Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-04-07
GREAT RIOT AT CINCINNATI

From the 2Sth to the 31st ult. Gin
cinnati was in a state of violence and
terror equal to Paris during the Com
mune. A young man by the name
of Berner had murdered man to OBJ
tain 500 which he possessed. The
proof against him was positive; he
even offered to plead guilty of muir
der in the second degree, but the
prosecuting attorney was so confident
that he could be convicted in the first
degree that he refused to accept the
plea. The jury, however, returned a
verdict of manslaughter only, to the
great indignation of attorneys, Judge,
and the people in general.
A mass meeting to give vent to the
Indignation was held on the evening
of the 2Sth at Music hall and attend
ed by very large number of people,
among them some of the staunch men
of the city. After denouncing the
jury system unsparingly the meeting
adjourned, but some of the more ex-
citable had been wrought upon too
much to cool down easily. They re-
paired to the jail and demanded the
surrender of Berner. Of course the
sheriff refused and then they began
an attack upon the building. Berner
had been put en- route for Columbus,
but the people did not know it. The
riot alarm was sounded and the po-
lice appeared, partly dispensing the
crowd. But the crowd augmented,
fed by the scum of the streets, and
what at the outset was only an ex-
preston of Indignation, became 8
communistic howl. The court house
was set on fire and many valuable
records destroyed.
The mayor was sick in bed but hi
reused and did his best. Troops wer'
called for and their presence only ad
ded to the frenzy of the mob. For
bearance ceasing to be a virtue, tn
troops were ordered to clear tn
streets-and volley after volley wa
fired. Upwards of so of the rioter
were killed and 1870 wounded. Th
soldiers suffered some losses. TIL
firemen could only work upon th
burning building as they were pre-
tected by the troops. Special train
Saturday night and Sunday brougl
troops until the whole force of til
state, seventeen regiments and fiv
batteries were concentrated in I'll
city. AT latest accounts all was gu
ct and no more bloodshed is expected
LATER.-Later news is worse as
the number of killed and wounded
Tuesday mornings dispatches repo
the killed at 10, and the wounded
$50. 1t is hoped this may prove {
exaggeration. A large proportion
the wounded were struck by musk
balls and their injuries are seriou
Heart-reDding scenes were Witness
in the morgue and the hospital Su
day. At the latter cots were fill
with victims of the riot, and betwe
them were seated mothers, sisters al
brothers bemoaning the fate of tho
dear to them.
1t appears that the trouble has L
been so much with those who were
first dissatisfied with the courts
dispensing justice, as with sociali
and communists, who always ia
the occasion of riot to pillage, pit
der and destroy. There has be
some threatening by the mob sill
Sunday, but few overt acts, and il
now believed the worst is over.
attempt to get some roughs from Is
lucky was frustrated by the authC
ties.
CINCINNATI, March 31.-Early t
morning as citizen was cross
Court street he was called by
milit airy to halt. Not obeying
was dangerously wounded. The st
militia are here in overwhelming nj
bers and more are coming. Their,
no possibility that any lawless CT
binations can defeat them. The p
icky feeling has departed and pill
ing has entirely stopped.
u. S. troops are now in readir
to respond in case of further trou
Tuesday general quiet prevailed
the city. The citizens committee
Monday, adopted resolutions
thanks to Mayor Stephenson