Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 March 1891 — Page 1

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I MASSACRE OF HAUL

Eleven of the Assassins Swiftly Slain. Hung, Shot and Clubbed to Death in Jail. New Orleans Has Avenged Hennessy's Murder. A Mob Headed by Most Representative Men. No Masks Worn and Full Responsibility Taken. The Mob Quietand Orderly But Desperately Earnest. Victims of Its Enmity Literally Riddled with Bullets. Two Ara Afterward Hanged for Good Measure. New Orleans Indorses the Acts of the Avengers. History of the Mafia and Their 3Iany Assassinations. Other Instances of Mob Law In the Crescent City. EW ORLEANS, March 14. New Or. leans struck tho Mafia a death blow today. It rose in its thigh almost at midday and wreaked a terrible vengeance noon the Sicilian assassins who relentlessly slew David C. Hennessy; and, though there are eleven men dead to night who were happy yesterday over their victory in the greatest criminal trial the city has ever witnessed, the work of blood was accomplished without unnecessary disorder, without rioting1, without pillazing and without the infliction of suffering upon any innocent man, save one, and he was oniy slightly hurt. It waa not an unruly, midnight mob. It was simply a sullen, determined body of citizens who took into their own hands what Justice had ignominiously failed to do. The chief of police was slain on Oct. 15 and that very night the evidence began to accumulate, showing that his death had ber-n deliberately planned by a 6ecret tnbunal and carried out boldly and successfully by the tools of the conspirators. The trial lasted twenty-five days, and though the evidence seemed conclusive, the jury, currently charged with having been tampered with, failed to convict. Last night a body of cool headed men, lawyers, doctors, merchants and political leaders all persons of influence and ocial standing quietly met and decided that some action must be taken and the people's justice, swift and sure, visited upon those whom the jury had neglected to punish. This morning a call for a mass meeting at Clay square on Canal-it. appeared in the papers, which editorally deprecated violence. The significant cloning sentence of the call was, "Come PHI PA RED FOR ACTION." Tli Afrottri Assemble. Down in a large room on Bienville and Hoyal there was an arsenal which had been provided by this body of citizens. The ca'l was answered by tho populace. At 10 o'clock a crowd of several thousand anxious people was congregated around the statue. They hardly Lnew what was going to happen, but seemed ready to go to any length, and while there were, of course, many of the lower element in the throng, a large proportion wero the leading people of the city. There were three addresses, short and pithy and business like, and the assemblage, not unwillingly, was soon keyed up to a high pitch, demonstrative in its denunciation of the assassins. Each of the speakers taid there had been a great mass meeting months be fore which had met quietly and dispersed peacefully so that the law might take its course. The law had failed. The time to act had come. W. S. Parkerson, the leader, is a proml tent lawyer here, the President of the Soathern Athletic club, and the man who led the vigorous city reform movement three years ago. Mr. Parkerson was the first speaker. He said that once before he had appeared before the people in grand mass meeting as sembled to discuss matters vital to the inter est of the community, and again he faced the people of New Orleans to denounce the most infamous act consequent upon the most revolting crime in the criminal annals of any community. That was the finding of the jury in the murder trial yesterday, and that crime was, as every body knows, the foul assassination of the chief of police. "I desire neither fame nor glory," said he. "I am a plain American citizen and as such and as a good citizen I am here. J am here to say that things have come to such a crisis that talk is idle. Action must be the thing now. Tremendous ;heers. In c'viliied communities tribunals are organized and are delegated to puni.ih the guihy. Crimes must meet prompt punlshment.but whenever and wherever jurors are recreant, then is the time for the peoole to do what court and juries have fahed

to do "yes." "hurrah," "go no," "go on," "we're with you," In the midst of a peaceful community an officer of the law was stricken down by a- band of assassins. The law has been defeated. The time has come when this infamy must cease. Scoundrels must meet with punishment, Murderers must be given their deserts. The jury haa failed to act. I ask you, citizens of New Orleans, whether we shall suffer this infamous condition of affairs any longer. Cries of "No, no." I auk you to consider fairly and cal nly what is to be done. Shall it be action? Cries of "Yes," "Let's go," "Lea 1 on." We are ready these gentlemen and I here present to do what is necessary to lead you. "What shall it be?" Walter D. Denegre, another of the speakers, is one of the leaders of the New Orleans bar.

