Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-04-03
RAGING RIOT.
Cincinnati for Two Days and
Nights Ruled by Mob.
The Courthouse, Where a
Mockery of Justice is
Made, Reduced to
Ashes.
Sixty-Five Killed and Many
Wounded.

CINCINNATI, March 2S.-Ten thou
sand people gathered at Music hall in
response to a call by reputable citi
zens to take action on the Berner yer.
dict Many could not get in. Strong
resolutions were adopted condemnine
the verdict, and a committee on legis-
lation appointed. Upon adjournment
a vast crowd moved directly to the
Jail where they began an attack on
the front door At 40 the riot alarm
sounded, summoning the entire police
force to the jail. Vast crowds of peo-
pie are gathering in this vicinity.
Berner was remanded after his SEN
tence this afternoon, and is now on
his way 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,
/ they fired, but as no one was nurt
it was presumed the police fred
in the air. 1t is said that was the
intention of the police, they being
deep in sympathy with the movement
( W 1OhANttfU bAlC DtIIltT
verdict. u shot or two was fired
from the Jail, but the crowd refuses to
move. They have a good leader and
are still 90 p. M at work at the jail
door.
CINCINNATI, March 2S-Tho meet
ing at music was presided over by DR..
A. G. Kemper who made a conserva-
tive speech taking for his topic the
prevalence of crime throughout the
whole country. He then spoke of the
special prevalence of the crime of
murder in this country and the neces-
! sity of more certainty in the admins
tration of punishment for the crime.
His remarks were not intended to
awaken a mob spirit, but when the
meeting adjourned the people by a
common impulse moved down to
Twelfth street where shouts began to
be uttered "to the jail" the crowd
then moved bodily in that direction.
At II p. M, the report from the jail
is that the crowd has got inside.
They had previously broken into
blacksmith shop and had taken all
the tools they could find. There is
difficulty in getting information about
their movements because the streets
all around the court house and Jail
are jammGd The reporter of the as
ISOLATED press says that at II o'clock
from the stone wall of the Jail yard,
he saw a great crowd of men inside
the Jail, but they had not yet reached
the cell room
Midnight-About thirty shots with
muskets were fired by the militia for
the purpose OF soaring the mob. The
result was that glanclng balls struck
at least four persons isflicting injur-
les which may be fatal in the case of
one or two. Police Mum and Private
Cook are the worst hurt. The latter
was shot in the breast The
volley seems to have checked
the movement of the mob
though the crowds have not yet dis
persed from about the Jail. There
does not seem to be any doubt that
these wounds were inflicted by the
guns of the soldiers. The mob made
no effort to shoot.
CINCINNATI, March 2S-12 AS A. NJ.
The jail hes been fired by mob,
and the crowd on the streets say they
will cut the hose to prevent the fire
department from extinguishing it,
The mob seems to think a wholesale
holocaust the only means of accom-
plishing its purpose.
2:15 a. m.-Newton Cobb, of Man
chester, Ohio, was shot in the shout
der by the soldiers through the jail
window. Cobb was a bystander on
the sidewalk. The crowd claim that
the soldiers were firing unnecessary
upon the outsiders, merely lockers on.
On the other hand the soldiers dread
an effort to burn the place, or blow 1t
up by rolling coal oil barrels into the
basement, and justify themselves in
clearing the sidewalks on that ac-
count. 1t is said that number Of
women and spectators have been hurt
with random shots. The firing OF
guns is still heard at intervals.
2:39 a. m.-The firing by soldiers
from windows has been terribly de
suuctive. The following wounded
have been gathered into the drug
store on the corner of Court and Wal
nut streets, and at a hotel near by h.
y. Green, dying; Walter Fay,
dying; Jas. Turk, mortally wounded;
+. Zohner. bad wound in the thigh,
and Ed. Dullef, shot in the leg
These are all bystanders and there is
growing bitter feeling against the
soldiers. The mob has taken all the
arms they want from Kitteridge's
store including a small cannon.
CINCINNATI March %, 9 a. M
There is still quite q large crowd
around the jail, but it is collected
there by curiosity The military are
still on guard, and no further attack
is anticipated.
The following is an additional list
Of the
KILLED AND WOUNDED
TO that sent last night;
Private Edward Muthert slight
Private Herman Rose, slight
Private Harry Rolling, serious
Private Ch8S Gibbons slight
Policeman Phil Num-, died at 2 a IN.
ArfI All a m gh