The record-union., 1891-03-15
OR1(1INAI DEFEC1TVE

Around on Orleans street there was
heavy wooden door, which had been
closely barred in anticipation of the COM
ing OF the avenging mass. This the
crowd selected as their best chance of get
ting in. The neighboring houses readily
supplied axes and battering rams, and
willing 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
doors gave way and in an instant armed
citizens were pouring through the small
opening, while a mighty shout went up
from ten thousand throats in glad ac-
claim.
There was more resistance for the in
truders, however, but it, too was soon
overcome with a huge billet of wood
which the men carried. Then the Turn
Key was overpowered and the keys taken
from him. BY that time
THE EXCITEMENT WAS INTENSE,
None the less so when the patrol wagon
drove up with detachment of police
men, 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
promptly unlocked and deputies in the
lobby rapidly got out of harm's way.
The avengers pressed into the yard of the
white prisoners. The door of the first
cell was open and group of trembling
prisoners stood inside. They were not
the men who were wanted, and the crowd
very quietly, though with remarkable
GOODNESS, burst into the yard.
Peering through the bars of the con-
demned cell was terror-stricken face.
which someone mistook for Scoffedi's. A
volley was fired at the man and he
dropped, but none Of the shots struck
him, and il was subsequently found that
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 DEPARTMENT"
Some one yelled, and thither the men.
with their Winchesters, ran. But the
door was locked. In u 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. The gallery was de-
serted, but an old woman said the men
were upstairs.
A party of seven or eight quickly as
cended the staircase, and as they reached
the landing the assassins fled down at
the other end. Half dozen followed
them. Scarcely word was spoken. 1t
was
TIME FOR ACTION.
When the pursued and pursuers
reached the stone courtyard, the former
darted toward the Orleans side of the gall
lery and crouched down beside the cells.
Their faces blanched, and being unarmed.
they were absolutely defenseless. In
fear and trembling they screamed for
mercy, but the avengers We're merciless.
BANG, BANG, BANG,
Rang out the reports of the murderous
weapons, and deadly rain of bullets
poured into the crouching figures.
Gerachl, the closest man, was struck in
the back ofthe head, 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 to-
gether under the fire of half dozen guns.
the leaden pellets entering their bodies
and heads.
The bloody executioners did their work
well, and beneath the continuous fire
Cometez and Trahinia, two OF the men
who have not been tried, but who were
charged jointly with the other accused,
fell together. Their bodies were literally
riddled with bullets, and they were stone
dead almost before the fusillade was over.
When the group of assassins were dis
covered on the gallery Macheca, Scoffedi
and old man Marchesi separated from
the other six and ran upstairs. Thither
half dozen men followed them and as
the terror-stricken assassins ran into the
cells they were slain.
Joe Marchesa, who was charged with
being the arch-conspirator, had his back
turned, when shot struck him immedi-
ately behind the ear, and his death was
instantaneous.
Scoffedi, one of the most villainous of
the aSsassins, dropped like dog when a
bullet hit him in the eye.
Old man Marchesi was the only man
who was not killed outright. He was
struck on the top of the head while he
tally wounded, fingered all evening.
Pollize, 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 stairs and
through the doorway by which the crowd
hrd entered. Half carried, half 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, a
volley of shot into his body, and for
several hours the body was left dangling
in the air.
Bagnetto was caught in the first rush
upstairs, and the first volley of bullets
pierced his brain. He was pulled out by
number Of stalwart men through the
mann entrance to the prison, and from
the limb of tree his body was suspended,
although life was already gone.
CLOSING SCENES.
Just as soon as the bloody work was
done, Mr.. Parkerson addressed the crowd
and asked them to disperse. This they
consented to do, with a ringing shout
but first they made rush for Parkerson,
and, lifting him bodily, supported him on
their shoulders while they marched up
the street. The avengers came back in a
body to the Clay statue, and then dis
persed.
Immense crowds rushed from all di-
rectlons to the neighborhood of the
tragedy, while the streets in front of the
newspaper offices We're blocked with peo-
pie, anxious TO see the latest bulletins.
There was intense suppressed excite
ment, but from one end of the city to the
other the action of the citizens was ap-
plauded.
O'Malley, the detective, who would
have shared the fate of the assassins if he
had been caught, has disappeared, and is
not expected TO return, and the members
OF the jury are in hiding.
The atmosphere has been considerably
purged, and though there is big crowd
on Canal street tonight, the trouble seems
all over.
The Italian Consul declined to say to-
night what action, if any, he will take.
The prison was surrounded until dark
with d motley multitude, but the police
found no difficulty in maintaining good
order. The bodies OF some OF the slain
were removed this evening.
Caruso was married, but leaves no chill
n .n1 hos IL