John C. Wickhffe, also a prominent attorney, and James D. Huston, one of the foreu ost men of the state, also spoke. After denouncing Detective O'Mally, who is supposed to have tampered with the jury, the speakers announced that they would lead the way to the parish prison, Mr. Wickhffe concluding wiih these words: "Shall the execrable Mafia be al owed to flourish in this city ? Shall the Mafia be allowed to cut down our citizens on public streets by foul means of assassination? Shall the Mafia be allowed to bribe jurors to let murderers go free." On to thehrUon! By this time the crowd had swelled to three thousand or more, and before any one could realize what had happened, the great throng, gaining recruits at every step, was tramping down the streets to the neighborhood of the prison, stopping 31! I : jUi X THE only once, and that waa at the arsenal, where double-barre ed shot-guns, Winchester rilies and pistols were banded out to responsible ana respectable citizens in the party. The starting of the crowd had an electric effect on the city. Soon the streets were alive with people, running from all directions and joining the main body, which moved sullen y down Rampart to the jail, near Congo-square. Doors and windows were thrown open, and men, women and children crowded en the galleries toencouriige those who were taking part and to witnes trie scenes. When the main crowd from Canal-nt reached the prison there had already collected there a dense throng, all eaer to take a hand in whatever might happen. When the vanguard of armed citizens reached the prison, which is many squares from Canal-st., the grim old building was surrounded on all Hides. Sheriff Villere, when he heard that a movement was on foot to take the prisoners, armed his deputies and then 6tarted on a hunt for Mayor Shakspeare. The Italian consul and Attorney-General Rogers joined in the pursuit, but his honor does not reach his office until noon and he was not to he found at any of his regular haunts. The governor had not heard of the uprising and had no time to act, and the police force was too small to offer much resistance to the army of the avengers. Polio Ttroahed A aid. Superintendent Gaster had ordered on an extra detail of officers to be sent to the jail and this small crowd kept the sidewalks around the old building clear until the great multitude, swelling all the time like a mighty, roaring stream, surged around the door and crowded the little band of blue coats away. Capt. Lem Davis was on guard at the main entrance with a scant force of deputies. They were swept away like chaff before the wind and in an instant the little ante-room leading into the prison was jammed with eager, excited men. Meanwhile the prisoners were stricken with terror, for they could hear distinctly the shouts of the people without, madly demanding their blood. Innocent and guilty alike were frightened out of their senses, and the prisoners who were charged with crimes other than complicity in the murder the chief also shared in the general demoralization. Some of the braver among the representatives of the Mafia wanted to die fighting for their lives and they pleaded for w. apons with which to defend themselves, and when they could not find these they sought hid ing places. The deputies, thinking to deceive the crowd by a ruse, transferred the nineteen men to the female department and there the miserable Sicilians trembled in terror until the moment when the doors would yield to the angry throng on the outside. IJi-ftk1tir Down the Doors. Capt. Davis refused the request to open the prison and the crowd began the work of battering in the jail doors. Around on Orleans-st. there was a heavy wooden door which had been closely barred in anticipation of the coming of the avenging mass. This the crowd selected as their best chance of getting in. Neighboring houses readily supplied axes and battering-rams and willing hands went to wprk to force an opening. This did not prove a difficult task to the trembling but determined throng. Soon there was a crash, the door gave way and in an inetant armed citizens were pouring through the small opening, while a mighty shout went up from 10,000 throats in glad acclaim. There was more resistance for the intruders, however, but it too was soon overcome with the huge billet of wood which a stout

