The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-04-02
BERNER ESCAPES.
He Gets Away from tho Omcors and
Has Not Yet Been Captured.
4 Deputy Mistaken for Bernsr and
Nearly Killed.

COLUMBUS, March 29.-Train men
and passengers who arrived here
after midnight, give the following
account of the mob at L0veland and
Morrow and the efforts TO get Berner
the murderer, to Columbus: Two
deputies with Berner drove from
Cincinnati over to LinwoOd and
there took the accommodation to
L0veland. This part of the journey
was made without accident. Moses
was then to go to Little Miami
depot and quietly board the train for
Columbus and join the two deputies
and BeTner at Loveland. When the
Little Miami train pulled into Love.
land, Berner was placed in q car
next to the sleeper. Two deputi 8
fastened to them. Joe Moses sat in
the next car and in advance
Of the one occupied by Berner.
As the train ca'Ie to stop q howl
ing mob of nearly three hundred men
made dash for the cars, yelling:
"There he is! Catch him!" Some
of the men were masked, while part
of them were not. They climbed
into all the cars, but most of them
broke for the one in which Moses
was seated. One of the deputies who
had been detailed with Berner
sprang from his seat and started for
the front car. The crowd thought it
was Berner trying to escape, and they
pOunced on him and bore him to the
ground. He was choked, beaten and
almost killed before the mistake was
discovered. Berner had spraDg from
his seat, but in attempting to jump
from the platform fell headlong
to the ground. It was doubtless
this accident that tpreventedt the crowd
from recognizing him. A train boy
who was standing on the platform ut
the time, says Berner walked around
the .ar and entered again from the
rear. In the meantime the wild mob
had discovered their mistake and was
even more infuriated than before.
Berner walked about twO-thilds of
the way through the Car, when one
Of the deputies cried: "There he
goes now; catch him." Immediately
Berner started on a run and again
Jumped from the train which by this
lime had started to pull out from the
station. One of the deputies ran after
hlm, while 'he one who
had been mistaken for Berner
Was still held by the
crowd. Joe Moses and the third
deputy remained on the train. The
train men do not think Berner was
Captured They believe that after
jumping from the train the second
time he ran between the Little Mi
ami train and the second train stand
Ing on the track, and after thus
evading the n,oD escaped to the
fields. The train boy, brakeman and
conductor verify these statements.
When the first section Of the train
that had been attacked at LOveland
pulled into Morrow another mob was
found waiting to capture the pris-
oner. The mob was composed of l5O
or 100 men, only a part Of whom
Were masked. Before the train had
stopped they climbed on the engine,
into the cars and on the steps, eager
to get possession of the murderers.
Some of the men attempted to
the engineer to force the engIn er to
stop the train before it got into town,
IN order that they could swing Ber-
ner from the bridge near by. They
hunted through the passenger, bag
gage and sleeping cars, completing
their search just rs the train pulled
away from the town. Morrow is IA
miles northeast of Loveland. Moses
and deputy got off here and were so
excited that they could hardly speak.
Inc second section of the Little
Miami, which starts from Cincin
natl at Ills p. m., witnessed almost
the same scene that had been enacted
before at Lovelaud. A wild mob was
still yelling and searching for Berner.
Many men rushed upon the train,
thinking perhaps an attempt would
be made TO smuggle him through as
the train pulled out. Cries were
heard saying the search would be
continued till daylight when the
fugitive would be easily recognized.
Al Morrow the mob was at the de-
pot waiting for the second section,
aad when it arrived the same fren- !
zied effort was made to discover the
oo)ect of their search. In spite of thd
excitement and attempts to delay ane
search the trains both came in on |
Passengers and train men on the |
iSecond section gave the same thrill |
!, lug accounts that were given before |
Ao ssy the excitement is increasing ]