Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-04-01
THE CAUSE OF THE RIOT.

Howliax Mobs in Pursuit of Berner, Who
10 Finally Landed In the Penitentiary.
Columbus, O., March 29-Trainmen
and passengers who arrived here after
midnight give the following account Of
tue mobs at Loveland and Morrow, and
the effort to get Berner, the murderer, to
Columbus: Two deputies. with Berner,
drove from Cincinnati over to Linwood,
and there took the accommodation for
Loveland. 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
aud Join the two deputies and Berner ut
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 q full stop. The two
deputies sat near him, but did not have
him fastened to them. Joe Moses sat IN
the next car in advance. As the train
came to stop bowling mob of
nearly three hundred men made dash
for the cars; getting on they cried:
"There he is; catch him!" Some of the
men were masked, while part Of them
we're not. They climbed up on the cars,
but most of them broke for the one in
which Moses was seated. Que OF the
deputies who had been detailed to watch
Berner, sprang from his seat and started
for the front end Of the Car. The crowd
thought it was Berner trying to escape
and pounced on him and bore him to the
ground. He was choked, beaten and al
most killed before the mistake was dis.
covered. Berner had sprang from his
seat, but in attempting to jump from the
platform fell headlonR to the ground. It
was doubtless this accident that pre-
vented the crowd from recognizing him.
The train boy was standing on the plat
form at the time. He says Berner walked
around the car and entered again from
the rear. Meantime the wild mob had
discovered this mistake, and we're even
more infuristed than before. Berne.
walked about two thirds Of the way
through the Cal, when one Of the deputies
who had seen him jump from the tram
cried: "There he goes! Now catch him" "
Immediately Berner started on run and
again jumped from the train, which by
this time had started to pull out from
the station. 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 the third deputy remained
on the train. The men do not think
Berner was captured. They believe that
after jumping from the train the second
time he ran between Little Miami
train and second tram. which was stand.
ing on the track. and after thus eludlng
the mob escaped to the fields. The train
boy, brakeman and conductor verify
these statements. When the first section
of the train, the one that had been at.
tackled at Loveland, pulled into Morrow
another mob was waiting to capture the
prisoner. The mob was composed Of 15(
or 200 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 pos
session OF the murderer. Some Of thu
men attempted to force the engineer te
stop the train before it got into town il
order that they could swing Berner from
Q bridge near by. They hunted through
the passenger, baggage and sleeping cars
completing the search Just as the tralr
pulled away from town. Morrow ls four
teen miles northeast Of Loveland. Moses
and his deputy got of here, and were q
excited that they could hardly speak
The second section of the Little Miami
which starts from Cincinnati about fif
teen minutes after the first, witnessed
almost the same scene that had been en-
acted before. At Loveland the wild mo,
was still yelling aud searching for Ber
ner. Many men rushed upon the train
thinking perhaps an attempt would b.
made to smuggle him throngh. As th,
train pulled ont cries we're heard sayin1
the search would be continued until day
light, when the fugitive wouit
easily be recognized. At Morrow th,
mob was ct the depot waiting for til,
second section, and when it arrived th,
same frenzied effort was made to ducove
the object Of their search. In spite o
the excitement and attempt to delay an(
search the trains, both came in on time
The passengers and trainmen on th,
second section gave the same thrillin1
accounts that we're given before, anc
stated that the excitement had increased
OlnciD natl, March 29-Berner wa
caught at Foster crossing about $50 AMI
Is IN charge Of officers who will take hiu
to Chicago.
Berner was brought BY train from Fos
ter's crossing to Meanwhile in the d,rec
ton Of Cincinnati, where he was trans
ierred to the Columbus accommoda atio1
and looked up in the express car. d,
passed. Loveland and Morrow all right
and should by this time, Z O'Clock, be il
Columbus. =
Columbus, March 29-Bsrn.r "a.
landed in the penitentisry at eight
O'Clock tonight. accompanied BY th,
officers. He had most eventful expe
rience and escape for the past thirty
hon1s., After ieaping from the train lasi
night he wandered over the country
keeping sight Of the railroad. Finally
he rested 10 . boz car on sidinR til
nearly daylight. when he broke for The
woods. He wss ovettakea about ter
O'Clock BY Deputies Moses and Devote
Who kept up the chase with bugeies
They had difficulty 10 keeping him con.
ceaied during tho day. Finally they
drove to Fosters crossing, the next eta
ton beyond Loveiand. They had pre-
viously arranged TO meet some nswspa.
Per correspondents. They had ehaa6sd