Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-30

FIRED PISTOLS pRoMiscuoUsLY
at .be windows. The militia, mean
time. was firing from the windows u
the crowd. The sheriff tried to con
troll this firing by ordering tbat no
more than one man fire at one time
and then only to frighten ant
not TO kill but the mel
were uncomfortable, and fired at Tn
crowd doing deadly work. Later, th'
crowd broke into the armory ant
Kittredre's gun store and got arms
but by this time the crowd bhd 50
thinned ont that no further serious
,attempt was made, and at hall past
three this morning quiet was restored
Col, Hunt, commander OF the militia
gives this version Of firing on the mob
When we endeavored to pass through
the tunnel we found II occupied by
the mob, who, Just rs soon IA the two
leading files made their appearance,
began firing on US. and three OF the
four leading men fell badly wounded.
A deputy sheriff who was with us or
dered the men TO return the fire, which
they did. and cleaned the tunnel. IN
every instance the men fired under
orders. The most OF the gun-shot
wounds came She indiscrlminate
firing of the mob.
This account OF the frlug Is directly
contradicted 10y Officer Won Seggern,
whose story has been told already.
He begged the soldiers not to shoot
WHERE IS BERNER?
Nothing has yet been heard of Ber-
ner. The deputy shorills left Love
land This morning In "A carriage, going
toward Cincinnati, giving rise to The
suspicion that Berncr had come nome
to hide but that Is mere guessing.
The crowds in the vicinity Of the
court house and jail continue large |
though the soldiers and police prohibit
access 10 the front ana sides OF the |
Jail for a square In every direcri0n.
ApprehensiOn of trouble tonight |
grows stronger. 1T Is ruinored that
Campbell county, Ky, will send 500
men 10 rescue the rioters arrested last |
night and stil in Jail.
BEHNER CAPTURED.
Berner was caught ut Fosters cross.
ing about 2:30 -. m, and IL in charge
of officers who viii Take him to Colum-
bus.
THE ROT AT LOvELASD.
Columbus, March 2D.-The train.
men and passengers who arrived here
this afternoon give the following ac-
count of the mob at Loveland and
Morrow, and the effort to
get Berner, the murderer
to Columbus. The two deputies with
Berner drove from Cincinnati over to
Linwood, and there took the accom-
mediation for Loveland. This part OF
thejourney made without accident.
Joe Moses was then to go the Little
Miami depot, quietly board the train
for Columbus, and join the two del,u.
ties aud Berner at Lpveland. when
the Little Miami train pulled into
Ioveland, Berner was placed
on the car next TO the sleeper, aud the
two deputies sat near him, but did not
have him fastened to them. Joe Moses
sat In the next ear In advance. As the :
train came to n stop, bowling mob of
nearly 300 men made II dash for the !
cars, yelling,
"THERE HE rs. CATCu HfMp
Some of tile men We're masked. They
climbed into n ! the cars, but the most
of them broke for the one In
which Moses was seated. One of
the deputies, who had been
detailed to watch Berner, eprang from
his seat and started for the front end OF
the car. The crowd thought Il was
Berner trying 10 escape. and pouncing
ON him threw him TO the ground, beat
him, aud almost killed him before the
mistake was discovered. Berner had
sprung from his seat, but In the Mt
tempt to jump from the platform, he
fell headlong to the ground.
1t was doubtless this acct
dent that prevented the crowd
from recognizing him. The train hoy,
who was standing ON the platform at
the time, SAYS that Berner walked
around the car and entered again from
the rear Meantime, the wild mob
had discovered their mistake, and were
even more inluriatcd than before.
Bernef walked about two-thlrds of the
way through The car, when ono Of the
deputies who had seen him jump from
the train cried,
THERE HE Co.'s NOW; CATCH HIM.
Berner Immediately started ON
run and jumped from the train, which
by this time had started TO pull out
from the station. One of the deputies !
ran after him, while the one who had
been mistaken for Berner was still
held by the crowd. Joe Moses and
third deputy remained on the train.
The iralnmen do not think Berner was
captured, but that in eluding the mob ,
he escaped To The fields. When The
lirst section of the train, the
one that had been attacked at
Loveland, pulled into Morrow,
ANOTHER MOB WAS WAITING
TO capture the prisoner. The mob was
composed Of $50 or 200 men. only part
of whom were masked. Before the
train stopped, they climbed on the
engine aud the ears aud on the stems.
eager to get possession Of the murderer
Some OF the men attempted to force
the engineer To stop the train ,
before II got into town I
In order that they conid
swing Berner from bridge near bv. ,
They hunted through the passenger |
baggage and sleeping cara, completing
their search just as the train pulled
away from town, Morrow is fourteen
miles northeast of Loveland. Moses ,
and his deputy got oil here, and Were ,
so excited that they could hardly
speak. The second tection of The
Little Miami. which starts from
Cincinnati about fifteen minutes
after the first, with, ssed almost the
same scene that had been enacted be.
fore at LoyeIand. The
WILD Mon WAS STILL YELLING
and searching for Berner. Many men
rushed upon the train, thinking per.
haps nm attempt would be made to ,,
him through. AS the train
pulled out, cries were heard saving
that search would he continued until
daylight, when the fugitive
"A la, Lao.