Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-03-31


large force Of troops viii start from here at
) O'Clock by special train for Cincinnati.
BERNEB RECAPTURED.
DAYTON (O.l, March S0th.-Berner was
caught at Fosters Crossing about $50 yesteT.
day, and taken 10 Columbus.
COLUMBUS. March S0.h.-Berper arrived
here safely. and was deposited in the peniten-
tisry at $50 last night.
REPETITION or THE BLOODY WORK FEARED
CINCINNATI, March S0sh-1 P M-There
has been no change in the situation apparent
since the mob 6ispersedthi morning. Though
the weather is delightful. the streets are ccm-
psraGvely clear Of people. The streets are
bsrricsded nov in ell directions, Lesping the
crowd square away from the Court-house
and jail. General Farley, the Ajjatant-
General, is here. All the available militia Of
the State have been ordered here in the
quickest possible time. Everybody looks
for repetition tonight OF last nights bloody
and aimlaSs war.
ANOTHER VICTIM.
CINCINNATI, March 36.h-S I. M.-Fred.
Smoltze, bsrkeeper of the Queen City Hotel,
has Just teaH ehot by mLitiaman at Main
and Canal streets, and instantly killed.
RESUME OF THE SITUATION.
CINCINNATI, March 9Oth-At daylight this
morniug an Associated Press reporter walked
through the quarter Of the city where the
stoymy scenes Of the previous night had been
enacted. The dswoing was as peaceful AID
brilliant as ever seen. Against the eXQuisiteiy-
tinted sky in the east the broken walls Of the
burning Courthouse were distinctly defined
with its crumbled Window, the openings
looking like rude wounds. Over the ruins Of
the rreasueer's otiiee, in the northern part Of
the building, q ruddy glow Of fire. was still
visible, while from other portions thin white
c0lored smoke end steam was rising, IS the
water thrown by the engines fell into the
burning CJurt-hOuse. Lssg night when the
sun went down, the occupants of the Treas
ufer's otfics were sitting at the oPen plate
glass windows, smoking cigars snd reading
accounts Of the previous nights attempt on
the jail There WAS 10 thought that in six
hours these windows would be broken, and
the accumulated wealth Of the contents Of
that great building be In ruins; but this
bulldog, great as its loss, was uaege property.
The other losses in that locality were Of hu-
man Efe. Only
POOLS OF BLOOD HERE AND THERE
In the trampled dust OF on the brick side
walks were to be seen. Only an hour before,
on Sycamore street, below Couct, lay four or
tiye dead bodies of drunken or yeuturesone
men, who IN spite Of the polIcemeu's warn
ing, had gone beyond the Limit permitted By
the militia. When they fell under the first
fire uf the militia, no une dared TO so and
take them away until the mob had dispersed
and the streets were clear. Only two hours
before, at 8 A. NJ, when small crowd gath
cred at the drug store st Court and Walnut
streets, square west of the Courthouse, 20
see the patrol wsgon take away "a dead man,
x1yal ,f
the mob, fred volley, killing one and
wouading a nephew of the proprietor of the
store. One ball struck the iron fencing of the
door, and rebounding crashed through the
glass door, near the head of the proprietor,
who was using the telephone at the time.
Passing to the north side of Court street, at
Walnut,
A sICKENING SPECTACLE
Presented itself. Here, apparently, the
wounded had taken shelter behind the pro-
tecting building, or perhaps the fatally
wounded had crawled to die. Pool after pool
of blood dyed the ground along the street
Blood was visible in hallway, three-quarters
of block distant, on Msin street. The fl lor
was smeared with blood where some unf0rtu.
nate had eraWied to die of his wounds.
THE BURNING OF THE CoURr-HoUsE
Wss wholly aimless and malicious. except one
might find an excuse in the feeling that the
crowd was angered at the place where they
fail to do justice. 1t did not aid at all in
getting at the prisoner, nor in doing harm
to the militia It WAS purely wanton
Nor was there any excuse for the
failure to protect this property. The crowd
was permitted to go through the windows,
break them iu, snd when opportunity offered
some Geyilish Communist, VINO gioried IN the
destruction, suggested that they least some
light on the subject" This was the trivial
manner in which he talked. This
will be the Paris Of America, sure
enough" said another. With this lead
ership. end with these motives. chairs,
carpets and desks were piled in heaps il the
TreasureT's oftice, and matches applied. As
this was done, Ed Smiley, drunken hood
lum in the crowd, yelled to "burn the id
militia out" Just here occurred one Of the
most melancholy events of the Dight-the
killing Of Captain John Desmond. He had
been spprised of th5 purpose to burn the
Courthouse at night, and WAS sent with a
squad of militia to try aud put out the fire.
The mob fired on him, and ball crashed
through his head. At the same time private
McGuite was shot through the breast, and
fatslly hurt. Desmond was a young lawyer of
much promise, fine soldier, and whose
loss is deeply deplored. There wss no use
now trying TO Stop sbe ircendiaries. They
went from Office to office, starting fires, and
il a few minutee, with the windows all
broken out, the inside Of the Cours-hou5e
glowed like furnace. The fire engines were
powerless, first because tee fremen refused TO
go out without an escort of troops, and second
because the crowd could easily have cut the
hose and prevented the using of this engines.
50 the fire had It's own way to the Office.
After the Office was reached By the flames,
aud as the floors crashed and fell, the crowd
cheered. The bad management OF Sheriff
Hawkins has been egain aud again con-.
mented on to-day, with reference to the loss
of this building. An immense versnda, with
stone columns reaching from the top OF the
first story to the roof, and commanding
Main and Court streets, formed place where
twenty men in safety could have
CLEARED THE WHOLE SPACE WITH TWO VOL
LEYS,
Aud could have made certain death 60 men
coming within range. Moreover, after a
wreck of the TreasureI'5 office was made, it
would have been the work of minute to
have sent three times twenty men to man the
windows of the Courthouse building and
driven the mob away. Instead, poor Des
mond, with a mere squad, was sent to the first
fJor to put out the fire, and he was sacrificed
1t was the gallant work OF Colonel Fremsn's
Fourteenth Regiment thas finally cleared the
streets and gave the authorities control of the
entire space about the Court.house and iail.
Colonel Hawkins hEd evidently miaunder-
stood the motives of the mob. He thought
the prisoners in the jail their objective point,
whereas, il they had sny purpose at ali it wss
to take revenge on the military for the pre-
vious nights reckless firing Colonel Haw-
kins, therefore, had given his whole attention
to be protection Of the jail and the prisoners.
His opportunity for knowing the exact situa-
tion were not good, and he had reason TO ex-
pect assistance esrlier from outside troops.
CONDUCT OF THE TROOPS.
The Fourteenth Regiment was expected at
9 o'clock, but it wss nearly u when it reached
the Courthouse. The Fourth Regiment was
total failure. It msrehed to Eighth and
Walnut streets, and then marched back to
the depot. 1t was afterward ordered to
march to join the other troops at the Jail. but
the Colonel stated that the troops had scat
tered, and he could not get them together, 1t
was after ell possibility Of doing any good
had passed when these troops finally ioined
the res5 of the command. The conduct Of
Colonel Mott will probably be the subject of
sn investigation, So far as now known. the
failure of this command was not attributable
to any indisposition of the men to do their
duty. The united testimony of men who
had an opportunity fer observation was that
from 200 to 300 men composed the bulk
OF the VIOLENT scsive rioters, and that
they were not fuIy armed. They were stim.
ulated by the cheers and presence Of others,
but the general opinion is that a very little
amount of generaiship would have been suffi.
cient To mt thAu IN nioht This uoa strik