Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-03-30
r,raced ut the outrageous
Verdict Of "a jury
Of Fools,
.-r.cxs the CINCINNATI JAIL
FEARFUL Conflict Take. Place
ssweer the Rioters and the
State Troop.
....., uurrying TO the Center Of
0:sturbance-More Trouble
Anticipated.
rnF LAIL FIRYD.

THR JAIL FIRED.
c.,,sS.rr. March 29-12:45 A. H.
;sii has be fred by the mob ant
luo roud on the street says II will Gu
tse Zoe IN prevent the fire d. artmen
!ae s,,inouishIng it, The mob scent
II.h;,k a wholesale holocaust the opll
~.sns Of accomplishing its purpose.
A FALSE ALARM.
,o.a0 m.-The fire engines r. pom
90 .he alarm. but after much diff
IT,, in Getting near IL Was found thai
eaSasIs rm wss false. /; was Oceasionec
s ron fire, built near the jail. A.
ne binding is mainly OF STOKE and iron
wvo1d be difficult to fire &c from the
ootsile.
rnov appear. that there waa An act
-, n,,f,i, between the mob aud the
";i;,.ry. although it ia still most likely
.sat rhe wounds of the police and mill
.a~y v,re inflicted by the fire of the
latter.
TIE FEST MAN KILLED.
When the inner door, between the re
.so,,en room and the cell rooin, WI.
t,oksn down, the militia fired AZ the
nov and Lewis Kent. a i,b"rer and q
,nsmbsr of the moo, was shot and
lid This seemed to brcgk the spirit
- the mob. although ttey did not retire
S.s,iiv. A number of brIokbats were
,broun bv them AT the soldiers and po-
Ice hut generally there Was not much
ni,,erness Of feeling displayed On either
s,ds. Toe greatly superior strength Of
The defenders Of the jail over the an
armed and impromptu mob waH 80 man
feat that when tho former opened fire
,bst il would have been utter folly Ia
make any further effoct. Some - or 81
men sere arrested in the jail.
THE JAILEa's RESIDENCE SACKED.
The jailer's residence in the jail winch
vas enter ID by a PORTION Of the mob,
vas rul,ly handled. the windows brok
sp and the furniture smashed. From
this a number III ide their way to the
Kitchen, and thence to the lower CORR.
dor.
sULLENLY LINGERING.
After the relinquls hment IF the main
effort to get ut the prisoners, the moi
fingered outside, throwing stones and
, brickbats at the windows.
THE MOB ARMS.
l:45a. m-NeUs has Just come from
the ialI that the mob Is not defeated yet
They have broken into the ariDory ol
the Veteran Regiment and taken guns
More firing is being d ,ne At the Jail
BERNER's CRIME.
The history of the crime for which
Berper WAS today sentenced to Impris
Onment for 20 years, IL IA follows: Wn
H. Kirk WAS murdered III his stable last
February by Berner, whJ stood behind
the door. AMI when his victim entered
smashed his head with "A la LINER, aad
robbed him of 300. He then put Ia.
body into toe wagon OF the murdered
man. and hauled It off and dumped II
into Mill creek, where it W 10 found two
days later.
rIRING on BYsTANDERs.
2:l5 A. m.-Newton Cobb. Of Man
chester, o., was shot in the shoulder by
a soldier, through the jail window
| Cobb was a bystander on the sidewalk
| Ths crowd claim that the soldiers are
fring unnecessarily on outsiders. WI,
are merely iookers-on. On the other
hand, the soldiers Dire I'd an effort t.
barn the place or blow it up by rolling
coal OH barrels into the basement. anC
Justify themselves in clearing the side.
sslks on that account. 1t Is .ald that
a numher of women spectacle have
teen hurt with random shots.
sACKIN8 THE GUN STORES.
The firing of guns il still 'eard II,
intervals. The mob IL now looking fol
ammunition. with prospect of sue
cess. The First Regiment armory has
been guarded for three nights in an
\ hcipation of this affair, but the Vote
ran Regiment, OF which Sheriff Haw-
kins is Colonel, did not take the sa-le
Precautions. For the purpose of get
ting more arms and ammunition. the
mob Is now ut the extensive gun store
Of Is. kittridge Il Co, the largest in the
4 city. In a few minut, s "A greatly supe
nor force TO the militia will be about
NE jail, and serious Results must fol
low. Some are talking about getting
the cannon at Music Hall.
SOME OF THE INJURED.
go a. m.-The firing by the soldier.
iiom the windows has been terribly de,
s'uctive. The following wounded have
osen gathered into the drug store al
uourt and Walnut streets aud tho hote
near by: James Green. dying; Walter
Fay, diving: James Turk. mortal,
Wounded: +. Socheuer. badly W iunded
nthe thigh. and Ed Dullif. shot III the
~ ldese were all bystanders, and
.aefe Is q growing bitter feeling against
ns soldiers. The mob have taken al
'as arms they want from kitlerld2e's
"'e' lncluding small cannon.
LOUD REPORTS.
4 "a, m.-Loud renorts from the vicin
Wot the jail indicate either that tn,
I'o Is drin2 a cannon or that barrels
acoal oil are being exploded. Ines,
~ e rolled Into the lower par. OF thu
JAIL some time ago.
THE MOB ORGANIZED.
Inc mob has organized. and marched
nam street With fife and drum
.ae hrlne still continues with the pros
'e'' OF bloody battle.
THE NIGHTS WORK OVEN.
$40 a. m.-The firing of cannon wal
ue mob, about 80 of the leaders o
.ca said they were thirsting for RI
.oRe. II does rot appear that the.
e Produced any effect. The poiic'
e iuil control of the jail. and thu
s'Tt portion Of tie mob has dispers
~ His thought now that the work TO
lisht is over. Joseph Stem. a mem
3 OF the patrnl wa.ou uho w.S shat
sdead. S'" ""'
w FURTHER ATTACK ANTICIPATED.
aae,e Is still quite Urge GROVE
sunu the jail. but they are collecte,
.'n ,e by curiosity. The military AT,
,r,.' oh guard. and no further attack l
Ssicipated.
iftoNAL kILLtD AND WOUNDED.
.ae following additional were kille,
Wounded last night: Private Ed
sa'asat, slight; Private Herman Rose
psaI Private Henry Rolling. serious
nsa'e Charles Gibbons slightly: TO
'nan Pull. Dunn. seriously: Arthu
s,Dasiier arm shattered: by. YaigeI
sra aonn Griffith, fatal; Martin Rat
IN, ,atal; &. l.. Btrtiin. serious; Law
aoIsa" 'eot; Donnelson, slight: Mix
RIA slight: Aioipn Besser, slight
aight; j. A. Leonard. slight; j.
siet,'m slight; VIM. McMinnel
sno1,A ay Smith, fatal: Geo. Miller
son~s man from Virginia, seriousl
ueo' refused to give his name.
HOW IT BEGAN.
jon,nus meeting at the Music Hall ad