Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-30
A MOB RIDDEN CITY.
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HUNDREDS OF ANGRY MEN

6top the Train on which BeFneF n he
fpe Taken 90 Columbus But m the
Excitement the Murderer EscsPess
Special to The Register.
COLUMBUS, o.. March 26.-The train men
and passengers who arrived here after mid
night give the following account OF the
mobs at Loveland and Morrow and the
effort to get Berner, the murder to Column.
bus. The two deputies with Berner drove
from Cincinnati over to Lnwood and
there took the accommodation for Love
land. This part of the journey was made
without accident. Joe Moses was then to
20 to the little Miami depot and Quietly
board the train for Columbus and join the
two deputies and Berner at Loveland.
When the Little Miami train pulled into
Loveland Berner was placed on the car
next to the sleeper before the
train had come to full stop. Inc TWO
deputies sat near him but did not nave
him fastened TO them. Joe Moses sat IN
the next car in advance. As the train
csme to q stop thehowling mob OF nearly
three hundred men made a dash Tor inc
csrs, yelling, There he is; catch him.;
Some Of the men were masked, while
part of them were not. They climbed IN
all the cars, but most OF them broke for the
one in which Moses was seated.
Beating the wrong Man.
One of the deputies who had been sta-
toned to watch Berner sprang from his
seat and started for the front end OF the
car. The crowd thought it was Berner try
ing TO escape. and pouncing on him bore
him TO the ground He was choked, beaten
and almost killed. Before the mistake was
discovered Berner had sprung from bis
seat, but in attempting to jump from the
platform he fell headlong to the ground:
II was doubtless this accident that pre-
vented the crowd from recognizing
him. The train boy who was
standing on the platform, SAYS that Berner
walked around the car and entered again
from the rear. Meantime the wild mob
discovered their mistake and were M ore
Infatuated than before. Berner walked
about two-thirds OF the way through the
car when one of the deputies who had
seen him Jump from the train cried:
There he goes now, catch him. lmme-
IisteS Berner started on a run and again
Jumped from the train, which by this
time had started to pull out from the sta
ton. One Of the deputies ran after him.
while the one who had been mistaken for
Berner was still held by the crowd. Joe
Moses and a third deputy remained on the
rain. The train men do not think Berner
wss captured. They believe that after
jumping from the train the second time he
ran between the Little Miami train and
second train which was standing on the
track, and after thus eluding the mob,
escaped in the fields. The train boy,
brakemen and conductor verify these state
ments.
The Mob at Morrow.
When the first section of the train that
had been attacked at Loyelsnd pulled into
Morrow, another mob was waiting to cap
ture The prisoner The mob was composed
of one hundred and fifty to two hundred
men, only part of whom were masked.
Before the train stopped they climbed on
the engine, into the cars, aud on the steps
eager to get possession Of the murderer.
Some OF the men attempted TO lorce the
engineer to stop the train before 1t got into
town in order that they could swing Der
ner from q bridge near by. They hunted
through the passenger, baggage aud sleep
ing cars, completing their search just as
The train pulled away from town. Morrow
is fourteen miles northeast OF l'oveland.
Moses and his deputy got off here, and were
80 excited that they could hardly SPEAK.
The second section Of the Little Miami
which starts from Cincinnati about fifteen
minutes after the first, witnessed almost
the same scenes that had been enacted be.
fore at Loveland. The wild mob was still
yelling and searching for Berner. Many
men rushed upon the train, thinking that
perhaps an attempt would be made to
smuggle him through. AS the train pulled
out cries were heard saying that the search
would be continued until daylight when
he fugitive would be easily recognized.
AT Morrow the mob was at the depot wait
ing for the second section. When it ar
rived the sane wild Effort was made TO
discover The object of their search. ln
81, te Of excitement and attempts to delay
and search tie trains, both came IN on
rin,p. The passengers and train men on
the second section gave the same thrilling
accounts that were given before and stated
that the excitement was increasing.