Telegram-herald., 1890-10-19
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knoNn IA Ameficz Not onsy
has Is been is4rae1 that Cklst II
Police Hsaaessy 49, murdered By the
NasA IA association % itaAan assas-
sias. bat the astaaadiaz FeTeistloa has
bsea made that The meraeEers had
planned - kill nun Der % other ota-
cials Public feeling j. strongly aroused
against the whole Italian colony zt this
place, ani the least thiag would preci
itate a riot. having foE is ob3ect the ez-
ter1inatlon 81 the Italians 81 this cay.
A Etszz3slip Is nov On her way uP The
river from Italy with over 500 en- gran =
Oh board and q determination is ex-
pressed TO prevent thsir laadiag
The police searched the residence OF
one Of the men arrested for the marcer
Of Chief % Police ueaaessy anl found
detailed plan 20 assassin1.e al city or
State officers who acted counter 10 the
wishes OF The Maha, an Italian secret
socisty formed foc the purpose o. as
ssssinati0n. This society includes u
large portion oi the lower class Of ltal-
iaas. Heretofore they have generally
confined their assassiaauons 10 their
own nationality. and This is one OF the
few instances OF their applying their
methods 70 one not Of their own people.
There is no doubt that Chief lien
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 tue
killing dates back 10 last spring,
when certain members OF this So
ciety, known as the Provinzanas gang,
waylaid and shot into a wagoa-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-
forIs finally unearthed the plot and
the workings of the society and Sc
cured enough evidence 70 convict the
perpetrators OF the attempted as
sassination, who were sentenced TO
life IMPRISONMENT A new trial
was granted, and 1t was set for
next week. Chief Hennessy had
/ possessed himself of important infor-
nation in regard 10 the workings of the
Malta in his efforts to probe to the bot
tom. and IL was believed that on the trial
OF the case he would expose the inside
workings OF this band of sssassins.
Tho possession of this knowledge, with
their record from Italy and his ayowcd
determination 20 break up the Malta
and put a stop to those assassinations
were, without doubt, the causes that
led to his murder. The general belief
is that the men who fired the shots arc
simply the tools of the leaders OF the
Malta, and determination is expressed
10 probe the whole Malta to the bot
tom and mete out stern justice to every
one in any way implicated in this foul
assassination.
Antonio Scafide, identified as ono of
( the assassins of Chief Hennessy, was
shot and mortslly wounded at 11:45
o'clock Friday in the parish prison by
Joseph Duffy, young man is
years of age. The shooting
was done in the corridor or bull
ring" of the prison. and
Dufy's actions were so quick that sew
eral deputies who were present knew
nothing of what was going on until the
shot was fred.
/ Chief of Police Henncssy was buried
/ Friday evening. His funeral was one
OF the largest ever seen IN New Orleans
I NEW ORLEANS, Ost 1S-Joseph Ma
chesca and the other leading Italians
against whom aridavits were made yes
7 terday after the shooting and partial
confession OF Scofildi have been ar
rested, charged with being accessories
+ to the murder Of HennesSy.
! At a special meeting of the council at
noon Mayor Shskespeare's message was
/ road. denouncing in most positive
+ terms the murder of Chief Hem
Messy by Sicilians, through hired
assassins IL declares that terrible
secret orders exist in New Orleans and
I that IN this instance the chief OF police
was ass -sinated fo- doing his duty
+ in enforcing American laws; that any
+ citizen performing his duty OF under any
1 circumstances exciting enmity Of these
: fends. is liable TO the dread sentence Of
death being passed oa bin and carried
ont by assassins who divulge nothing,
say nothing. know nothing; that there
are leading Italians at tho head OF these
orders while others moro pe2cea-
bly, inclined and not belonging thereto
are blacxm siiea. and threatened with
death or are obliged 20 leave the city il
they DO not assist them; tAst this state
81 aSairs has gone on long enough and
ugst bo stopped. The council is