The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-04-01
The Mob Suppressed After
Three Days Fighting.
The Court House Burned, and
Other Property Destroyed.
List Of the Killed-DetaiIS of
the Riot.

Smaltze, barkeeper in the @ Ieen
City Hotel, has juat been shot by a
militianan on Main and Canal
street. and instantly killed. at
daylight this morning an Associ
sted Press reporter walked through
the quarter of the city where the
stormy scenes of the previous nigh
had been enac'e1. The dawning
was as peaceful and brilliant as was
ever eeen. Against the exquisi,ely
tinted sky in the east the broken
Walls of the burning courthouse
was distinctly defined, with its
orumbicd window openings looking
like ra6e wounds. Over the ruins
of the treasurer's Office ia the north
ern part Of the building the luri1
glow of fire was still vieible, while
from other portions a thin white
coIored smoke and steam was rising
as the water thrown by the engine
fell into ths burning contents. Last
night when the sun went down, the
occupants Of the treasurer's Office
were sitting at the open Plate glass
windows, smoking cigar and Reads
ing aseoUn & of the previous nigh IS
attempts on the jail. There
was no thought thst within
six nours their own windows
would be broken and the acc ana
lated wealth of the contents Of that
great building be in ruins. But this
building, great as its loss ia, is
merely property. Other losses IN
that locality were or human life.
Only pools OF blood here and there
in the trampIed dust, or on the b lex
Sidewalk, were to be seen. Oaly an
hour before, on Sycamore street,
below the court house, lay fear or
five dead bodies of drunken or ven
turesoEae men. who, in spite of the
pOlicemens' warning, bad gone be
yond the limit permitted bg the
militia. When they fell under the
fire Of the militia, no one dared go
to take them away until the mob |
had dispersed and the streets were |
clear. aOnly two hours be:ore, at 3
am, when small crow
gathered at the drug store
at Court and Walnut Square
west Of the court house, to seq the
patrol wagon take away dead man,
the firing began at the court house !;
heavier than at any time last night.
It was the gallant work Of Colonel
Freeman's Fourteenth regiment
that finally cleared the streets and
gave authority to control the entire
space about the court house aud
all. Colonel Hawkins had evil
lently misunderstood the motives
If the mob. He thought the pris.
)ners in the all were their object
We point, whereas If they had any
purpose at all it was to
axe revenge on the military for
he previous nights reckless firing.
Jol. Hawkins therefore had given
lis whois attention to the protection
# the jail and prisoners. HIS cps
for knowing the exsc
ituation was not good, anu he ha Il
eason TO expect assistance r.ier
rom Oh side troops. The Fourteenth
egiment was expected at O'Clock,
'ut il was nearly II o'clock when it
eachet the court house. The Fourth
egiment was q total failure. It
marched to Eighth and Walnut and
hen marched backed to the depot
{ was afterward ordered to join the I
ther troops at the jail, but the Q
Iolonel stated that the troops had
catered and he could not get them !
Ogether. Is was after all POSSIBLE {
" OF doing any good had c
assed, when these troops finally Z
1ined the rest of the command. 8
he conduct Of Col. Mott will pro, '
ably bs the subject of investiga. q
on. So far as now known the fall c
re of this command was not attri- Q
ltable to spy indisp0sition OF the !;
en- to do their duty. The l.
lited testimony of men
10 hSd an opIortunity for OBJ
rvatiOn was that from two to three I
lndred men composed the bulk Of
10 violent active rioters, and that y
ley were not fully armed. They y :,
ere stimulated by the cheers and :;
essence Of others. but the general %
ONION is that very little amount Q
generalship would have been suffi.
ent to put them to flight. This
as strikingly proven when the at
ok was made on Powell's gun u
ore. about midnight. The first
AN who entered was shot dead;
lie second shared the same fate, Ii
i'd the third was seriously woun- p
ID. an effort was then made b
burn the building, but the p,o> il
'ietor fired from an upper d
7doW we'll directed shot and the t.
=, was given up. It was shown b
te. $50 when another portion OF d
10 NIB got cannon from the mu- o
e hall and were met and overcome C
: squad Of thirty policemen whs f
pture3 the cannon and took it I'D o
jail. n
fnsids the jail the scenes were d
iritlesS. Tne mob at no time r,
ade an impression on any part of Il
9 building unless by light, harm o
IS missiles. The troops were lying f
theic arms taking such rest as n
ey could get when not called for b
scial duty. The police, worn out, p
sre also Iounging about in such q "
amer as was most comfortable, RI
oupb thew had freouent calls for tC