New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-02-24
FAe Late Rist ~ Cleveisnd'
ClxvILASB, Ffiday, REQ. II

TNe Late Rist ~ Clevessnd'
CIxyIL.sb, FRIDAY, Feb. 10, 1852.
r., Tho ;rss time in IL history the City of
..,.,.,ana has been dissraced by fae presence OF
- ne laws of the State tran. pied under foo and
O. .-.r Of the civil auth. .ies for hours set at
lance.
TAs scene Of the mob was the mechanics
B,scs.s large fozr.s.ory brick building, wned by
n p.sra Slade, Jr., ESQ, and located ngas IN the
fthe City-the three upper stories OF which
%, eecapied by the HON eopa.hic College lac
fse:s are simply these Several months since, "a MI
..oSnssn of Brooklyn, "a few miles from the CITY,
Lest daug hter whose body, it was shortly amer Az
eertsineo had been stolen from the grave Jonnson
theIeupon, came to The City, saw the Professors o.
hath Colleges, who denied all knowledge OF the
crime made examinations, and went way "iInou'
any proof that ihsy were go Q, ,ne
,xh,s ART of human body was found In me cess
o.. osthe College nearly decomposeo me fIo-
essoss upon being notified OF the fact denied all par
s;rtnsfion 10 the act or knoHledge OF the person
feund, and had the remains removed ana buried,
sunoosipg them TO be all thai were there. Suisse
sssntlJ, however, Johnson had them ds,ntelrea ana
-.-,... 81, though from their condition, reason
able cserIe OF certainty was utterly impossible
Last Hl6ay the l6tbl was discovered that
- ans were in the cess pool and about noon
AUsgan 20 gather around the ouL Ding moss
q. mem Drawn together by curiosity. One or two
policemen were stationed at the doors to prevent
sav sntvance.
~s,,us 2 p NJ, Johnson, with an AK In his hand.
aaa accompanied by crowd OF twenty or thirty OF
the yeYies. looking scoundrels tnat nave tnus lar
cheated the Pententisry out OF its due, came upon
~ vround and demanded an entrance. This was
refused the guard at the doors now beng reinforced
He soon beat down the door with his axe, ana ell
feeted an entrance 70 the second story.
At the staircase leading TO the third an1 foursh
stories, and where all the apparatus, &c, OF the
Coleee was deposited, the mob was mel by some OF
The Professors and Students, who held them az pay
Tine MAYOR and Police fnalIy persuaded Johnson
10 20 TO the Office Of the Dean of the College and
arrange for full search and investigation the hexs
day The mob were then persuaded 10 leaVe the
building and the Professors and Students were re-
questea by the civil authorities to retire aiso the
assurance being given that they would protect the
building and It's contents.
It1P NJ the building was clear, though the
crowd still hung around During the afternoon out
little damage was done, except breaking tniee or
four windows and the door, but the mob eviden'ly
JOHNSON wen, to the Deans Office and made the
aYIaDgemen mt proposed but instead OF conforming 10
t, returned to the College with the mob about OF
p M and insisted that they should search the
building then. The police force on duty being Ut.
terly inadequate to the defense, finally agreed thss
johnson and some OF his friends should go through
the building and make an examination, the crowd 10
remain without
They proceeded to the dissec,ng room, where the
remains of several bodies were found. They also
Ore Of Johnson's friends seized hand, and swore
that that was the hand of his daughter and OF this
he was perfectly positive ron some MARKS upon ~
Il 10 De the hand of a Another hand was found
but marks wore to be seen identifying II as the
hand OF the girl foot was also discovered, which
Johnson's friend and ringeader Of the mob de-
olared was the girls foot. The Committee then de-
scended the stairs and Johnson agreed to say to the
mob that they should 60 away, and that more full
investsation would be had next day.
Instead Of saying this, however. he took the hand
and, swinging 1t around, said, "Thfs Is my daugn-
tcr's bano." The mob then became perfectly furi-
Gus, and feTcng an entrance, commenced the work
of destruction. The windows (neaTly sxty) were
broken out the beds and furniture OF students de-
stYoyed the chemical apparatus, collection OF min
erals, museum, valuable anatomical models, &c,
broken up and thrown out OF the windows and car
ned away.
For an hour or more the mob had entire posses
sion Of the building, and did not retire until they
had finished their work. Before leaving they set
IRE to the building, but ii was soon extinsuished,
The mob inside the building at no time exceeded
one hundred and fifty or two hundred, and there
were citizens enough standing around 10 have
crushed them at a single effort.
Thirty bay0nets could at any time have queled
the RIOT and twenty in the building at O'Clock
could have guarded both entrances effectually The
building was damaged some $500, and the College
h u Mss os &S Gssoyss a aoo" s2o .:a
and some thirty arrests made. The accused have
bound over to ans wer the crime OF arson Sc
10 10 due to the Faculty to say, that they deny
positively that the body Of Johnson's daughter was
ever in the College, and boldly challenge full and
thorough investigation.
Ny own impression is, that the Janitor of the In
stitHtion found it easier TO deposit the remains OF
dissections In the cesspool than it was TO bury
them as the Professors had ordered and that with.
out their knowledge, he had for months past been
thus disposlns OF them.
We mourn this evidence of mob spirit in our city,
but will be the last time apprehcnd that such
occurrence will pass without fatal results to the
meters. BUCKEYE.