Show RIOTOUS SICILIANS NS THEY WHIP THE POLICE FORCE 1 Workmen Sack a Municipal Cm Custom torn House Douse and Open a Prison Serious riots continue to be reported from Sicily and numerous outbreaks occur which the local authorities find themselves powerless s to suppress The latest riot according to the tho dispatches from Trapani occurred at I Castelvetrano a town of inhabitants inhabitants situated about thirty miles from Trapani It appears that at a 3 given signal a body of t left work the sta sta- i tion The men were evidently prepared prepared prepared pre pre- pared for the tho outbreak as they had secured possession of a anum number number- ber of cans of petroleum which they had hidden by the roadside with a number of re revolvers revolvers revolvers re- re heavy sticks sticks' and poles to make pikes or staves The organized organized or or- themselves into a column and with shouts of Down with the authorities authorities and Death to the municipal ties It marched on the station burned the sentry-box sentry and two of the local officers and set fire to tho the offices tax office record office office destroying all the archives and doing other damage The whole town was soon in a terrible terri tern ble uproar peaceable citizens flying for their lives or locking themselves 7 in their residences which they promptly barricaded and prepared to defend to the utmost with such means mean as they had at their command Tho The mob in the meanwhile had broken roll and into a number of wine shops ing the barrels of wine and spirits out into the streets they soon drank themselves themselves them them- selves into a state of madness and 4 were ready for other acts of violence At a signal from the leaders of the mob the column was reformed and shouting and yelling like greatly reinforced by the th lawless element clement ele cle- dc- dc ment meat of the town and its neighborhood neighborhood neighbor neighbor- hood the disorderly led the way way to the l prison i which they attacked with stones and Y sledgehammers in spite of the gallant resistance made by the authorities of ol I the prison and the guards and keepers of that establishment Finally the mob forced in the doors severely handled lisa han dIed the defenders of the prison and succeeded in liberating all the prisoners prison prison- ers s 's who joined joined with drinking the stolen liquors and n-d' n acts OT r a violence After celebrating the victory vie vie- tory over the tho prison authorities the tho mob attempted to destroY the residences resi resi- resiL L dences denees of the mayor and the banker j jand and the postoffice During all this time the tIle town had been practically in the tho hands of the the- rioters riot rs the local police force being utterly unable to cope with the mob The houses of a number of citizens who were obnoxious to the rioters were broken into and despoiled of ol their most valuable contents and their occupants were compelled to fly for their lives The Tho local authorities however had been able t to communicate cate with Trapani and other towns with the tho result that a force for e of troops and police poUce were sent to the tho riot But t though the troops and police were able to save the bank and postoffice from destruction they were unable to I order the mob restore though was charged several times and though a n number of arrests were made Finally the officers in command of the tho troops were obliged to send for additional reinforcements reinforcements re re- which were brought i and as soon as possible the tho rioters If d. d were dispersed t if |