Daily Republican., 1884-03-31
| The list OF killed has increased to twenty-five.
while nearly siAty are known 10 nave been

The list OF killed has increased to twenty-five
At II. Is r. IN. this IN rninE, the aist. tn
mob took possession OF the roofs q houses u
aye Airing down upon the militia IN line y
front of the court house. The crowd has al
most entirely fallen back from Court street
A despatch Ut l.30 this m,rning states thu
sltuati0a 10 most encOur .ging. The brief "
tack on Music Hen 10 get the cam WAS tht
only thing O. aoy masnitnde IN the share o.
fired into Court street and down Main street
at so'clock were nercifnl after al. ~ they
seem to have prevented any larFe crowd
About this time, Colonel 8. II. Church sent
the following de.patch to James McCrea,
manager Of OF the Pan II sndle kai,r ad Com
Eany: There Is amuch 9un ter spirit pr,
! rather think demonstrations for r, storing
The power VI law have broken the backbone OF
the mob. Erswds are email In number. and
while they are bitter In their opposition they
are AFRAID to provoke conflict. There liz much
wild rumor Is TO their Intentions, but \ sober
study o. the situation impresses ore that the
There were at that time IRON z 800 to a,COO
soldiers In The city.
THE CITY QUIET.
CINCINNATI March 81. Ia. m.-The police
report everybody gone home ana the city
ii is almost impossible to tell the exact num-
steadily growing, both the mOryues ard the
hospitals b, Inv well filled. The greater num-
Der of those shot are wounded In the legs,
showing that the troops did not fire to XIII.
THE CAUSE OF THB RIOT.
The cause Of the outbreak was the verdict in
the case Of Willinm Berner. He and Joe Pal.
mcr we're Indicted for the murd of their en-
ployer. WIN AIN 4. Kirk, for the purpose OF
robbery. Both ofthem confessed their guilt,
but In spite Oi this, and Of the cearest evidence
produced ut the trial the jury found Berner
guilty Of manslaughter only. This, with the
fact that about twenty other nntried murder.
mind. On rrlday nigLta IN, citing was held IN
Music Hall 70 EXP es, nd,ixnsthon over the
tbs 'es. ten ~ he
Kemper presided, assisted ny over sixty vice
presidents, Including many OF the most promi-
nent citizens. The COMM tee on resolutions
reported q preamble and resolutions, which
were adopted. They rectted briefly the case
declared The Jurors who sat IN the trial unfit to
livein scivilized commu i,y; were opposed
call. d upon all citiz' ms to aid In OBJ ain & Sc
curity Tor life and prop rty; demanded such
change in the laws Of The State az will secure
q more fpeedy and effective administration OF
the criminal law, and r. qutsted the pre- inent
Of the met ting to appoint committee OF nifty
IN nsider and report ut the future In IS meet
Ing " that changes IN the statutes were n cess
sary to promote the de irede d.and esp' ciully
with reference TO the Jury system.
. Captain kemper in his speech cited the
Dukes-Nutt case, In VIII Oh the jury let Dukes
10 free; the case OF C,lt'.ndon In Kentucky
who was sent up for three years for hoOting
= negro, andbe eral ether cases, showing the
light punishni. mt visited Tor murder. When
the meeting adjourned, and the d COO or 700
persons were pouring out OF the hall, the c'y.
ITO the jail!'' WAS raised. and the crow, not
knos ing that BerDer had been taken away,
surgcd thithrr In one solid mass, filling the
whole width Of the street. As 1t moved on
9th, rs Joined the throng, and when It reached
y, crmore street In front OF the jail 1t must
nave numbered 1900 men. Then the riot
began.
CINCINNATI. March 81, 8 As a. m. Compare
tive quiet Is restt rtd. Tie mob has dis
persrd. The dead are st II lying In the streets
In the vicinity of the conflict, and IL Is safe TO
I stimate the number of killed from 10 to rs.
only small portion Of them nAve been identi-
hed or their names preserved.