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man carried. Then the turnkey was overpowered and the keys were-taken from him. By that time the excitement outside was intense, none the less so when a patrol wagon drove up with a detachment of policemen, who were driven away under a tire of mud and etones. When the leaders inside the prison got possession of the keys the inside gate was promptly unlocked and the deputies in the iobby rapidly got out of harm's way. The avengers presd into the yard of the white prisoners. The door of the first cell was open and a croup of trembling prisoners stood inside. They were not the men who were wanted and the crowd very quietly, though with remarkable coolness, burst Into the yard. Peering through the bars of the condemned cell was a terror-stricken face which some one mistook for Scaffeddi. A volley was fired at the man and he dropped, but none of the shot struck him and it was subsequently found that he was not one of the assassins."," .v Directed by Prisoner. The inmate's oi the jail were ready to direct the way to where the Italians were. "Go to the female department," some one yelled, and thither the men with their Winchesters ran. But the door was locked. In a moment the key was produced. Then the leader called for some one who knew the right men and a volunteer responded and the door was thrown open. The gallery was deserted, but an old woman, speaking as fast she could, said the men were upstairs. A party of seven or eighi quickly ascended the staircase, and, as they reached the landing, the assassins

MEETING AT CLAY STATUE.

fled down at the other end. Half a dozen fo lowed them. Scarcely a word was spoken. It wan the time for action. When the pursued and their pursuers reached the stone courtyard the tormer darted toward the Orleans-st. side of the gallery and crouched down beside the cells. Their faces blanched, and, being utian.ed, they I were completely defenceless. In fear and ' trembang they screamed lor mercy. Uut the avengers were merciless. Tho S anghter It- fns. Bang, bang, bang, rang out the reports of the murderous weapons and a deadly rain of bullets poured into the crouching figures. Gerachi, the nearest man, was 6truck in the back of the head and his body pitched forward and lay immovable on the stone pavement. Romero fell to his knees with his face in his hands and in that position was shot to death. Monanterio and James Caruso fell together under the fire of half a dozen guns, the leaden pellets entering their bodiee and heads and the blood gushing fro'n the wounds. The bloody executioners did their work well, and beneath the continuing fire Cometez and Trahina, two of tho men who had not been tried, but who were charged jointly with the other accused, fell together. Their bodies were literally riddled with buckshot and they were Btone dead almost before the fusilade was over. When the group of assassins was discovered on the gallery, Macheca, Ncaffedi and old man Marchesi separated from the other six and ran up stairs. Thither half a dozen men followed them and as the terror-stricken assassins ran into cells they were slain. Joe Macheca, who was charged with being the arch-conspirator, was a short, fat man and was summarily dealt with. He had his back turned when a shot struck him immediately behind the ear and his dvath was instantaneous. There was no blood from the wound and when the body waa found the ear had swollen so as to hide the wound, which the coroner had great difficult in locating. Scafiedi, one of the most villainous of the assoMfins, dropped like a log when a bullet hit him in the eye. Old man Marchesi was the only man not killed outright. He was struck on the top of the head while he stood besi le Macheca and, though he was mortally wounded, he lingered all the evening. Polietz, the crazv man, was locked up In a cell up-stairs. The door was flung open and one of the avengers, taking him, shot him through the body. lie was killed outright, and in order to satisfy the people on the outside, who were craty to know what was going on within, he was dragged down the stairs and through the doorway by which the crowd had entered. Half carried, half dragged, he was taken to the corner. A rope was provided and tied around his neck and the people pulled him up to the cross-arm of a telegraph pole. Not satistted that he was dead, a score ot men took aim and poured a volley of shot into hi body, and for several hours the body was left dangling in the air. Bagnetto was caught in the first rush op stairs, and the first volley of bullets pierced his brain. lie was pulled nut by a number of stalwart men through the main entrance to the prison, and from the limb of a tree his bodv was suspended, although life was already gone. After tho Tragedy. Just as soon as the bloody work was done Mr. Parkerson addressed the crowd and asked them to disperse. This they consented to do with a ringing shout, but first they made a rush for Parkerson and, lifting him bodily, supported him on their shoulders, while they marched up

the street. The avenger came back in a body to Ciay statue and then departed. Immense crowds rushed from all directions tt the neighborhood ot the tragedy, while the streets in front of the newspaper offices were blockaded with people anxious to see the latest bul etins. There was immense suppressed excitement, but from one end of the city to the other the action of the citizens was applauded. O'ilal ey. the detective, who would hare shared the fate of the assassins if he had been caught, has disappeared and is not expected to return, and members of the jury are in hiding. The atmosphere has been considerably purged, and though there is a big crowd on Canal-et. tonight the trouble seems all over. The Ita'San consul dec'ined to say tonight what action, if any, he will take. The prison was surrounded until dark with a motley multitude, but the police found no difficulty in maintaining good order. The bodies of some of the slain were removed this evening. Caruso was married but leaves no chidren. Romero has a wife and children and Macheca a wife and family. Comitez leaves a wife.

