Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 March 1884 — Page 9

From Our Extra Edition of Sunday. MOTHER MGHT OFMOB Cincinnati Again Placed at the Mercy of Surging Thousands. The Court-House Repeatedly Attacked and Burned to the Ground by the infuriated People Last Sight. Several Regiments of the State Militia Ordered Out by the Governor, But They Were Unable to Restrain the Passions of the Excited Mob that Filled the Streets. The Gatling Gun Turned Upon the Crowd with Merciless Effect. Five Persons Killed and Twenty Wounded at the First Fire—Many Other Casualties Reported. A Casualty List of More than One Hundred Persons Killed Outright. A Stupid, Leaderless Mob. Which Stauds Stolidly and Receives the Fire of the Militia. Recapture of Berner, Who Is Now in the Penitentiary at Columbus. Graphic Description of the Music Hall Indignation Meeting—The Crime Which Started the Trouble. RL..I.ETIN REPORTS. llow the News Was First Received from Our Special Representative. [Bulletin No. I.] Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Cincinnati. March 29.—The streets aro crowded to night, and there is still a great deal of excitement A word is likely to turn the crowd into a mob. It is believed that additional troops will arrive in an hour, and the jail is well guarded. [Bulletin No. 2.] KIOTING BEGUN. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Cincinnati. March 29, 9:30 p. m. —Rioting has begun. The mob lias assaulted the Court-house with bowlders and broken all the windows. The police have withdrawn from the position which they took np early in the evening. The mob is shootingincessantly.but no one has been wounded yet. It is rumored that an attack will bo made on the jail after midnight, but the mob is now without a leader. It is feared that there will be serious trouble before morning. [Bulletin N*>. 3.] THE COURT HOUSE FIRED. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Cincinnati. March 29—10 p. m.— The Courthouse is on fire. The militia opened fire on the m( ug one man and wounding three othefs. jßulletin No. 4.] FIVE MEN KILLED AND TWENTY WOUNDED. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Cincinnati. March 29, 10:45 p. m. —The flames have reduced the Court-house to ruins, and the jail is now burning. The militia opened fire on the mob with the Gat’ing gun. l’’ivo men wer killed and about twenty wounded. The mob has broken open the gun stores, and are arming for a battle with the militia. The worst has come.

THE JOURNAL’S SPECIAL REPORT. How tli© Mob Regan Its Work—Burning of tlie Court-House. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Cincinnati, March .10.—The city is in a state of tumultuous excitement Dense crowds are surging up and down the streets leading to the Court-house, and shooting is incessant. The Court-house is a mass of blazing ruins, around which a mob of several thousand stand cheering and yelling in the wildest manner possible to imagine. The militia has repeatedly opened fire on them with terrible effect, but they are no sooner driven back than they again press forward about the burning building, the nucleus of wild and furious indignation, and it seems impossible to repress them. The ambulances are kept busy carrying away those who are killed, and in every drug store within a distance of half a dozen squares from the Court-house are lying numbers of wounded men. The city is at the mercy of the mob. The police have withdrawn and are making no attempt to quiet the disturbance. HOW THE 'JIOT BEHAN. A crowd lingered in the vicinity of the jail all day, but at 3 o -ck this afternoon it began growing larger, anu he excitement began to increase. Early in the evening thousands of printed circulars of an excitable nature were scattered throughout the city, and immediately after people began moving toward Main and Sycamore streets. The police were then formed in line guarding the approaches to the jail, and the crowd assembled on Main street in front of the Court-house. The mob at this time was composed of not more than 200 persons, a majority of whom were young boys. There were no demonstrations further than an occasional yell, and there is a doubt but that if the militia and police had arrested the boisterous ones tlie spirit of the mob could have been checked and suppressed; but it seems to have been the opinion of these officers that if the crowd was kept out of reach of the jail all serious trouble would be averted. Encouraged by finding that they were in no danger of arrest for their boisterous conduct, they became more and more demonstrative, and the hoodlum element took the lead. There was no organization and no recognized eaders. About 9 o’clock someone in the crowd

in front of the Court-house hurled a bowlder through a window, and a general assault upon the building then began. In half an hour every pane of glass in the first and second stories had been broken. The flying missiles compelled the police to withdraw from their position along the sidb of the buiding, and this triumph over the officers emboldened the mob to greater destruction. A bonfire was kindled in the street, and the crowd, which pow numbered thousands, joined in a wild cheer. Bowlders rained down upon the building, but the cracking of glass soon became monotonous, and someone started a cry of “Burn the Courthouse!” A barrel of coal-oil was thrown into the northeast corner and burst open. As it ran over the room a brand of fire was thrown in, and it was immetliately enveloped in flames. An alarm was sounded ami the fire department responded promptly, but when they arrived revolvers wore put to the heads of the firemen and they were ordered not to leave their seats. They were compelled to drive away without throwing a single stream of water on the flames. The firebrand was applied to every room