The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-10-23
4 TRAGEDY IN NEW ORLEANS.
The Chief OF Police Shot Down by A-sa-'
sins as he was Entering his Home
about Midnight.

NV ORLEANS. October lt.-Cniei
Of Police Henne->y was shot au0 NOR
tailv wounded last night about lI.39
O'Clock. Tne particulars ofIae shoot
iur Is given by Capt. c'Conmor. q the
B0vlou protective police, are as io!-
lowS:
We LEFT the cen:ra! police station
about ten Or fifteen minutes past =
o'clock. We walked up the woods SIDE
Of Raupart stree: 10 G:cCG. where We
parted. the chef saying. Don come
anv further with r1e now you 20 aud
look afts- your business A. We parteQ
the chief started towards Basin street.
taking the down toT2 SIDE O! Gi1od
street. I took the uptown soc oi
G;-Dd street and walked "at N the O.
-ecrion Q: the river. On ny way Lner
q CITY policeman aDd q Boviou ofEc-F.
had iuS- reached the corner OF Dry
ades and Giro0 strs-;S when heard
the iouG report Of & shotgun aud tUrn-
ing quickly around and looking 10
Basin street saw flashes and n@aFd wv"
more loud reports. The flashes came
from the front Of two-Sto7y frame
house at the up-tWon river corner ol
Gjrod and Basin streets. Almost SIM
ultaneously with the repr:'s OF lhe
shotguns three or four pistol shots.
fred in quick succession irom Iile lower
side OF the 81 rect. rang out. 1be>e iaSt
reports must have been the chez re-
turn Of the murderous ire. al once
started on quick run towards BASIN
street. twos block distant. aud on my
way overlook Officer Golfer, Of the
Bavlou protective police. OF Whoni !
jnGuired, (which way did they run.
He replied: i believe il was up to"n.
Five or six people were then on the
street in our vicinity. heard the chlei
cali: Oh Billy, Billy. | hurried To-
wards the spot whence the cry came
and found the chief sitting on the ooor
srep of a house in Bash street, between
| Girod and Lafayette t"eeis. As came
up he said 10 uIe: They have gwen j;
10 me. and I gave them back the uest
could.' Bending over the chief | sal0
10 him: Who gave il TO you, Dave:
He replied: Put your ear down here.
AS Dent down again be whispered the
word: 'Dagos.'
| The tragedy was one which the Chief
and bis more intimate fr!eDds had re-
! garded as within the range oI prottbii-
! ity for some wears past. and Tor TWO or
! three wears he has always been accom-
panied bv the same trusty friend on
/ his wav home. Last night he walked
to the door Of his residence, and, paus-
ing moment 10 draw bis la'ch-key
| from bis pocket. turned into the door
wav. IT was while in this position, bis
side turned towards the assasSins, that
! the first TWO shots-the weapons oelng
! double-ba barrelied shotguns, and one
barrel OF each being fired al time
rang out. As quickly as the ambushed
| men could cock their guns the second
barrel was fired.
Chief of Police HennesSv died al &
! O'Clock this morning al the Charity
Hospital.
Four Of the assassins OF Chief Hen
messy have been arrested ana lQenEAed
as Antonio Scofidi, Antonio baGnetto,
Sabas,iapo lucardono and Pietrn Mast
70.
MAYOR RSEAKESPERE WARNED.
NEw ORLEANS. Oct. ls.-J"seph
Nacheca and other leading Italians.
against whom affidavits were made
Yesterday after the shooting aud Par,
iial confession Of Scaffidi. were arrested
this morning, charged With beiDg &C
cessories TO the murder OF Hennessey.
At lo'clock ;o-day the mayor re-
ceived a communicative notifying him
that he will be the next victim.
Mayor Shakespere says that this Will
not deter him from doing his duty. He
appointed committee Of fifty to hunt
out the vendetta, and the members are
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