The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-03-18

uiVShOhu was mJcuoc, nOuc IhS lOoo bo
when patrol wagon drove up with q
detachment of policemen, who were
driven away under fire of mud and
stones.
! When the leaders inside the prison
got possession Of the keys the inside
gate was unlocked and the deputies In
the lobby got out of harms way. The
I avengers pressed into the yard Of the
white prisoners. The door of the first
cell was open and a group of trembling
| prisoners stood inside. They were not
the men who were wanted and the
crowd quickly burst into the yard. Peer
ing through the bars of the condemned
! cell was n terror stricken face which
some one mistook for Scoffedi. A vol
ley was fred at the man and he dropped,
but none of tae shots struck him, and 1t
was subseG 'Ispt.y found that he was not
one of the assassias. The inmates of
the Jail were eady 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 a moment the key was
produced. Then the leader called for
some one who knew the right men and
volunteer responded and the Coor was
thrown open. The gallery was deserted,
but an old woman said the men were
upstairs. A party of seven or eight
quickly assembled the staircase, and rs
they reached the landing the assassins
fed down at the other end. Half
dozen followed them. Scarcely a word
was spoken. II was the time for action.
When the pursued and their pursuers
reached the stone court y.:d the former
darted towards the Orleans side of the
gallery and crouched down beside the
cells. Their faces blanched, and being
unarmed they were absolutely defense
less. In fear and trembling they
screamed for mercy. But the avengers
were mcrciless Bang! Bang! Bang!
rang out the reports OF the murderous
weapons and deadly rain of bullets
poured into the crouching figures
Gerachi the closest man, was struck
in the back of the head and his body
pitched forward and lay immovable on
the stone pavement Romero fell to his
knees with his face in his hands and in
that position was shot to death. Monas-
tero and James Caruso fell together,
under the fire of half dozen guns, the
leaden pellets entering their bodies and
heads, and the blood gushing from the
wounds.
The bloody executioners did their
work well. and beneath the continuing
fire Comitez and Treahna, two of the
men who had not been tried, but who
were charged jointly with the others nc
cused fell together Their bodies were
literally riddled with buckshot and
they were stone dead almost before the
fusillade was over. When the group of
assassins were discovered on the gallery
Macheca, Scoffcdi, and old man Mar
chesa separated from the other six and
ran upstairs.
Thither half a dozen men followed
them, and as the horror stricken assas-
sins ran into cells they were slain. Joe
Macheca, who was charged with being
the arch-conspirator was short, fat
man and was summarily dealt with. He
had his back turned when shot struck
him Immediately behind the ear and his
death was instantaneous. There was
no blood from the wound, and when the
body was found the ear was swollen SO
rs TO hide the wound, which the coroner
had great difficulty in locating. Scoffedi.
one Of the most villainous Of the assas-
sins, dropped like log when bullet
hit him in the eye.
Old man Marchesa was the only man
who was not killed outright He was
struck in the top Of the head while he
stood beside Macheca, and although he
was mortally wounded he fingered all
the evening.
Politz, the crazy man, was locked up
In cell upstairs. The doors were flung
open and one Of the avengers, taking
aim, shot him through the body. He
was not killed outright and in order to
satisfy the people on the outside, who
were crazy TO know what was going on
within, he was dragged down the stairs |
and through the doorway by which the |
crowd had entered Half carried, half !
dragged, ne was taken to the corner. A !
rope was provided and tied around his |
neck and the people pulled him up TO
the cross bars. Not satisfied that he
was dead, score Of men took aim and 1
poured volley Of shot into his body .
and for several hours the body was left
in the air.
Bagnetto was caught in the first rush
upstairs, and the first volley OF bullets
pierced his brain. lie was pulled out !
by number Of men through the main
entrance 10 the prison, and from the
limb Of Il tree his body was suspended,
although life was already gone.
just as soon as the bloody work was
lone Mr.. Parkerson addressed the
crowd and asked them TO disperse.
This they consented TO do with ring
ing shout, but first they made rush for
Parkerson and, lifting him bodily, sup
ported him on their shoulders while !
hey marched up the street The aven-
gers came back in a body to the Clay
statue and then separated There was
intense excitement, but from one end
of the city TO tine other the action of the
,itizens was applauded. o'Malley, the
detective, who would have shared the
late Of the assassins II he had been
,aught, has disappeared, and is not ex-
Dected TO return, and members of the
Jury are in hiding
Names Of the victims: Manuel Politz,
Pietro Monastero, Antonio Scoffedi. Jo-
'eph p. Macheca, Antonio Marchesi,
Antonio Bagnetto, Frank Romero, Jim
caruso, Rocco Gerachi, Charles Trahina,
. Comitez.