Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-03-29
The Berner Case at Cincinnati.

The Beruer Case at Cincinnati.
! CISofNNATI March 2Ssh.-William Berner
was quietly brought before Judge Matthews
at 2 o'clock this afternoon, and sentenced to
the PenitenliaIy for twenty years-the full
| limit of the law 1t is probable that he will
be taken to Columbus by the first train.
SECOND DISPATCH.l
! CINCINNATI March 2Sth.-Ten thsussnd
| people gathered in Music Hall to-day, in re-
spouse to call by reputable citizens, to take
action on the Bsrner verdict. Many could
not get in. Strong resolutions were adopted,
conde mining the verdict, and committee on
legislation was appointed. Upon adjourn
mert the vast crowd moved directly to the
Jail, where they began an attack on the
| trent dnor. At $40 a riot alarm
was sounded, summoning the entire
police force TO the Jail, vast crowds Of people
| gathering in tbst vicinity. Barner was re.
moved, after his sentence this afternoon. and
is now on his way to Columbus but if the
mob gets in, the other murderers will be
| lyrched. The police, upon arriving in the
| vicinity of the jail, commanded the crowd to
move. Not being obeyed. they fired, but as
nobody was hurt, it is presumed that the pc
lice fired in the air. 1t is said that was the
intention of the police, they being deeply 10
sympathy with the movement to condemn the
outrageous Berrer verdict. 4 shot or two
was fired from the jill, but the crowd re-
fuses to move. They have a good leader,
and are still 40 P. NJ at work st the Jail
door.
THIRD DIsPATCH.I
CINCINNATI, March 2S .h-11:30 P. M.-The
First Regiment, Oaio National Guard has
Just entered the ] sil, having been marched
through the front entrance Of the Court
house, thence through tunnel into the jail.
where the mob is thronging. 1t now remains
to be seen whether the militia viii do any
thing to Illustrate the purpose of the mob.
The police inside the Jail arrested some of the
first members of the mob that entered, but
this soon became imprs eticable, and the police
refrained from using pistols. It now
appears that Berner, after his sentence,
was disguised and placed in buggy, with
Deputy Sheriff D0mihick Devote, and driven
to Linwood, where they got aboard the Nor
row accommodation, and weat to Loveland,
to await the arrival of Criminal Deputy Joe
Moses, with the necessary papers for com
initial to the Penitentiary. IL became
known that Berner was at Loveland and a
crowd gathered. When the train with Noses
aboard came in, and Devote and Berner went
to board it, the crowd made a rush for Ber.
ner, but he ran through the car and escaped,
and is still at large.
Midnight.-About thirty shots with mus
kets were fired by thu militia for the purpose
of soaring the mob. The result was that
elancing balls struck at least four persons,
inhictiag in iuries which may be fatal in the
case sof one or two. Policeman Num- and
private Cook are the worst hurt The latter
was shot in the breast. The volley seems TO
have checked the movement of the mob,
though the crowds are not yet dispersed from
about the jail. There does not seem TO be
any doubt that these wounds were Inflicted
by the guns of the soldiers. Tne mob made
no effort to shoot, so far as known.
FOURTH DIsPATCH.l
COLUMBUS (Ohio), March 2S:h.-Passen-
gers arriving here on the midnight train from
Cincinnati report thst Berner. the murderer,
en- route to the Penitentisry, was taken from
the train by large mob at Lovelan6, and il
is thought that he has been lyncted. Deputy
Joe Moses came on to Morrow, where he also
lsft the train
FIFTH DISPATCHl
CINc1NNATI, March 29sh-l2:45 A. M.-The
jail has been fired by the mob. and the crowd
on the street say ,t will cut the hose to pre-
vent the fire department from extiuguishing
the flames. The mob seems to think whole
sale holocaust the only means of accomplish
ing It's purpose.
LATER,-The fire engines responded to the
alarm, but found much difficulty in getting
nesr. They found the alarm false. It was
occasioned by bonfire built near the jail
AS the building is mainly of stone and iron,
it would be difficult TO fire it from without.
1t now appears that there was an actual con
fiict between the mob and military, though it
is still more than likely that the wounds of
the police and military were il ficted By the
fire Of the latter. When the inner door be-
tween the reception-room and the cell
was broken down, the military fired on the
mob at that place, and Lew Kent, laborer,
a member of the mob, was shot and
killed. This seemed to break the spirit
Of the mob, though they did not retire hasti-
ly. a number of bricks were thrown by
them at the soldiers snd police, but generally
there was not much bitterness of feeling dis.
played on either side. The greatly superior
strength of the defenders of the all over the
uuarmed and impromptu mob was so mani
fest, when the former opened fire, that it
would have been utter folly to make another
effort. Twenty-Five or thirty men we're ar.
rested and are in Jail. The jailer's resideuce
10 the Jail, which was entered by portion of
the mob, was ru3ely handled, wind US being
broken and ferI Iiture smashed. From there
a number of men made their way to the
kitchen, and thence to the lower corridor.
After the relinquishment Of the main fort
to get az the prisoners, the mob fingered out.
side. throwing stones and brickbats at the
windows
1:45 A. News just comes from the Jail
that the mob are not defeated yet They
have broken into the armory f the Veteran
Regiment and taken the guns More fling
has been done at the Jail.
(SIXTH DISPATCHl
CINcINNATI March och go a. M.-The
| firing by the soldiers from the windows has
been terribly destructive. The following
wounded have been gathered into the drug
store at Court and Walnut streets aud at
| hotel near L James Green, dying; Walter
| E. Fay, dying; James Turk, mortally
wounded f. Soehner, bad wound in the
thigh; Ed Du'lef, shot in the legs. These
were all bystsnders, aud there is growing
bitter feeling against the soldiers. Tne mob
| has taken all the arms wanted from Kit.
tredge's store, including small cannon.
! THE CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE.
! CINCINNATI, March 2S.h.-The history of
the crime for which Berner was to-day SEN
fenced to twenty years, is briefly as follows
| William c. Kirk was murdered in his stable
last February by Berner, who stood behind a
| door, and when his victim entered smashed
/ his head with hammer, robbed him of S4O0,
put his budy into a wagon Of he murdered
man, and hauled it off and dumped it into
| Mill creek, where it was found two days
/ later,