THE INQU1ST. Wounds on the Bodies ot the Dead Altaians. Coroner Lemonier and his clerk, Mr. Henri Labarre, reached the parish prison at about 12:30 o'clock. The coroner viewed first the bodies of those lying in the yard. The jury was empanneled as follows ; W. B. Stansbury, W. J. Leppert, John Hurler, W. J. Gahan, Will Porter. The body of Kocco Geraci waa viewed. He had only one wound, in his chest. Ho died from hemniorhage. Peter Monasterio Gunshot wound in back of the head; bruise of neck ante riorlv. Charles Trahina Ten gunshot wounds at chest, anterior y; one gunshot wound on lett side oi face, gunshot wound on back at left shoulder, one on top of left enouiner ana in neca. Jim Caruso Numerous gunshot wounds of anterior portion of bodv, from head to knees. One wound in face, one in neck. nine in chest, twelve In abdomen, four in eroiu, five in right thigh, four in left thigh. Loretto Coimtez Gun-shot wound of chest, anteriorly; onegun-fhot wound on top of head, four in right side of bodv. bruise bv a gun-shot wound on the left side of back. All these were buckshot wounds. Frank Romero alias Nine-Fincpred Frank Gun shot wound on head above the forehead, face powder-burnt. All shot lodged in the head and skull, inside is completely shattered. This completed the inquest in the yard. The coroner, nis jury and the members ot the press next went upstairs and on the gallery of the condemned cells an inquest was held on the bodies there lying. Antoira Scaffedi had a gun-shot wound of the brain. Tho ball entered above tho right eyo. Joseph P. Macheca had not a single bul let wound in him. His faco was swollen and his lleeh waa already assuming a bluish tint. The coroner examined tho body and etrinned it of everv etitch of cloth in?. Although the dead man's coat and vest and shirt showed bullet holts, his under 6hirt was not perforated. Ho then turned to Marchesi, who was found to be etui alive, the mans chin and the fore muscles of tho neck moved s'owly and laboriously. He was just as good as dead, though, ss evidenced by a hole as large as a silver quarter in his head. Marchesi had several fingers shot off, also, from his right hand. "He will die in a few minutes," re marked the coroner. Meanwhile Dr. LeMonnier eent Mr. Labarre for his box of surgical instruments, so as to perform a careful autopsy of Marcheca. Antonio Bagnetto was hanged on the neutral ground. His body dang'ed in the air for about an hour and a half. It was taken down bv the police and placed in the Fourth precinct station. Coroner LeMortimer found that death was caused by strangulation. Manuel Politz was strung to alamn-nost. His body was also removed to the police station. His corpse was riddled with bul lets. Death resulted from gun-shot wounds of the head and chest. There weremarki of strangulation around his neck. Marchesi died this evening at 7:S0 o'clock, The coroner's iory presented a simple finding. They did not say who shot the men. Matranza, Sunzeri, Natali, the boy Marchesi, Patorno, John Caruso, Pietzo and Incardona are the eight men who escaped punishment. Caruso hid in the yard, isatali concealed himself in the wash house and was discovered, but his life was spared. Sunzeri and Pietzo hid in a dog house and Incardona in a vault. while the jail official spirited Matranza and Patorno out of harm s way. THE MOB 1NDORSEO. Easiness Exchanges Compllmont tho SIol Aftor tho Jury. Nkw Orleans. March 14. A meeting Of the cotton exchange was called to ord er at 1:30 o'clock n. m.. by President Chaffee who stated that he had been called upon by a large committee of members with the request that he convene the institution in general meeting, for tho purpose of adopting. suitable resolution. indorsing

the action of the citizens of New Orleans in the- dep'orable events of the morning. Mr Chaffee said that inas uuch as all were familiar with the events, it was not necessary to dilate upon them. They knew the facts and they knew the necessity of the situation, lie then caused the following preamble and rsolution to be read by the secretary: Whereas, The deplorable adminiitratien of criminal juatice in this city, ani tho frightful extent to w hich the bribery ot jaries ha been carried, renders it necesiary for the citizens of

