The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-04-05
C|NC|NNAT|'S MOB.

on trial for the murder of VIM. II. Kirk
was this morning convicted of mar
slaughter. The verdict was declare
privately, by the Judge who tried tn
case, to be an outrage, and the jury
after leaving the courtroom, wer
hooted at by the crowd, with sugges
tions that they should be hanged
Kirk was killed in his stable by a blow
from hammer and robbed of abou
800 in money. He was put into
wagon and hauled off toward Cum
minsville and dumped into Mill creek
where the body was found two day,
later. Joe Palmer and VIM. Berne
confessed that they did the murder ant
robbery. On the trial Berner testified
that Palmer did the actual murder
while he only looked on and got share
of the money. The verdict il univers.
ally condemned.
ATTACKING THE JAIL.
CINCINNATI, March 2S The excite
ment over the Berner case is growing.
VIM. Berner was quietly brought be-
fore Judge Mathews at 2 o'clock this af
ternoon and sentenced to the peniten-
iiary for twenty years, the full limit of
the law. Probably he will be taken to
Columbus by the first train.
Ten thousand people gathered at the
Music Hall in response to = call by re-
puta bls citiz ,ns to take action on the
Berner verdict. Many could not got in.
Strong resolutions were adopted con-
demning the verdict, and committees
on legislation were appointed. Upon
adj 1urnment vast crowd moved oil
rectly to the jail where they began an
attack on the front door. At $40 the
riot alarm was sounded snmmoning the
entire police force to the jail. Vast
crow ds Of people are gathering to that
vicinity. Berner was removed after
his sentence this afternoon, and is now
on his way to Columbus, but il the mob
gets in the other murderers will be
lynched. The police upon arriving in
the vicinity Of the jail commanded the
crowd to move. Not being obeyed they
fired, but no one WAS hurt; it is pre-
sumed the police fired in the air. 1t is
said that was the intention CT the DO
lice, they being deeply in sympathy
with the movement to condemn the out
rageous Berner verdict. A shot or two
was fired from the Jail, but the crowd |
refused to move. They have good
leader, and at 10 T. m. were still at
work at the jail door.
THE MOB GAINS ENTRANCE.
At II p. m. the report from the j.il is
hat the crowd has got inside. They
lad previously broken into . black
mith shop and had taken all the need
d tools they could 6nd. Thore was diff
iculty in getting information about the
movements, because the streets all
round the courthouse and jail are
The reporter of the Associ-
to Press says, at l l p. m. from q stone
7all Of the jail yard he saw a great
rowd OF men inside the Jail, but they
ad not yet reached the cell room.
hey were well supplied with tools,
nd were at work at the doors. 1t was
ossible they would have to 60 through
stone wall, which would be easy, as
lere is apparently no resists nee to the
lob, and on the other hand no violence !
as been offered to persons by the mob,
Ecept that Adam Maegley, one of the ]
olicemsn in the patrol wagon, was !
ruck with brick and slightly hurt. !
his act WAS promptly condemned by :
10 mob, and now the patrol wagons 0
% standing in front of the Jail sur q
'unded by people. The militia has
ZEN ordered out, but large numbers
I've failed to appear, and there is q G
'neral disposition as far as can be t
on not to interfere with the mob. Q
othing yet is heard from Sheriff .
swkins, who is inside the court house, O
i'd can't be reached. 81
THE MILITIA CALLED OUT. 1
11:3O O'Clock p. m.-The First Regi-
ent If the Ohio National Guard have "
st entered the Jail, having been 81
arched through the front entrance of =,
8 court house, thence through tun- II
into the Jail, where the mob is o.
1t now remains to be seen n
lether they will do anything to frus- v :,
'te the purpose Of the mob. The po-
, in the Jail arrested some Of the first
'mbers of the mob that entered, but te
is soon became impracticable, and sc
Q police refrained from using their IT
tolls. 1t wss repor o that Berner, !.
or sentence, was disguised and tt
ICED in buggy with Deputy Sheriff al
mimic Devote and driven to Linwood, St
ara thav UOt aboard an accommoda Ia