F 44 ^^^^^^e^^^^^g THE DRAFT RIOTS IN NEW YORK, JULY, 1863. THE METROPOLITAN POLICE: THEIR SERVICES DURIJNG RIOT WEEK. THEIR HONORABLE RECORD. V BY DAVID M . P. A Ti N E S NEW YORK: BAKER .*'% .0 ^°-;^. V C" . ^^-^^^ V ^ A 0' ^ <&'^ c o "" -9 *^. * * r>^ 0^ ,••■'/-» c »i- \ '^ ■C J. ' . . 5 < U V-?^ - O , A - , piled in different parts of the building, and fires had been kindled on the first and second floors. The firemen scattered and extinguished all of them, and intimidated the rioters. Meanwhile some of the latter had succeeded in effectually firing the loft in every part ; the demonstration against the chief and his small band of associates had become too formidable; to save the building was im- possible, and they reluctantly yielded it to the mob, who, with exulting yells, soon saw the Asylum wrapped in flames. In an hour and a half only a small portion of the walls remained. The firemen who acted so gallantly with the Chief and his Assistants were members of Hook and Ladder Company No. 2, Hose Company No. 31, Engine Companies Nos. 7, 9, and 10. After their escape from the building, the Orphans were hurried in mournful procession to the Twentieth Precinct, Captain Walling, where they were sheltered and provided for until their removal to Blackwell's Island. Except the clothes they wore, not an article was saved for them. The loss to the Society in building, furniture, and clothing was estimated at $80,000. INDEX. PAGE Commissioners "^ Chief Clerk 9 Superintendent ^ Inspectors 1-2,17,20,23 Telegraph Bureau 2^' Detective Force -^ First Pi-ecinct ^^ Second Precinct ^^ Third Precinct ^6 Fourth Precinct ^^ Fifth Precinct 40 Sixth Precinct ^^ Seventh Precinct '** Eighth Precinct *^ Ninth Precinct ^^ Tenth Precinct ^^ Eleventh Precinct ^P Twelfth Precinct ^'^ Thirteenth Precinct ^f Fourteenth Precinct "^ Fifteenth Precinct ^/ Sixteenth Precinct y^ Seventeenth Precinct , n ^' Eighteenth Precmct zt Nineteenth Precinct ^^ Twentieth Precinct ^° Twenty -first Precinct ' Twenty-second Precinct ^* Twenty -third Precinct J; Twenty-fourth Precinct ' ^ Twenty-fifth Precinct V^ Twenty-sixth Precinct °l Twentj^-seventh Precinct ^ Twenty-eighth Precinct ^^ Twentj^ -ninth Precinct Thirtieth Precinct. 93 90 Thirty-first Precinct ^^ Thirtj-second Precinct Sanitary Police „ „ Drill Officer \*Z Superintendent aud Inspectors' Offices !-~z Brooklyn Precincts ^ Brig.-Gen. Harvey Brown u ' Vf -i- am Commissioners' Address to Force, and acknowledgment to the Military i"^W Inspectors' Report ,^ Court, Juries, and Prosecuting Oflicers " The Murders \\t Burning of the Colored Orphan Asylum ^ ^ ' A. A ^V ^ , ^^- U ^ k*-... OCT . 68 C^ N. MANCHESTER. ,^r^^ INHIANA T 68 %. *^,^' A <. '<"* /lANCHESTER. . ^^s;r<^^ * ' o aJ'*' *''^/r?9^-' %r INDIANA ^ . ^^X^^" .. Jl^ ^m/^0^ • ^. .I