Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-10-20
Chief Of Police Hennessey Murdered
for Enforcing the Laws
OF the Land
SEVERAL ACCIDENTS ON BRIT
IsH MEN-oF-WsR
He Proposes 20 Il Girl ard is Re-
fased, Kills Her. and
Suicides.
STRANGE STORIES CONCERNING
.. DILLON IN cRHRoA.
~ Teiessaph to The NEWS
THE MURDER or HExNESSEY.
italians Arrested "a Accessories To
fiie Crime.

( New ORLEANS. Oct. ls.-JUseph
[ MacheceR aud several other Italians
were arrested today charged with
Icing accessories TO the murder Of
f. Chief 81 Police HenueSsey. At a
+. special meeting Of the city council
this morning Mayor Shakespeare's
message was read, denOunc!ng the
! murder Of Henugssey through hired
assassins, declaring that terrible Sc
cret orders exist in New Orleans;
( that the chief OF police was assas-
sinated for enforcing American laws;
Z that any citizen performing his
duty or under any circumstaE-
ces mourning the enmity Of these
societies is liable to have sentence
Of death passed on him and carried
out 10y asSassins who say nothing
and know nothing; that some Of
the leading Italians are at the head
OF these orders. while Others, more
peacefully inclined, are hackmailed
and threatened with death or
Obliged TO leave the city if they DO
not comply with the edicts Of the
society; that this state Of affairs has
gone on long enough aud must he
Stopped. The council is called upon
to take initiative steps to drive, If
necessary, these people from the
United States.
: resolution was adopted that the
mayor appoint n committee Of fifty
or more, II he deems proper, 10
thoroughly investigate these secret
orders and report.
This afternoon the mayor received
an anonymous communication nOti-
tying him that he will be the next
victim. Alr. Shakespeare says this
will not deter him from making his
duty. He has appointed commit
tee Of fifty. The most intense ex-
citemgnt over the developments
prevails in the city and there is
danger Of the lower classes being
enilced TO inIugurate bloody race
war against the Italians.
TTE COMMITTEE OF FIFTY MEET.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. Is. - The
meeting OF the committee Of fifty
tonight was secret, but the commit
tee announced il would pursue its
investigation 10 the end 10 bring the
murJeTers OF Hennessey 10 jus
tice and break up the Italian as
sassinatiOn league in this city. a
thousand dollars were raised on the
spot, and by next week the commit
tee expect TO raise 5000 b assist in
the work. One Of the effects, il was
stated, was that the ship E,ysiI i
coming up next week with 700 Ital-
ian cmigrants ON board, and the
mayor interviewed the custom house
authorities, and rs a result they will
20 doau and meet the ship. Uniess
the emigrants can satisfy the officers
they are desirable, financially and
morally, they will not he allowed 10 .
land.
Joe Macheccl, who was arrested /
today, has heretofore been cOnsit- /
cred prominent Italian, above the /
murderOus plots Of his more ignor- |
ant teli0w-cOuutrynen. Since his 1
arrest some damaging evidence has
developed.
The ladies, owning The shanty
where the 3ssassius are supposed 10 ]
have plotted AMI gathered, iGenti-
fled Machccca Is the man who
rented the place from them and
paid months zen. in advance.
parties also say they fol-
lowed Alachecca the night Of the
murder. lie and the MatrOngas.
also supposed to Ice leaders in the
affair, were eating n big supper
whi!e the shooting was going ON.
They remained till O'Clock in the
morning having good time, and
when they parted AlaChecca is al
legged 10 have said, Boys, have
Zone all | can. / am only sorry he
vas not killed az first."