on the first floor, and in a few mimutes the whole building was in a blaze. As the furious flames would burst out from the windows and the crash of falling timbers was heard the crowd would break out into wild cheers. From the time of the first assault was made upon the building the mob kept up an incessant shooting, but the firing was in the air, and no one was injured. OPENING OF THE BATTLE. Shortly after 10 o’clock a company of militia opened fire on the mob on Main street. One man was killed and three others were wounded. The crowd was driven back for a moment, and the wounded were canned away. The excitement became furious, and the crowd again pressed back into the streets about the burning building. Tim mob rallied, and one or two ' tdred, or more, armed with clubs, 0 „n and revolvers, formed in line. They marched up and down the street from which they had been driven a moment before, carrying a flag at the head of the procession, wildly flourishing their weapons and yelling. The militia marched through the streets leading to the Court-house, but the crowd closed in behind them in double the number who fled before them, and they were compelled to retire to their position, and to Sycamore street for the protection of the jail. Repeated efforts had been made to set fire to this building, but as there was nothing inflammable that could be reached, they were without success. The Court-house and jail are only a short distance apart, and as the flames spread from the former it seemed impossible for the latter to escape destruction. Finally the mob boldly pressed down Court street toward the jail and the five was spread about it. A cry of “We’ll roast the murderers,’ was started and other wild exclamations were given utterence. A Gatling was placed in position on Sycamore street covering Court street. An order to immediately clear the streets was given. “Fall back,” “get out of the way, we are going to fire.” cried out the officer. Those who were in the streets as spectators fled panicstricken to the doorways and alleys for safety, but the mad mob gave no attention to the warning. The firing immediately began, and volley after volley was poured down through Court and Sycamore streets. On the first charge six members of the mob, who were fighting their way toward the jail, fell dead and fifteen or more were wounded, several of whom were in the crowd as spectators, and were unable to get out of the way. The wounded were carried into the drug stores and saloons in the vicinity, several of whom afterward died and were hauled away to the morgue in ambulances. From the danger and excitement of the situation it was impossible to get the names of all who fell.

SACKING GUN SHOPS. The mob for a moment was panic stricken, but those who escaped unhurt made a mad rush down Main street, crying out, "We will get guns; they have shot to kill, and we will too.” They first stopped at the gun store of a man named Bertie and began breaking in the windows. The proprietor, who was an aged and white-haired man, took up a position in front of the doors to his store, begging md pleading with the men to spare his property. “Remember my white hairs,” he cried piteously, and he fought back the crowd for several minntes. hut the door was burst open and the mob rushed in. They moved on down a square further to Powell's gun-store, corner of Main and Third streets, where they met with a repulse. Fearing an attack, guns and ammunition had been carried to the rooms on the second floor and a squad of men placed in charge. When the mob assaulted the store a volley was" fired into them and three men were killed, besides several more being wounded. Shooting was kept up and the mob was successfully repulsed here. Attempts were made to get into several other stores, but care had been taken to hide the guns in most cases, and only a comparatively small number of firearms were secured. An alarm of fire was sent in from tlie corner on which Powell’s store is situated, as a ruse to stop the shooting from men in the store, but it was unsuccessful. ONE HUNDRED PERSONS KILLED. The crowd in the streets about the Court-house had not diminished at midnight, but the mob was kept out of the approaches to the jail. A dozen volleys or more have been fired down Court and Sycamore streets by the militia, and the bloodshed is frightful. It is estimated that fully one hundred persons have been killed, and twice as many wounded. There is not a saloon in the vicinity over the Rhine where wounded men cannot bo found, and they are lying in every drug store. It seems impossible to check the fury of the mob. Death seems to have no tenors to them. Even after midnight, when the Court-house had been so far reduced to ashes as to make it impossible to ascend by the stairways, ladders were run up in front of the building and a dozen members of the mob climbed up to the remaining windows to break them out with their clubs, and they were loudly cheered in their mad work by the crowd below. The Court-house is iow a mass of smoldering ruins, and all its contents are in ashes. Besides firing of a Gatling gun at the mob a squad of sharp-shooters, selected from the armories of different companies, were stationed in the buildings about the jail to pick off the most active members of the mob. The troops which began the firing were from Columbus, eleven companies of which *r rived here this afternoon. They compr, ■ seven companies of the Fourteenth Ohio Regt ment, two companies of the Palmer Light Guards the Governor's Guaffls and one company of col ored troops under command of Colonel Freeman and Colonel S. H. Church. A telegram just received by Colonel French from Governor Hoadly states that a fresh f.pply of ammunition will be sent on the first train.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1884.

