The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-07-24
Men Feel the Prick of the
Bayonet in Streets CT
Louisiana Capital.
CONVICTED OR AC'
cUSES OF MURDER OF THE
LAMANA BOY FINALLY LAND IN
PENITENTIARY AFTER A TRY
ING EXPERIENCE IN STREETS
OF THE CAPITAL.

The Times-DemOcrat' staff special
from Baton Rouge, La, thus describes
the placing behind the penitentiary
walls of the four already convicted OF
the Lamana murder and of the two
Gebbias, who are awaiting trial:
Baton Rouge, La, July 22.-When
the ferry boat landed at the city
wharf the troops, which were drawn
up on deck in the order in which they
boarded the boat, were ordered to pro-
coed, and left the boat, headed by
Sheriff Madere and Major Kantz. The
soldiers had their bayonets fixed and
the officers drawn swords and revol-
vers The first company assembled
the slope from the ferry wharf to the
brow of the first hill, where the rail
road track of the Yazoo and Missis-
sippi Valley Railroad passes, at a
brisk step, and Immediately behind
these came the second company, with
the prisoners in the first rank, so that
they were almost hemmed in with
bristling bayonets and drawn swords
and reYolvers.
Crowd Jeers Soldiers.
AS they passed, the crowd on the
river front closed in behind the troops
and they proceeded up the hin and
hundred people, and the crowd grew
larger as they progressed, while 9th
ers ran around the blocks to reach
points of vantage farther out he
street.
At the state penitentiary large
crowd assembled to see the prisoners
as they entered the walls. Through
out the line of the route of the party
cries of hang them lynch them, ~
were frequently uttered, and both men
and women tainted the troops with
cries of shame" "Dago lovers, and
many other such epithets.
Troops Spat Upon.
Women in the crowd zpat at the
soldiers as they passed, and many in
stances of the attitude of the people
of Baton Rouge were illustrated IN
the jibes that were hurled at the
troops and the prisoners. At several
intervals in the line of march the
troops were obliged to deploy and OBJ
struct the pressing of the crowds and
many persons among the -by-standers
| including women and children. were
roughly pushed and handled Several
men who approached near the surgine
! crowd had bayOnets placed against
their persons and were ordered to fall
| bdCh- I'm reaching ~ AA-ILSAAy SSAON'
| the cortege turned southwark and
reached the state penitentiary and
stopped at the entrance to the bull
pen, which is some fifteen feet ou
| laurel street from the corner of st
| Anthony street, where Warden Rey
maud and Capt. Duncan were awail12
the arrival of the prisoners. At this
point a Inc of men was thrown OF
| each side of the entrance and the pr1s
oners, accompanied by the entire. two
companies, passed into the entrance
At the Penintentlary.
| The prisoners on arriving at the
entrance seemed to hesitate, but were
pushed through the narrow doorwa,
by the officers standing near AS sooI
as the prisoners and the troops were
! inside the gate was shut Some o
the troops were left out, Capt Duncan
having caused the door to be closed
before they could all enter, and war
den Reynaud, who was on the outside
cried out TO open the door and ALLOW
them to enter. Capt. Duncan iron
1.-THE inside cried out in loud voice
| Il don't want all this mob <n here
| Warden Reynaud stated that he want
ed all the troops inside so as to ge
them out of the press OF the GROVE
| congregated around the entrance Il
the bullpen. and the door was opened
and the entire body allowed to enter