The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-10-27
Appealed 70 BLlII'N||IFll,,,. 3.
ne Italian Consul a, N-wO,-
leans Complains that
ITALIANS TALL ARE lLL-rREArED.
"eArs OF a Rlo.-somothing About.
thc History OF the Bloody NTafla.
Their Thirtlcth Murder In
tho City orNcw Orleans. 1s

thc City ofNcw Orleans.
New ORLEANS, Oe.. 2O.-Goyerno
received a dispatch from Sscre,ar,
Blaine apropos of the thrcato against
tue Italians here growing out Of the
dennessey killing, Tho Italian Consul
at this city, Signor Cont, after CON.
planning to- tho municipal authorities,
the Governor and others, laid tho mat.
ter before the Italian Minister at Wash.
lngton,. charging that the Italians we're
lll.treated, that their houses were enter.
I'd and searched by men without war.
rant by law. and that they had been sub.
ected to other indignities
The Italian Minister saw Secretary
Elaine. who teleeraphed to Governor
Nichols. The latter refused to giye!the
telegram TO the press, but Il is under.
$1,000 that 1t simply called attention 10
tue complaints and tho possibility of
protecting the Italians against violence.
Va sIciLIANs IN MipsrREAa, '57S5
The Elysia arrived here with LOGS
Immigrants on board. She will anchor
in midstream, but the immigrants will
not be allowed to- disembark before
Monday. Every effort has been made
TO prevent them landing at all, but the
Federal authorities do not see how this
can be prevented. -
The Committee OF Safety itself Ia all
tangled up. The committee wsu an,
pointed by the Mayor aud the Hennes.
sey case turned over to it. It asked tho
papers to publish the case, but ali wonld
not agree to this. It then ordered De-.
tectiye O'Malley to have nothing to do
with the Italians. but he refused to
ooey its orders, and as n final resource
II called masa meeting for next Mon.
day, with the idea, it is Thought. of an.
pealing to the people and usking for ak.
teaofoinary powers. that is, the right to
act as sort Of Vigilance Committee.
WILL RESULT IN A RIOT.
The rapers oppose the mass meeting
IN very emphatic terms and say that If IL
should now be held it would inevitably
result in riotous demonstration against
the Italians. 1t ia understood that the
Mayor has expressed himself as opposed
TO the meeting, and it is almost c.rtai;l
that the call will he withdrawn. Ii IL ia
not Withdrawn aud the meeting is held
trouble is certain. 4 a. q
The authorities OF this citv arc mat
learning tho true cnaracser anb history
OF the dread Malta Its existence was
no secret previous to the assassination OF
Chlef Hennessey. but no s,stamatic
effort was ever before made to r. to the
bottom OF tn! fscte. The story ia hero
told in print and fof the fist d me- ii.7s
The Malta was originally au Italian
political organic ,tion. which Taught the
doctrine OF assassination w. 4 means for
getting rid OF objectionable parsons To
prevent treachery, il BECAME necessary
to bind its members tng-ther with tho
strongest oaths, and those who DISCLOSED
the secrets knew that they were &; :;
SACRIFICING THEIR OWN LIVES 80
BY doing so, that some one would bo
chosen to kill them, aud tLatthey would
bs tracked to their death, wherever
they went, and would find no pl,cs;
where they could conceal themselves
How many lives were thus lo4t it is i'm
possible to say, but the frequent assas.
sinatlons in Italy, 30 years AGO, show tho
activity OF the Malta. sI5 -;
When the present Kingdom Of ItalvS
was firmly established, the Government
set to work to suppress the murder 40.
clety; There was only one way in
which it could BIZ done--by great harsh
ness. cruelty and even brutality. Thous.
ands OF lives were sacrificed, for the an-
thorities showed no mercy 10 the Malta
lists. They finally eucceedcd in their
great task, and many OF the membess Of
the society, finding Italy too hot to hold
them came to this country, most Of
Them settling in New Orleans, where
there was already a large Italian colony,}
DRIVEN TO AMERICA.
In 1875. the Italian Government took
brigandage in Sicily in hand and by tho
same harsh measures broke or nearly
broke it up there. The brigands found;
their profession too dangerous, and
quite number came over to $thia
country, among them the famous
br'gand chief, Giuseppe Esposito, cred
ited with over hundred murders.
Esposlto settled in New Orleans, and
soon gathered around him some 40
members OF the old band. with which
he had ruled almost as king over tho
mountainous districts OF Naples and
Sicily. .9-5 < - ',-SNH-F
Although generally called tho "MaGa,"s
the New OrleanB society is not really the
old Malta" which Gourishcd In Italy,
but a new association founded on It's
principles, and known popularly BY tho
name OF the Stopagherra or S:iietto
Society. Most OF It's members belonged j
at one time or other to the "sfatia1t
know how It was managed, and carry
out its practices and ideas. 80
CHIEF HENNEssEr's PLAN.
The police have been investiy,tinp it
for twenty years and have discoyered
practically nothing about it. The lato
Chief Hennessey hit upon the ysrv sen.
Bible idea OF writing To t!Io Italian c:;aw.
ernment. and asking from It's cyjn;,al
department something about the MN
and methods OF the, Malta in Italy T IA
found. IN this way. that number of the
Italians living in New Orleang bad hsan !,
members nt the Malta in Sicily and M.
pies and were unable to return home he.
cause OF their crimes there. Tha fact
; ;hnt he was making these inquiries iies
'eaked out IN some way and the Malta. 4.
or rather the stopagherra, found il @ nsc.
essary 10 order the assassination Of Hen.% Hss
nessey in order to prevent bis going inr.
ther and endnngering tue lives Of ' ia
members. His was The ,hiriic.I, m;r't ~
der known +" have been coutniltsd nv
the society here. -''A' ~ s'.ss ~
"a inc onis 'hi.rma'ion aboutthc stops.$ 4
shertaI comes from M Italian, v ho v; q /
asked to join the society aud apre,d -
10 so until he found that onn Of ia cb;ef I
purposes was murder FL drew back a.
t1e last momea', bus he 20. SONS ,,,vhs
idea Of the association, aud hes given h;sS
tacts 10 the gutnuriii' :. / go" '' 4:
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