Joseph Fudicio
According to an Italian government report carried in the press, Joseph Fudicio was one of three Italian men placed in the jail at Tallulah, Louisiana, in 1899. The report says a mob took him and another man from the officers holding them and lynched them both, and that the mob later returned for the third man. State authorities and an Italian embassy representative investigated the killings and reached conflicting conclusions, particularly about whether the victims were citizens. A federal inquiry was still under way in December 1899, according to reports of the President's message to Congress.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched (disputed). The Italian embassy report says a mob took Joseph Fudicio from the officers and lynched him, while the state authorities investigated with discrepant results, particularly over the victims' citizenship.
Reported by: Italian embassy report; state authorities; President's annual message to Congress.
Sources (19)
- The Wichita Daily Eagle, August 9, 1899, page 8
- Evening Times-Republican, December 5, 1899, page 2
- Ottumwa Semi-Weekly Courier, December 5, 1899, page 9
- The Topeka State Journal, December 5, 1899, page 2
- The Morning News, December 6, 1899, page 6
- The Age-Herald, December 6, 1899, page 9
- Daily Press, December 6, 1899, page 2
- The News & Observer, December 6, 1899, page 2
- The San Francisco Call, December 6, 1899, page 2
- The Record-Union, December 6, 1899, page 8
- The Wichita Daily Eagle, December 6, 1899, page 3
- The Forrest City Times, December 8, 1899, page 8
- The Semi-Weekly Messenger, December 8, 1899, page 5
- The Grenada Sentinel, December 9, 1899, page 6
- The Osceola Times, December 9, 1899, page 2
- The Van Buren Press, December 9, 1899, page 4
- The Kootenai Herald, December 9, 1899, page 3
- The Silver Blade, December 9, 1899, page 1
- Decorah Public Opinion, December 13, 1899, page 12