The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-10-23
/ MURDER LEAGUE.


| An Italian High Binder society in Now
Orleans Orders the Killing Of Chief
| Of Police Uenncssy because lie knew
Too Much of Its Affairs.
NEW ORLEANS. Oct. IS. Down with
the Dagos. Down with the assassins"
is the cry Of thousands Of angry men,
| and 1t seems certain that the city Is on
the eve of the bloodiest race riot ever
known in America Not only
has it been learned that Chief Of
Police lienncssy was murdered by the
| Malta, an association Of Italian assas-
sins, but the astounding revelation has
been made that the murderers had
Planned to kill number OF other 1ffi-
cials. Public feeling is strongly aroused
| against the whole Italian colony at this
place, and the least thing would precip.
itate riot, having for its object the ~x.
| termination OF the Italians OF this city.
A steamship is now on her way up the
river from Italy with over 500 emigrants
on board, and determination is ex-
pressed to prevent their landing.
The police searched the residence OF
one Of the men arrested for the murder
Of Chief OF Police Hennessy and found
Ia detailed plan to assassinate all city or
State officers who acted counter to the
wishes Of the Malta, an Italian secret
society formed for the purpose OF as
sassination. This society includes a
| large portion of the lower class Of Ital-
ians. Heretofore they have generally
confined their assassinations to their
| own nationality, and this is one Of the
few instances Of their applying their
| methods to one not Of their own people
There Is no doubt that Chief Hen.
messy was the victim of the vendetta
that has been carried on by the Italian
colony In this city for many years.
| and met his death at the hands
| Of the Malta. The cause of the
| killing dates back to last spring,
when certain members of this So
ciety, known rs the Provinzanas gang.
| waylaid and shot into wayon-load of.
| rival Italians one night as they were
returning from unloading fruit vessel.
The police of the city, directed by the
murdered chief. after laborious ef.
forts finally unearthed the plot and
Il
| cured enough evidence to convict the
perpetrators of the attempted as.
sassination. who were sentenced to
life imprisonment a new trial
was granted, and it was set for
next week. Chief Hennessy had
possessed himself of important infor.
nation in regard to the workings Of the
Malta in his efforts to probe to the bot
| tom. and it was believed that on the trial
OF the case he would expose the inside
workings of this band Of assassins.
| The possession of this knowledge, with
their record from Italy and his avowed
determ nation to break up tho Mafia
and pu. a stop to these assassinations
were, without doubt, the causes that
| led to his murder.
On Wednesday night shortly after II
| o'clock Chief Hennessy left the Central
| Police station in company with Captain
Connors, member of Boyland's De-
tcctive Agency, for his home. Con.
| block of his house where he lef,
him, Connors going downtown and
lIennessy toward home. Connors
had walked about block when three
load reports in rapid succession startled
him, sounding like shotguns, in the
direction in which Chief Ilennessy
had taken. In an instant these
were followed by several pistol
shots. as If from return fire.
Connors turned and ran in the direction
OF tho firing. lie found IIcnnessy sit
ting on a step badly wounded and asked
him who had done it. Hen
messy replied, ..Dagos.' Examina
tion showed that Hennessy's body
was fairly riddled with slug.
and bullets. lie was removed tt
the hospital, where he died the mex
morning at 8 o'clock. The post-morten
developed four wounds. either Of which
would have proved fatal, one perforat
ing the stomach.
The block where the shooting tool
place was Immediately surrounded b,
police and the cutters searched. On
shotgun was found in the gutter will
one barrel loaded and one empty. Fresl
tracks in the mud were also discovered
Three more guns were found II
the gutter on the next block loade'
with buckshot, the barrel Of one havin,
Dccn recently discharged. Two NOR
were found in gutter q short distanc
away, loaded like the others, barrel Q
one having been fired. All OF them wer
of a folding pattern and sawed of SO .
to be carried under the coat
| Wholesale arrests Of Italians FOL
lowed, until seyenty-one were arrested
and six held. Three of them were posi-
lively identified by parties who wer
living near by the scene of the crime
One of the men had scalp wound, pre-
sumed to have been inflicted by Her
messy. who emptied his pistols at hi
assassias after he was shot down.
Anto sio Scaliide, identified as one q
the assassins Of Chief Hennessy. wa
shot and mortally wounded at ia
o'clock Frsiay in the parish prison b
Joseph Duffy, young man !
years Of age. The shootin
was done in the corridor or 'bul
ring of the prison. an
Dutfy's actions were SO quick that sey
nothing OF what was going on until tn
shot was fired.
Mayor Shakespeare has appointed
committee composed of fifty prominen
citizens who are deputized to thor
oughly Investigate the case. They vii
bring before them former victims OF tn
vendetta who have escaped death, an
will endeayor to compel them to nam
their assailants with view to reachin
| the bottom facts
| The Pullman Annual Statement.
CHICAGO. Oct. 1s.--Thc annual NEE
ing Of the Pullman Palace Car Compan
was held Thursday. The fnanci;
, statement showed that the total re yenu
0! the company for the twelve month
; was S.. So. .96i.:.6, Of which S7,473, l35
, was from earnings Of ears. The opera
ing expenses were Ss,274604.S7. I'll
company employs la,a67 persons,
whom was paid during the year So. 249
) s9165 The company operates 1.S'
, standard cars and 2ss secona-class slee
| ing-cars ON l2O,6s6 miles OF railroa,
+ During the year 5,oaa,o57 passengei
r were cared for, an increase from 4, 242. s.