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Title
Cincinnati
Riot
barricades
photograph
Subject
Cincinnati (Ohio)--Riot, 1884
Riots
Riot control
Cincinnati (Ohio)--History
Ohio History--Military Ohio
Ohio. National Guard
Time Period
1880s
Place
Cincinnati (Ohio)
Hamilton County (Ohio)
Description
This
photograph
captures
a
scene
from the
1884
Cincinnati
Courthouse
Riot
. A
group
of
armed
Ohio
National
Guard
troops
stands
behind
a
barricade
of
overturned
wagons
on
Court
Street
. The
Cincinnati
jail
is
visible
in the
background
. The
photo
surface
has
two
handwritten
notes
in
white
ink
: "
Court
St
.
looking
to
Jail
"
(lower
left)
and "
RAG
Photos
"
(lower
right)
. "
RAG
"
refers
to
Rombach
&
Groene
,
Cincinnati-based
photographers
and
engravers
. In
March
1884
,
public
confidence
in
Cincinnati
law
enforcement
was
extremely
low
. The
public
believed
that
murderers
and
other
serious
offenders
were not
brought
to
justice
promptly
or
received
little
punishment
.
Civil
unrest
was
brought
to a
boil
when
seventeen-year-old
William
Berner
was
sentenced
to
only
twenty
years
'
imprisonment
for
manslaughter
rather
than
murder
.
Berner
had been
charged
with
savagely
beating
his
employer
to
death
after
being
caught
in the
act
of
stealing
$285
. On
March
28
,
1884
,
thousands
of
citizens
stormed
the
county
jail
and
courthouse
. The
rioting
,
which
lasted
three
days
,
required
forces
from the
sheriff’s
office
,
city
police
, and
local
and
state
militia
to
restore
order
.
Fifty-four
people
were
killed
and
more
than
200
wounded
. The
courthouse
and
jail
suffered
enormous
damage
, and
valuable
records
were
destroyed
from the
assault
and
fire
. The
riot
gained
international
notoriety
and
helped
pave
the
way
for
removal
of
political
favoritism
and a
larger
police
force
.
Creator
Rombach & Groene (Photographers)
Date of Original
1884
Collection
Cincinnati
Riot
of
1884
Source
SC
4607
Format
Picture
;
Black-and-white
photograph
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
AL05826.tif
Image Height
2800
Image Width
2800
File Size
18414688 Bytes
Date created
2011-08-05
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