Further bloodshed seems unavoidable. The mob still lingers about the streets yelliug and shooting, but the crowd in the neighborhood of the jail has diminished. The militia still fires an occasional volley, and the list of dead and wounded continues to grow. Among those who were killed during the early part of' the firing was John Pessner, captain of the Home Guards, whose head was shattered by a ball. Several of troops are wounded, but the number is not known. At 2:30 o’clock the mob had gotten possession bfc three cannon, and are now trying to get ammunition. A party has been sent over to Newport to get powder. The guns are in the hands of drunken and desperate men, and a still more frightful destruction of life and property seems inevitable. The guns have been placed in position at the corner of Fourth and Walnut streets, and the mob is now awaiting a return of the men sent out to get ammunition. The guns will be loaded with bowlders, and will be turned* on the jail, the members of the mob say. Colonel Church has just notified the militia at the jail that the mob has the three cannons in its possession, and several companies have been dispatched to capture them, which, it is believed, can be done before the ammunition is obtained. The police have captured the cannon and the mob has been dispersed. It is believed there will be no more bloodshed to-night. PREPARING AGAINST ATTACK. Energetic Measures Taken to Prevent an Attack by the Mob. To the Western Associated Press. Cincinnati, March 29. —The jail, at 0 o’clock this morning, presented a dilapidated appearance. and a threatening crowd of 4.000 or 5.000 men was still standing around. The military was still standing on guard, bat no further attack was anticipated. Crowds in the vicinity of the Court-house and jail continue large, though the police and soldiers prohibit all passage to the front and side of the jail. Apprehension of trouble to-night grows stronger. It is rumored that Campbell county, Kv., will send eight hundred men to rescue the rioters arrested last night and still in jail. Sheriff Hawkins has acted all day as though he expected a renewal of the attack at night with increased violence. He has called for troops, as elsewhere stated, and has called out his own command, the veterau regiment, composed of soldiers of the late war. Col. Hunt has also mustered as much of his regiment as could be brought out, and the jail has all the app**arence of a fortress except heavy guns. That most fearful engine of destruction—the Gatling gun, oelonging to the police force—is also on duty. Late this evening the police and soldiers were busy under Sheriff Hawkins’ direction barricading the streets in every direction at a distance of a hundred yards from the jail. Heavy '•ansfer wagons were upturn! in the street, apd building material—wood, stone, or iron from neighboring buildings were appropriated to construct a strong defense for the purpose of preventing a rush of people to the vicinity of the jail. A mob to-night would have first to storm these barricades before getting within reach of the jail. These thorough preparations, added to the fact that more troops are coming, may hold the mob in check. The fact is, no organized mob is known. That of last night was not premeditated. It was spontaneous. growing not out of the incendiary speeches and resolutions at the meeting, for these were all conservative, but out of the fact that a great body of men was together on the street, with a common feeling of intense indignation at the criminal farce played by the Berner jury and at the general slackness of the administration of justice to murderers. The mob spirit grew by degrees, and was not the result of a settled plan. To-day circulars have been distributed calling for the organization of vigilance committees, 300 in each ward. It is anonymous, and seems to have no respectable backing, and is as follows: “Public safety demands immediate action. Organize vigilance committees in every ward. Heal the sore by purifying the body;"serve notice to criminals, criminal lawyers, gamblers and prostitutes to leave Hamilton county within three days and remain away forever, or suffer the penalty. As long as the present clique of criminal lawyers that infest the city are permitted to remain anel corrupt juries, outrage justice and shield criminals, just that long will our citizens be mix* dered, our property destroyed, and protection by the law be denied. Make one clean sweep while we are at it. A vigilance committee of 300 in each ward composed of the best citizens can by earnest work cleanse the moral atmosphere in three days. Organize at once and serve notice to all disreputable characters in the ward to leave and never return. The reputation of the city demands a change, or wickedness will reign supreme.” A Columbus dispatch states that Governor Hoadly has three regiments and two batteries ordered to Cincinnati, with instructions not to leave the Cincinnati depots unless absolutely necessary. The Adjutant-general is en route to Cincinnati, and the Governor is sitting up, waiting to see the night through. The excitement has abated here since Berner is lodged where he cannot be taken out.

