The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-19
ITALIANS WILL NOT HANG Verdict of Guilty is Re-
 turned. DEATH PENALTY IS FORBIDDEN Mob Quickly Forms to Lynch
 Lamana Kidnappers. Troops Are Hurried Forward From New Orleans and Crowd About
 Jail at Hahnville is Final
 ly Dispersed.
'EATH PENALTY IS FORBIDDEN

Hahnville, La, July 1S.-Two compa-
 nies of militia were tonight ordered
 here to protect from threatened lynch
 ing the four Italians convicted, with
 out capital punishment" of the com
 plicity in the murder of little Walter
 Lamana of New Orleans, who was kid-
 mapped and strangled about a month
 ago.
 The verdict was returned just before
 dark tonight after the jury had been
 out forty-five minutes and at the close
 of a four days trial full of excitement.
 Absolute silence greeted the fore
 mans announcement. The spectators
 listened quietly also while the jury de-
 clared that their verdict was unani-
 nous and then court adjourned. An hour afterward 1t was reported that
 preparations for 8 lynching tonight
 were under way.
 A physician of local prominence gave
 out a statement, declaring that The
 good people of St. Charles repudiate
 the verdict" and calling it 'prosti-
 tution of justice" The lynohing re-
 port spread as far as New Orleans and the local officials were apprehensivei
 that a party from that city might be
 made up to aid in such an attempt
 The distance between here and the city Is about twenty m4aes. Wouldn't Lynch Woman. Only three of the prisoners were mentioned in these rumors of violence. the name of Mrs. Campigciano being omitted The verdict was generally satisfactory in her case The others are the woman's husband and Collagero Genduse and Tony Costa.
 The prisoners were returned to the St. Charles Parish jail, an isolated struc- ture standing in the fields quarer of mile away from any habitation except the sheriffs house. and the court house It was considered unwise to take the prisoners back to New Orleans by | train tonight, since the railroad would l have to land them in the somewhat | wild country on the west bank of the 1 Mississippi River and opposite the city. l The sheriff. who has the prisoners in charge, has repeatedly declared that he | can prevent lynchings of these 1tal- | ians in his parish, and he is looked upon as capable of defending them in | almost any emergency.
 In the four days trial which closed | tonight, the State did not succeed in l proving that any of the accused com | mitted the actual murder It was | testified that Campigciano and his wife l shielded the kidnappers from capture | even throwing a party of police off | the trail when they were within q | short distance of the boys hiding | place about an hour before his Eluc- der.
 | Claimed He Was Forced. | Testifying in his own defense today. | Campigciano did not deny this, but l claimed that he had been forced by 1 threats of death to act as he did. Col l lagero Gendusa was the -betw cen
 for the ransom money. and Costa. ac-
 cording to witnesses, was the actua, kidnapper who stole the boy and gave | him to the kidnappers. Costa denied
 this while testifying in his own de- 1 fense today.
 | Campigciano testified today that the
 actual murderers were Angelo Incara-
 caterra, Tony Gendusa. Stefano Monfre | and Chico Luches1. These four have 1 not been caught. Campigciano also implicated in the plot Leonardo Gebbia
 and Nicolina. his sister. both of whom | will be tried next week.