The Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (New Albuquerque, N.M.) 1882-1884, 1884-04-01
THE CINCINNATI RIOTS.
THE TERRIBLE BLOODSHED.
Long List of Killed and wounded
Details OrTwO Days of Com
mune RRIe-WhO In
Responsible?

CINCINNATI, March 3o.-At daylight
this morning the associated press re-
porter walked through the quarter of the
city. where the stormy scenes of the
previous night were enacted, The dawn
ing was as brilliant as was ever seen.
Over the ruins of the treasurer's office IN
the northern part of the building ruddy
glow of fire was still visible. When the
sun went down last night the occupants
of the treasures Office, were sitting at the
open plate glass windows reading the
accounts of the previous nights attempts
on the Jail. There was no thought that
in six hours the accumulated wealth and
contents of the great building would be in
ruins. But this building, great as it was,
the loss was merely property; the other
losses in the locality were of life, but
only pools of blood here and there,
trampled dust, or brick sidewalks were
seen. One hour before. on the street lay
five dead bodies, drunken men, who, IN
spite of policeman's warning, had gone
bevond the limit and had fallen. No one
dared to take them away, till the mob
dispersed and the streets were clear
Only two hours ago, when small crowd
gathered at a drug store on the corner OF
Court and Walnut streets, one square
west of the court house, to see the patro
wagon take away the dead man, the mi
litia. mistaking this for arenewal OF the
mob. fired, killed one and wounded the
nephew of the proprietor. Passing to the
north side of the court house on Walnut
street, scanning the scene presented, II
became apparent that he wounded hao
taken shelter behind the protecting build
ing, or, perhaps, here the fatally wound
ed crawled to die. Pool afer pool O
blood dying the ground all along the
curb stone. Along the streets, signs o
blood were visible and in a hallway
three squares distant. the floor was smear
ed with blood, where some unfortunate
had crawled, to dress his wounds or die
The burning of the court house wa:
wholly aimless and malicious. There wa:
no excuse for the failure to protect the
property. The crowd was permitted to &c
to the windows, and break them with
out resistance, and when an opportuni
ty offorded some devlish commInis
suggested to the mob to cast some
| light upon the subject. This was th'
| trivial manner in which he talked
'This will be the Paris of America, SURF
enough" With this leadership, chairs
carpets, and desks were broken and plleC
in heaps in the treasurer's Office, and ;
match applied. AS this was done, thu
silly-headed or drunken hoodlum
cheered: Burn the militia OUT" Jus
then occurred one of the most melanchol
" events of the night-the killing of Capt
iohn I. Desmond. He had been appriseC
| of the purpose to burn the court house
and was sent with a squad of militia t.
trv and put out the fire. The mob free
unon him and ball crushed through hi
head. At the same time Private MCGuir,
was shot through the breast and fatal.
hurt. Capt. Desmond was a lawyer o
much promise, fine looking soldier, whc
took pride in his regiment, and on
whose loss on every account is deeply de
plored. There was no use of trying t
Step incendiaries. They went from offlc
to office, starting fires, and in few min
utes. with the windows broken out, tn
inside of the court house glowed like
furnace. Engines we're powerless, hrs1
because the fremen refused to go eu
without an escort of troops, second, be
cause the crowd could easily cut the hos
and prevent the use of the engines, S
the fire had its own way.
AS office after office was reached by tn
flames and as the floors crashed and fe
the crowd cheered.
Colonel Hawkins extended his line
barricading all streets leading to tn
court house fer the distance of a squar
Deep feeling against the militia is man
tested. Now and then, during the fort
noon, stones were thrown at them wher
ever opportunity offered. This becam
so ANNOYING that SO far as practicable tt
police were placed next to the peoPl
Epithets shouted, and threats were n
wanting. ''Wait till tonight. wait till "
get good and drunk and we'll hoist yov
blue coated men from behind the barrels
Were among the things said. AT
O'Clock, Fred Smoltze, bartender at Il
Green City Hotel, who had been amor
the crowd annoying the militia at Il
} bridge over the canal, on main street, b
gan to advance beyond the limit.
soldier warned him to stop. He refuse
and the soldier fired and the man f
dead. The police wagon quickly cam
amid great excitement, bore the boz
off.
THE KILLED.
James Condor, Joseph Besold, B
Fink, shoemaker, supporting moth'
John Saggar, married; John Haverkam
coal cart driver; Fritz Havemer, h,
carrier, wife, five children; Frank Hui
heimer, supported mother and faith
Mike O'Day, leaves wife mother; Anth
Iy Fohler, John Dickey, F. Gergman, drlv
G. A. Green, colored, son of the R
Green, of Paris, Ky,-coachman; Ort
Singer, shoemaker; John Golble,
Henan, employed at Sullivans; J,
~ Coanetzer, stone cutter; Frederick He
ser, Logan. Ohio, bartender; four bod
unidentified are yet at the hospital. I
following are lying dead: John J. HI
messy, Weidaiser, no family, shot in
\, abdomen; Mr.. J. ,Pieser, shot in