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of the ponce party were attacked on their way home,
During the riots both the chairman of the Watch Committed
and the Deputy ! byor dt, ciined to read the riot not$ and
the troops who finally dispersed tho droved were not
called out till after eleven o'clock when tho diaturbancen
had already raged for some houro.
A letter to the local paper a few days later declared
"it has boors common talk all over the town that coo of
the aombere of the Town Council were leaders in the riot. " ý3ý
A number of local Unionieta were soon to incite the
crowd,
(4)
(2)
councillors were heard expressing approval
of the rioting and well dressed =on in the crowd were
heard to incite youths to break William k+ith'o windows.
There wore affidavito made by two peoplo.. that Town
Councillors had offered them money to begin breaking
Rowntreee' windown.
(6)
(1)
For some time the Conservative
members of the Watch Committee retuned to lay the evidence
(1) Scprborou h venin 21ewn. 13th March 1900,
(2) IbI dI
(3) Imo, 26th Harch 1900.
(1i) dy 17th March 1900,
(5) Ibldw 13th March 1904.
(6) Cronwright ichroincr, Op ctt, y. 206.
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