Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-04-04

exhibition IN MUSIC nall nj little past two
II was stated that they had these cannon
! posted at tho corner Of Fourth and Walnut
Streets intending to give n warm reception
TO the 18th regiment on its expected arrival
But il turned out that the mob had no pow.
der, and could not get any, although they
| procured some substitute for canister shot
| They were moving up Fourth street when a
squad of 30 policemen charged upon thom,
captured the guns and scattered the rioters
This was the last rally of the mob during
the night, but they had achieved the destruo-
ton OF the court house, and the loss of few
soldiers and policemen, and largo number
Of their own body.
There seems to have been no excuse for tho
! failure to protect the court house. The
crowd was permitted to go to the very win.
! dows and break them in without resistance
and when the opportunity offered some rock
less communist suggested to cast some light
on the subject. This will be the Paris Of
America, sure enough, " said another. With
this leadership and with such motives chairs
carpets and desks were broken and piled in
heaps in the treasurer's office and a match
! applied. As this was done the devil-may-
| care, drunken hoodums in the crowd cheer
ed aud yelled to "burn the id militia out"
just here occurred one of the most melan-
oholy events of the night-the killing of
Capt. John j. Desmond. He had been ad.
vised of the purpose to burn the court house
and was sent with squad of militia to try to
! put out the fire. The mob fred on him and
ball crashed through his head. AT the
same time Private Mcclure was fatally shot
! through the breast. There Was no use try.
| ing to stop tho incendaries They went
| from olhce to Office starting fires, and in a
| few minutes the inside of the court house
| glowod like furnace. Tho fire department
was powerless-irst, because the fremen re-
| fused to go out without the escort Of troops
and second, because the crowd could easily
cut the hose and prevent the use of the en-
gines. Office after office was reached by the
flames and as the floors fell, the crowd cheer
! cd. The management of Sheriff Hawkins
| was adversely commented on ut Cincinnati
| with reference TO the loss of that building
An immense veranda, with huge stone col
sumns from the top of the first story to the
roof, commanding Main and Court streets
formed place where 20 men in safety could
have cleared the whole space with two voloys
! and could have made it certain death TO any
man coming within range.
The united testimony of tue mon who had
! opportunities for observation was that from
| 200 to 800 mon composed the bulk of the vi.
| client, active rioters, and that they were not
! fully armed. They were stimulated by the
cheers and presence Of others, but the gen
eral opinion is that very little genoralship
would have been sufficient to put them to
flight. A sort of running attack was kept up
on the Jail over night, but without etToct.
The Scene in Cincinnati During the
Day sunday.
AT day break, Sunday, the scene which the
city presented was a strange one. Tho sun
! light revealed the terrible havoc Of the niaht's
work in Court House square. Smoking ruins
pools of blood, armed militia, and yelling, ex-
! cited crowds stood out in bold relief. Tho
military were stationed behind barbados of
barrels, planks and beer-kegs across Main
street at Ninth, across Court street lust cast
! of the market-space, across Sycamore street
| just north and south of the jail and across
! Court street ut Canal Here and there dead
bodies Of men lay where they fell Some dis
lance from the militia, and further from the
courthouse at each of these points, was a
! surglng mob numbering fully 2OOO. The in
! dlvlduals comprising these crowds were of
every descripuon--men, women and children
A large majority, however, were men, and
they were very demonstrativo. Any change
of position of the militia was greeted with
yells and hooings There was n constant
pressure of the crowd toward the barbados.
but a line of policemen Immediately in front
of the various throngs pressed them back by
vigorous use Of their clubs and arresting the
most aggressive. The various streets between
| the barricades and court house hquare were
nearly deserted and presented strange sight
| Blue-uniformed militia-men wont through va
rious evoutions as they were relieved in squads
| for breakfast. Stacks of muskets and piles
| OF Enap5acks we're scattered over the streets
| About the courthouse ruins were great piles
of smouldering and biackened public records
rescued too late from the burning building.
What on the day before was Il magnificent
county building doomed up a sad monument
| OF the mob's violence. Its walls all remained
standing, but almost everything combustible
! inside of it had been consumed, the iron. work
| warped and twisted, and the stones cracked
and scared. The roof had disappeared, and
| the sun shone unobstruoted into the criminal
courtroom where Berner was tried. Tue
courthouse was largely built of iron, brick
and stone, and the shells of the various sto-
res and rooms, as well as the iron stnirways
| still remain solid
Throughout the day intensely bitter feeling
was manifested against the militia for what
the mob felt to be their needless firing and
stones were thrown at them whenever oppor.
tunity offered wait till tonight" wait
till we get good and drunk and well hoist you
blue-costed men from behind your barrels !"
were among the threats uttered by the mob.
The mayor issued q proclamation calling en-
all good citizens to rally to preserve the peace,
recommending the enrolment of citizens as
| special police, and warning the people, espe-
olally children and youth, TO remain ut home
| after dark.
During the evening the regiment from Co.
lumbus guarding the Court-street approach 10
the Jail was fired into by one of the mob from
an alley. The troops answered the challenge
by few shots, which were followed by vol
! ley and several shots from the Calling gun
stationed at the side. One volley was fred
down Main street, seriously wounding Briggs
| Swift, prominent pork-p9cker, who was
standing at the corner Of Seventh and Main
| Streets three squares from the courthouse in
conversation with Henry Hanna, broker.
Many of the people and some of the pa
pers openly said that the reception of the
gang of determined men who composed the
mob of Friday night was gross mistake;
that it would have been better to have given
up the criminals and let them receive we'll.
merited punishment, which the courts do not
secure.
The governor closely watched the situation
| from Columbus, and ordered every military
organization in the state-17 regiments and
batteries-to report at Cincinnati. The
railroad officials were also called upon to run
| special trains for the transportation of the
troops.
The Situation Sunday Night and Mon.
day.
As Sunday night came on it was evident
'lAat tho pOhCo anu lhu got the
city under control and there was no organic
ed mob effort and no further destruction of
property. The militia were on the alert ali
night and there were rumors OF communistic
meetings and of dynamite and nitro. glycerin
being brought into use, but these stories were
without foundation. Monday morning it
was evident that peace was returning, though
the city still presented much the appearance
of a military camp.
Everything was in the most complete state
of defense at the Jail and the city buildings.
Across all the streets and alleys approaching
the late scene of strife the barricades had
been strengthened and reinforced. Men re-
sumed their ordinary employments, talked
over the situation, and congratulated each
other that things were no worse. A revised
list of those killed during the riot foots up be-
tween 40 and 80 victims, and 1872 known to
be wounded. The slightly wounded went to
their homes, and the number of such will
never be known.
The Latest.-sOrdsr RestOred.-.the
Troops being Removed.
despatch of April LIST says: The Oleve-
land Battery and a considerable part of the
militia were relieved from duty to-day. They
went home at once. By Sunday the addi-