an entrance into the house, and throwing volleys of stones at the barricaded windows. In the house the police were arresting those who made the disturbance—outside they were driven back by volleys of paving-stones.
In the midst of this scene of clamor and outrage, was heard the clatter of a troop of horse approaching the scene. The military—the military are coming!
was the exclamation of the crowd. Further on was heard the quick tramp of companies of infantry, and there was seen the gleam of bayonets. A cry of rage burst from the mob. The appearance of an armed force seemed to inspire them with a sudden fury. They ceased storming the Opera House, and turned their volleys against the horsemen. Amid piercing yells and execrations, men were knocked from their horses, the untrained animals were frightened, and the force was speedily routed, and could not afterwards be rallied to perform any efficient service.
Now came the turn of the infantry. They marched down the sidewalk in a solid column; but had no sooner taken up a position for the protection of the house, than they were assailed with volleys of missals. Soldiers were knocked down and carried off wounded. Officers were disabled. An attempt to charge with the bayonet was frustrated by the dense crowd seizing the muskets, and attempting to wrest them from the hands of the soldiers. At last the awful word was given to fire—there was a gleam of sulphurous light, a sharp quick rattle, and here and there in the crowd a man sank upon the pavement with a deep groan or a death rattle. Then