St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-15
THE WORK OF SLAUGHTER.
Graphic Description of the Mob's
Violence

Violence.
The inmates of the Jail were ready to
direct the way to where the Italians
were. $50 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
door was thrown open. Tne galley 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 ascended the stair case,
and as they reached the landing
the aSSaSSinS fed down at the other
end. Half dozen followed them.
Scarcely Il word was spoken. II was
the time for action. When the pursued
ami their purSuers reached the Stone
court yard the former darted toward
/ the Orleans side Of the gallery aud
crOuched down beside the cells. Their
faces bianched, and being unarmtd,
they were absolutely dOft useless. In
fear and trembling they screamed for
mercy. But the avengers We're merci-
less. Bang, bang, bang, rang out the
reports of the murderous weapons,
and a 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 imm0vabe on
the stone pavement. Romero fell to his
knees with his face in his hands, and in
that position was shot to death. Mon
asterO ana James CaruSo fell together
under the fire of half q dozen
guns, the leaden pellets filling
4 I,n
blood gushing from the wounds.
The bloody eXecutioners did their work
! well, and beneath the continuing fire
| COmeteX and Trahinla, two of the men
who had not been tried, but who were
charged jointly with the other accused,
| fell together. Their bodies were liter
! ally rlddled with bullets. and they were
stone dead almost before the fusilade
was over. When the gr)up of
assassinS was discovered on the gallery,
Macheca, ScOtfedi ana old man Marchesi
| separated from the other six and ran
up stairs. Thither half a dozen men
followed them. and as the terror-stricken
aSsaSSlns ran they were slain. Joe Ma
checa, who was charged with being
| the arcll-conSpiratOr, was Summarily
dealt with. He had his back turned
when bullet struck him behind the
ear and his death was instantaneous.
There was no blood from the Wound
and when the body was picked up the
! ear was swollen SO as to hide the
wound. Scaffedi. one of the most vii.
| famous of the aSSaSSins, dropped like a
log when bullet hit him in the eye
| Old man Marchesi was the only mar
who was not killed outright. lie was
| struck in the top of the head while he
| stood beside Macheca, and, though he
was mortally wounded, he fingered all
| the evening. POlliZe, the crazy man
was locked up in cell up stairs. The
! doors were flung open and one of the
avengers, taking aim, shot nm 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 brought through
| the doorway by which the crowd
had entered. Half carried, hall
| dragged, he 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 poured Volley of shot in TO his
| body, and for several hours the
body was lett dangling in the air
BagnettO was caught in the first rush
up stairs, ard the first volley of bullets
| pierced his brain. He was pulled out
by number of stalwart men through
the main entrance to the prison, and
| from the limb of tree his body was
| suspended, although life was. already
gone