New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-21
THE MALTA IN THIS CITY.
Only ONE MURDER LAID AT IT'S DOOR HERE
xxspEcroR sYRNEs SPEAKS ABOUT THE LAW.
ABIDING CHARACTER OF MOST OF THE
NEw>YoRK ITALIANS.

A1IUlN6 CnA6AO41A6 VI <ASSA W AAA~s
NEw>YoRK ITALIANS.
~ only murder committed by members Of tho
s.st. Society in this city is said to Be that OF
Antonio Flsccomio, the night Of October IL. 1885,
r,.ccouio wss stabbed to tho heart in front Of tho
coeye institute. and for time tho police were
,n,s,, 70 got . trace Of his assassin. Then some
Itanaus who were known to have been drinking
nth rlsecomio in the basement wine shop at No
81. MARKS Place, Just before the murder WIS com
p,ttssd. were arrested on suspicion. and they colo
Inspector Ryrnes that Carlo ouarararo was tho muir
a.rer They also declared that the Malta hsd oroeroo
rhccomio's removal. and that Carlo and Vihsns0
on.rtsraro had been chosen the executoners. INC
ouarar,ro brothers said to have been tose'nct
a the killing but Carlo had struck the fatal oiow
c,so had disappeared, and he Is believed to be oacA
rsly now vansn1o was locked up Tor un'o anu
vas then released tho evidence in his case eeins
conflicting Inspector Byrnes said YESTERDAY tns. 'ne
Naha had not caused serious trouble In Ne"
ana would not be permitted TO commit muruofs 'A0
In defiance Of the police
The Italians In this city mostly inonenave 70
the rest of the community" the Inspector ssd. they
have their quarrels among Themselves anu Ia .no Iee'
- 49,. ,h,rt ards or money or something elsc
thsv occasionally Hill one another but with TIE ex
oanton o ths murder OF Fsccomio there mas oeen no
italian murder m this cty that know OF thst seemed
70 be the work Of an organized band OF assassns
SIN f.ct tho Italians here arc not OF tho criminal
class n q rule There are hardly any PROFESSIONS
thieves among them. Now ana then son,o isA1Hhs Wy
tnc,r hand at manufacturing counterfeit silver con
,, sne prts OF such undertakings do not enable them
., m,Se living Many othe Italians are little better
than slaves and they under the control OF rev
~ their country who send them here and there In
s,oves TO work on railroads at small wages Tney are
unable TO speak language, and are AZ osaoVsnt@Se
IN earning their living Yet they manage TO I'VE ana
IN hAc
.,orn more progress in learning American ideas during
-. las, ten wears however Two large italian soci
,s one under the leadership Of the italian Consul
c beln,ne TO improve the condition OF the aborers
D.. The Malta society started in Sicily by patriots
hpt IL desenerated into band OF cutchroats VINO Kneu
PEOPLE to settle private grdses Members Oh the or
r,ni,ation who have fed to this country TO escape
punishment for crimes have banded toeetner IN some
cities and they seem to have fourshed in NewOreans
There members OF the society III 'S o'' ou0 '"'
have kept quiet
The acting Italian Consul IN this city. Sgnor
Gulio NJ Lecca shook his head in deprecating man
ner when asked what he thought OF the ASSASSINATION
~ Chief Hennessy and the excitement against the
Italian Malta in New-Oreans
Its pretty bad, pretty bad he replied, yet
think it will be found that not over half dozen
n>onle Italians of the lowest and most ignorant Glass;
sicilians are responsible for It, 1t can hardy De
Attributable to the Malta, as we know IT, The Mana
or -inay that is. thirty or forty years ago. was
,o,itical organization hostile to the Pope OF Rome
and the King of Naples At that time some OF the
most respectable names in Italy were TO be found In
the LIST of members Of the Malta But 1t degenerateo
from its high political purpose into an association OF
the lowest kind whose leaders lived in luxury by levy
ing tribute on wOrkingmen and through whom IL was
,.ossIhle for man 10 get personal enemy removed
Isn't for wears the Italian Government mas pursued tc
Mafa or its successor remorSeessly, and now IL is
,rcty well extinct. As far as the New-ofieans as
sa,.ration goes TO help stamp ont this murdeOus as
sn i,tion il will be a good thing and be hailed as
>r~b by all Italians. Our is tempered but
u does not favor organized assassination
statement has been made IN dispatch from New
Orleans that the Msa exists in several American ctes'
including New-York Have you any knowledge oil
such d society here -
That statement Is false replied the Consul. as
far as this city, Chicago aud san Francisco are con-
e.-ucd have been in the Consular Office IN each CT
u,osc cities and know that 1t not so. There are
some rnany Italians living in tho Benz In Muoerry
6. in this city, but beyond an occasional QUARREL
,,er c,me Of cards generally on sunday, resulting
from drink and oftentimes resulting In boodshed there
* ro unusual violence in the Italian colony here
loov there is no organized association for murder
such A. The relic OF the Malta IN Italy. There are
ohnut 20 Italians In Newlork and Brooklyn. ana
between 300 900 and 100000 in the United states
They are peaceful. hard working people They are not
10 neld responsible Tor an occasional Veuetta SUI
a. That which has wrought such deplorabie results III
New Orleans -
DO YOU expect any further violence or more as
sas,ina;ions I'm New Orleansl"
m" Acting Consul General shrugged his shoulders.
do not know said he. II they are followed up
very closely hy the authorities / would not be sur
prised If there were