Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-03-19

replied I've got the key and he held
long key over his head. This an
nouneement was greeted with yelis
The door was opened anil the crowd
made a break 10 get IN
Hold on gentlemen said the young
man who had produced the key. I'VE do
not want To shed innocent blood Who
knows the aSsaSSinS--
II do and Il : shouted dozen men
Let me in. know them said one
determined man. and he was admitted
About seven men entered and the
corridor was found deserted with the
exception Of one person This was an
old negro woman -Dey are upstairs.
boss. she said in answer 10 a question
No material resistance was offered bv
the police or the sheriff to the work Of
the citizens. who were armed with shot
guns and pistols. and who not only rrp-
resented the humber classes. hut th..
most prominent bankers. citizens. uaer-
chants and professional men in New Or
leans.
A Wagon tiIlesi with policemen dashed
mp Ia the scene. hut they were driven
away amid shower Of mu.i and disi
not seem anxious - charge the crowd
The sheriff-s deputies found that resist
ance was useless. and they had to stand
by and see the doors battered drwz
When appri>ed of the approach # the
mob. the prison officials transferred the
Italians frDm the male "a the female de-
partment- and when the armed r,rn who
got ON the inside of the Jail found
them the prisoners ran DOWN into the
yard below They begged and pleasissi
for mercy but for some of them there
WIS no merry shown az the hands ~ the
outraged eitizrnS- When the prisoners
reached the yard they tried to seek
places Of safety but therr were none to
be found. and the shot guns h.sIeh.,f
forth and the slayers sf Henn~~sy fell
dead in their tracks
Aarhcca- the arvh-con~uirztsr srssuchssl
down IN a corner with his hansis before
his fae~ and >crcaEzlesi 4 doxrn bullets
entered his body. and be pitched heasf-
fursmoSt ol the stone pavement dead
In tne y-eat confusion Il was difficalt
to ascertain who had brra killed
While ths work of vengeance was
going on INSIDE crowd Of men esnr
out of the ,--i with she crazy assassin
Poiitsz >.1me one had r,spe. and a.
the miserable Italian was rushed so ths.
corner the line was thrown over an arm
of a post and Politez was drawn up in
the air bat before he strzne-iesi to death
dozeu shots rang cut and his body
was risidlesl with bullets
Then. on the otia~r sisIs. Of the prison
Bagnetto. one Of the zssaSSins. was
death from a bullet wound IN ths. hssad.
A rUpe WAS thrown over the limb Of a
tree and he. ton. was hoisfesi IN the air
Police Ofsicer Herron. vino was in the
prison was shot in the neck and he il
the only one outside of the prisoners
who suffered After the work was
done Mr. Pa-kerSon adtreSsssi the dense
mob of citizens and advised them todis-
perse- They frznticaliy applausis,i.
and when he had finished carried him
bodily on their shoulders The muIti-
tude participating in the avenginx work
marched to Canal street after the bloody
work was over. shouting and waving
handkerrhiefs in the air
There Is intense excitement IN the
city. As soon as the shooting was
known the ambulance was teiephoned
for, but its presence was not necessary,
and only the eoroner's services are re-
quired Eleven men were killed in all.
The list is
Manned PoIitez
Piefro Mouasterio-