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HISTORY OF MARYLAND.
Messrs. Wood and Hindes, the Police Commissioners, having been removed
by Governor Swann, Messrs. Wm. Thomas Valiant and James Young were
duly appointed on the same day to fill the vacant offices. The superseded
Board desiring to remain in power until it could settle, to its own satisfaction,
the issues to be determined at the approaching election, on the 3d of November procured the arrest of the new appointees and the Sheriff, Wm. Thomson,
who was assisting Messrs. Valiant and Young, and had them all lodged in jail.
They were arrested on a warrant issued by Judge Bond, of the Criminal
Court, and being charged with inciting a riot were entitled to be released
upon giving bail to keep the peace or answer the charge. Judge Bond,
however, insisted that they should do more and required them to bind themselves not to attempt to execute the duties of their office. To this insolent
and unwarrantable order they very properly refused to submit, and were
therefore committed to jail. This proceeding caused the most intense excitement in the city, but there was no serious disturbance of the peace. Several
regiments of troops arrived and were quartered at Port McHenry, and
Generals Grant and Canby were besieged by the several factions at their
headquarters in the city. Messrs. Plindes and Wood mustered in about
thirty-five hundred regular and special police and guarded the station
houses, their office and prominent places in the city.
As soon as the new police commissioners and sheriff were committed to
jail, their counsel waited upon Hon. James L. Bartol, one of the judges of
the Court of Appeals, who was at his home in the city, and procured a writ
of habeas corpus, which was made returnable on Monday at nine o'clock, A.M.,
November 5th, before the judge of the Superior Court. The writ was
directed to the warden of the Baltimore City Jail,
commanding him to produce the bodies of William
Thomas Valiant, James Young and William Thomson, and have them before him at the time named. At
the time appointed it was stated to the judges that
the writs had been served, but it was understood that
they would not be obeyed. The court adjourned
until November 8th, and in the meantime the police
commissioners were kept confined. During their
confinement the radical faction backed by an organized
force and a favorable court, having managed to
JUDGE J. I, BABTOL. ^^ ^^ {r ^^ fe^fa the remoyal 0f the
police commissioners by Governor Swann, undertook to hold an election on
Tuesday, the 6th of November. This election bore a strong family likeness
to those memorable elections held during the war. Every effort that could
be devised to secure a majority for the radical party was unhesitatingly and
unscrupulously resorted to, but notwithstanding that only a minority of the
citizens of Baltimore, went to the polls, the conservatives, carried everyone
of the three legislative districts of the city. Had all the citizens who were
| Title | History of Maryland - 3 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000719 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | HISTORY OF MARYLAND. Messrs. Wood and Hindes, the Police Commissioners, having been removed by Governor Swann, Messrs. Wm. Thomas Valiant and James Young were duly appointed on the same day to fill the vacant offices. The superseded Board desiring to remain in power until it could settle, to its own satisfaction, the issues to be determined at the approaching election, on the 3d of November procured the arrest of the new appointees and the Sheriff, Wm. Thomson, who was assisting Messrs. Valiant and Young, and had them all lodged in jail. They were arrested on a warrant issued by Judge Bond, of the Criminal Court, and being charged with inciting a riot were entitled to be released upon giving bail to keep the peace or answer the charge. Judge Bond, however, insisted that they should do more and required them to bind themselves not to attempt to execute the duties of their office. To this insolent and unwarrantable order they very properly refused to submit, and were therefore committed to jail. This proceeding caused the most intense excitement in the city, but there was no serious disturbance of the peace. Several regiments of troops arrived and were quartered at Port McHenry, and Generals Grant and Canby were besieged by the several factions at their headquarters in the city. Messrs. Plindes and Wood mustered in about thirty-five hundred regular and special police and guarded the station houses, their office and prominent places in the city. As soon as the new police commissioners and sheriff were committed to jail, their counsel waited upon Hon. James L. Bartol, one of the judges of the Court of Appeals, who was at his home in the city, and procured a writ of habeas corpus, which was made returnable on Monday at nine o'clock, A.M., November 5th, before the judge of the Superior Court. The writ was directed to the warden of the Baltimore City Jail, commanding him to produce the bodies of William Thomas Valiant, James Young and William Thomson, and have them before him at the time named. At the time appointed it was stated to the judges that the writs had been served, but it was understood that they would not be obeyed. The court adjourned until November 8th, and in the meantime the police commissioners were kept confined. During their confinement the radical faction backed by an organized force and a favorable court, having managed to JUDGE J. I, BABTOL. ^^ ^^ {r ^^ fe^fa the remoyal 0f the police commissioners by Governor Swann, undertook to hold an election on Tuesday, the 6th of November. This election bore a strong family likeness to those memorable elections held during the war. Every effort that could be devised to secure a majority for the radical party was unhesitatingly and unscrupulously resorted to, but notwithstanding that only a minority of the citizens of Baltimore, went to the polls, the conservatives, carried everyone of the three legislative districts of the city. Had all the citizens who were |
