The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-07-28
CAMPIGClANO AND WIFE SEPA-
RATED FOR ALL TINE.
FATE OF THE PRISONERS
Will Never Be Permitted to See or Talk
% Each Other Again-Ncvcr to See
Their Children, Who Have Been
Placed in an Orphan Asylum.

The staff correspondent of the Times
Democrat under date of July q. from
Baton Rouge, says: Free from anxiety
and removed from the constant fear that
four convicted murderers of little Wal
ter Lamana enjoyed their first day in the
State prison here today. They had been
shaved and fitted out with a closely fit
ting wardrobe of the colors fashionable
in the penitentiary, and were placed III
the corridor of the celroon, beyond the
carping gaze of the populace-
The three men, Ignazio 1ampigciano,
Collogiro Gendusa and Tony Costa had
been shaved up clean, both as to their
heads and faces, within an hour subse-
jquent to entry into Che prison. After
their stirring experience in che street of
the capital this was deemed almost a
necessary precaution. and as soon as
possible after their admission to the bull
pen everything possible 20 change their
identity was done. By 1890 o'clock the
three Italians looked like any one of the
scores of other convicts within the pris-
OH walls, and as they were placed i'll the
common celroom it would have been
impossible for them to have been spotted
if score of men were admitted for that
especial purpose.
Mrs. Camplgciano was placed III the
womans ward, where she was likewise
fitted out with neat striped clothing of
the kind decrecd by the Madame Grun-
dy of prison etiquette Nociina Gebbia
was taken with her, but, not being a
convict, was allowed to remain attircd
in her COSTUME of blue and white. 1t
was stated that she was the first female
prisoner ever admitted into the penlten-
tiary who was not fitted on in the Gus
tomary garb Her willy brother also was
allowed to retain his street suit Leon
ardo requested the prison officers to
shave him. saying that it was cooler and
he wanted to have his hair and beard re-
moved. He was accommodated.
The four men were placed together,
. being unshackled, and were allowed the
freedom of sthe corridors of the cell
ROOM
| Those quarters, Captain Duncan stat
ed, were temporary for the four con-
victs, who would be confined at night III
the regular cells, which are small square
apartments having but one piece of fur
niture an iron bed with a spring mat
tress and a quilt. He did not think any
: of the men would try to commit culclie
They seemed to be only too happy TO be
able to be in place of perfect security
after the perilous position they had been
occupying i'll the Jail at Hahnville dur
ing their trials. Captain Duncan as
serted that the prisoners were all in a
contented frame of mind, and that to-
day was the first time they had enjoyed
feeling Of tranquility since their ar
rest during the excitement of the de-
velopments in the Lan1ana murder case
FATE OF THE PRISONERS.
The captain of the prison guard, l.
B. Duncan, said that the fate of Cam
pigciano and his wife would be hard
one, more CALLING probably than death
itself. They would never be permitted
to see or talk to each other again. Never
again would they be allowed to see their
children, whs have been placed in d
New Orleans orphan asylum. Never
again would the mother be allowed tc
; look upon the face of her chubby four
months old babe. from whom she had
parted i'll agony at the parish prison al
New Orleans. Never again would the
father, who had fondled so tenderly the
infant and his little son on the night
that he had confessed to criminal knowl-
edge of the murder of the innocent
eight year-old Lamana child, have the
satisfaction of hearing of or from his
own children. or of having them see or
tablished, those bonds which had prob
ably driven the woman to share the guilt
of her husband, were to be completely
severed, and the wife and mother must
forget the existence of her spouse and
of their offspring.
When the two convicts parted at the
prison gate. she to go into the wouan's
ward, he to go into the common bull
pen of the male prisoners, all association
or communication between them ceased
forever. The woman might see her hus-
band at distance, as with the other
prisoners he was taken from the cor
ridor through the main yard of the peni-
tertiary, which is visible from all its in
terror compartments en- route to the
place destined for him on one of the
State prison farms Or plantations, but
that would be for an instant only She
would not be allowed to stop her hus-
band or speak to him.