The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-03
TERRIBLE RIOT.
len Thousand People Make q RAID
on q Cincinnati Prison.

| CINCINNATI, March 2S.-Ten 5nou-
sand people gathered at the mus nan
| in res ponse to call by reputable cltl-
Zens to take action on the Berner YER
dict. Many could not get in. Strong
resolutions were adopted condemnlng
| the verdict, and committee on leglS-
Iation was appointed. Upon adjourn
ment vast crowd moved directly to
the Jail where they began an attack
on the front door. AT $40 a riot
took place, and an alarm was sounded,
summoning the entire police force TO
the Jail. Vast crowds OF people con-
tinued gathering in that vicinity, put
no further violence is eXpecte1. Der
ner was removed after mis- sentence
this afternoon, and is now on his way
to Columbus, but if the mob gets IN
other murderers will be lynched.
The police upon arriving IN the
vicinity of the jail commanded the
crowd to move. Not being opeyed
they fired, but as no one was hurt II
was presumed the police Tired III the
air, they being deeply IN sympathy
with the movement to condemn the
outrageous Berner verdict. A shot or
two was fired from the jail, but the
crowd refused to move. Ihey nave
a good leader and are still (ll:5O P. m.)
at work.
LATEST PARTICULARS.
CINCINNATI, March 29.-l2:3O a. m.
The meeting at Music Hall was pre-
sided over by DR.. A. G. Kemper, who
made a conservative speech. taking
for his topic the prevalence OF crime
throughout the whole country, He
then spoke of the special prevalence
of crime and murder in this city, and
the necessity of more certainty In the
administration of punishment for
crime. His remarks were not
intended to awaken the mob
spirit, but when the meeting adjourn
ed the people, by common impulse,
moved down to 18th street, where
shouts began to be uttered ''to the
jail p' and the crowd then moved bod
lily in that direction. At IL p. m. the
report came from the Jail that the
crowd had got inside. They had pre-
viously broken into blacksmith's
shop, and had taken all the tools they
could find. Information in regard to
movement of tie crowd is difficult,
because the streets around the jail are
damned. A reporter of the associated
press says that at II o'clock froml the
stone wall of the Jail yard, he saw a
great crowd inside the Jail, but they
had not yet reached the cell room.
They were well supplied with tools,
and were at work at the doors. 1t
was possible they would have to
go through a stone wall, (which would
be easy. There is apparently no
resistance to the mob, and on the
other hand, no violence has been
offered to any person, except that A.
M. Meagley, one Of the policemen in
patrol wagon, was struck with
brick, and slightly hurt. This act is
condemned by the mob, and now the
patrol wagons are standing in front
of the jail, surrounded by the people.
The militia has been ordered out,
but large numbers of them have
failed to appear, and there is no
general disposition so far as seen to
Interfere with the mob. Noting is
vet heard from Sheriff Hawkins, who
is inside the court house and cannot
be reached. Mayor Stevens is confined
to his house sick, leaving the sheriff
wholly responsible for the preserVa-
ton of order, with the exception of
the chief of police.
ANOTHER DISPATCH.
CINCINNATI, o., March 28.-The
First Regiment Ohio National Guards
has just entered the Jail, having been
marched through the front entrance,
thence through tunnel into the Jail,
where the mob is. 1t now remains to
be seen whether the militia will do
ANYTHING to Illustrate the purpose Of
the mob. The police in the jail ar
rested some of the members OF the mob
but this soon became impracticable,
and the police refraincd from using
their pistols. 1t now appears that
Berner, after sentence, was disguised
and placed in a buggy with Deputy
Sheriff Dominick Devote, and driven
to Linwood, where he got on board an
accommodation train and went to
Lovelady to await the arrival of the
criminal deputy, ice Moses, with the
necessary papers for his commlttal to
the penitentiary. 1t having become
known that Berner was at Lovelady,
crowd gathered when the train
with Moses aboard came in, and when
Devote and Berner went to board it
the crowd made rush for Berner. He
ran through the car and escaped and
is still, at large.
LATER.
About thirty shots with muskets
were fired by the militia for the pur-
pose of soaring the mob. The result
was that glancing balls struck at least
four persons, intlicting injuries which
may be fatal.
These volleys seem to have checked
the movement of the mob, though
the crowds have not dispersed from
about the jail. There doe5 not seem
to be any doubt of the shots being fired
by the guns of the soldiers. Themob
made no effort to shoot, as far as
known.
CINCINNATI, 100 p. m.-The jail
has been fired by the mob, and the
crowd on the streets say they will cut
the hose to prevent the fire depart
ment from extinguishing it. The mob
seems to think a wholesale holocaust
the only means of accomplishing its
purpose.