The age-herald., 1900-07-28
SMOKED OUT
 AN INFURIATED MOB
New Orleans Again Thrown Into State of Turmoil by the Desperate Me- gro Who Shot Dead Two More Poce One Small Boy and Fatally Wounded Several Prominent Men-CroWd Clamored for the
 Body That It Might be Burned in Public Square.

the police jail got bullet in the body and old man, aged 65, working for the Mutual Benevolent Association and soliciting busi- ness in the vicinity, was hit and mortally wounded. About the same time, with Charles firing his Winchester indiscrimi- nately, Frank Bertucci received a shot in the left shoulder and J. w. Bofil got a hot bullet in the right hand.
 Ultimately it was concluded by those who were handling the situation that the only way to get Charles at all was to burn the building in which he was entrenched. There were, however, some scruples about resort ing to this method of getting him, owing to the extremely thickly populated section in less, it was determined that the fire depart ment should be called out in order to pro- tect surrounding property in case it should be resolved to burn the building.
 Set Fire to the Building
 At the moment of apparent indecision some one went to a neighboring grocery, purchased can of oil, and, pouring it over the rear steps of the building, applied a match and soon had the building in flames. So fiercely did the fire burn that it became evident that no human being could live in the building, and picked men from the police, special squads and members of the soldiery stationed themselves about the building in order to pick off the desperado as he attempted to leave the house. A young soldier named Adolph Anderson, a member of the Thirteenth Separate Com pany of the state militia, was one of the first to see Charles as he ran down the steps leading to the second story. Charles ran across the yard and entered the second room He fired several times at Anderson. and the latter, who was armed with Win chester rife, shot the negro in the breast, and he fell and died soon after.
 As soon as the negro fell numbers of people armed with Winchesters and revol- vers rushed in and fired into the body. Charles was literally shot to pieces After it was certain that he was dead a mob en- tered the yard and dragged the body into the street. There the police and the mob emptied their revolvers into 1t, while a son of one of the murdered men rushed up and stamped the face beyond recognition. There were then loud howls that the body should be taken to a vacant square in the vicinity and publicly burned At this in- stant, however, big squad of police dashed up in patrol wagon. There were thousands of people congregated in the vicinity and it seemed as if there might be clash between the officers and the mob
 Police kegained Their Courage
 The police seemed, however to have re- gained their courage and they promptly pushed the crowd aside, picked up the body and threw 1t into patrol wagon The driver whipped up his horses and the wagon started off with 5000 people running after 1t and clamoring for the cremation of the body of the desperado. The wagon, how ever, was fieeter than the mob and it uti- mately made its way in safety to the police headquarters. There an immense crowd had gathered, and great difficulty was ex- perienced in taking the corps of the negro from the wagon into the morgue.
 When Charles body was stripped 1t was
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