The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-04-10

AEu uot unuhely TWICE aS many. Iney e1tend-
THE BIooD1EsT STREET m THE CITY
last Saturday night was South Court street.
Here the militia charged on the crowd two or
three different times The first was made about
1880 o'clock, when five men were SHOT three
Of whom were killed The next volleY was
fired from the north, and one man killed and q
little boy mortally wounded The third yolley
came from the east, and resulted in the killing
OF three men ~ II b! B,
2. The remarks of the crowd were signifc can't
and Tom Campbell counsel for Benner snd
the jury were damned by everybody. Men
swore by awful round oaths that Il they could
catch Tom Campbell and the Jury they would
hang them sky high, and then hurf 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
grit shown by any one way from the court house
was BY those on guard at Powelps gnn store,
ammunition, they tried to put coal I'll over tie tie
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
eight bullet holes. within radius Of fifteen IN
ches. z RI s13 n ~ y
!. About o'clock Sunday night regiment from
Columbus guarding the Court street approach
was fired into by one Of the mob from an alley
between Main and Walnut on Court The
troops answered the challenge BY q few shots,
which were followed by . yolley and several
shots from the Calling stationed there. The
plumber Of injured at this hour cannot be as
certalned The firing was now continued at in
tervals in all directions. 1t was the purposso
the militia to clear the streets. One yolIey
fred down Main reetwounded, among others,
NE Briggs Swift ) prominent pork packer,
standing at tho co ner OF Seventh and Main,
three squares from the court house, in CONVEX
sation with Henry Hanna, q Third street bro
ker.% ewas struck and most seriously
cd, and was conveyed to his home in q! u Eriage
quarters that q large mob had broken into
Music hall by breaking down the door, and was
trying to man q cannon on exhibition in Power
hall Companies d and e, Sixth regiment,
were sent to drive them away and succeeded
without bloodshed capturing the cannon and
mnch feeling against the jury that tried Ber4
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 IL good occasion
offered AZ the opening fire, about = p M
wounded, including, as reported, two women
on Court street sdsF i-Sl5
Y Several regiments Of state troops were sent
TO CinGnnati; and these. with the knowledge
tnaL several companies OF regulars were near
quieted the mob On Monday at 9 o'clock q.
m, the police reported everybody going home,
and the city was perfectly quiet Among the
men in jail for participating in the not is
Peggy" Warren, . member Of the last legisIa@
tufe Of Ohio He is said to have been among
tho most active In conpselling robbing gun
s. ATS O'Clock Fred smalze, bartender At the
Queen City Hotel, who had been among the
crowd annoying the militia at the bridge over
the canol on Main street, began to advance be-
yond the limit "a soldier warned him TO stop.
BE refused, tho soldier fired and the man fell
dead The patrol wagon quickly came. and
amid great excitement bore the body on to HaS
tig'a. 81 81.
Passing to the north side Of the court On 81
Walnut street, Q sickening scere was presented
Here apparently the Wounded had taken SISTER
behind protesting buildings, or perhaps here
the fatally wounded had crawled to die. I'd Pool
after pool Of blood dyed the ground all along
the curbstone. All along the street signs al
blood were visible, and in % hallway three
squares distant on Main street the foor was
ssmeared where some unfortunate had craWled
TO dress his wounds or do n, III lss s5i779a
The burning Of the court house was wholly
Aimleaa and alieious, except one might find al
excuse Ia feeling that the crowd was a1,gered
q the place whero failure TO do justice has
been 90 marked ~
Bonner has been resting quietly In prison all