The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-03-15

supplied axes and batteriug rams, and
Wiling hands went to work to force an
opening. This did not prove difficult
task to the trembling but determined
throng. Soon there was a crash, the door
gave was, and in an instant armed citizens
we're pouring through the small opening,
Whlie mighty shout went up from ten
thousand Threats in glad acclaim. There
was resistance Tor the intruders, however,
Dut IL. too, was soon overcome with huge
billet of wood which the men carried.
linen the turnkey was overpowered and the
keys taken from him. By that time the
excitement was intense; none the less so
when patrol wagon drove up with de-
tachment of policemen who were driven
away under a fire of mud and stones.
When tina leader inside the prison got
possession of the keys, the inside gate was
promptly unlocked and the deputies in the
lobby rapidly got out of harms way. The
avengers pressed into the yard of the white
prisoners. The door OF the first cell was
opened and group of trembling prisoners
suood inside. They were not the men who
were wanted and the crowd very quickly,
though with remarkable GOODNESS, burst
into the yard. Peering through the bars
OF the condemned cell was a terror stricken
face which some one mistook for Scaffedi.
A yolley was fired at the man and he
dropped, but none of the shots struck him.
and 1t was subsequently found he was not
one of the assassins. The inmates of the
jail were ready to direct the
way to where the Italians were.
"Go to the female departments,
some one yelled, and thither the men with
their Winchesters ran, but the door was
locked. In moment key was produced.
Then the leader called for some one who
knew the right men and volunteer re-
sponded, and the door was thrown open.
The gallery was deserted, but an old
woman said the men were up stairs. A
party of seven or eight quickly assembled
the stair case, and as they reached the
other end. Half a dozen followed them.
Scarcely word was spoken. 1t
was a time for action. When the
pursued and pursuers reached the stone
courtyard the former darted toward
the Orleans street side of the gallery and
crouched down beside the cells. Their
faces were blanched, and being unarmed,
they were absolutely defenseless. In fear
and trembling they screamed for mercy
but the avengers were merciless. Bang
bang! bang J! rang out the reports of the
murderous weapons. and deadly rain of
bullets poured into the crouchiug figures
Gerachi, the closest man, was struck in
the back of the neck, and his body pitched
| forward. Romero fell to his knees with
his face in his hands, and in that position
was shot to death. Monastero and James
Caruso fell together under the fire OF half a
dozen guns, leaden pellets entering their
bodies and heads. The bloody executioners
did their work well, and beneath the con-
tinuing fire Cometez and Trahinia, two of
the men who had not been tried, but who
were charged jointly with the other &C
cused, fell together. Their bodies were
| literally riddled with bullets, and they
were stone dead almost before the fusilade
was over.
| When a group of the assassins was dis
covered on the gallery, Machera, Scaffedi
and old man Marchesi separated from the
other six and ran up stairs. Thither hal
a dozen men followed them, and, as the
! terror stricken assassins ran in their cells
| they were slain. Joe Machera, Gwho wa:
charged with being the rch-consp1rator
| had his back turned when shot struch
/ him Immediately behind the ear and his
death was instantaneous. Scaffedi. one oil
| the mosk villanous eff the assassins, dropped
! like 6bg when bullet hit him in the eye
| Old man Marchesi was the only man wht
| did not get killed outright He was STRUCK
on the top of the head while ne stood besid,
| Machera and though mortally wounded
fingered all the evening.
PolitZ, the crazy man, was locked up in
cell up stairs. The doors were flung opel
ana one Ol Tue avengers taking aim SnO
him through the body. He was not killet
outright and in order to satisfy the peopl
on the outside, who were crazy t.
know what was going on within
he was dragged down stair
and through the doorway b,
which the crowd had entered. Half car
ried, half draggep, he was taken to tn
corner. a rope was procured and tie
around his neck, and the people pulled hin
h 10, Mo- 80
was dead, score of men took aim an
poured volley of shot into his body, an
for several hours his body was left dang
ling in the air.
Bagnetto was caught in the first rush u
stairs, and the first volley of bullets pierce
his brain. He was pulled out by a numbe
OF stalwart men through the main entranc
to the prison, and from the limb of a ire
his body was suspended, although life wa
already gone.
Just as soon as the bloody work wa
done, Mr.. Parkerson addressed the Grove
and asked them to dispense. This the
consented to do with ringing shout, bu
first they made a rush for Parkerson, anC
lifting him bodily supported him on thei
! shoulders while they marched up stree
t The avengers came back in body to Cla
statue, and then dispersed.
Immense crowds rushed from all dire,
while the streets in front of the newspape
| Offices were blocked with people anxious [
see the latest bulletins. There was intens
suppressed excitement; but from one en-
, of the city to the other the action of I'll
} citizens were applauded O'Malley, IL
: detective, who would have shared the fat
of the assassins, if he had been caught b,
Z disappeared, and is net expected to return
3 and members of the jury are in hiding TIL
= lot ha hapn nj
and though there is big crowd on Can
street tonight, the trouble seems all owe
The Italian consul declined 10 say to-nigl
, what action. if any. he will take.
The prison was surrounded until dark b
t motely multitude, but the police found L
difnculty in maitaining good order III
' bodies OF some of the slam were remove
this evening. Caruso was married, bl
leaves no children, and Machera Rome
q has wife and family. Comitez leaves
e wife.
S Marchesi died this evening at Z o'cloc
r The coroner's jury presented a simple fin,
: ing. They did not say who shot the men.
, Matranga, Sunxeri, Natalie, the bt
l Marchesi, Patrno, John Caruso, Pet
f and Incardona are the eight men who e
t capped punishment Caruso hid in the ware
o Natalie concealed himself in the wasnhou
o and was discovered and his life spare
f Sunxeri and Pietzo hid in the doghouse al
d Incardona in the vault while the jail offic
{ ais spirited Matranga ard Patorno out
y harms way. Seligman, foreman of tt
/ Jury, was arrested this afternoon as he w;
e attempting to leave the city,
4 A meeting of the Cotton exchange til
d afternoon was called to order by Preside
S Chaffe, who stated he had been called upt
a by a large committee of members with
Il request that he convene general .2eetil
n for the purpose of adopting suitable res
o buttons endorsing the action of the citize
in the deplorable event of the mornin
e Chaffe said inasmuch as all were famili
r with the events. it was not necessary
t, dilate upon them. They knew the fac
and the necessity of the situation. It
G follopipu raColutjOnS were then npo,