The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-03-30

| in the Jail that the mob was ouI-Iue
Sheriff Hawkins called up for MAI
shall Bunker by telephone ana Cn o.:
riot alarm was sounded. Inc suei ~
and posse made all preparations =
rerel the attack. On the way 10 Ihe
F.! jail tie mob secursd a long heaVS
tcantl ng which they used as a oat
tering ram. They began operatloh
on the north eide If the door anu
knocked a hole long enough 20
admit mans body through
which the mob crowded thick ana
fast end about fifty mounted the
stairs. Here they were met py q
detail of the police and the sher u
and were forced back into the al
Office. By this time the MOB out
side had procured long heavy
board and placing it in the iron
railing in front of the jail, pushed
it through a window into the second
story. Vita this they broke out the
entire sash and inside shutters and
scrambled into the apartment OF
jailor Brady. This successful move
encouraged the crowd who made a
rush for the south door, leading to
the street from the second story,
which is here level with the
pavement. This soon gave
way and the mob went
through in great numbers. The
sheriff's force consisted OF thirteen
men. When the mob entered these
withdrew hastily into the jail
proper, leaving between them and
the mob the heavy grated iron doors
which separated the reception room
from the cell room. This is at the
foot of the stairway leading up to
the cell room. The reception room
was jammed, and the mob kept
calling solve us Barner," "Give us
Johnson" and so on through the
list of murderers confined In the Jail.
There seemed to be no leader.
Finally, a tall. muscular negro
began to give orders, and the. mob
quickly obeyed. Aspace was cleared
and a plank used rs battering
ram, brought to bear against
the iron door. Behind the door
stood Sheriff Hawkins and his men
with drawn revolvers. The sheriff
said calmly that it meant death to
enter that door. The crowd wavered
a moment and hesitated; then the
colored leader gave the woFd
"Swing the plank" He was in>
SANITY obeyed and the gate trem'
bled with the whack and mighty
shout went up. A second stroke
from the battering ram made the
gate weaken perceptibly. The third
loosened it's bolts and 1t flew open.
Sheriff Hawkins had instructed his
men not to fire as he did not wish to
shed blood. He attempted to ad
dress the mob, but they flew by him
up the winding iron stairway
to the cell room. They sought
Berner, but soon discovered that he
was moved. Then they went to
Johnson's cell, one of the murderers
of the Taylor family. at AvonGale.
The Mortified prisoner suffered more
than death, as he looked on the de-
termined men outside. A power
full plank was brought up to batter
down the door of the cell, but the
small space prevented it's use with
erect. Besides, the deputy sheriff
caught hold of the plank and pre-
vented its being used. 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 CORR |
doris about the cells, and the mob
seemed to be repulsed. Not shot
was fired up to to this time by the |
forces within the Jail.
The stairway Was again in p $685.
sion of the sheiiff's forces and the
struggle bsgan for the iron gaze
The colored ringleader was seized |
by Lieutenant Dunn, struck on the |
heal and dragged ms de. Then tie
gate was closed, several others being |
srres ted about the same time. The |
b altering ram was broken in two az d
served as q brace for the gate. The
mob seemed repulsed and story |
went out spreading through the outs
side crowd. only to inf1ame more |
serious effort. Efforts were re-
doubled at all the entrances and the
southern gate to the jail yard was
broken down. Meantime Sheriff
Hawkins sent an order to Colonel
Hunt, commanding the first regi-
ment OF militia, to report to him in
,he Jail with all the men p,ssible.
Only about forty men were on duty
md these went to the jail passing
the courthouse and tunnel
already mentioned.
Here occurred the first bloodshed.
Che farther end Of the tunnel was
guarded by Officers Phil. Num- and
VonSeggern. As the soldiers ap,
,roached by threes, with guns
Officer VonSeggern threw
lp his HANDS ana shouted, "For
rods sake don't shoot here. You
will kill your friends" Without
aking warning the com mand of
Flre!' was given, and voliey went
sttiing through the tunnel. Officer
lunn fell, pierced by four bullets.
IONS eggern YVES shot Ia the eide of
he head. Several Of the militia
we're shot by their own guns. This
'olley bad the effect of clearing the
all, but FOR two hours thereafter
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