Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-04-03
THE RING LEADER.

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vent in a decided expression. The
cry was soon taken UP and spread
rapidly.
CINCINNATI, March 29.-All day
changing crowds have filed the
streets as near to the jail as they were
permitted to come. The jail and court
house occupy a square, bounded west
by Main, east by Sycamore and north
and south by narrow streets, called
North and South Court. The court
house fronts west on Main, and reach
es from North Court to South
Court. The jail is cir
cular building with two wings, extend
| ing north and south and faces east on
Sycamore street, and the yard is en-
closed with high stone wall, sur
mounted by an iron fesce The east
ern front has doors leading into the
residence of the jailor, which open
onto the sidewalk. The entrance
/ proper to the jail is reached by a stone
winding stairway leading down to an
area twelve feet below the sidewalk.
Here was the beginning of the attack
last night. The crowd could surge
up to the very doors of
the jailOrs residence, and
could fill the area in front of the low
er door, which they battered open
with heavy sawed timber obtained
from new building near by. The
same beam and half dozed more
have been carried into the jail to-day
and used as props to secure all the
outer doors. They are long enough
TO reach back TO the solid wall or pill
lar, and the work of battering down
the door will be exceedingly difficult.
The Jail Office and iailer's residence
contain scarcely an unbroken article;
even the large heating stove was
wrecked. Turnkey McHugh's wife
and children passed the night in ter
ror. McHugh was compelled to serve
with Sheriff Hawkins until the mob
was expelled, while the mother and
children in the rooms above heard the
shots of the soldiers and shouts of the
mob, and witnessed the destruction of
the furniture. To adj to her horror
the mob yelled ''Take out the women
and children, we are gong to set
fire to a barrel OF coal
and we will put barrel of powder
on that" The coal oil was fired,
but the mob had no powder. Nc
Hugh finally at 2 a. N. took his child
dren and wife down an inner stairway
and oat through tunnel 10 place
of safety.
Sheriff Hawkins has acted all day
as though he expected a renewal of
the attack at night. He has called
for troops as elsewhere stated, and has
called out his own veteran regiment,
composed of soldiers of the late war.
Col. Hunt has also mustered as many
of his First regiment as could be
brought out and the Jail has all the
appearance of a fortress except heavy
guns. That most fearful engine of de
struction, a Calling gun belonging
to the police force is also on duty
Late this evening police and soldiers
were busy uader Sheriff Hawkins di-
rection, barricading streets in every
direction at a distance of 100
yards from the Jail. Heavy
transfer wagons were upturned
in the street and building material of
wood, stone and IRON from the neigh
boring buildings were appropriated to
construct a strong defense for the
purpose of preventing the rush of
the people to the vicinity Of the jail.
The mob tonight would have to first
storm these barbados before getting
within reach of the jail This thor
ough preparation added to the fact
that more troops are coming may
hold the mob in check. The fact is
no organized mob is known. That
of last night was not premedi-
ated, it was spontaneous, grow
ing, not out of incendiary speeches
and resolutions at the meeting, for
these were all conservative but out of
the fact that a great body of men are
together on the street with a common
feeling of intense Indignation at the
criminal farce played by the Berner
jury and at the general siackness of
the administration of justice to muir
derers. The mob spirit grew by de
grees and was not the result of a set
tied plan. Today circulars have been
distributed calling for an organiza
ton of vigilance committee Of 300
in each ward 1t is anonymous and
seems to have no respectable backing.
CINCINNATI, March 29.-Private adj
vices from Columbus say that Berner
was safely deposited in the peniten
tiary about $3.50 tonight.
8 p. m.-While Sheriff Hawkins
carefully protected the front and
TANKS by the barbados as already
described, he neglected to protect his
rear, which was the court house front
looking west ON main street An
immense crowd has gathered there
and large plate glass windows are be
ing crashed in by boulders This
will give an entrance to the jail yard
and to the Jail through the tunnel,
but only to a small number at time.
CINCINNATI, March %. A fire
alarm, Just sounded, from Court and
Vine, two squares from the court
house, caused by the fire in the
treasurer's Office, which is on the first
floor of the court house, also an i'm
mense bonfire IN front of the Second
National bank, corner Court and
Main, directly opposite The treasurer's
office. All the large glass windows