The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-03-19


rang the reports O. the murderous weapons
and deadly rain Of bullets poured into the |
.rOuchiug figures. Garachi, the closest
man was struck in the back OF his head
and his body pitched forward and lay I'M
movable on the stone pavement. Romero I
fell to his knees with his face in his hands,
and in that position was shot TO deatD.
Monastrio aud James Caruso fell toselner
under the ire of half a dozen guns, the
leaden bullets entering their ooIles ana
heads and the biood gushing from the
wounds.
The bloody executioners did their work
well and beneath the continuing tire tom,
etes and Trahina two Of the men VINO hau
not been tried, but who were charged Jplnily
with, others, fell together. Their DouleS
were literally riddled with buckshot ana
they ware stone dead almost before the JUS
ilade wins over.
When the group of assaSslns was MS
covered on the gallery, Macheca, Scaiieda
and old man Marchesi separated from the
other six and ran up stairs. Thither nall
dozen men followed them and rs the horror
stricken assassins ran into III II cells they
were slain. Joe MaCheca, who was charged
with being the arch cOnspirator, WAS
short, fat man and was summary dealt
with He had his bach turned when shot
struck INN Immediately behind the ear
Scoffeda, one of the most vilianous
Ct the ASA sins dropped like log when a
bullet hit him il tae eye. Old man Nal
chest was the only man who was not
killed outright, He was struck in the top
of the head " lille he stood beside MacheSl,
aud thou IN MORALLY wounded he fingered
ill evening. POlieZ, the crazy man, was
backed up in cell upstairs. The door
was pened AID one OF the avengers. taxing
aitn, shot him through the BODY. lie was
not killei outright, and in order to satisfy
the people on the outside, who were crazy
to know what was gong on he was drag
ged down stairs aud through The doorway
by which the crowd had entered. Hall
carried, half dragged, he was
taken TO the corner. A rope was
provided and Tied around his neck, and the
people pulled him uptO cross bar. Not
satisfied that be was dead, score OF men
took ann and poured volley of shot into
his body, and for several hours the body
was left dangling in the air.
BqgnettO was caught in the first rush up
stairs and the first vOley Of bullets pierced
his brain. He WAS pulled our by number
Of staIwart men through the main entrance
and from the limb of tree his body was
suspended, although life was already gone.
Just as soon as the bloody work was done,
PARKINSON ADDRESSED THE CROWD
and asked them to dispense. This they
consented to do with shout, bur first they
made III h for Pa kerson, and lifting hun
bodily, supported hun Oh their shJll-
der' while they marched up the stree.
The avengers Came back III body to Clay
statue and there par ed. Immense crowds
rushed from all directions to the neighbour
hood of the tragedy while the streets in
front of the news paper offices were blocked
with people anxious to see the latest bll-
lelins. There was suppressed excitement,
but from one end Of the city to the other
the actIon of the citizens was applauded
O'Malley, the detective, who would have
shared the ia of the aSsasslnS II he bad
been caught, has di appeared aud it Is not
expected he will return, and numbers of
the jury are i'll hiding. The atmosphere
las been considerably purged and though
there is IA big crowd on Canal street tonight
the trouble seems all over. TIE Italian
consul declined TO say tOniSnr what action,
if any, he will take. The bodies of some of
the slain we're removed this evening.
Caruso was married but leaves no
children. Romero has Il W te aud children
and Machera wife aud family Comiles
leaves a wife.
Coroner LemOnnier and his clerk Henri
Labarre reached the Parish prison about
15:3O O'clock. The coroner viewed first the
bodies Of those lying in the yard. A jury
was empanelled as follows: w. b. San
bury, w. J. Leppert, John HILLARY, W. J.
Gaban, Will Porter.
The body OF hoco Geraci was viewed.
He had only one wound i'll The chest, he
died from "a hemUrrhage.
Peter MonasterO, guGshot wound i'll the
back of the head, bruise on the neck.
Charles Trahlua, zen gunshOt wounds n
the chest, one gunshot wound Oh the left
side OF the face, gunshot wound in the
back at the left shoulder, on the top OF the
left shonlder and in the back.
Jim Caruso, numerous gun shot wounds
on the anterior o. the body from the head
to the knees, one wound i'll the face one in
the neck, nine in the ches twelve in the
abdomen, four in the groin, five i'll the right
thigh, four in the left thigh.
Loretti Comi z, gun shot wound of the
chest anIeriOrly, eleven wounds in the top
OF the head, four III the right side Of the
body, wound IN the left side. All thos,
were buckshOt wounds.
Frank Romero, alias Nine Fingered
Frank, gun shot WJund Oh he head above
tie forehead. All the shot lodged in rhe
head, and the ski Ii inside Is completely
shattered.
THE BODIES UP STAIRS.
This completed the inquest in the yard
The coroner, his jury anu members of the
press hexC went up stairs and on the gallery
of the condemned cells an inquest was held
on the bodies there lying.
Antonio SGottidi had "a gunshot wound of
the brain. Tue ball entered above the
right eye. Joseph p. Macheca had not II
single bullet wound in him. His face was
swollen and his flesh already assuming
blush liut, The coroner examined the
body and str pped il of every stitch of cloth.
ing. Although the Uead mans coat, vest
and shirt showed bullet holes his under
shirt was not pierced. This was conclusive
proof no bullets had entered his dody. Ii
was evident MaCheca was clubbed to death
with the ends of rifles and pistols, How
ever the coroner postponed the e1 amina-
ton of Macheca's body to later hour. He
then turned 10 Marchesi, who was found to
be slill alive. The mans chin and the
foremuscles of the neck moved slowly and
laborlously. He wa just as good as dead,
though, as was evidenced by mole a.
large as silver quarter in his head.
Marchesi had several fingers shot off also
from his right hand. He will die in few
minutes" remarked the coroner.
Meanwhile Dr.. Lee Monuier sent Mr.. Ia
barre for his box of surgical instruments So |
to perform careful autopsy of Macheca
The jury will not render q verdict until the
latter autopsy is made.
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