The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-04-10
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Graphic Details o. the Destxuotiou
Wrought in oinoinnati ~ the
Infatuated Hob.
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Revised 1ast.
Tho riot in Cincinnati, Of which threatening,
were heard on Friday, broke out in earnest OF
Saturday and . largo number Of lives were sac
riAoed and On immense amount Of property
and Ill on account of verdict Of manslauRhtel
against man named Benner for tho murder
Of William Kirk, who had confessed the crime
On Friday nignt an attack was made ON thu
jail The military were called out and fred on
the mob from tho windows. Among TIL
wounded we're James Green, dying, walter Fay
dyinsi James Turk, MORALLY wounded; +.
Zohnet, wounded In thigh; Ed EULER, shot in
!eg; Jackson Todd; badly; Dr. Charles Mis-:
croft polica-surge6n; slight Wound. finallS
the mob finding that Berner had been
spirited away, dispersed Benner wa
taken to the State Penitentiary at Columbus.
His escape greatly incensed the people, and the
in ruins, and all that is left Of it is the great
heavy walls and vaults, which are hoped to be
tire proof, but which are not opened All re-
cords Of every kind are destroyed, not one, 30
far as is known, being left What that entails
is easier imagined than described One Of the
Taxes cannot be collected nor titles proved
The military came only after the court
house was in flames, and Cincinnati has paid
dearly, indeed, for their folly. Shortly after
dusk few scattering militia men, upon whom
81 seemed e a.! anxious to wreak revenge for the
throng, intent upon joining their comrades in
the court house. "Kill them. kill. kill" was
heard upon every side, while stones and mis-
siles Of every kind flew over and about them,
crashing through the windows, battering down
doors and causing other destruction. BY Z
sailants, thus encouraged, pressed on the long
men owed their lives. The fusilade Of stones
continued, the windows Of the treasdrer's Office
were demolished and the rioting began in ear
nest
The 1p flames \. gaining headx.y, created draft
through the building, and that increased their
fury 80 that in short time the lower story Of
the building looked like huge furnace. About
1o:3O o'clock the flames appeared through the
hoor OF the auditors Office, and in short
time the whole Office was ablaze The flames
we're, of course fed by splendid fuel, the hun
rapidly.
The crowd surged back and forth on Court
street west of Main, as vOlley was fired by
the militia The court house square was
packed with people, as was also the street up
as far as Main. On Main street there were
very few people after the first yolley, where
building was fired the release Of the men arrest
ed ON Friday and imprisoned as leaders was de-
manded and refused The crowd would there
tore allow no one to approach the fire for the
purpose Of extinguishing it. An alarm was
sentin, but when the engines arrived the fire.
they acted on the advice.
Capt Devine and ]. J. Desmond, captain of
Company G. FIRST regiment, attempted to drag
line OF hose in the treasurer's Office, and they
persisted in their efforts to reach the fire, after
being warned. There was an explosion and
Ss sn and Gap: SdDS mon deaa with
nal for . regular fusilade There was no
further attempt to put out the flames until the
arrival Of the Fourteenth regiment which
formed in squad facing the front, when one
OF the files opened fire, killing by stander
On the sidewalk and getting series of pistol
Of Calling gun, then turned at the crowd,
and two or three persons were wounded, the
regiment cleared the street in front Of the
court house.
All this while and all night there was fighting
going on between the soldiers at the barbados
before both the jail and court house and the
at no &l~,a
pistols; some having guns They would fro
Pn the soldiers who would reply, and now and
then in volley they would drop half dozen.
The mob would howl and yell and charge for
ward only to be repulsed Nobody ever Sc
able their number to be estimated, but count
ing spectators as all rioters, there must have
AT LEAST TWENTY THOUSAND.
and not unlikely twice as many. They EXTEND
cd for squares in various directions.
THE BIooD1Esr STREET IN THE CITY
last Saturday night was South Court street.
Here the militia charged on the crowd two OF
three different times The firstwas made about
l0:3o o'clock, when five men were shot, three
ared from the north, and one man killed and =
little boy MORALLY wounded. The third volley
came from the east, and resulted in the killing
Of three men.
The remarks Of the crowd were significant
ind Tom Campbell counsel for Benner and
swore by awful round oaths that If they could
catch Tom Campbell and the jury they would
hang them sky high, and then huri them to hell.
Again and again was the attempt made to reach
the Jail yard gate from North Court street;
wounded and dead were left each time Per-
sons shot all hours of the night The most
1rit shown by any one way from the court house
Was by those on guard at Powells gun store,
1t was attacked by party who wanted to get
ammunition, they tried to put coal oil over the
front and set it on fire, but it was put out.
Meantime those inside were showing fight, and
from the second story fought them of, killing
ct least one, and it is thought three, in win
dow. On the other side Of the street there are
ches
About 8 o'clock Sunday night regiment from
Columbus guarding the Court street approach
was fired into by one Of the mob from an alley
troops answered the challenge by few shots,
which were followed by q volley and several
shots from the Calling stationed there. The
number Of injured at this hour cannot be as
certained The firing was now continued at in
tervals in all directions 1t was the purpose
the militia to clear the streets. One volley
fred down Main reetwoundcd, among others.
Nj: Briggs Swift, prominent pork packer,
standing at the CO ner of Seventh and Main.
three squares from the court house, In CONVEX
patton with Henry Hanna, o Third street bro
ker. He was struck and most seriously wound
I'd, and was conveyed to his home in carriage.
At 9:25 word was received at general head
quarters that large mob had broken into
Music hall by breaking down the door, and WAS
trying to man q cannon on exhibition in Power
hail. Companies d and E, Sixth regiment,
were sent to drive them away and succeeded
without bloodshed, capturing the cannon and
oE% 10 1,on
much feeling against the jury that tried Ber-
ner, and in some quarters against his attorneys.
Our juror living in the city has left home. The
attorneys have been quiet, and it is possible
they might be roughly handled if good occasion
offered. At the opening fire, about = p. M,
four or five persons were killed and as many
wounded, including, as reported, two women
on Court street
Several regiments Of state troops were sent
to Cincinnati and these with the knowledge
that several companies Of regulars were near,
quoted the mob. On Monday at 2 o'clock q.
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