.N(w Orleans to vindicate outraged justice; Uiereiore, be it ltesolred. That while we deplore at all times the report to violence, we consider the action taken by the citizens this morning to be proper and justifiable. On motion of Mr. Lapevre. seconded by Mr. Fmmet, the preamble and resolution were unanimously adopted. Resolutions of similar purport were also adopted by the board of trade (produce exchange), the Sugar exchange and the Stock exchange. lhe Mock exchange met to-dav and dis cussed the action of Foreman Seligman of the liennesy jury. As a result of the discussion Seligman was expelled, the following resolutions being unanimously adopted : Whereas. J. II. Seligniao. a visiting member of this exchange, has. by his action as a juror in the Ilenaessy case eridently contributed to defy justice, ignore the I&wi and scandalize tho community, therefore, be it Resolved, That be be hereby expelled from this exchange, and that his dues for the year be returned to him. Seligman has been expelled from tho Young Men's Gymnasium club. NO MORS BLOOD. The Ordinary Coume if Jnstlce Will Mow Take Its Coarse. New Orleans, March 14. Tho leaders in today's movement, representing the beet citizens, held a secret meeting tonight and discussed the occurrences of the day and the action to be takeu in the future. It was decided that there should be no more bloodshed, but that the men who have not yet been tried for the mur der, as well as thoee who suborned the witnesses and tho iurv, should be vigor ously prosecuted before the courts of the citv. Juror Selicman was at the Northeastern depot this evening, preparing to leave the city. He had been expelled by the stock exchange, the Young Men's gymnastic association and the Harmony club, and discharged from his firm by his own brother and was naturally very much frightened. A number of citizens placed him under anetnnd carried him to the Fifth precinct h'tation. Subsequently Chief Goeter was telephoned to. He 6aid he had no warrant for the arreet of Seligman, who was, therefore, released. TheMi.Va will tomorrow say editorially: Yesterday the canctr which for years had been gnawing at our sooial system until good men s hearts had near despaired the hideous Mafia was once for all, amid torrents of Hood, fiercely rooted out by the people's strong arm and with the peoples own lustrumer.ts. The assassins of our chief of police have been executed. Peace to their ashes. The evils which remain to afflict our community a vio ous jury system and the suborners liriug among us are not of the deadsy character which demand serious treatment. The otleuxes of a perjured juror, of a convioted suborner, may well be remitted to the more dehherate judgment of I Court of justice. Let the constituted authorities then move aeainst the jury who hare outraged justice and insulted common sense. The Timet-Democrat tomorrow, com menting editorially on tho events of the d iv. after referring to the laxity of enm inal justii e in this city ior a year or two past, will pay: Tids paralysis of justice was due, neither to the incompetency of the police nor the inca pacity of the officials appo nted to admin iater