Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-04-10

dead or missing. Three hundred and seven
bales of cotton and some miscellaneous
freight were burned. The boat was valued
at $24, coo and was uninsured
GREAT RIOT IN CINCINNATI.
VIM. Berner, who was tried at Cincinnati
for murder, was convicted on March 2Sth,
and sentenced to twenty years in the peni-
4 Tertiary. He was at once disguised and
taken on board q train at Linwood, and
| thence to LoVeland, where a mob tried to
| get him but he escaped from the car and the
officers. Meantime, 10000 people gathered
at Music Hall, Cincinnati, and condemned
! the verdict. After adjournment they went
to the jail where desperate fight occurred,
the militia being called out. The soldiers
| appeared not TO wish to stop the mob, but
| there was some firing, and five persons were
seriously wounded. At 2:30 a. m, of March
10Th, when the dispatches closed, the fight
was still in progress.
The crime of which Berner was convicted
was assisting Joe Palmer, colored in the
cOld-blooded murder of VIM. II. Kirk,
| livery man of Cincinnati, for the purpose of
| robbery. Both confessed to the murder,
but the jury found Berner guilty of man
| slaughter and he was sentenced for twenty
years. This, with the fact that twenty
! other murdererS are confined in the Jail, Is
what inhamed the public. Berner, who
escaped from the mob at Loveland hid
| during the day, but was captured in the
afternoon and safely conveyed to the
penitentiary, at Columbus, at $50, on
the night of March 29th.-The riot at Gin
cinnati continued all that day with I'M
abated fury, though the people were kept
away from the Jail by the militia and
the streets were barriCaded in all di-
reciOns but one. The sheriff neglected to
guard the court house front, and the mob
numbering over ten thousand persons, at
tackled it with stones and at length fired
the building. The treasurers office was
burned and the court house destroyed,
barrels of oil being rolled in and fired.
Numerous records of historical interest and
value were consumed. The soldiers tired
blank cartridges for while but at length
began a merciless fire with Calling guns
and the slaughter was great. The mob was
poorly equipped and badly organized,
and seemed to be controlled by
house did not affect their original purpose.
When the fremen went to the fire, they
} were met by men who with drawn revOlvers
ordered them back, and they Obeyed. At
2:20 a. m. it was discovered that the mob
had three cannon stationed at Fourth and
Walnut streets, but they were without pow
der. They at length obtained three kegs of
iron to be used instead of canister, and
were moving up Fourth street, when thirty
policemen made sudden charge and cap
: tured the guns without firing a shot, but
clubs were used freely. The capture weak
ened the spirit of the mob. Here the dis
patches closed.
Dispatches received Monday morning,
March 31st, reported that of the county re-
cords, only those of the Recorders Office
r were saved, and they in damaged cOndi-
e ton. Ali the mortgage books and indexes
all the deed books except some of the earlier
ones, were saved. Everything in the Coun.
> ty Clerks Office, except such things as were
in the SAFE was destroyed. Fires were built
in each Office, everything that was cOmbus
tible being used to start the fire, and the eff
o forts of the firemen were futile The situa-
ton on Sunday was comparatively quiet
J. but there were several collisions between
the militia and the mob. The increase O.
the former seemed to inspire the latter witt
U a logged determination to continue thu
J warfare, and the cries, wait till tonight,
e and "wait till we get good and drunk and
we'll hoist you blue coated devils from be
l., hind your barrels indicated the fierce pur
# pose of revenge for the firing of the day be
n FORE Mayor Stephens called one hundred
prominent citizens together and submitted
| his line of action, which was endorsed, anC
.t troops were stationed at various points tC
a protect threatened property. The mob rap
IL ly developed the system of Communes, anC
that Of Paris was mentioned openly, coupled
Il with the remark that I'VE shall have
, a Paris here before long" The saloons
i were all closed and Hunts hotel was CLOSED
by order of the mob. 1t is owned by Col
Hunt who commanded the militia which
: did the firing on Saturday. The
e streets present a sickening sight
e pools of blood and traces of the
+. dreadful work of the Calling gun and Other
arms being numerous in the vicinity Of
/ the jail At p. m. the mob made a new
e attack but was fired upon and several per
II sons were killed. Dispatches up to a. m
report the riot as practically ended. The U
l., S. authorities have sent regulars to protect
a government property, and several compan
| Of T1oi1ifio anH TNnlionTloon from nth q
y cities have reinforced the Cincinnati forces
: Every military organization in the State
has been ordered to the city. The list o.
= dead now numbers tWenty-One, and the
n wounded and dying sixty. On Monday, a
i noon, the preparations for defense were
l. continued but the police were sent to thei1
regular posts. The loss by the burning o.
= the court house is 81, 600, 600. The law Ii
brary it contained numbered $4,000 vol
. ! umes and was next to the finest one in thu
: United States. The records of cases OF
trial indictments of criminals anC
other papers in the custody of the clerl
: of the court are supposed to be destroyed
II It is believed that the trouble is over, though
Y Socialist societies held meetings during tn
S. day and there were rumors that dynamite
and nitrO-glycerine bombs were to be used
The greatest indignation is expressed b.
r them at the action of the militia. Th
g presence of the soldiers seems to act as
} menace and they are to be removed and re
l. placed by special policemen. The mel
composing the mob were fine specimens o
&c mechanics and laborers, which is shown a
20 the hospitals where the wounded are lying
= Three new deaths occurred Monday from
% wounds. An accident happened in front o
the jail, which was caused by the falling 0
a gun. It discharged and the ball Wounds
e two men, killing one of them, and the bay
r. onet slightly wounded another. Mura
10 Halstead says the number killed an
/ wounded was two hundred. The uoting @
the first night was largely by working me-
of good character, who resented the fact tina
% the murderers who have money to set Il
ne motion the machinery of criminal lawyers
ID have had freedom here. The second nigh
r the spirit of communism appeared. PetrC
Ieum was put in use the third night. II