Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-03-19
SUMMARY VENGEANCE.
Eighty THOUSAND People in New
Orleans Take the Law Into
Their Own Hands,
Eleven Persons Killed by an In ;uri
ated Mob as the Result OF
Corrupt Jury and Court.


the Clay statue adjourned TO the par.
sh prison, which was surrounded by
several thousand excited people, and
it is known that the Siciian assassins
were taken out and some Of them shot
and others hanged The doors OF the
prison were forced open and all the
prisoners that were on trial wore
killed except Incardona, Matranga
and the Marchesi boy The killed are
Manuel POLITE, Pietro Monasterio, An
tonic Scoffidi, Joseph Nj. Beheca, An
tonic Marchosaa Antonio Baguette.
The parish prison was reached at
1890 o'clock. The wooden door on
Marals street was broken in and wild
rush made fo. the inside OF the prison.
Two men stood at the entrance and no
one was allowed TO enter except those
with guns. AS the crowd passed
TIN rough the yards blanched faces APP
peared at the cell windows. As the
mob reached the cells occupied by the
prisoners they were taken out and Two
hanged and the others shot
No material resistance was offered
by the police or tho sheriff to the
work of the citizens, who were armed
with shot guns and pistols and who not
only represented the humber classes
but the most prominent bankers. citi-
zens merchants and professional men
in New Orleans. A wagon filled with
policemen dashed up to the scene, but
they were driven away amid a shower
of mud and did not seem anxious to
charge the crowd. The sherlff's dep
uties found that resistance was use
less and they had to stand by and see
the doors battered down.
The latest information is that eleven
men were killed in all The additional
list is: Joe Romero, ii. Curitz, jim
Caruso, Rocco Girarchi and Grahina.
These were charged as accessories. A
meeting OF citizens will be held to de-
termine what to do with Detective ID.
G. Omally who worked up the testi
mony in favor Of the defense.
President ChafTee called the men,
bers of tho Cotton exchange to order
| that afternoon and stated he had been
| called upon by large number Of
| members and reque sted to call u meet.
| ing endorsing the citizens committees
action that morning. The following
| resolution was then adopted:
Whereas. The deplorable admins
tration of criminal justice in this city
| and the irightIul extent to which the
| bribing of juries has been carried
rendered it necessary for the citizens
| of New Orleans to vindicate outraged
| Justice; be it
| Resolved, That while we deplore
at all times the resort to violance, we
consider the action taken by the citi-
zen this morning to be proper and JUS
tifable.
Similar resolutions were adopted by
the Sugar exchange and the Stock ex.
| change.
Coroner Lemmonier reached the
prison at 1890 He first viewed the
bodies of those lying in the yard.
w. f. Stanbury, w. j. Leppcrt, John
Hurter, w. j. Gahar and win Porter
were empanelled as his jury. Rocco
Geracci was first viewed. But one
|
chest and caused hemorrhage which
caused his death. Next came Peter
| Monasterio. He was found to have q
gunshot wound in the back of his
| head and a bruise on the neck.
Charles Terahia was found to have u
| gunshOt wound in the chest, one on
the left side of the face and wounds
I Loft oh nd in
Caruso had numerous wounds on an
terror portion of body, one wound in
| face, one in neck, nine in the chest,
twelve in the abdomen, five in right
thigh, four in left thigh. Lo.ctto
Comitz had a gunshot wound in the
chest, one in the head, four in right
side and bruise from gunshot
wound on the left side of the back
Frank Romero, gunshot wound in the
head above forehcad; all of the shot
lodged in his head and the skull in
side is completely shattered. This
completed the inquest in the
yard. The bodies inside the pris-
on were then examined An
tonic Scaffedi had u gunshot
wound in the brain. Joseph Mocheca
had not single bullet wound and his
face had a swollen and blush tint.
He had evidently been dubbed to
death with the butt ends of pistols and
rifles. The coroner did not finish his
examination of Macheca's body. He
will hold an autopsy on 1t later. Mar
chest was found to be still alive, yet
he was just as good us dead, as evil
| denced by II hole rs large as silver
| quarter in the head. Tho coroner
said he could live buta short time. The
jury will render u verdict when the
| coroner has completed his examination
of Machecas' remains.
The members OF the jury and Detect
! i've O'Mally could not be found by the
crowd while in its ugly humor
or it would have Jared badly with them.
| Though large crowds are on the
streets the trouble seems to be
| all over. The Italian consul refuses
to divulge what action if any, he will
| take. The prison was surrounded all
day by curious crowds, but the police
| easily maintained order.
|
| by friends. Caruso and Comitez leave
wives but, no children, while Romero
and Macheca leave families.
Antonio Bagnetto was left hanging
about an hour and half and then
taken down by the police. The cor
oner found that death had been caused
by strangulation Manuel Politz was
also cut down by the police. He had
been hanged to the lamp post, and
his body riddled with bullets. The
verdict in his case was death from
gunshot wounds in the head and
chest. There were also MARKS about
his neck.
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