the law: it was due to the settle ment in New OrlesDiof lawless bands of men hailing mostly from southern Italy, who brought with tlietu, to this country ot freedom and of free institutions, the pernicious ideas aud murderous methods which have planted conspiracy and ansj s-inatiou societies in their quondam borne, and wl.eh enable the members of these societies to defy detectiou and lauirh jtistice to scorn. lhe short, sham aud decisive drama of yesterday had in it, moreover, a warning for another class, which they will do well not to disregard; we refer to the iury-rixers. who are experts in fretting at talesmen and jurymen, and in ti!lioir. the jury-box, partially or wholly, witn men pledged to consult, above all things, the inter ests of the criminals, and to see that convic tions shall not be arrived at by juries against them. A CALL TO ACTION. The Document Which Gathered the Mob New Orleans, March 14. The follow ing is the call which collected the mob in Clay 6quare. It was published in every pnpor this morning: A1 Rood citizens are invited to attend a mass meeting on Saturday, March 14, at 10 o'clock a. m., at Clay statue, to take steps to remedy the failure of justice in the Hennessy case. CoMR Tkepakei FOtt ACTIO. (Signed) John (). Wicklifle, B. F. Glover, J. U. Pepper, C. E. Itogers, V. K. Ilawes. lledmond Hayes. J I'm (Janus, John 11. Parker, jr.. . Harris It. Lewi, Reptinie ulere, William M. Itailey, Ie McMillan, O. E. Jones, J. F. Queeney, 1). It. Calder, '1 horuas Henry, James McLean, Phelix Coutirs, T. IX Wharton, Frank B. liayne, J. 0. Flower, James Clarke, Thorn ss II. Kelly, II. B. Oiden, Ulrio Atkinson, A. Baldwin, jr., A. K. ISUeltmar, John V. Moore, Win. T. Piersou C, L. Stecal, E. T. Lech, W. S. Parlrsrson, Henrv D. Burns. Wm. H. Peeves. Jtichnrd S. Venables, Pamuel B. Merwlnt, Omer Villere, H. uravrot, T. 1. Maiher, James P. Mulvey, Euiile Dupree, W. P. Curtiss, Charles J. iUulets T, S. Barton, C J. Fotstftll, J. Moore Wilson, Hatch W. Brown, C, Harrison Parker, Edffar If. Farrar, J. O. Aby, Itud Hthse, W. Mosby, II. It. Labouisse, George Penearre, 8. P. Walmsley. James D. Houston. O. A. Woisher, Charles M. Barnwell, Walter D. Dec fere, it. H. liorteci, E. II. Pierson. HENNESSY'S MURDER. Thm Horrltol Crtm Whleii K.4 TJp to Tee terdays Tragedy. At midnight Oct 15, 1800, David 0. Ilennesy, chief of police of New Orleans, was assassinated at his own front door by two gangs of the Stopaliagierl, a mysterious Italian murder eociety, which has existed here for years, and which has committed innumerable crimes. Tho news of the murder created the profoundest excitement, and would have probably resulted seriously to the Italians arrested the next day had the evidence against them been stronger, as there was talk of lynching. The assassination aroused the people of New Orleans to the fact that there was a Mafia or murder society in existence pledged to kill any one, police olficer or other official, who got in its way. This crime was the latest of a peries of crimes which had caused many deaths. In June a (rang of Italian bravos lay in wait at midnight for another party- oi Italians, Cotlaud oa SevenUt

