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

plass sad lev Kess. Iabogar
aHd nsmtef n the moi. wss
shd and killed. 1hlsfesnlsd " bfssk fha
spifll VI the mob, ihgnah shsg dld mai ~.
llfe hsstliy A Number N bfIskbsta wefs
thfosh b ihsm II me soldiers and %.
llfe, bet geHeaIIJ ihefe vas not miih
bitterness " feeling dlspIaYed on either
side The nfeat superiority " The ~.
lenders u The lall over The unafmsd and
lnpfvfnptu mofpwas ~ manifest when ths
iofmsf opened hfa that n would
have been utter folig ~ make sny further
effort some twenty-five 0f ihlfty men
we're arrested In lall The jsiIeffa resi-.
dtpce IN the jail, which was fniered bya
portion uf The mob, was fudcly handled,
the windows broken and furniture
smashed From this 0 number II men
made their way Into The Kitchen and
thence 10 the lower corridor After thu
apparent rellnquIshment of the main n.
fort 10 get Al The prisoners the mob lln.
grfcd outside, throwing stones and brick.
bats al the windows,
iii5 A. s.---News lust comes from ths
jail that the mob IA not defeated yf.
They have broken Into the armory "
tho Veteran Regiment aud taken tho
guns. More firing has been done at the
jail The mob Is now looking for nmmu-
milton with a prospect Of snccers
Tho mob broke Into the National Guard
armory, took out about 1000 muskets,
formed three abreast aud marched 10 ths
jail. They shot away all their ammunl-
and then marched down Main street aud
broke open kittrcdgc's gun store, which
they r1ed, taking everything they could
lay their hands on In the shape Of arms
and ammunition.
"a M.---At this hour the number Of
the mob s perhaps from 1000 10 5000
They are swearing they will yet get In
and hang all tho murderers inside. They
have procured barrel Of coal oil and
poured II over the Shcriff's Office, swear.
Ing they would yet burn down the build
ing, and some are mcdltatIng an attack
on the gun stores for arms. The militia
and police arc all on ,..o inside awaiting
Developments.
The mob fired OIL the soldiers when tina
latter came up from the cellar. Tho
| murdcrers In the cells were scared nearly
10 death. johnson, the black burkcr, was
nearly white.
The First Regiments armory has been
guarded for three nights In anticipation
Of this affair, but the Veteran regiment,
Of which Sheriff Hawkins Is Colonel, did
not take the same prccautlon,
2,l5 A. M.--Newton Cobb, Of Man.
chrster, o., was shot In the shoulder by
q soldier, through the jail window. Cobb
was a by.stander on the sidewalk. The
crowd claim soldiers are firing un.
necessarily upon the outsiders merely
looking on. On the other hand the
soldiers dread an effort 10 burn the
place or blow II up by rolling coal oil
barrels Into the basement and justify
themselves In clearing the sidewalks on
that account. II Is said that number Of
women spectators have been hurt with
random shots. The firing Of gunsis still
heard Al intervals.
2is0 A. M.--The fring by soldiers from
the windows has been terribly destruct-
I've. The following wounded have been
gathered into the drugstore al Court and
Walnut streets and at the hotel hesri
James Green, dying. fr
Walter Fay, dying,
James Turk, mortally wounded.
v. soehn, had wound In thigh.
Nd Duicff, shot In the legs.
These werc all bystanders, aud there II
growing bitter feeling against tho
soldiers.
The mob has taken all the arms they
want from kIttredge's store, including
small cannon.
CINCINNATI, o.. March n.
Bcrner was sentenced 70 twenty years
In the Pcnltentlary, the full limit
Of tho law. u appears that after
tho sentence he was disguised and placed
In buggy with Deputy Sheriff
Dominlck Devote and driven 10 Linwood,
where they cot aboard the Morrow ac-
commodatIon and went to Loyeland
10 await the arrival Of Criminal
Deputy Joe Moses with the neccs-
sary papers for commlttal 70 the PenI.
tentIary. II became known that Bsrncs
was at Lovclsnd and . crowd gathered.
When the train with Moses aboard came
m and Devote and Berner went 10 board
II the crowd made rush for Bcrnrr. lie
ran through car and escaped, and u
still at large.
Berncr, when he escaped from
the mob, rushed through the Ia
dies car, knocking Q woman down. A
man shouted, "TraIn robbcri Shoot
himlr -Four revolsers were drawn but
none fired ss he was 30 quickly ont Of tho
csp lie jumped Oh, and was seen by .
woman 20 run 70 the river bank, where
he passed out dwight and has not sincs
been heard from. The people blame
Deputy sheriff Devote for csreiessness
In going about with Beruer with no
handouts.