St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-30

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ATTEMPT TO FIRE THE JAIL.
a barrel of coal oil was poured down int
the lower part of the Jail and set on fire, bu
the officers within managed to extinguish it
The carpenters office furnished some wood
and that also was fired, but as the jail wa
mainly of stone and iron, this effort wa!
futile. The crowd threw powders and free
pistols promiscuously at the windows, anC
the militia, meantime, fired from windows a
the crowd. Sheriff Hawkins tried to contro
this firing by ordering that not more than
one man should fire at time, and then only
| to brighten, not to kill. But the men wert
uncomfortable and fired at the crowd, doing
deadly work. Later the crowd broke into The
veteran armory and Kittredge's gun store
and got arms. But by the time this was
done the crowd had so thinned out that Nc
further serious attempt was made, and a
$3.50 this morning quiet was restored.
BERNER's CRIME.
Berner's crime was assisting Joe Palmer
colored, in the cold blooded murder of hi:
employer, VIM. A. Kirk, on Christmas eve.
for the purpose of robbery Both he and
Palmer confessed the murder, but the jury
found him guilty of manslaughter. This
with the fact, that about twenty other untrieG
murderers are in Jail, is what inflames the
public mind. The feeling has by no mean;
been allayed by last night:
tragedy, and is growing, not only
against the murderers, but against
the militia, upon whom the whole RESPONSE
bility for the loss of life is placed. Sheriff
| Hawkins had repulsed the mob without
bloodshed, and was holding them at bay
when the militia entered, and the fire by the
| soldiers was in direct opposition to the pro-
| test of Officer Won Seggern. The people dc
not rest easy under the fact that Officer
Num- lost his life trying to protect the live:
of worthless murderers.
THE COMMANDERS VERSION.
| Col. Hunt, commander of the militia,
gives this version of the firing on the mob
'sWhen we were endeavoring to pass through
the tunnel, we found it occupied by the mob
who, just as soon as the two leading file:
made their appearance began firing on us
and three or four of the leading men fel
badly wounded. The deputy sheriff who wa:
with US ordered the men to return the fire
which they did, and cleared the tunnel. In
every instance the men fired under orders
Most of the gunshot wounds came from the
indiscriminate firing Of the mob"
dicted by Officer Won Seggern, whose story
has been told already. He begged the sol
diers not to shoot.
WHERE Is BERNER?
Nothing has been heard of Berner. Dep
uty sheriffs left Loveland this morning in
carriage, going toward Cincinnati, giving
rise to the suspicion that Berner had come
home to hide, but that is mere guessing.
MORE TROUBLE FEARED.
The crowds in the vicinity of the cour
house and Jail continue large, though thu
police and soldiers prohibit all access to thC
front or sides of the jail or to the streets TO
square in every direction. The apprehen
sion of trouble tonight has grown stronger
1t is rumored that Campbell county, Ky.
will send 800 men to rescue rioters arrested
last night and still in jail.
PROBABLY AT COLUMBUS.
Berner was brought by train No. 90 from
Fosters crossing to MEANWHILE in direction
of the city where he was transferred to tn
Columbus accommodation and locked up il
the express car. He passed Loveland ant
Morrow alright and shonld by this time
| e p. n.y., be in Columbus.
DESCRIPTIVE.
All day changing crowds have filed tn
| streets as near to the jail as they were per
mitted to come. The jail and court hous
occupy the 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 an(
reaches from north court to south court
The jail is circular building with two wings
extending north and south, faces east OF
Sycamore street and its yard is enclosed will
high stone wall surmounted by an iror
fence. The eastern front has doors leading
into the residence of the jailer, which opeI
on the sidewalk. The entrance proper to thu
jail is reached by a stone winding stairwa.
pleading down to an area twelve feet below
the sidewalk. Here was the beginning of thu
attack last night. The crowd could surge VI
| to the very doors of the jailer's residence anC
could fill the area in front of the lower door
| which they battered open with heavy sawed
beam obtained from a new building near by
The same beam and half a dozen others have
been carried into the jail to-day and used a!
props to secure all the outer doors. They are
long enough to reach back to solid wall o.
pillar, and the work of battering down the
doors will be exceedingly difficult now.
THE JAILoR's FAMILY.
The jail Office and jailor's residence has
scarcely an unbroken article about them. Ev-
en- a large heating stove was wrecked
| Turnkey McHugh's wife and children passed
| the night in terror. McHugh was compelled
to serve with Sheriff Hawkins until the moi
was expelled while the mother and children
in rooms above heard the shots of soldiers
and shouts of the mob, and witnessed the
destruction of furniture. To add to the hor-
ror the mob yelled, ''Take out the women
and children, we are going to set fire to g
barrel of coal oil and we will put a barrel Of
powder on that" The coal oil was fired but
the mob had no powder. McHugh finally,
at 2 a. IN. took his children and wife down
an inner stairway and out through the tun.
mel to place of safety.
PREPARED FOR ANOTHER ATTACK.
Sheriff Hawkins has acted all day a
though he expected a renewal of the attack a
night, with increased violence. He has callet
for troops, as elsewhere stated, and has Gale,
out his own command, the veteran regiment
composed of soldiers of the late war. Col
| Hunt has also mustered as many of his frs
regiment as could be brought out, and tn
Jail has all the appearance of a fortress ex
cept heavy guns. That most fearful engin
of destruction, the Calling gun, belonging
to the police force, is also on duty. Lat
this afternoon the police and soldiers wer
busy under Sheriff Hawkins direction, barri
cading streets in every direction at a dis
lance of 100 yards from the jail. Heav.
transfer wagons were upturned in street an
building material, wood, stone and iron from
neighboring buildings, were appropriated t
construct strong defenses for the purpose o
preventing a rush of people to the Vicinity O
the Jail. A mob tonight would have first t.
storm these barricades before getting within
reach of the jail These thorough prepare
tions, added to the fact that more troops arr
coming, may hold the mob in check.