Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-08-06

The mob hastily organized stormed
the Jail demanding the prisoners.
When this was refused they demanded
that a committee be allowed TO talk to
the prisoners. The authorities gfahteu
item this demand. and one Of the prison
ers. a chauffeur. is said to have declared
he drove Calcaterra and Hempel TO Roy
alton. Monday, in company with Settino
do Sensis. who also is held in cOnnec-
ton with the murder. The committee
tken withdrew from the jail and the two
prisoners were hastily removed by the
authorities.
Later the mob reported to have d.
vded and started for nearby towns where
it is believed that Sensls ana the othef
two suspects may have been taken.
All of the deaths resulted from beat
ings administered by the mob, which,
according to reports, is driving the
foreign population Of West Frankfort
out of town.
None of the dead have been identified
but it is said two were foreigners and
the other photographer from Waller,
ILL.,, who attempted to take pictures OF
the mob According to reports. the latter
was kicked to death and his camera de-
mOlished
1000 In Mob.
The riot has been in progress since
early afternoon, after the mob, SAID TO
number more than 5000. was frustrated
in attempts to get hold Of three suspects
held in connection with the murder which
authorities believed was committed on
account of information they say Cal
caterra and Hempel had Of numerous
robberies committed by an organized
band in southern Illinois.
The attack of the mob it is reported
to have centered on the foreign residents.
One of the suspects under arrest Scttlno
de Sesnis, a Sicilian, is said 70 have ac-
knowledged taking the boys from West
Frankfort The other two suspects are
unidentified but one is said to have in
formed members of the mob that he drove
tho automobile III which de Sesins and
the two other boys left town.
Searching For Men.
The three suspects have been removed
from West Frankfort to avert chances
Of lynchng, and it i reported members
of the mob are going through nearb towns
in Illinois in ali effort to locate them.
More than 40 persons are said to
have been beaten. After the rioting had
been in progress several hours someone
set fire to the home of de Sesnis and at
ter this, according to reports, the firing
of houses became general.
Advices from towns adjacent to West
Frankfort are that the city officials who
wired the state mlllua, nave peeh given
"a hours to leave.
West Frankfort is in the southern
Illinois coal region, and has been cut off
from telephone communication for some
time on account of labor trouble and
only meager information was available.
Foreigners are reported to be. leaving
both west Frankfort and Marion hy
every road carrying what household
goods they can and in many instances
driving cattle ahead of them.
At 1890 the mob began setting fire
to the homes in Frankfort Heights:
section occupied by foreigners. Other
homes throughout the town also are be-
ing fired, it was stated.
Automobiles laden with armed parties
were reported arriving in great mum
bers. All Of the city officials and Sicilian
residents are said to have been given
"a hours to leave town.