Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-10-22
BLOOD SURE TO. FLOW.
New Orleans Declares that the Italians
Must Go.

BLOUD~ SUhE ~ FLUW
New Orleans Declares that the Italians
Must Go.
New ORLEANS, La, Oct 1S.-Over fifty
Italians are behind the bars on suspi-
cicn of having been connected with the
killing of Chief of Police Hennessy.
The excitement over the assassi nation
of Hennessy is undated, and the uni
versal demand through the press and
the public is that the authorities at
once take the most vigorous steps
to suppress the Malta and vendetta
in this country, and get rid of the
large number of Sicilian brigands and
criminals who have established them
selves in New Orleans. Chief Hen
messy was engaged in this task when he
was killed, but it will be taken up by
the authorities. Hennessy had been
engaged for four months past in collect
ing evidence in Italy, through the Grim
inal authorities and United States con-
class of Italians now living in this
country. The evidence was to have
been offered next week in the
Provenzano vendetta trial. The men
against whom he was proceeding be-
came alarmed, held a meeting, and de-
cided that their safety required that
Hennessy should be killed, and men
were detailed for that purpose. A
house was hired near Hennessv's, and
there for a week the assassins watched
him and studied his habits until they
saw favorable opportunity for the as
sassination.
1t seems certain that the city is on the
eve of blody race riot. Not only has
it been learned that Chief Hennessy
was murdered by the Malta, but the
astounding revelation was made last
night that the murderers had planned
to kill a number of other officials.
Public feeling is strongly aroused
against the Italian colony, and the
least thing would precipitate riot.
A steamship is now on her way up the
Oh board, and d determination is ex-
pressed to prevent their landing.
The police last night searched the
residence of one of the men arrested
for the murder of Chief Hennessy, and
found detailed plan to assassinate all
city or state officers who acted con-
trary to the wishes of the Malta.
The cause of the killing of Chief Hen
messy dates back to last spring, when
certain members of this society, known
as the "Provinzanas Gang" waylaid
ians one night. The police secured
enough evidence to convict the perpe-
traitors of the attempted assassination,
who were sentenced to life imprison-
ment. A new trial was granted, and it
was set for next week. Chief Hennes-
sy had possessed himself of important
information in regard to the workings
of the Malta, and it was believed on the
trial of the case he would expose the
inside workings of this band of asans-
sins. The possession of this knowledge
and his avowed determination to break
up the Malta were, without doubt, the
causes that led to his murder.
On Wednesday night, shortly after II
O'Clock, Chief i1ennessy left the Cen
trail police station in company with
Capt. Connors, q member of Boyland's
Detective Agency, for his home. Con-
nors went with him to within block of
his house, where he left him, Connors
going down town and Hennessy toward
home. Connors had walked about
block when three loud reports
in rapid succession startled him,
sounding like shotguns, in the direction
III which Chief Hennessy had taken.
In an instant these were followed by
several pistol shots, as if from return
fire. Connors turned and ran in the di-
rection of the firing. He found Hen
messy sitting on q step badly wounded,
and asked him who had done it. Hen
messy replied, "Dagos."
Examination showed that Hennessy's
body was fairly riddled with slugs and
bullets. He was removed to the hos
pital, where be died the next morning
at 9 o'clock. The post-mortem devel-
oped four wounds, either of which would
have proved fatal, one perforating the
stomach The block where the shooting
took place was Immediately surround
ed by police and the cutters searched.
One shotgun was found in the gutter,
with one barrel loaded and one empty.
Fresh tracks in the mud were also dis
covered. Three more guns were found
IN the gutter Oh the next block, loaded
with buckshot, the barrel of one having
been recently discharged. Two more
were found In a gutter short distance
away, loaded like the others, barrel Of
one having been fired. All of them
were of folding pattern, and sawed off
so as to be carried under the coat.
Excitement is at fever heat, and
threats of lynching are faeely INDUCED
in. The prison where the murderers
are confined is being strongly guarded,
with q view to defeat the attempt at
lynching if one is made. Great crowds
are awaiting the arrival of the shipload
Of Italian immigrants, and threatening
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