The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-10-30
SHOT IN A CELL.
ONE OF CHIEF HENNESSY'S MURDER.
ERS MORTALLY WOUNDED.

Tho Vendetta In New OrIeans,-Ovcr Fifty
| Italians Arrested on tho Cnargo OF Be-
Ing ImplIcntedIin tho Midnight A.sas-
sinntion.
New ORLEANS, Oct. 17.-While the
body of the lato Chief of Police, David
G. llenncsSy, lay in state at the CITY
Hall to-day Antonio ScaniCa, identified
as one of the aSSassinS, was shot and
mortaily wounded in tho Parish Prison
by Thomas G. Duffy, brother of the
eX-prize fighter Of that name.
Duffy informed Deputy Sheriff O. 5.
Andry that he called for the purpose of
seeing one of the "Dagos' arrested for
the assassination of Chief Ilenncssy, as
he believed that he was able to identify
him. Scailida came down accompanied
by Deputy Sheriff Tim Dwycr and put
his face within a few inches of the gate
TO recognize who it was that wanted to
see him. Duffy, who was standing
about a foot from the gate, with a light
nlng like motion drew q revolver from
his hip pocket, and, putting it within Il
few inches of Scalida's face, pulled the
trigger, and the Italian with groan fell
back in the corridor, the blood squirting
from 4 wound in the left side of the
neck.
Duffy was disarmed. While in the
station Duffy said that if the Italian
died he was willing to hang lie said ::
Il only wish there were about seventy
i've more men like me-" Duffy was
| locked up.
When the wounded man reached the
Charity Hospital Judge NJ. c. Rringcr
was sent for, and with his assistant,
Judge llollander, arrived in Il few min
utes. Scalida was asked if he had any
thing to say before he died and replied
III the affirmative. lie began his state
ment by saying:
I'VE knew that Chief lIcnncssay and
lhe proVenZanOS were good people We
were good friends of the Matrangas. |
am going to die and die innocent. My
idea is the Matrangas did that to keep
the provenzanos in Jail. Oh, my God,
| am going to die" and Scanida closed
his eyes and remained silent.
More than fifty arrests have been
made of parties believed to be impli-
Gated III the assassination and to-day
another Italian, Pedro Natal, was idcn-
tilted by Officer Lannagan us one of the
men he saw running away from the
scene OF the murder.
Ilcie Is no longer room Tor doubt
that the murder of Chief IIenncssy was
the Deliberately planned work of an
organized band of Italians. Tho crime
is the latest in series of crimes which
have caused many deaths. In June a
gang OF Italian bravoS lay in wait at
midnight for another party of Italians,
MatrangaS, who had offended them in
some way or other, and riddlcd the ell
tire party with bullets. The authori-
ties determined to put an end to this
vendetta business, which has resulted in
forty or moro murders and assassina-
tlons, and vigorous efforts were made
TO track and capture the criminals.
six men were arrested for the crime and
tried. During tho trial one of the prin-
clpal witnesses AN Italian, was assassina-
TED. The trial resulted in a conviction.
tthere was so much perjury that the
Judge granted new trial, which is yet
to come off
Chief of Police IIennessy, who was a
witness in the first case, set to work to
collect all the evidence about the Malta,
the eStopaliagieria and other Italian assas-
Slnatlon societies, and about the numcr-
ous vendcttas and murders committed
by them. AS there is a fcud between
the Italians growing out Of the Matt
anaga affair, he found it possible to
sational character, and he promised
such developments as would break up
the vendetta III New Orleans forever.
llenneSSy we'll understood the risk he
was running. lie was q man Of cour-
age and fcarlcSSneSS, but he deemed it
prudent, from the many threats he
received, to guard himself, and never
went without one or more officers as
escort. Unfortunately, he dismissed his
body guard few days ago, either be-
licVing that he could protect himself or
that the threats amounted to nothing.
The assasSins evidently knew this, and
made their preparations for revenge.
There was a meeting Of the Italian
was then decided that IIcmncssy must
be got rid of for the safety of the mem
bcrs. The crime was carefully planned.
TWO gangs of men were detailed for it.
They were armed with revOlvers and
blllnderbuSScS, and concealed them
selves i'll allcywayS at each corner Of the
block on which llcnneSSy lived, 50 that
nc could not escape. This was in one of
the most popular portions OF the city,
but 1T was rainy night, and few per
sons were abroad. 1t was near mid
night when IlenncSsy started home.
lie turned the corner and as he came
under the glare of the electric light the
asSassins opened on him with volley
from the allcyway in which they had
hidden. llcnnessy was taken by sur
prise, and must have been wounded at
the first fire, but he stood his ground,
drew his revolver and fired at his assail-
ants. They replied and twenty or more
shots were fired. 4 police officer heard
them and ran to IlenneSsy's aid, to be
himself shot in the ear.
When llenncSSy tell the men who
were concealed in the allcyway ran out
and down the street, one of them
throwing away his gun. -Four other
men, armed with blumdcrbusses~-
party waiting at the corner for Hen
neSSy-joincd tho fugitivcs, and the
entire gang ran up the street and dis
appeared in the darkness. When relief
reached IIcnnesSy he was found lying
on the doorStcps. His body was riddlcd
with bnllctS. Both his lungs were pen
ctratcd. There was another wound
Ii in III q n1,