Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-05
CINCINNATI'S VICTIMS.
THE FIFrY-FTRSTD DEATH ADDED
TO THE LIST.

IO THE LIST.
A Trades Assembly IndOrses the Actioa
of the Fourteenth and Veteran Regi-
ments-A Juror Throws More Light
on the Verdict Chicago Socialists Air
Their Sentiments.
CINCINNATI, April ALFRED Hop
kins, aged SO years, another victim OF
the riot, died last night. This brings the
death list to fifty-One. He was an old
Captain and pilot ON the river. The Gin
cinnati Trades Assembly passed vote of
thanks to the members of the Veteran
Regiment, Of this city, who refused to 90
to the defense of the murderers in the jail,
and also commended the members of the
Fourth Regiment OHIO National Guards for
refusing to march to the jail on Saturday
/ evening and take part in the attack on
| the mob. It was also voted 10 ask the
Dayton Assembly to pass a vote of thanks
TO the Fourth Regiment of that city. This
action was not taken without opposition
FROM leading members.
HOW THE ODIoUs VERDICT WAS
REACHED.
The NewS-JOHrndl has an interview
with l.. A. Phillips, who was on the Jury
which tried Berner, and VINO has been ac-
cused of going to st. Louis to escape Yio-
lence. He says that he is In st. Louis ia
pursuance OF q plan made before the Ber-
ner trial began; that he was at the Music
Hall meeting the night the riot began.
ana remained in Cincinnati without
mOlestation till Saturday night. He saws
that the first ballot OF the jury showed
seven for acquittal. He was for murder
IN the second degree, and the second bal
lot was eleven for manslaughter and one
for murder in the second degree. He
yielded at last because of sickness in
his family, and because he was told
that he would be kept there for 80 davs
unless they agreed after Sc hours. He
voted for verdict of manslaughter. He
thinks that the newspapers are respon-
sible for the outbreak.
THE COURTS IN SESSION.
The first sentencing of prisoners since
the riot took place to-day in Judge john
ston's court. Belle Osborne (cOlored) j. con-
yicted of shooting with intent to kill, re-
ceived seven years. She begged most pit
eouslY when sentence was pronounced,
and the Judge began TO say: GAS this is
woman | will modify the sentence"
when the prosecutor interpOsed a vigor-
Gus protest, saying, "This woman has
been before the criminal courts again and
again, and something must be done to
relieve the courts, ii for no other pur-
pose."
The Judge permitted the sentence TO
remain. The only other case where the
crime was homicide was that of John
Murtah, who pleaded guilty to man
slaughter. 1t appeared that he struck a
man with his fist, and the plea was ac-
cepted and sentence of five years given.
AN INVESTIGATION TO COME.
Gov. Hoadly, in his letter Of thanks TO
Sheriff Hawkins, expressed approval of
his course and conduct, but remarked
that 1t was, perhaps, not proper TO eX-
press an opinion in advance of the in
yestigatiOn which must be made. No
provision, however, has yet been made
for investigating into the methods en-
plOyed in defending the court house and
the Jail, but an open letter to Judge
Matthews, who tried Berner, is pub
lished to-day, in which j. :. Camp
bell, the leading lawyer for Bsrner's
defense, asks for an investigation by
Judge Matthews aided by Judge Avery
and Judge Force. He makes the demand
on the ground that the newspapers have
charged that the jury was cOrruptly in
fuenced and that he had said that for
$4,000 he would secure a favorable ver-
dict. He says that he never made
such a statement and in no
way did anything but fairly defend
his client. He argues that the court may
order this investigation properly, as one
is accused who is regarded as an officer
of the court, and it indirectly affects the
court itself.
TROOPS AGAIN PRAISED.
Gov. HOadly has sent dispatch to Col.
Hunt, commanding the First Regiment,
to be read to the command. in which he
says: II deem It duty, and at the same
time pleasure, to congratulate you upon
your conduct and gallant and patriotic
services, directly and most judiciously
rendered under the most trying eircum-
stances in defense OF the court house and
jail"
The military guard has been almost
wholly withdrawn from the court house
and jail surroundings.
A high wall enclOses the entire court
house except the iron gates in front, and
six soldiers guard there. The board wall
is already covered with flaming advertise
ments. The Seventeenth Regiment. it is
supposed, will be kept there till after the
election next Monday. The First Regi-
ment of this city talks of disbanding. In
anumber Of instances members have been
discharged because w0rkmen threatened
to leave if the milihamen were permitted
TO come back to work. Persecution for
obedience TO orders tends to discourage
the men from longer holding connection
with the military companies.
CHICAGO SOCIALISTS ON THE OUTBREAK.
CHICAGO, April 4.-The Socialists In
this city met last night to declare the
true cause of the late riots in Cincinnati
which is declared to have been s'a prema-
ture explosion of general discomfort.
caused by the frebrand of melting and
inflammatory speeches by so-called lead
ing citizens, who were seeking to
divert the attention of the people
from the real causes IN the existing
social inequalities, which are becoming
almost unbearable by pointing out to
them an insignificant and petty criminal
an individual murderer as one of the
causes of the existing evils ard human
degeneracy." The resolutions further
declared that the militia wantonly killed
fifty citizens and so urged others to re-
taliations. They also repudiate the ale
cations tnat 1t was Socialists who led tho
mob, and demand the disbanding of the
State militia as a menace to popular
liberty.