The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-04-03
RAMPANT RIOTERS
fadIgna,ios seeiInT In The DuekeJs
state,
which TsimIrafss Ia q Disgraesfai
Mob.
Military aud Police were Called islo
Requisitisu.
fIrtArms and 0,her weapons Used.
niotsus Cisixens.

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| people gathered st the music hail In re-
c,rissns 10 take action on
ths Bsrnsr verdict. Many coud not get
in. bnong resolutions were adopted con.
demn,ng the verdict aud oommiiIss on
lssI,lsa n was appointed ssS.,a n Upoaa
a ai'USiy 70 the ali where tosy began an
attack on the front door. A. $40
the riot alarm was sounded summoning
tho entire police force ~ the ali,
vast crowds OF people gathering In that VI
cinity. Berner was removed alter his sen-
tanoe this afternoon and Ia nov ON
his way TO Columbus, but u the mob gets
IN, the other mprderets viii be
riviog in The viclniiy Of the jail
com amended the crowd TO move.
Not being obeyed. they fired, hut
as no one was hurt II was pre-.
,um.d tue police fired In the
air, they beiug deeply In sympathy with
tha mDyainsut TO condemn the outrageous
Bernef verdici, A shot or two was fired
| refused 90 move They have COED leader
and are nov Vt 10 D. m. ~ work ON the
door.
Foe mectirg at Music hsll was presided
over by DE- A. O Kemper, Who made
COZ s-r'a,iye sps-ch, taking Tor rvs topic me
prev lrncs ni crime tnroughout the whole
onunry. He thru spoke Of The special pre-
whence VI tur crime OF murder In this city
ard Ia nee ssity a more certainty in tina
standardization u punishment for crime.
! lis remarks we're not intended To
awaken mob spirit, but
when the meeting adj ,urnsd the people bN
. common impnl,e moved down % Tweit'h
street, Hnere snuuls began to 90 uttered.
ITO the ILL.," and the. crowd then moved
BODILY IN tust objection. AT IL p. m tns
report fr III the jail is 'hat the
crowd had got inside. They he'd
previously broke into blacksmith
shoe and had tsken all tho tools they
couli find. There is ditlicuits in getting
iDf,rn,aticn about the movements OF the
crowd oecsuse the streets iound the jail
az, tanned. A reporter OF the assoclator
pres says a. IL O'Clock from the stone
w,il Of the i>il y rd he saw great crowd
not YET ra he'd the cell room.
rhey were we'll supplied with tools
and were ut work ut the doors and was prs-
81 ble they would have TO go through stone
wall, which would he easy There Is Sp-
pnrently no resistance TO the mob ard on
the ,ther hard no violence has been offered
TO persons except that OF A. NJ. Mealdey,
one OF The policemen in a
patrol wagon, was struck with
brick d slightly hurt. This act Was
condem ell by the mob, and now. patrol
Wagons are standing in front OF the jail sur
. rounded hy peope. The militia has been
ordered out, int large numbers Jailed Z
apcear, aud the general disposition so far al
Can he sem IL not to interfere with
the MOO. Nothing has yet been heard
{ from Sher If Hawkins. who is In the court.
. house aud csunot be reached Mayor Ste
veus il uiined at his house by sickness,
leaving the sheriff wholly RESPONSIBLE for
| - snr he
CHI Of of noiice
, Ls,er- The First regiment Of the Ohio
national guards have just en-
,ared the jill, having been
marched through the front entrance
| OF the courthouse, themes through tunnel
to the Jail where the mob is thronged. 1t
now remains to be seen whether the
riot. The police inside the Jail arrested
some Of tho frat members OF the mob that
, prsoticsble and the police
! RETAINED from using pistols. 1t nov ap.
) pears that Berner. after sentence,
was di-guised and placed u
buggy with Deputy sherin
/. where they got aboard the accommodation
/. and went 20 Lovelsdy to await the arrival
o. criminal deputy Joe Moses with the nee
q tho peniteutinry. 1t became known
that Bsrner WAS at Lovelady and .
= crowd gathered when the train with
r Moses sboerd came in, AID as Devote
. aud Rerner went 10 board it the CROWD
made rush for Berner He ran throus d
i the car AID escaped ard is still ~ large. :,
Midniant .about thirty shots with
q muskets we're fred by the nj
I li,ia tor he purpose OF scarinl
8 The mob. The resslt was the glancint
! balls sruck at least four per
9 sons, iiiic ing injuries which may
/ be falal N case of enc or two
{ Poicemsu MGDn aud a privsfe cool
. are worst hurt The latter il
sh t IN the breast. The yolley ueems 10
r have cnecged the movement OF the mob
D though The crowds have not .ye
. oiaperssd.H om about he iiil There doe
1 no, seem 10 b. anv doubt tna,,hese wound
we're fllc ea by the suus of the soldiers
? rne moo made 80 effort 10 shoot as Tar a
4 h W..
12:45-rhe jail has been fred by thu mob
ami ,ne crowd on the htreels ssy they viii
I cut the hose to prevent the M
. ,iepsr,m mt from exinguishing it the
/ mob seems to think woolsssls holocaus
} !,he only means Of accomplishing their pur
. nose.