Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-04-02


about to advance upon Khartonm. Tie
Kabbabish tribe IL in open rebellion
against Mahdi.
At cINclANAIl.
aema Details Of the Terrible Riot b. whlrh
. Score Of r. Opls Were Killed and Over i
sixty Wounded.
Cincinnati. March 30-At daylight this
morning tho associated press reporter
walked through that quarter OF tho city |
where the stormy suenes of the previous |
night had been enacted. The dawniue
1as AZ peaceful aud brilliant as ever
seen. Against the exQuisitely tinted
sky IN the east the. broken walls OF the |
burning court house were distinctly de-
tined, with it's crumbled window open
iugs looking like rude wounds. Over
tile ruins of the treasurer's Office in the
northern part of the building the ruddy
glow Of the fire was still visible. while
from other portions thin, white colored
smoke and steam were rising, as the
water thrown by the engines fell upon
the burning contents.
Lust night when the sun went down
the occupants Of the treasurer's office
we're sitting at the open plate glass win
dows, smoking cigars and reading the
accounts Ot the previous nights attempt
on the Jail. There was no thought that
in six hours those windows would be
broken aud tho accumulated wealth ot
the contents of that great building in
ruins. But this building, great as its
loss, was merely property. Tue Other
losses in that locality were of human
lite. Only pools of blood here and there
in the trampled dust, or on the brick
sldewalks, we're to be seen. Only an
hour before, on Sycamore street, below
Court. lay tour or five bodies of drunken
Or venturesome men who. in spite Of the
pollcemen's warning. had gone beyond
tne limit permitted BY tho militia.
When they fell under the fire OF the mill.
tia no one dared 60 to take them away
until the mob had dispersed aud the
streets we're clear. Only two hours be-
fore, at 3 q. M, when small crowd gath.
cred at the drug store at Court aud Wal.
nut, one square west of the court house,
to see the patrol wagon take away dead
man. the militia. mistaking this for re-.
newal of the mob, fred o volley, killing
one and uouuding the nephew of the
proprietor of the store. One hall struck
the iron facing Of the door, and rebound
ing, crashed through the glass door near
the head of the proprietor, who was using
the telephone at the time.
Passing to the north side Of Court on
Walnut, sickenln6 scene was presented.
Here apparently the wounded had taken
shelter behind protecting building. or
perhaps here the fatally wounded had
crawled to die. Pool after pool of blood
dyed the ground all along the curbstone.
ALI along the street signs Of blood we're
visible, aud in q hallway, three squares
distant on Main street, the floor was
smeared where some unfortunate had
crawled to dress his wounds or die.
Tho burning Of the court house was
wholly aimless aud malicious, except one
might hnd an excuse in the feeling thai
the crowd was angered at the place where
failure to do justice had been so marked,
1t did not at all aid in getting at the
prisoners nor in doing harm to the mil.
itia. It was purely wanton. Nor was
there any excuse for failure to protect
this property. The crowd was permitted
to go t. the very windows aud break
them in without resistance. and when an
opportunity offered some devilish com
munist, who gloried 10 pure destruction,
suggested to cast some light on the sub
Ject. This was the trivial manner in
which he talked. "rhis will be the Paris
Of America. sure enough" said another.
With this leadership, and with these mo.
tlves,. chairs, carpets, and desks
we're broken and piled IN heaps in the
treasurer's Office aud the match applied.
As this was done silly headed or drunken
hoOdlums in the crowd cheered and
yelled Burn the ID militia out!''
just here occurred one of the most mel.
ancholy events Of the night, the
killing of Captain John Desmond
De had been apprised of the pur
pose to burn the court house, and was
sent with squad Of militia to put out
the fire. The mob fred ON him and ball
crushed through his head. At the same
time Private Mcclure was shot through
the breast and fatally hurt. Captain
desmond was young lawyer of much
promise, fine looking soldier. the pride
Of his regiment, and one whose loss on
every account is deeply deplored. There
was no use now trying to stop the in.
cendiaries. They went from office to
office, starting fires. and in q few minutes
With the windows all broken out. the in
side the court hOuss glowed like fur.
mace. The fire engines were pc werless, first
because the firemen refused to 20 out
without an escort of troops, and second
because the crowd could easily have cut
che hose and prevented the use of the
engines. So the fire had its way. Office
after Office was reached by the flames
aud as the floors crashed and fell the
crowd cheered.
The bad management Of Sheriff Haw.
kins has been again and again comment.
ed on to-day with reference to the loss oi
this building. An immense veranda with
huge stone columns reaching from the
top Of the first story to the roof, and
commanding Main and Court streets,
formed place where twenty men in
safety could have cleared the whole
space with two volleys and could have
made certain death to any man coming
within range. Moreover. after the attack
on the treasurer's Office was made. 1t
would have been the work OF but q min.
ute to have sent three times twenty men
to all the front windows of the court
house building and driven the mob
away.
Tho united testimony OF mon who had
opportunities Of observation was that
from two to three hundred men com.
posed the bulk OF the violent, active
rioters. and that they were not fully
armed. They we're stimulated by cheers
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