St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-29
WARNING TO JURIES.
The Verdict in the Berner Case
Causes Great Excitement
at Cincinnati.
A Mob of 10000 Attack the Jail to
Hang all Murderers.
The Police Called Out, but Refuse to Interfere
with the Proceedings.
The Jail Fired, with the Purpose of Burn
ing the Prisoners to Death.
Beraer Reported as LyncI,ed While en-
Route to the PeniteHtiary.
The Police Called Out, but Refuse to Interfere
with the Proceedings.
The Jail Fired, with the Purpose of Burn
ing the Prisoners to Death.
Bermer Reported as Lyncted While en-
Route to the Penitentiary.
GETS TWENTY YEARS.


CINCINNATI, March 28.-Ten thousand
people gathered at the Music hall in re-
Spouse to a call by reputable citizens to
take action on the Berner verdict. Many
could not get in. Strong resolutions were
adopted, condemning the verdict, a COM
mittee on legislation was appointed. Upon
adjournment, the vast crowd moved directly
to the jail, where they began an attack on
the front door AT $40 the riot alarm was
sounded, summoning the entire police force
to the Jail.
Vast crowds of people gathering in that
vicinity. Berner was removed after SEN
tence this afternoon, and is now on his way
to Columbus, but if the mob gctsin, other
murderers will be lynched.
~ The police upon arriving in the vicinity of
the Jail, commanded the crowd to move.
Not being obeyed, they fired, but as no one
hurt it was presumed that the police fired in
to the air. 1t is said that it is the intention
of the police, they being deeply in sympathy
with the movement to condemn the outra-
geous Berner verdict. a shot or two was
fired from the jail, but the crowd refuses to
move. They have good leader, and are
still q Op. m.) at work at the Jail door.
The meeting at Music hall was presided
over by A. c. Kemper, who made a conserve
'ative speech, taking for his topic the preva-
lence of crime throughout the whole country.
He then spoke of the special prevalence of
the crime of murder in the country, and the
necessity of more certainty in the admins
Of ic rir lie
marks were not intended to awaken mob
spirit, but when the meeting adjourned, the
people, by common impulse, moved down
to Twelfth street, where shouts began to be
uttered, ''to the jail,'' and the crowd then
moved bodily in that direction.
At II p. m. the report from the Jail is that
the crowd has got inside. They had previ-
ously broken into blacksmith shop and had
taken all the tools they could find. There is
difficulty in getting information about their
movements, because the streets all around
the court house and Jail are damned. The
reporter of the Associated press says at II
from the stone wall OF the jail yard he saw a
great crowd of men inside the Jail, but they
had not yet reached the cell room. They
were well supplied with tools, and were
at work at the doors. 1t was possible
they would have to go through stone wall,
which would be easy. There is apparently
no resistance to the mob and on the other
hand, no violence has been offered to persons
by the mob, except that Adam Maegley, one
of the policemen in the patrol wagon, was
struck with brick and slightly hurt. This
act is condemned by the mob, and now the
patrol wagons are standing in front of the
Jail, surrounded by people. The militia has
been ordered out, but large numbers failed
to appear, and there is a general DISPOSE
ton, so far as can be seen, not to interfere
with the mob.
Nothing is yet heard from Sheriff Hawk
ms who is inside the court house, and can
not be reached. Mayor Stephens is confined
to his house by sickness, leaving the sheriff
| wholly responsible for the preservation of
order, except for the assistance of the chief
of police.
11:30 p. m.-The First regiment Ohio
national guards has Just entered the jail,
having been marched through the front en-
trance of the court house, thence through a
tunnel into the jail, where the mob is
thronging. 1t now remains to be seen
whether the militia will do
anything to Illustrate the purpose Of the mob.
The police inside the jail arrested some of
the first members of mob that entered, but
this soon became impracticable, and the
police RETAINED from using pistols
1t now appears that Berner, after sentence,
was disguised and placed in buggy with
deputy sheriff Dominick Devote, and driven
to Linwood, where they got aboard the Nor
row accommodation and went to Loveland to
await the arrival of criminal deputy Joe Moses
to the penitentiary..
1t became known that Berner was at Love
land, and a crowd gathered. When the train
with Moses aboard came in, and Devote and
Berner went to board it, the crowd made a
rush for Berner. He ian through the car and
escaped, and is still at large.
Midnight-About 30 shots with muskets
were fired by the militia for the purpose of
soaring the mob. The result was
that glancing balls struck at least four
persons, inflicting injuries which may be IA
tai in the case of one or two. Policeman
Num- and Private Cook are the worst hurt,
the latter shot in the breast. The vOlley
seems to have checked the movement of the
mob, though the crowd have not yet dis
persed from about the jail There does not
seem to be any doubt that these wounds were
inflicted by the guns of the soldiers. The
mob made no effort to shoot so far as
known.
CoLUMB Us, O., March 2S.-Passengers ar
irving here on the midnight train from Gin
cinnati, report that Berner the murderer, en-
route to the penitentiary, was taken from
the train by large mob at Loveland, and it
is thought he has been lynched. Deputy j.
Moses came on to Morrow, where he also
left the train.
THE JAIL FIRED.
CINCINNATI, March 90, 1915 a. N.
The jail has been fired by the
mob, and the crowd on the
streets say they will cut the hose to prevent
the fire department from extinguishing it
The mob seems to think a wholesale holo-
caust the only means of accomplishing its
purpose.
ONLY 4 BONFIRE.
1870 a. m.-Fire engines responded to the
alarm, but after much difficulty in getting
near, found the alarm false. 1t was occa-
stoned a bonfire built near the Jail. AS the
buildinS is mainly of stone and iron, II
would be difficult to fire it from without. Ii
now appears there was an actual conflict De
tween the mob and military, though it is stin
more lkelY the Wonds of police and m1lltary