FREED BY THE FLAMES.

Lunatics Rejoice at Their Misfortune And Gaze on the Burning Asylum with Glee. Further Details of the Disaster ot Nashville. Only Nina Lives Blieved to Have J3een Lost. A Sleepy Fir Chief Jteaponstbl for Much Loss. NAsnviLLE. Tenn.. March 14. Today the beautiful central insane apylum, situated seven miles from thia city is almost a mass of ruics; beneath it are tho charred bodies of nine of. the unfortunate inmates; in the outhouses near by are huddled the poor demented creatures, who iound an asylum in the grand old structure now laid low; and on the lawn the lonir. parched trees, denuded of branch and foliage, stand; the spectral trunks with gaunt outstretched arms marking the spot where stood the massive build ing, alive with human beings, the ob served of all who passed that way, and one of the most beautiful and attractive spots in lovely middle Tennessee. At 10:13 o'clock last night atchman Fitzhugh discovered an ugly tongue of flame breaking through the roof in the rear part of the west or male wing of tho building. How it caught none could di vine but it reached from the ground through the second and third stones and cut olf the few rooms that wero behind it. In a moment the alarm was given and the 400 inmates of the institution was thrown into wild commotion. Consternation was depicted on each face a s the gravity of the uituation burst upon them. There wero twenty-eight men in the wing when the fire caught, and twenty-two of them were quickly re moved to the main hali, the other nine being left to the fato behind their impassa ble wall of flame. The city was telephoned for aid, but Chief Carrol of the fire department could not be found and his subordinates refuseo! to move without orders. Finally, after two hours' delay, the chief was found and he. with two enirines, left for the scene of disaster. In the meantime the west wind had collapsed, the tire had caught the main building a:jd the inmates, frantic bv their danger, were' beginning ' to break from the guards and scatter like affrighted animals to the fmrroundiuji country. The fire department arrived ou the scene at 2:15 o'clock, and in a few moments a fine stream of water was playing on the main building. Previously the inmates of the asylum, the servants and the guards had rendered fire service with buckets and succeeded in holding the fire in check to some extent. JJad it not been for their valiant services the entire structure would have been in flames before the arrival of the fire department. The unfortunate inmates who lost their lives were in the west wing. They were all male and white. Their names were : DR. Fit AKK HOLLO WELL of Davidon countv. JOHN ' rOINDEXTER of Wilson county. A. II GOODLKTT of Davidson county. JOHN fc. JOHNSON of liutherford countv. AV. j. SETTLES of Wilson county. W. II. BEASLEY of Hickman county. J. BROOKS of Davidson countv. JOHN KELLY of Wayne county. JOHN NANCE of Smith county. The scene within the quadrangle in the rear of the superintendent's office was all glare and confusion at 1 o'clock when nn Associated Press reporter arrived. The rlamea in the west wing were towering above the parapeted walls and guards were hurrying hither and thither. A moment later the inner wall of the burning building fell in with nn awful crash, and clouds of sparks covered tt.e entire visible heavens. In another instant a shower of cinders and charred fragments of wood fell upon the roofs of the remaining buildings and rattled upon the stonepaved court. In the hall connecting the east an west wintrs and in the corridors of the west wing the terrified unfortunates were huddled together like sheep, men, women and bed clothes being so intermingled that it was hard to distinguish between them. They did not seem to comprehend the awful situation, and most of thern were still undressed as they were when they wero dragged from the building already in ashes. Dr. Callender sat in hi office with an expression of despair on his features and great beads of perspiration stood upou his brow. Couchin in the corners were the figures of inmates, who, perhaps, had a clearer appreciation of the impending danger than their companions and had stolen in, thinking themselves 6afe with the superintendent By midnight nothing remained for the men who had fought so nobly to do but stand aside and await the coming Of the engines of the city. It was a heartrending sutbt to see hundreds of men who had gathered from the country for miles around talking in groopsor gazing helplessly on th work of deetruotion while within the hall, a few steps away, the wild eyes of a mws of misera ble creatures glared about in the unearthly light, and the minds behind them were too weak to know that in a short while they might b out in the cold night wind with nothing but the sky for a covering. When one of the reporters was about a mile this side of the conflagration on the way out, he met a couple of lunatics in shirtsleeves trudging along tho highway with their arras locked about each other s neck. As they passed one of them cried out: ftFire, fire: cold, cold." On bis return the same pair was overtaaen jusi within the corporation line. This time they were heard to say : "We are free, we are free; but don't you tell, don't you tell;" and, turning around, saw that their arms were still locked about each other's neck. Hiding in the shrubbery immediately around the asylum were many who had escapod when the sudden exodus was made from the weft wing. Most of them were partially dressed, but almost without exception their faces were covered with Buailes, as if the downfall ot their refuge was a source of pleasure to theatadtho fcitinjwiad thing unfelt.

At 3:15 the inmates who had been huddled for several hours in the yard in front of the main bulling were returned to the east wing. About twenty-five had escaped, the majority of whom were harmless. At this moment the east wing had become entirely demolished and about onehalf of the main building. The dangerous lunatics were kept locked all the time in the east wing, and none of them were subjected to exposure or danger during the progress of the Harries. It was reported at 3 :3u this morning that one oi the women inmates of the asylum had been drowned in the lake on the lawn, but her name could not be learned. Tho fire was at this time reported entirely control and the inmates were comfortably housed and all was quiet The escaped numbered between thirty and forty, many of whom have been captured, some of them many miles from the scene of the fire. The loss to the building is estimated at about $50,000, fully covered by insurance. The fire is supposed to have been caused by Lee Alford, an in mate, who, in some mysterious mannei, escaped. It is reported that he was recaptured today near Lavorgne. About one hundred and twenty-five of the inmates will be transferred to the West Tennessee asylum at Bolivar until the asylum here is rebuilt. MYSTERIOUS MURDER. A. Woman Found Dead WltU o Crying Ut7 by Her feld. Atlantic City, N. J., Marcih 14. A death which, to all appearances. points to

