Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-03-30

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the whack. A mighty shout went up.
A second stroke from the battering ram
made the gate weaken ~perceptibly. The
third loosened its bolts and few open.
Sheriff Hawkins had instructed his men
not to fire, as he did not wish to shed
blood. He attempted to address the mob,
but they flew by him up the winding
stairway to the cellroom. They sought
Berner, but soon discovered he was moved.
Then they went to Johnson's cell, one of
the murderers of the Taylor family at
Avondale. The Mortified prisoner suffered
more than death as he looked ON the de-
termined men outside. A powerful plank
was brought I'D to batter down the door
of the cell, but the small space prevented
its use with effect. Besides, the Deputy
Sheriffs caught hold of the plank and pre-
vented its being used, In the meantime,
Chief of Police Reilly, hearing that the
men we're in the Jail, entered through the
Courthouse and through o tunnel, and
from it to the interior of the Jail. With
this combined force the men we're put off
the corridors about the cells, and the mob
seemed to be repulsed. Not a shot was
fred up to this time by the forces within
the Jail. The stairway was again in pos
session Of the Sheriff's forces, and a strug-
gle began for the iron gate. The colored
ring-leader was seized by Lieut.. Dunn,
struck on the head and dragged inside.
Then the gate was closed. Several others
we're arrested. About the same time the
battering ram was broken in two, and
served as a brace for the gate. The mob
seemed repulsed, and the story went out,
spreading through the outside crowd, only
to infiame them to more serious efforts.
Their efforts were redoubled at all the en-
frances, and the southern gate to the jail
yard was broken down. Meantime the
Sheriff seat an order to Col. Hunt, COM
handing the first regiment of militia, to
report to him in the Jail with all the men
possible. Only about 40 men were on duty,
and these went to the jail, passing through
the Courthouse and tunnel already men,
toned.
Here occurred the first bloodshed. The
farther end of the tunnel was guarded by
Officers Num- and Won Sieggen. As the
soldiers approached by three's, with guns
pointed, Officer Won Sieggen threw up his
hands and shouted: "For Gods sake,
don't shoot here, you will kill your
friends" Without taking warning the
command to fire was given, and o volley
went rafting through the tunnel. Officer
Num- fell, pierced by four balls; Won
Sieggen was shot in the side of the head.
Several of the militia were shot by their
own guns. This volley had the effect to
clear the jail, but for two hours thereafter
efforts were made on the outside to de-
stroy the whole building. A barrel of
coal oil was poured into the lower part Of
the Jail and set on fire, but the officers
within managed to e~xtinguish it. The
carpenters Office furnished some wood.
and that also was fired, but as the jail is
mainly stone and iron this effort was fu-
tile. The crowd threw powders and fired
pistols promiscuously at the windows, and
the militia in the meantime fired from the
windows at the crowd. The Sheriff tried
to control the firing by ordering that
not more than one man should fire at a
time, and then only to brighten, but not to
kill. The men we're uncomfortable and
fred at the crowd, doing deathly work.
Later the crowd broke into the Veteran
Armory and Kittredge's gun store and got
arms, but by the time this was done the
crowd had 80 thinned out that no further
serious attempt was made, and at half-past
8 this morning quiet was restored.
Berner's crime was in assisting Joe
Palmer, colored, in a cold-blooded murder
of his employer, William FL. Kirk, on
Christmas Eve, for the purpose OF rob-
berry. Both he and Palmer confessed the
murder, but the jury found him guilty Of
about 20 other untried murderers are in
Jail, is what infames the public mind.
The feeling has by no means been allayed
by last nights tragedy, and is growing,
not only against the murderers, but
ara;nox tho ,nilitio unop whom tho wholo
responsibility Of the loss is placed. Sheriff
Hawkins had repulsed the mob without
bloodshed, and was holding them at bay
when the militia entered, and the firing
by the soldiers was in direct opposition to
the protest Of Officer Won Sic ggen. The
people do not rest easy under the fact that
Officer Num- lost his life in trying to pro-
tect the lives of the worthless murderers.
The riot alarm has been calling the
military together for half an hour. The
Fourteenth Regiment is resting on its
arms, awaiting a special train to Cincin-
natl. Four regiments, with headquarters
at Dayton, have also been ordered by the
Governor to fall in for orders.
The train men and passengers who ar
rived here after midnight give the follow
ing account Of the mob at Loveland and
Morrow, and of their efforts to get Ber-
ner to Columbus: Two deputies with Ber-
ner drove from Cincinnati over to Lam
wood and there took the accommodation
train to Loveland. This part of the jour-
ney was made without any accident. Joe
Moses was then to go to Little Miami
depot and quietly board the train for
Columbus and join the two deputies and
Berner at Loveland. Berner was placed
on a car next to the sleeper. Before the
train had come to a full stop two deputies
sat near him but did not have him fastened
to them. Joe Moses sat in advance. As
the train came to a stop a bowling mob of
nearly 800 men made a dash for the cars,
yelling: t'There he is, catch himl Some men
were masked. while q part Of them were
not. They climbed into all the cars, but
most Of them broke for the one in which
Moses was seated. One of the deputies
who had been detailed with Berner sprang
from his seat and started for the front car.
The crowd thought it was Berner trying
to escape, and bouncing upon him, they
bore him to the ground. He was choked,
beaten and almost killed before the mis-
take was discovered. Berner had sprung
from his seat, but in attempting to jump
from the platform, he fell headlong to the
ground. 1t was doubtless this accident
that prevented the crowd from recogniz-
ing him. The train boy, who was stand