, 1884-03-30

was gone, they vent to ,Johnson's cell,
one of the murderers of the Taylor family,
at Avondale. The mortified prisoner suf-
fered more than death as he looked on the
determined faces of the men outside. A
powerful plank was brought up to batter
down the door of the cell, but the small
space prevented its use with effect. Be
sides this, the deputy sheriffs caught hold
Of the plank and prevented its being used.
In the meantime, Chief of Police Reilly,
hearing the men were in the jail, entered
through the court house and through a
tunnel from it to the interior of the jail.
With this combined force the men were
put out of the corridors about the cells,
and the mob seemed to be repulsed. Not
a shot had been fred up to this time by
those within the Jail.
II r. BLOOD SHED.
Here occurred the first bloodshed. The
farther end of the tunnel was guarded by
Officers Phil Mum and VanSeggern. As
the soldiers approached by threes, with
guns pointed, Officer VanSeggern threw
up his hands and shouted: For Gods
sake don't shoot here, you'll kill your
friends. Without needing the warning,
the command, "Firel" was given and a
volley went rafting through the tunnel
Officer Mum fell pierced by four balls.
NanSeggern was shot on the side of the
head. Several ofthe militia were shot by
their own guns. This volley had the
effect to clear the jail, but for two hours
thereafter efforts were made on the put
side to destroy the whole building. A
barrel of coal oil was poured down into the
lower part of the Jail and set on fire, but
the officers within managed to %extinguish
the flames. The carpenters Office was
furnished with some wood, and that also
was fired, but as the jail is mainly stone
and iron this effort was futile. The crowd
threw boulders and fired pistols promiscu-
ously at the windows, and the militia in
the meantime fired from the windows at
the crowd.
CHARACTER OF TIE CoNvICT's CRIME.
At half-past 3 this morning quiet was
restored. Berner's crime was assisting
Joe Palmer, colored, in the cold blooded
murder of his employer, William II.
Kirk. Both he and Palmer confessed to
the murder but the jury found him guilty
of m~anslaughter. This with the fact that
about twenty other untried murderers are
in Jail is what inlames the public mind.
The feeling has by no means been allayed
by last night tragedy and is growing not
only against the murderers but against
the militia, upon whom the whole respon-
sibility of the loss is placed. Sheriff
Hawkins had repulsed the mob without
bloodshed and was holding them at bay
when the militia entered and the fire by
the soldiers was in direct opposition to the
protest of Officer VanSeggern. The peo-
pie do not rest under the fact that Officer
Mum lost his life trying to protect the
lives of worthless murderers.
A GRoUNDLEss REPORT.
A report was on the streets this morn
ing hat Berner had been recaptured and
hung at Loveland. This proved to be
groundless. One story is hat Berner in
running from the crowd at Loveland ran
into the Miami river and was drowned.
This is not improbable, as the night was
very dark and no trace could be found of
him. The whole country was secured by
excited citizens and if found alive he will
certainly be lynched.
II WHY N THE WHEREFORE.
Colonel Hunt, commander of the
militia; gives this version of the firing on
the mob: when we cndeavored to pass
through the tunnel we found it occupied
by the mob, who, just as soon as two
leading files made their appearance, began
firing on us and three or four leading men
fell badly wounded. The deputy sheriff,
who was with us, ordered the men to
return the fire, which they did and cleared
the tunnel. In every instance the men
fired under orders. More gunshot wounds
came from indiscriminate firing of the
mob"
This account of the fire is directly con-
tradicted by Officer Won Seggern whose
story has been told already. He begged
the soldiers not to shoot, Nothing yet
has been heard of Berner. The deputy
sheriff left Loveland this morning in a
carriage going toward Cincinnati, giving
rise to suspicion that Berner had come
here to hide, but hat is mere guessing.
The crowds in the vicinity of the court
house and Jail continue large, though the
police and soldiers prohibit all access to
the front or sides of the Jail or to the
streets for a square in every direction.
The apprehension of trouble tonight
grows stronger. 1t is rumored that
Campbell county, KY. will send 800 men
to the rescue, Rioters were arrested last
night and are still in jail.
THE ESCAPED PRISONER CAUGHT.
Berner was caught at Fosters crossing
about $50 and is in charge of officers who
will take him to Columbus.
The Jail office and %jailor's residence has
scarcely an unbroken article about them,
even the large heating stove was wrecked.
Turnkey McHugh's wife and children
passed the night in terror. McHugh was
compelled to serve with Sheriff Hawkins
until the mob was expelled, while mother
and children in the rooms above heard
the shots of the soldiers and the shouts Of
the mob and witnessed the destruction OF
furniture. To add to their terror the moi