The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-28
Successfully Holds q Mob Qf lnfu-
rated Italians At BaA
he is VERY ROUGHLY HANDLED.
Bost. the Scene Of . Lively Riot--Re-
suit OF an Attempt to Make an Arrest.
Several Citisens Subjected to severe
Treatment.

BOSTON, Oct. 2S.-Thero was quite
lively riot down in the Italian quarter in
the North Eud yesterday afternoon. The
affair happened mt 3:45 o'clock, and lasted
fully half hour, aud as q result Patrol
man Look of station and ex-Ohicer
Andrew s. Fairbain Of the county jail over
In Cambridge, with a half-dozen or moro
citizens, were subjected to some very
severe treatment.
Frank SagRese, a big, burly Italian. who
IL we'll known to the police OF the first
precinct, got on spree yesterday and at
tempted, so the police say. to kick up a
disturbance at the corner OF North and
Richmond streets. Patrolman Look hap
pened along and attempted to arrest him.
He started in TO give the. officer battle,
and Raphael Scsrmella and Manuel For
cette rushed to the assistance Of their
countryman.
A hot fight ensued, but Patrolman Look
clung to Saggese and called upon q
passer-by for assistance. This passer-by
proved to be an ex-officer of the Cam
bridge Jail, He started in TO help Patrol
man Look, as did also James Wright, the
proprietor Of a furniture store near by,
and then there was lively time.
Mob starts to Work.
A mob of over 800 persons soon gathered,
aud sticks, stones aud bricks were hurled
at Patrolman Look and his assistants by
the iufuriated Italians.
A citizen ran To station l and told Cap
tain Cain of the trouble, and that officer
dispatched Sergeant Rosetu and half
dozen of patrolmen to the scene. Drs.
Elliott aud Dunn were also summoned to
the station house To dress the wounds OF
the injured.
When the patrol wagon reached the
scene the infuriated Italians attempted TO
stop it, and the policemen were obliged to
Jump over the heads of the crowd to get to
the assistance OF Patrolman Look, who
was being driven back by the mob, but
who still refused to release his hold ON
Saggese.
There were more than thousand pres
ent on the scene by this time, and the en-
ragged Italians were calling upon each
other to kill the policemen.
The latter used their clubs effectively,
and, after ten minutes hard lighting, sub
dued the mob sufficiently to be able to
take Saggese, Scarmella, Forciette and
Dominica Alfonzo into custody.
Tho Wounded.
The men were taken to the station
house and two hours were occupied by
Drs. Elliott aud Dunn in dressing the
wounds of the ibjured.
Ex-Officer Fairbain Jared the worse, he
getting bad cut Just below the right hip,
which necessitatSd three or four stitches.
The wound is alleged to have been in
Hicted by AlfonZo.
Dennis Sullivan and John Henry were
also among those who rushed to the as
sistance of the officers, and they were
badly beaten by the Italians. who drove
them down North street at the points Of
their knives. Sullivan sustained bad
cut on his neck, as well as an injury to
his leg.
James Wright also received bad cut
I'm the neck, and the four prisoners. all Of
whom had scalp wounds, resulting from
their heads coming In contact with the
policemen's clubs, had their wounds
dressed.
Stood His Ground.
During the storm of missiles that were
hurled at Patrolman Look, he never once
released his hold on his prisoner, and he
never once drew his revolver. An eye
witness of the affair said last night that he
would have been justified il he had used
that weapop.
Patrolman Looks uniform was badly
torn during the ridt, and he was also
badly scratched and bruised, and itlmay
be few days before he will report for
duty again.
Saggese is well known in the Italian
quarters a, a pretty tough customer. and
the police state that this is not the first
time he has given them trouble. He Is IS
years old, and weighs nearly 200 pounds,
and is big, strong fellow. SagRese, so
the police say, was the instigator and
leader Of the big riot by Italian lsborers In
Framingham several years ago.