The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-31


car. The crowd thought it was Berner
trying to escape, and bouncing on him
bore him to the ground. He was choked,
beaten, and almost killed before the mistake
was discovered. Berner had sprung from
his seat, but in attempting to jump from the
platform he fell headlong to the ground. 1t
was doubtless this accident that prevented
the crowd from recognizing him. The
train-boy, who was standing on the platform
at the time, says that Barner walked around
the car and entered again from the rear
Meantime the wild mob discovered their
mistake and were even moro infuri-
atel than before. Berner walked about
two-thiris of the way through the car when
one Of the deputies, who had seen him jump,
cried: "There he goes nowl Catch HIM"
Immediately Berner started on run and
again jumped from the train, which BY this
time had started to pull out from tine
station. One of the deputies ran after him,
while the one who had been mistaken
for Berner was still held by crowd. Joe
Moses ami q third deputy r$nained on the
train. The trainmen do not think that
Berner was captured They believe
| that after jumping from the train
the second time ne ran between the Little
Miami train and second train which was
standing on the track, and after thus eluding
the mob escaped to the fields The train boy,
brakeman, and conductor verify these state
ments. When the first section train, the one
that had been attacked at Loveland, pulled
into Morrow another mob was waiting to
capture the prisoner. The mob was composed
of $50 or 200 men, only part of whom were
masked Before the train stopped they
climbed on the engine, into the cars,
and on the steps, eager to get
possession of the murderer Some of
the men attempted to force the en-
gineer TO stop the train before it got into the
town, in order that they could swing Berner
| from bride near by. They hunted through
passenger, baggage and sleeping cars. conf
| p!eting their search just as the train pulled
| Gway. The town of Morrow is fourteen
miles northwest of Loveland Moses and his
| deputy got off here and were so excited that
| they could hardly speak. The second section
of the Little Miami, which starts from Gin
cinnati about fifteen minutes after the first,
witnessed almost the same scene that had
! been enacted at Loveand' The wild mob
was still yelling and searching for Berner.
Many men rushed upon the train, thinking
that perhaps an attempt would be made to
smuggle him through.
As the train pulled out cries were heard
saying that the search woulI. be continued
until daylight, when the fugitive would easily
be recognized at Morrow. The mob was at
the depot waiting for the second section, and
when it arrived the same ffenzied effort was
made to discover the object of their search.
In spite of the excitements and attempts
to delay and search the trains both
came in on time. The passengers
and trainmen of the second portion gave the
same thrilling accounts that were given
before Col. Hunt teiegraphed the governor
to be in ceadiness. His excellency will re-
main over Sunday, 50 as to call more troops
| if necessary. Col. Hunt has made a
requisition on the adiutant- general for 5000
rounds Of ball cartridges, aud they were sent
! to Cincinnati on the train The passengers
Oh the morning and noon trains from Gin
cinnati say that the most intense excitement
exists all along the way, large crowds being
gathered at the stations and threats being
made against the deputy sheriffs that they
would suffer if they did not succeed in theil
scouting about the country TO produce Der
ner, or show that he had been put ont of the
| WaV.