Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-03-19
NUMBER 4.
SAYSHE is DOOMED.
Letters from the Malta Threaten
ing Parkerson with Death.
The Leader of Saturdays Mob Does
Not Regret His Action-lnves-
tigating the Bribery.
THEY WANT HIS BLOOD.

THEY WANT HIS BLOOD.
NEW ORLEANS, March 1S.-W S.
Patterson, who led the crowd against
the jail said he only performed pain
full but necessary duty last Saturday.
/ He denies that there was any race
prejudice in his action, and says
| he was the best friend the Ital-
ians had Saturday. One word
from him after the crowd grew
excited would have led to massacre
on large scale, but he constantly
urged that only the men proven guilty
and acquitted be the sole victims of the
public vengeance. Under the circum-
stances he thoughtit ungrateful for the
Italians to threaten him. The cause of
this remark was the reception of the
following letter by Mr.. Patterson:
you a domed man are; God Amity can't
save you. We have sworn our comrades you
murdered and we will kin you and your famu;
you will be poison; the stileto viii do for the
wrest."
The letter bore no signature save a
sort of seal composed of skull, cross
bones and blood. Mayor Shakespeare
and Mr.. Wickliffe have received letters
of like import. Mr.. Patterson was
asked if he did not regret his action.
He replied
Not bit. This was great emergency,
greater than has ever happened in New York,
Cincinnati or Chicago While the Malta CON
fined itself TO killing its own members we lid
not resort TO violence But Hennessys kill
| ing struck at the very root of American insttu-
| tions The intimidation OF the Malta and eorrup-
tion Of our juries are 20 be met only with strong
measures Moreover. recognize no power
above the people Under our constitution the
| people are the sovereign authority. and when
| the courts--their agents--fail 10 carry out the
law the authority is relegated back to the
! people who gave il. In this case / look upon
/ il that we represented the people-not the
| people Of the whole United States, perhaps
| but the people of Louisiana. This is a
! thing with which the United States has
I nothing 10 do II Is a question Of state gov
/ eminent entirely, since the state controls its
! own municipalities. l apprehend no trouble
4 unless from federal authorities II is urged
4 that these men were the subjects Of foreign
/ potentates. but / understood that they we're
/ just dumped here aud that their own govern
ments were glad enough to get rid OF them"
Mayor Shakespeare, whom the Ital-
| ian consul as well ms the country at
| large is disposed to hold responsible
! for the violation of municipal law,
makes no bones about his own feeling
in the matter. He is an impulsive, ir-
rascible man, middle aged of the Sir
Anthony Absolute type, with genius
for autocracy. He declares bluntly that
Parkerson and his associates did just
right He said:
Il was ct my office in good time on Saturday.
| was down AT 1889; II is my usual time. /
| didn't know anything at an about the move
ment TO break into the prison Friday night,
! and was not at the meeting. In fact ] was.
dining then with Gov Nichols and Maj Gen.
/ Glynn The next morning when saw the call
/ OF course ] knew something was going to hap
| PEN
/ Where were youdurng the riots"
/ Attending to my private business"
| Did you take any measure to prevent the.
| tragedy"
No"
Don't you regret itY'
No sir cried the mayor belligerenty; II
4 am an American citizen and | am not afraid Of
the devil These men deserved hanging We
/ expected disagreement aud had made arrange.
| ments for retriak When | heard Of the yer
diet / Was frozen to my seat
Couldn't you have punished them by lawful
meansN
They were punished by lawful means The
men who did it were ali peaceabe and law
abiding The Italians had taken the law into
their own hands and we had TO do the same.
II was what they did IN Italy. The Malta got
too strong for them. and what happenedY The
sovereign took hold OF 1.-THE king. Here the
sovereign also TOOK hold OF 1.-THE people
The grand jury is investigating the
charges of bribery of jurors in the Hen
messy case. and it is understood they
have some important clews. Judge
Mari of section A, criminal district
court has instructed the grand jury to
make an investigation of the occur
rences of Saturday.
Great interest attaches TO the where
abouts of private detective O'Malley,
at whose door is laid the charge of
bribery. 1t is believed he is in hiding
IN this city. 1t is not likely that O'Mal-
ley will continue to live in New Orleans,
as the feeling against him is very
strong
The records of the registration Office
in this city show that Antonio Mar
chest was registered as a voter October
3 1890 He was one of the four that
the Italian consul claims were still
Italian subjects. No record is found of
Monasterio, Comitez and Trahina.
The result of the events of Saturday
is that the Provenzanos and Matrangas
are accusing each other of being mem
bers Of the Malta, and from this some
important facts may become known.
That the Matrangas are prominent in
this society of assassins there seems to
be no doubt, but in the Hennessy case
there was not sufficient evidence to inn
plicate Charles Matranga.
4 Town Burned.
NEW HAMPTON. la, March 1s.-The
town Of North Washington, s miles
north of here, was almost totally de-
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