The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-03-19
HEADED FOR THE JAIL.
The Determined Crowd, Well Armed,
Starts for tho Prey.

Starts for the Frey.
BY this time the crowd had swelled to
three thousand or more and before any one
could realize what had happened, the great
thronr, gaining recruits at every street, was
tramping down the street to the neighbor-
hood Of the prison, stopping only once,
and that was atthe arsenal, whore double
barrelled shot guns, Winchester rifles and
pistols were handed out to responsible and
respectable citizens in the party.
When the vanguard of armed citizens
reached the prison which is many squares
from Canal street, that grim old building
was surrounded on all sides. Sheriff Viller
when lie heard that movement was on
foot to take the prisoners
ARMED HIS DEPUTIES
and then started on a hunt for Mayor
Shakespeare. The Italian consul and At
torney General Rogers joined in the pur-
suit but his honor does not reach his office
till noon and he was not to be found at any
Of his regular haunts The governor had
not heard of the uprising and had no time
to act. The police force was too small to
offer much resistance to the army of aveng-
,ers.
Meanwhile the prisoners were stricken
with terror, for they could hear distinctly
the shouts of the people without madly de-
manding their blood.
Innocent and guilty alike were Frightened
out Of their senses, and the prisoners who
were charged with crimes other than COM
plicity in the murder of the chief also
shared in the general decentralization.
Some OF the Drawer among the representa-
tives of the Malta wanted to die
FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES
and they pleaded for weapons with which
to defend defend themselves, and when thew
could not get them they sought hiding
places. The deputies, thinking to deceive
the crowd by a ruse, transferred the prison.
ers to the female department., and there the
miserable Sicilians trembed in terror until
the moment when the doors would Weld
to the angry throng on the outside
Capt Davis refused the request to open
the prison and the crowd began the work
OF battering in the doors. On the street
there was heavy wooden door which had
been closely barred in anticipation of the
coming OF the avenging mass.
THE AVENGERS
pressed into the yard of the white Drison
ers. The door Of the first cell was open and
group OF trem milling prisoner stood inside.
They were not the men who were wanted,
and the crowd very quickly. though with
remark able GOODNESS, burst into the yard
Peering through the bars OF the con-
demned cell was terror-stricken face which
some one nlstook for Scoffedo. A vollev
was fired at the man and he dropped, but
none of the shots struck him. and It was
subsequently found that he was not one
of the assassins. The inmates OF the iaiI
were ready to direct the way to
where the Italians were. go to the female
Department. some one yelled. and thither
the men with their Winchesters ran, but
the door was locked. In moment the
key was produced. Then the leader called
for some one who knew the right men, and
a volunteer responded and the door was
thrown open. The gallery was deserted but
an old woman, speaking as fast as she
could. said the men were up stairs.
A party Of seven or eight quickly as
cendcd the stair case, and IS they reached
the landing the assassins filed down at the
other end. Halfa dozen followed them.
Scarcely word was spoken. 1t was the
time for action.