Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-03-31

to the capital for advice and aid. They kept the
governor advised by dispatches from every
station, and he got the officials to stop the
train half mile from the depot here, and
close to the penitentiary, where Berner was
taken without delay. There were crowds at
all the stations making inquiries, and null
titude awaited the train in and about Co.
Bsrner was safely confined in the penitentiary.
THE TERRIBLE SCENE GOES ON.
All day Saturday the crowd hang about the
jail and court house, and after the cover of
darkness lent its shelter they resumed oper-
atoms They b.oke into and robbed Pow
ellis gun store of all its arms and ammuni-
ton and secured several cannon. They got
the court house on FIRE and il gained such
rapid headwsy that it became impossible to
save the building. Pendemonium reignsd
and the firing was furious.
NIGHT OF BLOODY BATTLE.
a m.-There Is no sleep in the city this
morning. Scenes of bloodshed and horror
prevail undated. The mob are receiving
fresh strength from the suburbs and are
becoming holder and more bloodthirsty.
They have gained possession of four cannon
and are now searching for powder with
which to commence the battle with the mill
tary and police. The situation Is indescrib-
able. Men are being shot down every mo-
ment and the hospitals are nearly filled with
the bleeding victims of butchery.
$50 a. m.-Captaia Desmond, of the First
regiment and a prominent lawyer, while at
tempting to enter the treasurer's Office when
the alarm was sounded to extinguish the fire,
was shot dead. Two privates were wounded
at the same time. AS q precautionary meas
ure nearly all the saloons in the city have
closed their doors. Governor Hosdley has
here all night, using a special wire for the
purpose. He promises to have ten thousand
men of the Ohio National Guard in Cincin-
natl by Sunday night If the trouble is not
over by that time. The mob are getting can
non ready for action and are securing the
town for powder. It is reported that three
men were burned to death in the court house,
they being in the top of the building and
were unable to find their way ont.
q. m.-Three or four hundred men and
boys while dragging the cannon around
searching for powder were net near the COR
ner of Fourth and Walnut streets about 3
o'clock by a squad of police who ordered the
mob to halt at the same time firing their
pistols in the air. The crowd became panic
stricken aud scattered in every direction.
Around the court house it looks as though
the trouble was about over for tonight. The
military ventured out about two squares and
when near the corner of Vine and Court
streets they saw small crowd of young men
who had been simply lockers on, but sup
posed they were far enough away to be out
of danger of stray bullets. The soldiers fired
into the crowd without a word of warn
ing, killing one and wounding two others.
A Reign of TerrOr-The Court House In
Ruins-A Terrible Picture OF Wreck
and DesOlaafOn-The Fighting Kept
Up Alt NIght-Thousands of Soldiers In
the City.
CINCINNATI, March 3O.-Our magnificent
court house is destroyed and the city full of
dead and dying as the terrible result of the
long reign Of unchecked crime. This morn
ing's bright sunlight revealed the terrible
havoc of last nights work at the Court
House square. Smoking ruins, pools of
blood, armed militia and yelling excited
crowds stood out in bold relief. The military
were stationed behind barricades of barrels,
planks and beer kegs, across Main street at
Ninth, across Court street just east of the
market space, across Main street at Canal,
at Sycamore street north and south of the
jail and at various other points. The sol
diers at all these points except Court and
Canal belonged to the Fourteenth regiment
of Columbus. At the latter point the Duffy
Guards (colored) were stationed. All the
soldiers stood with muskets ready to fire.
Some distance from the militia and further
from the court house at each of these points
was surging mob numbering fully two
thousand. The individuals comprising these
crowds were of every description, men,
women and children. A large maj ority, how
ever, were men and they were very demon
strative. Any change of position of the
militia was greeted with yells and hootings.
There was a constant pressure of
THE CROWDS TOWARDS THE barbados,
but line of policemen ,imm ediately in from
of the various throngs pressed them back
after clubbing them on the heads and arrest
ing the most aggressive. Matters remained
in this condition until about 2:30 this after,
noon, when crowd of abont one hundred
men and boys were collected on the north
side of Canal street between Main and Wal
nut and the boys to amuse themselves Der
gan throwing stones into the water. Several
ocks were thrown at the bridge at Main
street crossing and squad of soldiers who
were at the south end of the bridge COM
manded the boys to stop throwing. The
boys in turn called the soldiers names and
began to ad vance toward the bridge.
The soldiers cried out ssHalt' and had
scarcely given the command when volley
of firing followed. Frederick Smaltz. aged
twenty-five sup posed to be a barkeeper at
the Queen City Hotel was shot in the side
the ball passing entirely through his body.
coming out on the right side. His body was
picked up blythe crowd and borne into house
near by where DR.. Albers, who was present,
attempted to administer to the victims.
sMALTz BREATHED BUT THREE TIMES
after reaching the house, when he died. In
his pocket were recommendations from
Coney Island and Rockaway Beach hotels
saying he was an honest, industrious man
The excitement was intense in the neighbor-
hood and the verdict of everyone that saw
the shooting was that it was reckless and un-
called for. Two or three other men we're
wounded, but not seriously. There is
now certainty of a we'll de-
fined organization in the city bent on
mischief. Two cases of hand erenades
arrived in the city yesterday, part of which
were used in firing the court house. There
which two or three were shot. The fighting
began about $3.50 p. m. and is as severe as it
was last night. The mob
SEEMS DETERMINED To BE ANN1HLATED.
The excitement is intense and there has
been no respect paid whatever to the Mayors
proclamation ordering every body in off the
streets Troops are coming in on every train
from all points of the State and the militia
now number three thousand. The City Hall
is filed with soldiers, while the large park ad-
joining is also full of them
NO LEADER FOB THE NOE.
IL p. m.-The city is still in a terrible
state of excitement and there has been no
abatement in the last three hours. An angry
bowling mob is stationed at the corner of
Court and Vine streets, two squares away
from the court house. They dare not ap-
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