Summoning the Militia. Columbus, 0., March 29.—Tlie riot alarm has been calling the military together for half an hour. a The Fourteenth Regiment is vesting on its arms, waiting for a special train to Cincinnati. The Fourth Regiment, with its headquarters at Dayton, has also been ordered by the Governor to fall in for orders. Special trains have been sent out for companies at the surrounding towns. The Governor has given the order, and a large force of troops will start from here at 3 o'clock, by special trains, for Cincinnati. Cleveland, March 29.—Adjutant general Finley telegraphs from Columbus an inquiry how soon the First Ohio Battery of Cleveland can be ready, and when. Captain Smith, last night, replied that he could be ready within two hours after receiving the orders. It is supposed the Adjutant-general fears it will be necessary to order the battery to Cincinnati. Columbus, March 29.—Colonel Hunt has telegraphed the Governor to be in readiness, and his Excellency will remain here over Sunday, so as to call more troops if necessary. Colonel Hunt has made requisition on the Adjutant-general for 5.000 rounds of ball cartridges, and they were sent to Cincinnati on the first train. HOSTILITIES RESUMED. The Mob Attacks the Court-House ami Effects an Entrance. Cincinnati, March 29, 9 p. m. —While Sheriff Hawkins was carefully protecting the front and Hanks by barricades, as already described, he neglected to protect his rear, which was the Court-house front, looking west on main street. An immense crowd has gathered these, and the large plate-glass windows are being crashed in by bowlders. This will give an entrance to the jail yard and to the jail through the tunnel, hut only to a small number at a time. The troops from Columbus are not yet hero. 9:45 p.m. —The fire alarm has just sounded from Court and Vine streets, two squares from the Court-house, caused by a tiro in tho treasurers office, which is ou the first floor of the Courthouse. There is also an immense bonfire fin front of the Second National Bank on the corner pf Court and Main streets, directly opposite the ♦reasurer’s office. All large glass windows in xxont of the Court-house have been broken to pieces. Tho mob is firing revolvers, throwing bowlders and yelling. The militia fired into the mob from the Court house, but as no harm was done, so far as known, it is supposed -that they used blank cartridges. Tlie mob is greater than last night, and there are more

drunken men i n it. Wild rumors are afloat that the mob a quantity of dynamite. Another is that 3,0U0 are coming from Kentucky to reinforce the mob. Sheriff Hawkins has sent deputies to the depots to hurry up the troops. When the in flam in .able substance was thrown into the treasurer’s office, the troops fired ball and drove the mob back to Vine street. Many are wounded and possibly many killed. *rms COURT-HOUSE BURNING. The treasurer’s office 1; already doomed and the Court-house seems likeiy * u burn down. Armory Hall m Court street near the Court-house is on fire. Captain Desmond. of the First regiment, has been killed. Sergeant Malone is seriously wounded, also private Mcßrair. The crowd is threatening to destroy Hunt's Hotel, on Vine street, near Fourth, owned by Colonel Hunt, commanding the First regiment. The guests are removing now from the place. The troops from Columbus are momentarily expected, when the trouble must be worse. The travel on the streets is becoming dangerous. The fire was started by rolling in barrels of coal oil, setting it on fire and keeping everybody out Lieutenant Desmond entered to subdue the flames and was instantly killed. The flames went their own way, because the mob would not let the firemen use the engines. The flames went on unchecked, though slowly, as the great structure was stone and built at a cost of probably a quarter of a million, and was made to withstand fire as far as possible. To lose that means irreparable loss of invaluable records, some of them of great historical interest and value, and of the second best law library in the United States. A carriage factory near by is also reported on fire, and in the present chaotic condition of affairs there is nothing to prevent untold loss from the fire, except lack of material to feed it. When the mob had robbed Powell’s gun store it was fired. The patrol wagon responded to the alarm, and the mob fired, killing one man and wounding others. This fire was, however, ex tinguished. The mob has lost all control, and seems bound on destruction, pure and simple. The burning of the Court-house gives no aid in the original purpose of lynching the murderers, and its destruction only adds loss to disgrace. A NIGHT OF BLOODSHED. 11 p. m.—lt is rumored that the mob lias captured the Gatling gun from the police. Powell's gun store has been broken in and the mob is getting all the available arms and ammunition. It is reported that eight persons have been killed. The fire is still raging at the Court-house, and it seems impossible to save tlio structure. Midnight. —Such a night of blood as this has not before darkened the history of Cincinnati. It is impossible to ascertain the true : tuition. Men have been killed several squres from the scene of the riot. One man was just shot on Fountain square, six squares from the Courthouse. The firing upon the mob has been merciless, whether by the Gatling gun or by the soldiers cannot now be told, as nothing has been heard from inside of the jail for the past hour. No one can yet estimate the loss of life or iujury by wounds. At Habig's four dead men, unknown, are lying. At the Cincinnati Hospital there are as many more, while twenty or more wounded are there and the wagons bringing more. While the beleaguered troops ami police in the jail and Court-house were keeping the mob at bay they were anxiously waiting for the promised troops from Columbus and Dayton. The delay of an hour seemed an age, while the flames were raging and the wild mob, now wholly beyond any control or w son, filled the streets, ready to* kill anyone or all.

