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The Daily Madisonian
Washington, District Of Columbia
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In Providence, Rhode Island, on Monday night, 40-50 young men attempted to riot against Irish residents by attacking houses and threatening arson, motivated by a Saturday night assault on Mr. Gilman by two Irishmen. The city marshal and watch dispersed the mob and arrested ringleaders.
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At Providence, Rhode Island, on Monday night last, about 12 o'clock, a company of forty or fifty young men of that city attempted to create a disturbance among the Irish, by making an attack upon their houses, with threats to burn one of them. News of this coming to the city marshal, he immediately, accompanied by a strong body of the city watch, dispersed the mob, and arrested several of the ringleaders. The motive for these riotous proceedings was presumed to be a savage attack made late on Saturday night, by two men whom their speech betrayed as Irishmen, upon a Mr. Gilman, as he was going home from his store.
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Providence, Rhode Island
Event Date
Monday Night Last
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mob dispersed; several ringleaders arrested.
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A company of forty or fifty young men attempted to create a disturbance among the Irish by attacking their houses with threats to burn one. The city marshal, accompanied by a strong body of the city watch, dispersed the mob and arrested several ringleaders. The motive was a savage attack late on Saturday night by two men identified as Irishmen upon Mr. Gilman as he was going home from his store.