The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-06
TERROR AND MOBISM IN
NEW YORK, AROUSED OYER
THE CRIME BEYOND WORDS
Several More Children Are
Victirnizd in the Way
Uncomfortable.
Lynchings Narrowly Avert
ed on Sunday and Riot
ing Causes One Death.

ing Causes One Death.
THE "QUIcK SOUTHERN WAY" g
ENDORSED BY RESOLUTION AT
MASS MEETING IN NEW YORK
WHOLE VICINITY is IN A FEvEF
OF VENGEFUL RAGE AND
HEART-RREAKING FEAR FOR
THEIR CHILDREN.
BY Associated Press.
New York, Aug. 5.-One of the most
brutal of THE recent crimes against
women and children was today
charged against Lucca Fontza, who is
held at New Brighton. Staten Island
accused of the assault on Antoinette
Taluci, a two-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Pasquale Taluci. Fontza
boarded with Taluci and was left with
the child this afternoon, while the
mother and father were absent.
OCI Calls Oh LII dit.
The baby's screams brought the
mother back. When he saw Mrs. Tai
uci, Fontza rushed from the house
Mrs. TaIuci following. Her screams
brought neighbors. and soon a mob
was following the fleeing Italian down
the street.
Fontza was soon overtaken, and was
severely beaten by men and women
until a policeman rescued him.
Another Awful Case.
Angelina COndart, I six-year-old
child, was found terribly bruised in g
thicket near the village of Linoleum
vile, Staten Island, this afternoon
having been attacked by an unknown
man.
John Ambato, an italian, was ar
rested in Brooklyn Q" The charge of
attempted assault on TWO little girls
Deputy Police Commissioner Keef
asked the mayor and board for an es
innate for funds to employ an addi-
tional 500 policemen, as most of the
crimes are committed in places but
little frequented. Mothers through
out the city are terror-stricken.
Mobisrn on Sunday.
The fact that mob vengeance held
sway yesterday has added to the seri-
BUSINESS of the situation in this city
The mob attacks reveal a state of
public evaporation approaching frep
zy. which, it is feared, may easny
lead to serious disorders.
Rope Around Neck.
Prompt action alone saved the two
men accused on Sunday from sum
mary justice, especially in the case
of George Kesner, Russian book
binder, around whose neck a mob had
tied a rope when the police reached
the scene in force. 1t is noteworthy
that the other man attacked, Louis
Conconela, was innocent of any at
tempt at crime, and indicated ho-
readily a mistake can be made II
time of public agitation or excite
ment
The police are bending every effor
to give adequate protection, and &C
further this end 1000 piain-clothes
men have been scattered about the
! city, particularly in the congested
quarters, the scene of most of the as
saults.
The first organized body to take a
the question IS the Central Federated
| Union, which has appointed a com
mittee to call on the mayor with q
| demand that he take action that vii
| stop the attacks upon children. i
was stated that if the city authoritie:
| do not quickly stop the crimes, Gov
eTnor Hughes will be appealed to.
Southern Way" Praised.
A negro delegate spoke at the meet
ing at which the committee was ap
! pointed, and resolutions adopted il
| praise of the quick work" of the
South. This is a significant feeling
that exists in some quarters
Sunday Night Attack.
Late last night the police received
news of another attack. 1t occurred
in the suburb of Richmond Hill. Jen
ME Smith. % years old, was attacked
| by two men while on her way to hel
home. Her screams brought assist
ance, and one of her assailants wa.
captured
One man died today as the result
| of race riots which started YESTERDAY
| over a SO bet on a baseball game
| The dead man is John McCue, a negro
who was badly beaten in the figh
with whites More than a score O
| persons are recovering today from the
! injuries received in the riot.