The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-04-01

presses everyone. Everywhere sol
emnity prevails. The appaiiing
loss of property and the frightful
destruction of life brings the people
to the realization of the awful cal
amity. If anything could intensity
the honest indignation directed
against the fist cause OF this out
break the revelation this morning
does It.. There was notable aD-
sencs of mere Curiosity seekers
focking to the scene to~day. Inc
place seems to be regarded with
dread, and at noon even, when the
weather was delightfully."- pleasant,
there was not 80 much travel on the
streets in that vicinity as is usual
on ordinary Sundays.
Passing TO the north side Of Court
and Walnut sickeni1g spec acle
was presented. Here apparently the
wounded had taken shelter in pro-
tecting building, OF perhaps the fa-
tally wounded had crawled to die.
Pool after pool of bIOod dyed the
ground. Along the street blood was
visible half the way. Three-quar-
ters the distance the floor was
smeared with blood where some un-
fortunate had crawled to die from
his wounds. The burning of the
court house was wholly simless and
malicious, except one might find an
excuse in the feeling that the crowd
was angered at that place which
failed to DO justice. It did not aid
at all in getting at the prisoners, nor
In doing harm to the military, it
was purely wsnton. Nor was there
any excuse for the failure to protect
this rooerty. The crowd was per-
mitted to 90 through the windows,
break them in, and when Oppor-
tunity offered some develish COM
munist who gloried in the destruc-
ton suggested to"cast some light on
the subject"
rhis wasl the trivial manner in
which he talked "rhis will be the
Psris Of America, cure enough"
aid another. With this leadership
and with these motives the chairs,
carpets and desks were broken and
piled In heaps in the treasurer's
Office and matches applied. As this
was done Smiley, a drunken hood
lun in the crowd, PEELED Burn the
id militia out" Just here &C.
Cured one of the most melancholy
events of the night, the killing Of
Captain J desmond. He had been
apprised OF the purpose to burn the
courthouse at night, and was sent
with squad of militia to try and
put out the fire. The mob fred
on him, and ball crashed through
bis head. At the same time Private
MCGUIRE was shot through the
breast and fatally hurt. Desmond
was young lawyer of much pro-
mise, fine soldier, the head of his
regiment and whose loss is deeply
1eplored. There was no use now of |
;rying to stop the ineendiaries.
They went from Office to Office start
ng fires and in few minutes with |
he windows all broken out the in
'ide of the Court house |
,lowed like a furnace. The FIRE
engines were powerless, first |
because the fremen refused
% go out without an escort of
roops and second because the crowd
Il troops could easily have cut the
lose and prevented the use of the
naines, so the Ere had its own way.
)@ce- after office was reached by the
ames. AS the floors crashed
nd fell the crowd cheered.
he lad management of
heriff Hawkins has been
gain and again commented on to
ay with reference to the loss of
his building An immense versnda,
7ith stone columns reaching fir IN
be top OF the first sorry To the roof
nd co nmanding Main and Court
treets, formed place where twenty
len in safety could have cleared the
'hole space with two volIeys, and {
ould have made certain death for ,
len coming within range. More. !
YER, after the wreck OF the treasur.
RS Office was made, it would have Z
cen the work Of minute to have ,
mt three times twenty men to man :
le wind ,Ns Of the Court house and
riven the mob away. 3
This morning tie mayor Issued q T
'rmsl call for meeting of citizens t
} devise means for protecting the C
ty from the rsvsges 4 the
I3b A list OF 101 names was se. q
elected. The majority o. them 4
ere notified at once, the greater r
Imber Of whom responded to the .
Ill immediately. AT the mayors a
ice it was agreed to issue the fol. a
wing call, and distribi.- it y
the city: e
MAYORS OFFICE, Cincinnati,
March 30th. 2
car Sir: !
You are requested to meet :
her citizens, whe have been ap
tinted an advisory committee, at .
e city building. this Sunday 2
ening, at O'Clock. =
(5igned) THos. J. STEPHENS,
Mayor.
after the following procla- \
alton was also issued: +
CINCINNATI, March 39th. p
Misguided men. alleging indigna- q
On that the criminal laws are not