The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-10
TRIO OF MURDERERS HUNG.
Judge Lynch Takes Charge OF Three
Italians.
EXECUTION BY A LOUISIANA MOB
Foul Murder Of Prominent Planter
Was Avenged by his Friends.
Excitement Intense.
EXECUTION BY A LOUISIANA M

| trinle lynchinp I'm this town Just before |
10 o'clock last night and when the town |
| awoke this morning the bodies of three |
| Italian mur,ierers were found swinging |
| from th, rafters of n shed near the court |
house one of the mon is Lorenzo Saladino, |
| " no so .ouly ussassinated jules Guey- |
n.ard at Freetown. "a few nights ago, and |
| the other two were Decino Sorcofo aud
! Angelo Marcuso who murdeied an ole
Spaniard or the Ashton plantation near
| Eouttc station. SOM time ago.
Ever since the murder OF Gucymard this
| Iarish has been in Il fever heat OF excite
ment over the affair. and even on the
FIRST night after the murder it was with
great difficulty that Sheriff DRY prevented
| the lynching of Saladino. lie spiriul him
| away III the woods and kept nun tlefe
over night. and thei the next day took
him TO the new jail in liahnville, IN NE
| dino. and popular feeling c1rrcSponli1gly
grew in intensity. dntil it was feared that
| IA woula Ue taken out Of the jail in the
daytime. This Was alayed during the
past day or two so the precautions were
relaxed. 1t viii be remembered that 1T
The time of the killing two other Italians
ana a woman We're arrested as accessories
and these are also in the jail.
When night fell everything seemed to be
quiet In the town and the surrounding
country. and no one suspected that
triple lynching was In contemplation, ex-
|
movement to teach the murdcrers an,
those with murderous instincts a salutary
lesson.
coming into town AMI congregatiug in
an out of the way place. In an hour there
were half hundred. cf them. and IT
Jail is a new brick structure and Sis
about hundred and fifty feet-.Say from
the new court house. For many years an
: old negro named Pierre Robert has off-
riut tod ~ oil. oh of q TAIL
l. tonight he WIS at h rost.,as usual.
n About half past II O'Clock the mob be
n gan to move on tho jail. They had no Eight
, to guide them hut mat Of the stars, which
d were shining brightly, hut they were wi
II IDENTIFY familiar with their ground Half
u dozen men stole up 10 the door Nnere the
. old negro sat half asleep, and presenting
as many guns IN front of him, warned him
" 10 Keep quiet.
n The old darky was SO scared that he
hardly knew what to do or to say, but
he concluded that II best 20 keep
o qu'er, and trembllngly asked what was
e wanted. He was told to do what he was
j., instructed to do. and keep quot about II,
= Three mon were instructed to take nun
IL away a short distance and keep guard
l. over him
le Then the mob began its assault on the
70 doors Of the tail. They were supplied with
~ aXes and after ten minutes work me
l. great door yielded to the blows which
4. were rained on It, and fellAbackward WIN
t. Then they headed for saladno's cell.
He was founh COVERING cow u d r}i
,hu' 'rIlls I"nSe - ',,' nj soon Mad
The d@or Of his coll shattered He was
m dragged forth. AMI three men stood culri
over him at the entrance OF lne I1ii VIII
st We Tba, Gnaiiv found what they
were after
Y. It seems that the other two Italians
4 Sorcoro and Marcuso, had committed u
- most bruinl murder ana as IN iutn ~.
" bent on wreaking tho popuiir Vtne' f ~,
to tnoy determined TO make one )oh oil tu'
on whole business and teach the lawless ltar
al ians s.'lutary lcsson.
~ The doors OF their cells were battered
as in. and though they fought desperately
nd they were dragged out and the three lined
~, up in front of the ia,l.
III Then n council of war was held aud II
d. was decided TO take them over to a shed
49, ncar tho cou,thouse and string them up
'rhe Whole cr5wd moved oy,cr AVID then
Il ana tn,a 10 y~a,, ne NOV would MOVE mi
n two minutes 10 i've They pr prayed and
Sc thtn inc ropes We're adjusted around the.r
str gnS r' to 9 tEo raf,oSs ''''' S were
watched the Proceedings, and after wait.
ing reosohhh.e 'ength OF TIM" to he
,os sure mat IN" men were dead and after
$40 Kidding the bodies with bullets. dispersed
as qn.oily as ,hcy had gathered.
It r Is rnpored that there f, vas number
lis the old homo Of Gueymard.
THE GRIMES
." Lorenzo Saladno was charged with tho
PIT, murder of Iulcs Guevmarl ,,a of ia.
g. prominent planters and n,-rchants Of
he that section. Tie murder occurred on
~ Tuesday night at his store at Frcetown
70 In St ChlrIos parish. lust a shcr, dis
Of ,arce from tho river hank Nr cua,,-
ed mara was on the gallery with several
or friends. playing cards. whla awaiting tho
Ha arrival OF boat with ; me ire chi
he When the whistle of the boat blew Mir
'oj Gu, ymard rose to go to meet hcg, and a.
,at soon ms he was a few feet away from h :
ud shoirun loaded vim ali srrte Of W., q
~. and the load struck h!m nul IN the tn Dat
~ ain ost tore his head from mis- body ana
W. KILLED him instantly besides womndiIip
W. NJ Robert Espenard, New Orleans en-
M, glnneer, In tho arm.
'"' Search fer the murderer was made Inn