The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29

remains to be seen whether the militia will do
anything to Illustrate the purpose of the
mob. The police inside the jail arrested
some of the first members of the mob that en-
tered, but further arrests soon became impracti-
cable ana the police refrained from using their
pistols
1t now appears that Berner, after being SEN
fenced, was disguised and placed in buggy
with deputy sheriff Dominick Devote and
driven to Linwood, where they got
aboard the Morrow accommodation and went to
Loveand, to await the arrival of Criminal Dep
uty Joseph Moses with the nee
essary papers for his committal
to the penitentiary. 1t became known
that Berner was at Loveland and crowd
gathered. When the train, with Moses aboard,
came in, and Devote and Berner went to board
it, the crowd made a rush for Berner He ran
through the and escaped and is still at large.
MIDNIGHT. thirty shots from muskets
were fired by the militia for the purpose of scar
ing the mob The result was that glancing balls
struck at least four per is, inficting injuries
which may be fatal in the case of one or two.
Policeman Nunne and private Cook are the
worst hurt The latter was shot in the
breast The volley seems to have checked the
movement of the mob, though the crowds have
not yet dispersed from about the jail. There
does not seem to be any doubt that these
wounds were inflicted by the guns of the soldiers.
The mob made no effort to shoot. so far as
known.
12:45 A M-The Jail has been fred by the
mob, and the crowd on the streets say they will
no n
extinguishing it. The mob seems to think a
wholesale holocaust the only means of accom-
plishing its purpose.
l:30 A. M.-The fire engines responded to the
alarm, but after much difficulty in getting near,
found the alarm false. 1t was occas1oned by a
bonfire built near the Jail AS the building is
mainly of stone and iron, it would be difficult to
fire it from without
1t now appears there was an actual conflict be-
tween the mob and the military, though it is still
most likely that the wounds of the police and
militia were inflicted by the fire Of the latter.
When the inner door between the reception
room and the cell room was broken dowr the
militia fired on the mob at that place, and VIM.
Kates, laborer, member of the mob, was shot
and killed. This seemed to break the spirit of
the mob though they did not retire hastily.
A number of brickbats were thrown by them at
the soldiers and police, but generally there was
not much bitterness of feeling displayed on
either side. The greatly superior strength of
the defenders of tho jail over the
unarmed and impromptu mob was
so manifest that when the former
opened fire it would have been utter folly to
make any further effort Some twenty five or
thirty men were arrested, and are in jail. The
iailer's residence in the jail, which was entered
by portion of the mob, was rudely handled,
the windows broken and the furniture smashed.
From this a number of men made their way into
the kitchen, and thence to the lower corridor.
After the REIMBURSEMENT of the main effort to
get at the prisoners, the mob fingered outside,
throwing stones and brickbats at the windows.
ARMS FOR THE MOB.
1:45 A M.-News just comes from the
jail that the mob has not been defeated yet
They have brokeninto the armory of the Veteran
regiment and taken the guns. More firing has
been done at the jail The mob is now look
ing for ammunition, with a prospect of sue
cess
The First regiments armory has been guarded
for three nights in anticipation of this affair,
but the Veteran regiment, of which
Sheriff Hawkins is colonel did not
take the same precaution. For the purpose
of getting more arms and ammunition
the mob is now in the extensive gun
store of B. Kittredge & Co., the largest
in the city. In few minutes
greatly superior force to the military
will be about the jail and serious results must
follow. Some talking about getting the
cannon at the Music Hall
3:15 A. M.-The firing of cannon was by the
mob, about fifty leaders of which said they were
thirsting for vengeance. 1t does not appear they
have produced any effect. The police have full
control of the Jail, and the greater portion of
the mob has dispersed. 1t is thought now the
work for the the night is over.