RE IN FOUC EM E NTS. It was nearly midnight when tho Fourteenth regiment reached the scene. They, with determined pluck and skill, tormed for the fearful work of clearing the streets. Their work was accomplished, and they are now in tho jail yard with the besieged guards and poUce. Tho Fourth regiment arrived at th€> other side of the city, and after marching part of the way t.o the scene of the mob, turned and went back to tlie depot. Colonel John W. Harper, aide-de-camp to the Governor, who is here, telegraphed this action to Governor Hoadly and has received a reply ordering the Fourth Regiment to report to the jail forthwith and join the others. Colonel Harper sent an order to the regiment to join Colonel Hawkins at the jail by a direct or indirect route. That order was given at 12:45 a. m., but upon being informed that the mob was still in force and blocking the streets in the vicinity of the Court-house, though not apparently accomplishing anything, he has modified the order with a view to averting further bloodshed. NO CESSATION OF FIRING. 1 a., m. —By an unaccoun. ble motive the mob stands in the street© 4u range of the soldiers’ guns, apparently courting death. There is no method, no purpose apparent It is a typical mob of mad men. Just now a man who ventured near the scene saw a volly fired and a man named Ed Gallagher, whom this man happened to know. fall dead. Several others were wounded. At uns hour there is no cessation of the firing: indeed, it has grown worse, and it is accounted for by the statement that the mob have procured a cannon. Colonel Harper’s order to the Fourth regiment has just been given. It directs the Colonel to march his men quietly up Fourth street to Syea more, thence up Sycamore to the jail, to disperse whatever mob may be in tho way, but at all events to join the other trooops now in the jail. It tolls him the troops there would be looking for him. It will be nearly an hour before this order can be carried into effect. Moan time the firiug continues. There is a possibility that the Fourth Regiment may reach the scene without encountering much resistance. Thg mob, at this time, seems gathered principally at the corner of Main and Ninth streets under cover. Scenes during this memorable night have been indescribable. No mob could have been loss equipped by organization ov leadership than this one. Nor does it seem the military and police have had any good plan or leadership. The preparations for the defense made during the day were all against attack from Sycamore street. Main street was left exposed, and witnesses say almost no opposition was made to firing the treasurer's office. The troops were all gathered in the jail. Tho fire department for once refused to respond the alarm until an escort or troops was sent. When the first engine ap peared the mob. with drawn revolver®, warned them to go no further. They obeyed, while a hand-to-hand fight was in progress. The police now and then made a rush for the crowd, and arrested a number of rioters, taking them into the jail. They refused to give their names in every instance. Many of them were well dressed and good looking men. Rumors are abundant, among them that Colonel Hunt and Lieutenant Tom O’Mara, of the police force, were killed in the jail. This cannot be verified at this time, as communication with the jail is difficult. 2. a. m.— Tho good news comes that the crowd has all gone from the vicinity of the Courthouse, and that the tiro engines are playing on the fire. The carriage factory fire seems to have been extinguished by tho mob. The Fourth regiment has not yet reached the Courthouse, but it will now have no difficulty in get ting there. NEARING THE CRISIS. 2:20 A. m. —The startling fact has just been discovered that tho mob have three cannon stationed at Fourth and Walnut streets. They are said to have obtained them from Music Hall. They are evidently now posted here to await the coming of the Fourth Regiment, expected momentarily. Instead of the fight being over, it now looks as if the soldiers and police would be overpowered by the mob. The 1 mrteeuth Regiment has been placed in front of the Courthouse with unloaded guns. They are keeping the crowd back, but are pelted with brickbats and occasionally a pistol ball is fired. Lieutenant Liggett has been wounded in the leg. The police an* worn out, and besides have no arms fit to cope with the mob. The troops are insufficiently supplied with ammunition. There is no sign yet of the Fourth regiment. Reports from the depot say the men had scat-

