The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-03

this morning in carriage, going to-
ward Cincinnati, giving rise to the
suspicion that Berner had come home
to hide, but that is mere guess
ing. The crowds in the vicinity
of the court house and jail
continue large, although the soldiers
and police prohibit access to the front
and sides Of the Jail for square in
every direction. Apprehension of
trouble tonight grows stronger. 1t
Is rumored that Campbell county, Ken
lucky, will send eight hundred men to
rescue the rioters arrested last night.
and who are still in Jail.
The train men and passengers who
arrived here after midnight,
give the following account of
the mob at Love!and and Marian
and the effort to get Berner, the MUIR
derer, to Columbus. The three depu-
ties with Berner, drove from Cincin-
natl over to Linwood and there took
the accommodation for Loveland.
This part of the journey was made
without accident. Joe Moses was
to go to the Little Miami, depart, quick
ly board the train for Columbus, to join
the two deputies and Berner at Love-
land. When the Little Miami train
pulled into Lovelaud Berner was put
on the car next to the sleeper
and two deputies sat near
him but did not have
him fastened to them. Joe Moses sat
in the next car in advance. AS the
train came to stop bowling mob,
nearly 300 men, made dash for the
cars, yelling "there he is! catch him"
Some OF the men were masked, and
they climbed into all 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 sprang from his seat
and started for the front end of the
car. The crowd thought
that it was Berner trying to
escape, and, bouncing on him, threw
him to the ground, and beat and al
most killed him before the mistake
was discovered. Berner had sprang
from his seat, but, in an attempt to
jump from the platform, he fell head
long to the ground. 1t was doubtless
this accident that prevented the crowd
from recognizing him. The train-boy,
who was standing on the platform, says
| Berner walked around the car and
entered again from the rear. Mean
while the wild mob had discovered
their mistake, and were even more in
furiated than before. Berner walked
about two-thirds of the way through
the car, when one of the deputies
who had seen him jump on the train
cried out: "'There he goes now; catch
him!' Immediately Burner started on
the 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 AM the third deputy re-
manned on the train. The trainmen
do not think Berner was captured, but
;b,t in Guiding the mob he escaped to
the fields. When the first section Of the
train, the one that had been
attacked at Loveland, pulled into Nor
row, another mob was waiting to cap
pofed of $50 or 200 men, only part of
stopped they climbed on the engine,
to get possession of the murderer.
Some of the men attempted to
force the engineer to stop the train
b 3fore it got into town, in order
they could swing Berner from a
bridge near by. They hunted through
the passenger, baggage and sleeping
cars, completing Che search Just as
the train pulled away from the town.
Morrow is fourteen miles northeast
of Loveland. Moses and his deputy
got off here, and were so excited they
could hardly speak. The second
section of the Little Miami
which starts from Cincinnati about
fifteen minutes after the first, wit
messed almost the same scene that had
been enacted before at Loveland. The
wild mob was still yelling and search
ing for Berner. Many men rushed
upon the train, thinking perhaps an
attempt would be made to smuggle
him through. AS the train pulled out
cries were heard saying that search
would be continued until daylight
when the fugitive would be easily
| recognized. at Morrow mob was
at the depot waiting for the second
section, and when 1t arrived the same
effort was made to discover the object
of their search. Passengers and train
men on the second. section gave the
same thrilling accounts that were
given before, and stated that
the excitement was increasing. Col.
Hunt telegraphed the governor to be
| in readiness, and his eXcellency will
remain here over the day so as to call
out more troops if necessary. Col.
Hunt made requiSltiOn on the adju-
tant-general for 500 rounds of ball
cartridges, and they were sent to Gin
cinnati by the first train. Passengers
| on morning and afternoon trains from
Cincinnati state that the most
| intense excitement exists all
along the way large crowds being
gathered at the stations and threats
made against tn deputy Sheriffs that
they would suffer if they didn't sue
| coed in their scouting about the coun-
| try to produce Berner, or show that be
had been put out of the way.
LAST NIGHTS SCENES.
CINCINNATI, March 29.-All day the
charging crowd has filled the streets
near the jail and they were permitted
to come. The Jail and court house oc-
cupy the square bounded west by
Main, east by Sycamore and
north and south by narrow stree Is
called North and South courts. The
| courthouse fronts west on Main, and
reaches from the North court to the
South court. The Jail IS an irregular
building, with two wings extending
north and south. it faces east on
Sycamore street, and the yard is en-
closed by a high stone wall, sur
rounded by an iron fence.
The east end front has doors
leading into the residence
of the jailor, which opens on the side
walk. The entrance proper to the
Jail is reached by a stone winding
stairway leading down to an area
twelve feet. below the sidewalk.
Here was the beginning of the attack
of last night. The crowd could surge
up to the very door of the jailor's res
idence, and could fill the area in the
lower door, which they battered open
with heavy sawed beam, obtained
from new building near by. The
same beam and half dozen
more have been carried into the
jail, and used as props to secure all
outer doors. They are long enough to
reach back to the solid wall or pillars,
and the work of battering down the
doors will be exceedingly difficult
now. The jail office and the jailor's
residence have scarcely an unbroken
article about them. Even the large
heating stove was wrecked. Turn
key McIIugh'5 wife and children
passed the night in terror, as McHugh
was compelled to serve with Sheriff
Hawkins until the mob was expelled,
while the mother and children in the