Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-10-21
THE ITALIAN PLOT.
FIVE OF THE NEW ORLEANS CONSPIRl lTORS
ARE ARRESTED.
The Police Have the Men Who Assassinated Chief
Hennssssy-The Killing Was the Result Of
Prs-AraDged Plan - The Feeling
Against the Italians is Intense

NEW ORLEANS, October 2O.-Ihe
police last night arrested forty odd Ital-
ianS at the grocery Of Carlo Graf1ir0.
Officers noticed large number of ltal-
lans dropping into the place in twoS
and threeS, and believing that some
thing was wrong forced their way in
and found man addressing the crowd
present in Italian. Charging that it
was an unlawful assembly, all persons
present were taken to jail. In the
meanwhile the rumorS that number Of
strange Italians were holding an indig-
nation meeting in the house attracted
large crowd around the place, who man
ifeSted their hostility TO the foreigners.
When the latter were brought TO the
station, il was discovered that not one
OF them had Il cent or u home Of any
kind, aud that the entire party had ar
rived here yesterday from Chicago, and
had been told 10 meet at Gratfiro's
place As the men could give no eX
PLANTATION Of themselves, or why they
came TO New Orleans, or met at the
grocery, they were locked up at the
police station, charged with being dan
gerouS and suspicious characters.
The police arrested Manuel Pietr0,
whom they charge not only with being
one of the men engaged in the HenneS-
sey assassination, but actually the man
who fired the fatal shot They claim
that they have the case in excellent con-
ditiou; that the murdererS have been
arrested. and there is sufficient evidence
TO convict them. According TO their
view of the matter the murder was or
dcrcd by the MatrangaS, who are the
heads of the Sicilian gang. Joe Ma
checa, under the name Of john Peter
son. then leased the MaStrO house, from
which the aSSaSSinS watched HenneSSey
and finally fired on him. The murder
itself was committed by six or seven
men, of whom Scanidi, MaStero, Bag
netto, Incardary and Pietro are five.
The other man have not yet been dis
covered. All the other Italian prisoners
except some few who are regarded Is
important witnesses, or accessories to
the crime. have been released.
More evidence was found against Ma
checa. he being identified by two negro
women. who lived next TO the MaStero
house, as having been seen by them at
/ the house several times just before the
murder. In his statement he declares
/ that he was never in that portion OF
| New Orleans. He is now identified by
two white and TWO colored women as
having leased the MaStero house under
different name, and having been seen
/ frequently i'm that neighbOrhood.
Vincento CarruSo, who was arrested
a few days ago and released, was arrest
ed again to-day and committed TO the
parish prison charged with being ac-
I cessorv to the assassination of Chief of
/ Police HenneSSey. The police and de-
tectives appear TO be doing excellent
work in ferrcting out the perpetrators
/ of the terrible deed. As each day
passes additional information is being
obtained that il is hoped will convict
those already in the meSheS Of the law,
and several others who will be ar
rested later on. The police are
not inclined 70 talk much about the case
now They are working quietly and
not giving their enemies chance to
learn what evidence they are gathering.
From what can be learned there Is hard
Ilv a doubt that the five men who com
mitteN tue CRIME anu lu' Ni440luoue
brains that gave birth to the foul plot
are among the others i'm Jail. Some OF
the conspiratorS are still at large, but il
is only question of time before they
will be behind the bars, and it is safe to
say that when the trial comes up the
police will De able to produce sufficient
information to send the entire gang tC
the sallowS.
Petro. one of the suspects, was identi-
I fed to-day by a colOred woman who saw
/ him last Monday receive two guns from
TWO other Italians. Joe Macheca has
been still further identified as con-
staut visitor % the cobbler shop, which
he rented and placed MaStero in II oS-
teusibly to follow his occupation, but
in reality 10 watch the movements Of
HenncSSey. The conclusion generally
arrived at is that the assassination was
inspired by the Macheca-Matranga
gangs. A telegram was sent to the
PnkertonS yesterday asking them 10
assist i'm the hunt for Chief HenneSSey's
aSsasSins. This morning reply was
received from w. \. Pinkerton saying
he would be here at once To take part
personally in the work.