tered, and when Colonel Harper’s orders arrived, the colonel commanding was unable to get the troops together. It is evident the mob must be permitted to enter the jailor the power of the State must be put forth with much greater vigor before the end of this trouble is reached. THE MOB DISPERSED. 3 A. m. —The mob in possession of the cannon at Fourth and Walnut streets seemed to have had no powder. They were trying to secure some. They had obtained kegs of iron to be used instead of canister, and were moving up Fourth street, a Sfjuafl Os thirty policemen under command of Lieutenant Buflsc emerged from the Hammond street station only half a square south of Fourth streS, and by a gallant charge, without firing a pistol, captured all the guns and dispersed the mob. There were no casualties except from the use of clubs. The police all through Have shown remarkable bravery and coolness under all circumstances. - This cap ture has weakened the * spirit of the mob to such an extent that they are not likely to rally again during the night. During the attack on Powell's gun store, Mr. Powell defended his property and killed at least three men. One account says he killed seven. QUIET RESTORED. y Comparative quiet is restored. The mob has dispersed. Dead are still lying in the streets in the vicinity of the conflict, and a safe estimate of the killed is fifty to seventy-five. Only a small portion of them have been identified or the names preserved. The rumor about the killing of Colonel Hunt and Lieutenant. O’Meara is found to be false. There were three or four slight casualties in jail. The colonel of the Fourth regiment has not yet been able to collect his men, but Colonel Church, of the Governor’s staff, is endeavoring to get him to join the rest of the command. The Dead ami Wounded. Cincinnati, March 29. —1 t. is still impossible to tell how many dead and wounded there are. Nine dead bodies are in the morgue, at Habig’s. One is Dugan, the furniture manufacturer. At the hospital, at 1 o’clock, there are the following killed: CAPTAIN JACK DESMOND, shot through the head. HENRY J. PESSNER. shot through the head. JOHN HETTENSHEIM, shot through the breast. m Fatally wounded: ALFRED HOPKINS. CHARLES BLOOM. J. CAMPEB. WILL BALTZE. eighteen years old; dying. PHILIP KAABE, breast. Severely—Daniel Chrisman. twice in the leg; Sears Kolt, right leg; Henry Pudds. thigh; Joel Knausheigt, right leg: Edward Rehm, right leg, below the knee; Fred Ekenkorst. right leg above the knee: William Sullivan, thigh: John Barth, boy fourteen, left shoulder; George Wise, left side. Serious —John Heckerman, through both legs. It is said this ball after passing through both legs killed the small boy now at Habig’s. Seven dead men are in the Anzeiger office, corner of Vine and the canal. Three dead men were at Court and Vme streets, but could not be reached.

COURT-HOUSE AND JAIL. The Buildings Besieged by the Mob—A Night of Terror. Cincinnati, March 29.—The jail and Courthouse occupy the square bounded ou the west by Main, on the east by Sycamore, and on the north and south by narrow streets called North and South Court. The Court-house fronts west on Main, and reaches from North to South Court. The jail is a circular building with two wings extending north and south, It faces east on Sycamore street, and the yard is inclosed with a high stone wall surmounted by an iron fence. The eastern front has doors leading into the residence of the jailer, which open on the sidewalk. The entrance proper to the jail is reached by a stone winding stairway leading down to the area twelve feet below the sidewalk. Hero was the beginning of the attack last night. The crowd could surge up to the very doors of the jailer's residence and could fill the area in front of the lower door, which they battered open with a heavy sawed beam obtained from anew building near by. The same beam and a half dozen more have been carried into the jail to-day, and used as props to secure all the outer doors. They are long enough to reach back to the solid wall or pillar, and the work of battering down tho doors would be exceedingly difficult. The jail office and jailer’s residence has scarcely an unbroken article about them. Even the largo heating stove was wrecked. Turnkey McHugh’s wife and children passed the night in terror. McHugh was compelled to serve with Sheriff Hawkins until the mob was expelled, while the mother and children in 'the rooms above heard the shots of the soldiers and shouts of tlie mob, and witnessed the destruction of furniture. To add to the horror, the mob yelled, “Take out tho women and children: we are going to set a barrel of oil on fire, and we will put a barrel of powder on that." The coal oil was fired, but the mob had no powder. McHugh finally, at 2 this morning, took the children and his wife down the inner stairway and out through the tunnel to a place of safety. BE RN E R C A PTU RE D. The Escaped Murderer i aught at Foster’s Crossing and Placed in the Peuitentiary. Cincinnati, March 29. —Berner was caught at Foster’s Crossing about 2:30 p. m., and is in charge of officers who will take him to Columbus. A Columbus dispatch says Berner was landed in the penitentiary at 8 o’clock to-night, being accompanied by a strong guard of specials com manded by Deputy Sheriff Joe Moses, of Cincinnati. He has bad a most eventful experience of escapes for the past thirty hours After leaping from the train last night he wandered over the country, keeping in sight of the railroad, and finally rested in a box car. After waiting until nearly daylight, he broke for the woods and was overtaken about 10 o’clock by Deputies Moses and Dcvoto, who kept up the chase with buggies. They had difficulty in keeping him concealed during the day, and finally drove to Foster’s Crossing, tlie next station below Loveland, where they had previously arranged to meet some newspaper correspondents. They had changed Borner’s clothes, put a derby instead of a soft hat on him, and had him so changed that no one would have recognized him from the description. They turned him over to two correspondents, and then claimed that