The morning call., 1891-03-18
Prominent New Orleans Citizens
Threatened With Death.
The Grand Jury Investigating Charges Of
Bribery in the HenneSsy Trial
Ex-SeGretary Of State Bayard Sees No Basis
on Which the Italian Government
Can Claim Indemnity.
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

Siooiis NhRilulfu VI lllt 1UulmlllSC VI
Safety, has received the following note,
purporting to come from a member Of the
Malta Society: "Mafia Warrington are
doomed man, and God Almighty can't save
you. We have it sworn. Our comrades YOU
murdered, and we will kill you and your
family. You will be poisoned. The society
will do for the rest"
Neither Mr.. ParkerSon nor his friends are
at all concerned about the threats of the
anonymous writer. On the other hand the
telegraph and mail are bringing many con-
gratulatory messages to the leader of the
citizens.
The Malta warning received by Mr. Park
erson does not make him feel uneasy, al
though there may be some foundation for
it. Parkerson treats the letter lightly. He
knows that if a hair of his head is touched,
it would result in terrible punishment to the
Italians and Sicilians.
GRAND JURY WORK.
The result Of the events of Saturday is
that ProvenZano and Matraagas are accusing
each other of being members of the Malta,
and from this some important facts may
| become known. The Grand Jury is inyesti-
gatius the charges of bribing the jurors in
the Hennessy case, and it is understood they
have some important clewS.
To-day the Grand Jury was instructed to
make a rigid investigation of the occurrences
of Saturday.
Judge Marr charged the Grand Jury in
regard to the killing. He recited the facts
In the matter, and concluded as follows:
1T Is not my purpose now to do more than
give TINS matter In charge to YOU. and l d o
SO with every confidence that there will be
no hasty or ill-con sdered action on your
part, and that the results of your inves tiga-
ton will be in accord with your appreciation
OF the facts as they may come to your
knowledge"
A WARNING.
Tho Grand jury examined a number of
witnesses this afternoon.
Mayor Shakespeare Yesterday received
letter purpOrting to come from committee
of 5000 Italians, notifying him that Parker
son and Wickiife and himself must die.
The letter said the chief assassins had not
yet been caught. The police think these
letters are fakes.
Father Manoritta has written a letter re-
tracing the charge that Joseph PrOvenZano
belonged to the Malta.
The records of the Reg stration Office of
this city show that Antonio Marchesi was
| registered as a voter October 3, 1890. He
was one of the four that the Italian Consul
claimed We're still Italian subjects. No
record was found of the other three.
NOT A RACE QUESTION.
NEw foRR, March I7.-rhe Posts WASH
| ingt0n special has long interview with
| former resident of New Orleans, now reSid-
ing al Washington. He says: " The Ital-
| ian question down there is quite as serious
| as the Chinese question on the Pacific Coast
| or the hungarian question IN the Pennsyl-
| yana mining districts. The Sicilians. not
| governed by any decent code of law or NOR
| ais, are terrorized by the Malta. The upris-
| ing Saturday was not question of race,
| caste OF color, but war of the w-abding
| element against the cutthroats of the slums.
JURORS INUNDATED.
''The Italians have monopoized the fruit,
! fish and one or two other trades, and any
| rival is warned that his life is in danger 1t
| is impossible to gain anything by pr0secur-
! ing the ringleaders. The jury is ntimidated
| in every case. 1t is more probable that the
| jury i'll the recent case was terrOrized than
| bfiDed. Many of the Italians are engaged
| in smuggling, petty piracy and rObbereS. /
| don't defend Saturdays outbreak, but there
! are acts which we cannot wholly condemn.
| The members of Saturdays mob are ordina-
/ rily lawablding citizens, but they were eX-
! aSperaied beyond endurance"
A CoNsUL's STATEMENT.
| A Tribune's New Orleans correspondent
has secured from Pasquale Corte, the Italian
| consul there, a signed statement regarding
the HennesSy trial and the recent lynching.
| He holds the local authorities directly re-
| sponSible for the tragedy and asserts that
makes strong showing for his country
| men, alleging that while the State
! had very good case. some of
| its proofs were contradictory and deficient
| He adds that to his personal knowledge
| LunZeri and Natalie, two of the prisoners
| indicted for the murder, were nowhere near
| Hennessy at the time he was shot. Corte
| further asserts that had not Mayor Shake
speare issued proclamation before the trial
| attrbutlng the crime to the Italians there
| would have been no miscarriage OF justice.
The most active of the regulators were MEM
| ber5 of the Extra Judicial Committee of
| Fifty, appointed by the Mayor last Octo-
| ber.
THE INDICTMENTS.
There had been some confusion, by the
way, as to the number of victims tried and
untried. Nineteen Italians altogether were
indicted OH two counts, one for murder and
one for lying in wait. Two of the indIct-
ments were set aside, and another Grand
| Jury returned indictments against all of the
| nineteen on two counts. Nine of the accused
men were tried under the last Indictment
| for murder. OF these, three have been
| released from custody, six were lynched,
together with five of those still awaiting
trial. This leaves five living and still un-
| tried, who are held under the murder indict-
ment. The acquitted men were still in GUS
tody at the time of the lynching and should
| properly have been tried under the murder
indictment for lying in wait which is also a
! hanging 0ffense. The last legal resort had
therefore not been exhausted, whatever fear
| there might have been that Malta money
| would again clear the culprits.
UNDER ONE FLAG.
WASHINGTON, March 17.-One of the
| most prominent Italian residents in Wash
ington, Joseph Cato, in a conversation
said: IF these men were guilty of the
-AAN l.t of p1lf tlaxy
got no more than they deserved, especially
if the jury had been cowed by threats so the
members were afraid to bring in verdict
against them. This country is for Ameri-
CANS, and there is n0ro0m for people OF the
sort that the murderers of HenueSsy would
seem to have been. 1t is mistake to think
that all Italians are alike. We are all under
one flag, but there are black sheep under
that flag as well as any other" The better
class of Italians in this city have taken no
who were lynched in New Orleans, nor
has any money been distributed TO be sent
South.
RESOLUTIONS OF SYMPATHY.
NASHVILLE, March 1.-THE Italians of
this city have passed resolutions of SYM
pathy with the Italians of New Orleans,
| and ask the Italian Minister at Washington
and the Consul at New Orleans to protest
to the Italian Government against the will
full murder by lawless mob, and demand
full reparation and punishment OF the lead
ers OF the mob
BosToN, March ia meeting under the
auspices of the Italian colony was held in
Faneuil Hall tonight to protest against the
recent killing OF Italian prisoners in New
Orleans. Nearly 5000 people attended. Sew
eral speeches were made and resolutions OF
protest adopted.
NOT A PARALLEL CASE.
WILMINGTON (Del), March l7.-Ex-Sec-
retary BdyAlu SAWS he sees no basis on
which the Italian Government could claim
indemnity for the men killed at New Or
leans. There was no discrimination against
Italian citizens and American citizens. The
case was not parallel TO the Wyoming mas
sacre of Chihamen in which indemnity was
allowed.
PESTS OF SOCIETY.
LONDON, March 1.-THE st. James Ga