The Red Cloud chief., 1884-04-04
A CINCINNATI MOB.
The Mild Verdict of = Timid Jury Results
in . Mass Meeting and a Mob to Lynch
the Murderer-The Militia Called Out
and Fir Upon the Crowd Fatally Wound
inc Several.

NaIcL -o.-Itu thoVoaiiu
people gathered at the Music Hall, in re.
spOnse to a call by reputable citizens, to
take action on the Berner verdict. Many
could not get in. Strong resolutions were
adopted condemning the verdict, and com
mittee on legislation appointed. Upon adj
iournment a vast crowd moved directly to
the Jail, where they began an attack on the
front door. AT $40 a riot alarm was
sounded, Sunmoning the entire police force
to the Jail. Vast crowds of people gathered
in that vicinity. Berner was removed
after his sentence this afternoon, and
is now on his wav to Columbus. but if
the mob gets in the other murderers will be
lynched. The police upon arriving in the
vicinity of the Jail commanded the crowd to
move. Not being Obeyed, theytired, but as
no one was hurt, it was presumed the police
fired in the air. 1t is said that was the
intention of the police, they being deeply i'll
sympathy with the movement tocOndemn the
outrageous Berner verdict. \ shot or two
was fired from the Jail, but the crowd re-
fused to move. The meeting at Music Hall
Wis IItSittu VNCI W III. II. " h'.hi'i,
who made a conservative speech. taking for
his topic the prevalence of crime throughout
the whole country. He then spoke of the
PREVALENCE OF THE CRIME
of murder in this country, and the necessity
of more certainty in the administration of
punishment for crime. His remarks were
not intended To awaken a mob spirit, but
when the meeting adjourned the people by
common impulse moved down 10 Twelfth
street, where shouts began To- be uttered, To
the Jail, and the crowd then moved bodily
in that direction. At eleven p. III. the re-
port from the Jail was that the crOwd had
got inside. They had previously broken
into a blacksmith shop and had taken
all the tools they could find. There is diff
GUILTY in getting information about their
movements, because the streets all around
the court house and Jail are jammed. A
reporter of the Associated Press says that
at eleven o'clock from the stone wall of the
Jail yard he saw great crowds OF men inside
the jail, but they had not yet reached the
cell room. They.were well supplied with
tools, and We're at work at the doors. 1t
was possible they would have TO go through
a stone wall, which would be easy.
There is apparently no resistance To
the mob. and. ON the other hand,
no violence has been offered to persons
byi the mob. except that Adam Maegiey,
one of the policemen in a patrol wagon, was
struck with Il brick and slightly hurt. This
act was condemned by the mob, and now the
patrol wagons are standing in front of the
Jail, surrounded by people. The militia has
been ordered out. but large numbers failed
to appear, and there is a general disposition,
so far as can be seen, not TO interfere with
the mob. Nothing as yet has been heard
from Sheriff Hawkins, who is inside of the
Court House and cannot be reached. Mayor
Stephens is confined to his house by sick
ness. leaving the Sheriff wholly responsible
for the preservation of order. except for the
assistance OF the Chief of Police.
THE MILITIA CALLED OUT
II :3O-The First Regiment Ohio National
Guard have just entered the Jail, having
been marched through the front entrance of
the Court House. thence through the TUNE
into the Jail, where the mob is %thrOnging.
1t now reniai;ls to be seen whether the
militia will do anything to Illustrate the pur-
pose of the mob. The police inside the Jail !
arrested some of the first members of the
mob that entered, but this soon became i'm
practicable and the police refrained from
using their pistols. 1t row appears that
BeTner, after sentence, was disguised
and placed in buggy with
Deputy Sheriff Dominick NevOtO, and
driven to L.inwOod where they got aboard
the narrow accommodation and went To
Loveland to await the arrival of criminal
deputy, Joe Moses. with necessary papers
for committal to the penitentiary. 1t be-
came known that Berner WIS at LOyeIand
and a crowd gathered. When the train with
Moses aboard came i'm and NevOto and
Berner went to get aboard it the crowd made
q rush for Berner. He ran through the car
and escaped and is still at large.
FIRED ON BY THE MILITIA.
Midnight-About thirty shots with musk
were fired by the militia for the purpose
of soaring the mob. The result was glanc-
ing balls struck at least four persons. i'll
fiicting injuries which may be fatal i'll the
case OF one or two. Policeman Num- and
Private Cook are the worst hurt. The latter
was shot III the breast. The yOlley seems to
have checked the movement of the mob,
though the crowds have not Yet dispersed
from about the Jail. There does not seem
to he any doubt that these wounds We're NJ
by the guns OF the soldiers The
mob made no effort to shoot, ST. far as is
Which, the iron door between the reception
room and cell oOius We're broken down, the
military fired Oh the mob at tnat place ana
VIM. Kent. Il labOrer and member of the mob,
was shot and killed. This seemed to break the
spirit of the mob. though they did not retire
hastily. A number of brickbatS wore thrown
them at the soldiers and police, but
there was not much bitter
ness of feeling displayed on either
side. The greatly superior strength OF the
defenders of the Jail over the unarmed and
impromptu mob was 81 manifest when the
opened the fire that it would have
utter folly to make any further
effort. Some twenty-five men were ar
rested and are in Jail. The jailerS resi-
i'm the Jail. which was entered by a '
portion OF the mob, was roughly handled, '
windows broken and furniture smashed.
From this a number of mel made their way
into the kitchen, and thence TO the lower
After the REIMBURSEMENT Of the
main effort to get at the prisoner. the mob
fingered outside throwing stones and brick
bats at the windows.
OILS a. m.-NpwtOn Cobb of Manchester.
o.. was shot i'm the shoulder by a soldier
through the Jail window. Cobb was a I
byStander on the sidewalk I
The following wounded have been gath !
Fred ntO the drug store at Court and Wal ;
nut streets. and at a hotel near: !
James Green, dying. !