Danger in the Dark - ZseZse

DANGER IN THE DARK. 277
country. But the outrage did not end there. Sixtyfour
persons, including the wounded, were dragged to
the watch-house, and with blows and curses crowded
into suffocating cells, so closely that they had neither
room to lie nor sit down; and there the wounded and
hleeding, without aid of any kind, were compelled to
stand upon their feet till morning. I insisted on the
windows being opened to give them fresh air, for
which the chief of police and other ruffians cursed
and threatened me."
"In the. name of humanity what kind of men are
they ~"
"Not men-but fiends I If you had heard the
obscene language, and horrid oaths of the vulgar
wretches, and witnessed their worse than brutal conduct,
you wouldn't call them men."
"Where on earth was the Mayor and Police
judge f
" They made it convenient to be absent, in order
I suppose, to avoid responsibility; yet 'tis evident
they counseled the policemen to proceed in the affair
as they did."
"What could have been their motives for such
co.nduct, and unheard of cruelty?"
"Why, in the first place, devilment is their natural
element. Secondly, they imagine there is something
to be gained by servility to Romanists, and obsequiously
becoming the tools of the clergy. They, no
doubt, now expect great honor from the priesthood,
for resenting in their behalf, so bravely, the insult