The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-04-03

Ae.uci de erlnnation than ever. The iail was
fired by rolling coal-oil barrels ins. me naac.
ment and firing them, AZ tho same time 4 can
....n, tho louder OF whom said they were t9irst.
Ing for revenge The. cannon WIS hrod \ HUNK
her Of tln,es, Int produced i.a eiiert, Tho po-
Ncr BY 'ss tinie a a M hal gained fun eontrol
" tho Jail, una the Greater part uf the mob had
Dispersed summing Of til casualties of this
night OF horror showed ,iaht persons either
dead OF dyins and seventeen wounded, some cf
It now appear. that Gerner after htr sen.
with nIrat, sheriff, bomihies Rcvo,a aid
Moribw a'eommoia,i'n, and vent NJ 10 s Lasslaaa nd
70 await the arrival OF Criminal Del nty Joe
Moses With the nsc"a,y papers tor his com.
that Bcrnsr WIS ut i.ovcland and .rowd gath.
ered. Nh tn train with Moses wnoald cas'sc
IN, and Devote md lirfner want 70 \ artl II, tho
crowd made a ,nsh for hcshen, lie ran tarsnsa
Quiet ignel throughout the early lart Of tho
day, but, In antici alton af arenewa OF trouble,
Gov lioadiy trlered three regiments OF state
a'p' an ana ss '"''as' u the u ov,sasr ss
and III Tho city authorities were
fully rcalizet, Early IN III, day ananymoas
Ing Tor the organization OF q vigilance commit.
tee OF 800 Ia ea.h ward. a Gatling gun was
taken TO the in aud the STREETS were barr ieated
by police nnd soldiers tor iao yar,;s, A militia
~
ty-fyc rcliccmen were stationed outside, About
o'clock stones weic thrown through the Jail
windows and round dynamite cartridges were
disi laycd by rioters. At 10 o'clock the treas
nrcr's office III the court hoose Was set ON fire.
The tfculs flrea oh the mob from the windows,
With aeadly cae.t. Captain Desmond, ot tho
was shot aea by the rioters. The tiic.cnsines
were net allowed to work. Tho yells o the moh
eonli he heard for six blocks, and u, appeared
to b. thoroughly orsaniacd. The nayton militia
ha al ~ "a IN II ttAN.n aSih Ia
uach the battle-ground, The liam y consumed
the court house, With the county records ami
one 0. the most valuable law libraries In the
tn.t'd States. he lith regiment marched To
The jail at midnight, but the 9TH regiment IN, mol
back To the del.t after hearing OF tho atrocities
being peipetrated. About II o'clock a. IN, the
with dcadiy eileet, Tho mob h,oke into the
Armoiy ot Battery II, took three cannon. and
dragged them several miles. creain- intense
CONSERVATION, con .e POLES squad irsa on them,
had broken several stores open to sea oh for
ammnnis ion. The artillery was turned over to
the shtritf, Firing between the mob and the
kept M At Intervals through the
night. Twcnty-eight persons were Killed,
and sixty or more severely wounded.
shortly after midnight, and the Saba h hreke
on quiet but very te,er sh city. Smo,desing
ruins, pools Of blood. and tickets Of militia
and and ii ia,i. M The % mon n % tary a loss o Mas i snsy
100000. All the crminal indictments were
DESTROYED. and now the Q IL nothing 10 show
against the prisoners in the jail. The county
records are safe Five cad bosiies lay ON Syea.
mere street. The wounded had sought shelter
behind protecting buildings IN Walnut street,
and ool after 7 'ol OF blood spotted the ground,
With blood
The trool were living on their arms, taking
such rest "a they could get when not callsd Tor
special duty. The poles. worn ont, w,rs also
aY~t
camtortable. The prisoners In the iall we're
locked III the ellis, tire biting with fear Not
one slept through the night.
night was the killing Of Capt. John Desmond.
He had been al prised Of the purpose To burn
the eon,t house. and was sent with squad
of militia TO try TO put cut the fre, The mob
nred on him and the ball crashed through his
had. At the same time Private Metuire was
shot through the breast and fatally hurt. Capt
Dssms nd MAS young lawyer of much PROMISE,
hnc-iookiag soldier, the pride oil his regiment,
aud onc whose loss is on evtry account dselliy
deplored. The hrc engines were poMerless;
nrst, because the hfcm II re used to - out vi h
out an escort of ooi !, and second. h.etrse the
u towd could easily have cut the hose anu lre-
vented the use Of tho ensinss. So the fise had
its way.
Mayor Stephens ON SUNDAY mornins ordered
all saloons closet for twenty -four hours, ami il
Was tagly compiled with. lie then asked Gav-
elnor Hoadls 70 send on all the available Mil-
TIA, anu special trains Mere son SET IN mot on,
the Sixth Regiment, from Chllileuthe. hslas tho
nrst To arrive. All persons we've warned 10
keep on tha streets after dark At $50 las. evk n
Ing the rattle OF the GatlIeg gun Showed that
the conflict with the mob had recommenced,
R.iscs swift. prominent packer, Wills caa-
Y. r>iEg with ftis MI ON seventh s,r,es. Mas So
rions wounded by Nottey fireu by the MI ltia.
1 he rioters broke into Music liail. whence they
were elected by two companies OF III tth iest-
ment Aftgr this the mob Dispersed. aud aai I
Was rastI red. The casua ties oI Sunday night :
lighting include eight men ktlled AMI hstesn
wounded. Tie total killed f,r three days was
seventy -fiye. wounded, laa
Ii app ars that ksrner, one Of the muraerers
OF Kirk, who escaped at lsoNelana, ran several
nils up the track, spent some hours IN an
smpty freight car, ardt en- teek 10 the woods,
lie Was found by two hailifss, MO were driving
Ike Child. TIE officers drove 10 EoS ef i
Crossing. remaining until lark, Mhca they nsa-
eeeded 10 tolamhas, and rlaeea the prisoner in
the penittntiaty, netMlthst nains aesermine,i
CINCINNATI laMNer, who MAS Rsfnsrs ehtef
counsel, has aeen warn "A aMav from the eitv,
Following isa partial list Of the killed and
mortasly woanael:
James Cenaon, carriage blacksmith. John
Hayenkamll 1. al-cars driver. iais1 HavemNer.
tarnitare tastery; Ben Fink, Shoemaker;
John SaSses; Jos ph Il sold, ei.anaaker;
Mike q nay. driver. Anton Fohler. John hickey,
frank Reisman. Thomas A. arsen. solorsIs An
Ton singer, shoemakers JOAN aoeele, bartender;
Sam henan Jacob Met1es, ssenecaster, krs<i
sieas er. bait naer: Ioar bodies aisiaee tits q;
job j. Heanessy, Henry j, rslser, an 0nk Aewn
man, Walter fay. fc,er kaeil. bseWers & kges-
Ian, q Ut ]. ], Desmond, Of the l.Ntle Nreys;
Ioaice uifieer Joseph Stern, Police oifeer = alil
Num-. Henry kssss, cahines, makers {, I. Met
Asrx Smith. NH at =. 4, Has be Ivhn Hessea.
cali, Jesse Bright, JOAN Griffth, Martin kanersy,
sheim, Alfred Hopkins, Charles E.een. j,
Camper.