foul murder waa discovered in this city about 7 o'clock this evening by ex-Assemblyman James S. Beckwith, ono of the proprietors of the Ocean house. A private cottage at 10S S. Connecticut-ave., just opposite the Ocean house, has been occupied since December by a middle aged maiden lady named Laura Purnell and a year old baby. Mr. Beckwith, eeeing no signs of activity around the cottage during the past two days, decided this evening to investigate. He knocked on the door, and receiving no response forced an entrance and found Miss Purnell lying dead upon the floor and the baby alongside the body crying. The body was in a state of decomposition and on the throat could be seen scars, the fieBh being slightly lacerated and the throat swollen. The room was in disorder and tne body only partially clothed. Nothing that would serve as a possible clue to the death of the woman waa found. The neighbors' knowledge of her family connections is limited. he came to Atlantic City from Washington and the child's name is Auburn Exlen. On the tablo were found a letter signed by S. B. Bell, Londonburg, Pa., addressed to Miss PurnelL The cottage is located in the best portion of the city. Tho occupant was always well dressed and appeared to bo an educated lady with plenty of money. KANSAS WHITE CAPS. Thmj Tie Tp a Coupi of Farmers an.4 Leave Them to Freeze. Kansas Citv, March 14. David Ilandy, a farmer living with two sons near Tiper, a small station sixteen miles northwest of Kansas City, Kas., came before County Attorney McGrew of Wyandotte county, Kas., last night about 9 o'clock and related a startling tale of a visit from whits caps. He said that on Thursday night four men chopped down the dooi of his house, seized himself and his eldest eon, bound them t a fence in their night clothes and then wrecked the house. They tore ofif the roof ot the house and smashed in the windows, broke oil" the doors and destroyed the furniture. Having completed their work they left Handy and his eldest son tied to th fence, notwithstanding the night was bit ter cold and, waking the younger boy. made him walk in the snow with bare feel to a point a half mile distant where they set him free. The boy returned home and released his father and brother. Handy says he identified the men as S. 8. Barker. T. Cashmau, E. Overton and T. J. Swallow, all prominent farm-T9 of Piper and Emmet, which is near Piper, who have been arrested. Handy says he knows of no cause for the outrage except that he has been in litigation over a farm lease with Cashman for some time. VIRTUES OF ADVERTISING. X Newiboy Find Hie Mother Through a Newspaper Advertisement. Springfield, O., March 12. "SpeciaLPaul Martin, for many months a union newsboy, has discovered his mother through a newspaper "ad." Young Martin is seventeen years old and is now engaged at the foundry of Bobbins & Meyers. When only two years old he was placed in the soldiers and sailors' orphans' home at Xenia, and remained until he arrived at the age of sixteen years. He labored under tho impression that his fathei was dead and as be was never communu cated with thought his maternal as well af his paternal parent was dead. A notics in the Xenia Home Journal last week ask ing for Paul Martin and signed by his mother Sarah Martin, Broadway, Cincinnati, was brought to his attention yesterday. John Graw, who has been a warm admirer of the little fellow's pluck and perseverance, wrote a letter for him last night to his mother and Paul, who if small for his age, left this afternoon to meet his mother whom he has never seen, HOFFARTH WILt SHOW UP When De Flnda That He la Ilelr I m Large Bom. Chicago, March 12. L. J. Camps, a hardware merchant of Pittsburg, is in the city looking for his nephew. Christian Hoffarth, who has become heir to $75,000. The estate to be divided is an old German one and valued at about $500,000. The property is to be divided into eeven equal parts, and Camps and his sister, Mrs. Hoffarth, who is now dead, are the only American heirs. Hoffarth, who is only eighteen years old, was a barber's apprentice in Pittsburg, and eight months ago started for Chicago, bmce he lett home no communication has been had with him, but it is supposed he is working in some shop in the city, as ho was very industrious. Young Hoffarth is the sole heir of his mother's interest in the estate. TORN BY DOGS. Horrible Fate of a renntjIreBla Schoel Girl. PiEArnxa, Ta-, March 12. At Friedensbtfrg, this county, this morning "Birdio" Miller, a school girl, was attacked by a bulldog and a bloodhound and bitten eo badly that she w ill likely die. There are forty terribly lacerated wounds on hex body.