they had failed to find their man, There was quite a crowd at the place, however, before the train arrived there at 4 o’clock, and the people suspected them and called for Berner, but they got off safely. Berner was at once taken into an express car by ’*** journalists, and the officers were in the coaches, pretending ti be en route to the capital for advice and aid. They kept the Governor advised by the conductor sending dispatches from every station, and the Governor got the officials to have the train stopped half mile from the depot here, and close to the penitentiary, when Berner was taken in on the run. There wove crowds at all of the stations making inquiries, and a multitude awaited tlie train in and about the city here, but they were given the slip. A detach ment of fifteen police and a large number of prison guards had been quietly located at the sub urban crossing where the party alighted, and they succeeded in getting there, one by one, without arousing suspicion. They made a large crowd, however, on the double-quick to tlie prison gates. Berner was scared nearly to death. He was the first man Warden Thomas ever saw glad to get behind the walls. He rejoiced when he was in side, and wanted something to eat and a chance to rest.' After supper he related his trip, with every one he met cursing and boiling lor his blood. Ho is nineteen years old, and sentenced

to twenty years, and hopes to outlive it H retired early, and will attend chapel to morrow, resting the first day. The Capture and Imprisonment. Columbus, March 29. —The train men and passengers, who arrived here after midnight, give tlie following account ot the mob at Love land and Morrow, and the effort to r . r flernor the murderer, to C'olunA,,. ? . t , vo deputies', with Berner. arove f rom Gjucinuati over to Linwood, and there took the accommodation for Loveland. This part of the journey was made without accident. Joe Moses was then to go to the LitthrMfimri depot , and quietly board the train for Columbus, and join the two deputies *ind Berner at Loveland. When the Little Mft'Hji train pulled into Loveland, Berner was placed in the, ear next to Ihe sleeper, before the train had come to a full stop. The deputies sat near him, but did not have him fastened to them. Joe sat in the next ear in advance. As the Lain came to a stop a howling mob of near?/ 399 nien made a dash for the cars, yelling, "‘There lie is—catch him!’’ Some men were masked while part of them were not. They climbed in all the cars, but mo3t of them broke for the one in which Moses was seated. One of the deputies, who bad been detailed to watch Berner, sprang from his seat and started for the front end of the car. The crowd thought it was Berner trying to esceape, and pouncing on him bore him to the ground. He was choked, beaten and almost killed before the mistake was discovered. Berner bad sprung from his seat, but in attempting to jump from the platform lie fell headlong to the ground. It was doubtless this accident that prevented tho crowd from recognizing him. The train boy, who was standing on the platform at the time, says that Berner walked around the car and entered again from the rear. Meantime the wild mob had discovered their mistake and were even more infuriated than before. Berner walked about twothirds of the way through the car. when one of the deputies, who had seen him jump from the train, cried. " There he goes, now catch him ” Immediately Berner started on a run and again jumped from the train, which, by this time had started to pull out from the station. One of the deputies ran after him, while the one who lmd been mistaken for Berner was then held by the crowd. Joe Moses and a third deputy remained on the train. When the first section of the train, tho oie that had been attacked at Loveland, pulled into Morrow, another mob was awaiting to capture the prisoner. The mob was composed of 150 or 200 men, only a part of whom were masked. Before tho train stopped they climbed on the engine, and into the cars, and on the steps, eager to get possession of the murderer. iSoine of the men attempted to force the engineer to stop the train before it got into the town, in order that they could swing Berner from a bridge near by. They hunted through the passenger, baggage and sleeping cars, completing their search just as the train pulled away from the town. Moses and his deputy got off here, and were so excited that they could hardly speak. The second section of the Little Miami, which starts from Cincinnati almost fifteen minutes after the first, witnessed almost the same scenes that had been enacted before. At Loveland the wild mob was still yelling and searching for Berner. Many men rushed upon the train, thinking that perhaps an attempt would be made to smuggle him through. As the train pulled out erics were heard, saying that the search would be continued until daylight, when the fugitive would easily be recognized. At Morrow the mob was at the depot waiting for the second section, and when it arrived the same frenzied effort was made to discover the object of their search. In spite of the excitemont and attempts to delay and search the trains both came in on time. Passengers and train men on the second section gave the same thrilling accounts that were given before, and stated that tho excitement was increasing.

