The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-04-04

were placed next to the peo-
pie. Eplthets were shouted and threats were
made At p. NJ Fred Smarge. a bartender
at the Queen City hotel, who had been among
the crowd annoying the militia at the BRIDE
over the canal on Main street. began to nj.
vance beyond the limits A soldier warned
him TO stop. He refused and the soldier fired
The man fell dead.
At G;3O ,. NJ all was quiet. but at :: 80 p. NJ.
the mob again gathered in the streets before
the jail, and bloodshcd became imminent At
500 the firing again began, the troous i'm
charge Of the Calling gun being fired upon
by crowd of men in an allov aholIt
half block from the balricade The
fire was at once returned by tbo "a
lumbus regiment, which used the Gatlinp
gun with terrible effect, followed bv a volIeV
of musketIy. This served to iucite the mob
still further and "a continuous deadly fusilade
was kept up. The mob then quoted down
slightly and an alarm of fire was sent ont
soon atterward, adding to the general excite
mcnt. Troops were arriving hourly and fine
streets echoed TO the beat OF the drum and the
heavy tread of the troops as they marched to
the Jail.
Briggs Swift, one of the most prominent
citizens and business men in Cincinnati was
fatally shot by the militia while standing in
front of the Walnut Street house. and was
conveyed to his home BY this time the hotels
in the lower section of the city were all closed
ana their dark eXteriols increased the general
gloom. The troops Were severely censured
on all sides for their reckless and indis
crimnato firing, and this feeling it was
feared would lead to further bloodshod
The desire for vengeance on the part of
the mob ON the militia had now be-
came paramount to the desire for the lynching
of the murdcrcrS, and the militia seemed ia liz
trying TO revenge themselves for the slaughter
OF their comrades; for among those killed at
the courthouse fire were Captain Desmond.
prominent militiaman and lawyer, and other
soldiers.
The mob at about 19:2O \. NJ regained conr.
age. and about fifty men began firing on the
troops from Court and Walnut streets. Their
fire was telling, and did more damage to the
troops than any previous attack. \ news
paper reporter in Il window over
LOOKING the scene saw two men
Killed by the troops and carried
20 drug stores The remnant of the mob seem
determined and persistent, though few in
numbers Many shots were fired on the
troops from the housetops. At p. NJ the mob
had dwindled down to about fifty. and
as the. city had filled up with
troops it was believed the worst was
over During the Sunday attacks about forty
persons were killed and sixty wounded The
three nights of carnage were the most terrible
in the history of Cincinnati To give an idea
of the state of affairs there we give the fol-
lowing editorial extract from a leading Gin
cinnati paper, the Commercial Guzette:
Its mistake to talk about the mob at
the Jail the night before last as toughs and
roughs. The men active and earnest in the
movement were not, as rule, of the Wei
Gus classes They were largely working
men, good example of the plain people
There was but one reply made to the
protests of citizens that the mob was mis-
take, and that was to this effect There is
no justice here. If man has money he can
commit murder and get away. 1t must
be stopped OF course it mas. lie stop
ped. The reign of the criminal ring
was over before there was a drop of
bloodshcd. Public opinion had only to
thoroughly declare itself in these cases and
the thing is done. 1t is miserable that honest
men should go killing each other on account
of the murdereis in the Jail, while scomdrels
whose crimes have done the mischief are pan
dering to the passions that are rife"