The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-04-05

The mssi exciting night ever kagwh IN
Cincinnati has just closed, and The eliy
ihls morning u In stunned aud dared
condition, rtople asking zach other with
baicd breath and bianchea cheek, "when
IA all this 10 endfH
The deep feeling " Indignation which
has possessed all minds Al The pusilianl.
nous aeilon of uuf courts IN q
general shielding Of muftlerrfs
trcm the penalties due to their
crimes was multiplied and intensified by
the shameless verdict oi imprisonment
Tor a limited term Of the rcd.handed mnr.
derrr Berncr, Indicted for aud clearly
proven gnllly oi the deliberate and brutal
murder oi wm. II Kirk,
A meeting was called by some Of the
best citizens 10 protest against the action
Of the Jury, and by seven o'clock Music
Hall was well fIlcd with constantly
increasing crowd. Long before the
meeting was called TO order ten thousand
people crowded In the hall ana
surgcd about the corridors and flied
the space In front of the building. Tho
looks OF tho people were omlnous of evil
Those who called the meeting soon saw
that they had raised q storm that might
end In whIrlwlnd, hut Il was too late 10
back out, They organized With long
list of vicc-rresldcnls and the usual
officers. They Intended 10 counsel together
and advise a. TO the best means Of
Kidding Cincinnati Of The stain that was
on her The more moderate the better,
In the presence Of the angry element.
The people were aroused--lt was not q
mob Of the lower classes, but an angry
gathering Of the best citizens, indignant
beyond control--a smouldcring hro that
only needed breath TO fan II Into roar
Ing flame.
Dr, Kcmpcr, respected citizen, was
made chairman, aud made u conservative
speech counselling moderation and dis
closing how TO correct the abuses o
criminal procedure and Jury trial. Al
ailuslon TO the Bcrncr Jury was met By
cries of chang them" chang them all y
"lynch en-" One man called OUT al
thought we came here TO organize Wig
lance committee, II 80, let us go L
work" Shouts Of ayes, ycs," mlDgle,
with a few feeble noes" greeted the sug
gcstlon.
Order was partially restored and tn
speaker introduced General IIickenloopcr
who spoke In the same strain, with fro
qucnt Interruptions Of the same sort.
Then Judge Carter comes forward AM
addresses them, giving his long expert
ence on the bench, aud sayln,
be had not heard Of such an out
rage on law In all his life before
II the Jury was believed 10 have beet
dishonest In this matter they shoul'
be allowed 10 leave the country, TO
they were not ~ to live In civillze,
country.
A voice called outs "what about Ton
Campbell, the great criminal lawyer"
"If he Ia as dishonest as you seem b
think he Is, let him 20, too" replied tn
Judge.
The answering cheers almost lifted III
roof.
A big brawny fellow In an upper gal
lcry let down rope In the signt OF all
II was suggestive, and In minute q scor
more Of ropes were In sight, aud shout
of "IIang 'em ALT" "gut the jail;
"shoot them down on sight" etc, wer
heard on oil sides.
Resolutions strong and sharp wer
brought in and passed with A whlrl.
friend Of Campbell, Denners Iaymcr
tried to amend them. but the crow
would have none Of IL. They bccam
more and more boIsterous, their bloc
was getting hotter, the tlrcr In men
bosoms was Awakened. The leader N,
they must. II possIble. avert mischief an
AZ quickly as possibIe Adjourned Al l,ll
and IN Ave- minutes tho hall WA cmpty.
Mayor stevens was SICK in bed and th
whole duty of prcserylne the peace reste
upou the sheriff.
Al i've minutes OF ten the gre bell
struck gai, the number OF the cour,
house. Instantly the city was In comma
tlon. Eyerybody knew what IL meant
Crowds fiIled the iall. Fifteen thousan
people were there In aftecn minutes
The hrst overt act was by some boys VIII,
bcsan 10 atone the ian. Very soon
crowd gathered. IA was soon reinforce,
from the Music Hail meeting. In shor
time all the windows Of tho jail wer,
broken,
The crowd had ropes. They broke int.
a carriage factory aerpss the street an,
tooL out a huge beam sIedgc. .hs mmer. AZ
A dozen men Fan with The beam a. 4 IN
tsrlng ram araInst Inc ,all door and force,
i, oneu ~ Wv - wv : - ~ ~
The police upon arriving in the yIslnlt,
of the Isil romms ndcd The crowd to moye
moi being obcsed. they drsd' but as n,
one was hurt II was presumsd the polic,
fired In The alr-they beIus deepIy in sym
pathy with the movement 10 conde,nr
The Outrageous Berner verdict. A shot Of
two vss flred from the iaIl. hui the crowt
refused 10 move.
inside the sheriff. JaIler and DeputIe,
kant themselves As calm a. possible.
The mob found Berper gone. The,
tried IN And the Burters and 40 battc,
down the cell door of one OF them. n,
this time tho police were thick abou
them. They got possession Of the iaI
and restored order In 4 slIeht degree
lint they dId moi dare 10 MAKE anv ar
rests, The mob would mot allow n. The,
olled the house and roamed about un
checked seeking some Iuetles, crimIus
on whom to wrraL vengeance. Thcr,
was shooting hut Il was m 10 this Tim,
only frosn the mob frIpa in the Air.
The FIrrt REGIMENT Of The d. N. q. wer
drilling In their srmory A eouple Of SQUARE
svsv from The isII sheriff IlawkIu
brought over 4 detschmen, and Intro
duced them into the islI through the eel
were ordered IN Withdraw. hui refused
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