Government Prisoners Attacked. Dayton, March 29. —Four United States prisoners were brought up from Cincinnati at 7:40 this evening in charge of government officers. At the depot the impression was conveyed that they were the Cincinnati murderers, ami a mob attacked them as they were transferred from the train to the jail. It was with difficulty that tliey were prevented from accomplishing their purpose. The prisoners are now safe in jail, and the announcement has been made to the mob that they are government prisoners. The Fourth regiment of this city left for Cinciu natl this evening. FRIDAY NIGHT’S FIRING. Who Was Responsible for the Collision—lndignation of the Militia. Cincinnati, March 29.—When Sheriff Hawkins sent to Colonel Hunt, of the First militia, last night, asking for aid, only about forty men were on duty, and these went to the jail, passing through the Court-house and the tunnel. Here occurred the first bloodshed. The farther end of the tunnel was guarded by Officers Phil Nunn and Von Seggem. As the soldiers approached by threes, with guns pointed. Officer Von Seggorn threw up his hands and shouted: “For God's sake, don’t shoot hero. You'll kill your friends.’ Without heeding the warning tho command “fire” was given, and a volley went rattling through the tunnel. Officer Nunn fell pierced by four balls. Von Seggern was shot on the side of the head. Several of tho militia were shot by their own guns. The volley had the effect to clear the jail, but for two hours thereafter efforts were made on the outside to destroy the whole building. A barrel of coal oil was poured down into the lower part of the jail and set on fire, but the officers within managed to extinguish it. The carpenter’s office furnished some wood, and that also was fired, but as the jail is mainly stone and iron, this effort was futile. The crowd threw bowlders and fired pistols promiscuously at the windows, and the militia in the meantime fired from the windows at the crowd. Sheriff Hawkins* tried lo control the firing by ordering that not. more than on© man should fire at a time, and then only to frighten, not to kill. But tho men wore uncontrollable, and fired at the crowd, doing deadly work. Later, ih crowd broke into the Veteran armory and Kittr redge’s gun store and got arms, but by the time this was done the crowd had so thinned out that no further serious attempt was made, and at 3:30 this morning quiet was restored. The feeling has by no means been allayed by last night’s tragedy, and is growing not only against the murderers, but against the militia, upon whom the whole responsibility for the loss of life is placed. Sheriff Hawkins had repulsed tho mob without bloodshed, and was holding them at bay when the militia entered, and tho fire by the soldiers was in direct opposition to the protest of officer Von Seggern. The people do not rest easy under the fact that officer Nunn, lost his life trying to protect tho lives of worthless murderers. Colonel Hunt, commander of the militia, gives •this version of the firing on the mob: “When we endeavored to pass through the tunuel we found it occupied by the mob, who, just as the two leading files made their appearance, began firing on us. and three of the four leading men foil, badly wounded. The deputy sheriff who was with us ordered tho men to return the fire, which they did, and cleared the tunnel. In every instancethe men fired under orders. Most of tlie gun-shot wounds came from the indiscriminate filing of the mob. 1 ’ Tlie Casualties. Cincinnati, March 29.—50 far as can be learned four persons were killed last night and fifty wounded, many of whom will die. The dead aro: OFFICER PHIL NUNN, died at 4 o’clock this morning. OFFICER JOE STEM, shot in the abdomen; bled to death in a few minutes. JAMES GREEN. WALTER FAY The wounded areas followsJackson Tod. left breast, fatal. James Turk, fatal. F. Zorhnkr, badly wounded in thigh. E. Dulleff, shot in the legs. I)r. Chas. Musoroft, police surgeon, slight wound. Privates, Edward Mutheut, slightly; Her-

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