The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-06

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O'za11ey ofteo In h1s ofnce. Thy 100 m
lnsnsd g I'll his dofnsA - veFe ee0ve
workers IN H. Jury fixing businsss gen
srnlly. We szo forced 70 he conclusion
shas Douintek 0NaIlsy Il ehnrgsable with
knowlodGs q md participation in mcss, II NOS
81. 81 - unlswful aess In connection with that
celeben1Dd 60 without his assiduous ana
couupcng in1uenes, ~ believe tbs verctcs
wUuld havo been radically different, and -
naSusAl coneequepce the tragic occurrences Of
he llth q March Last never would have BEEN
recorded. McCrystoI's voluntary statement 70
the grand jury partly in the shape OF aeonfeesion
reveals some pofns, and causes us to Ia nk No
would hsve told more but for the power and In
Auencs Of O'Malley snd associates. McCrystol
and CoonGy were the trusted accompiices, ana
figure throughout tie whole affair with promi-
nence, showing the high appreciation In which
their services were held. We cannot fail TO re
fer to he intimate relations existing between
eiau 81 ward politicians and the prime mover
IN ali theoe infamous doingA We have 1t al
most directly confirmed that . person holding
the positiou Of inspector Of weights and meas
uros was often q the Dgeucy, and was seen COM
ing 70 the courthouse In company with tales
man the day he was accepted Is juror
There q confirmed evidences that the influences
Of O'Malley with the night watch man and IN
spector af the electric light P'ant wes 20 ersat
that he caused them 70 manipulate the light at
the corner OF 0irond street and Basin on the
night The jury was taken TO the scene OF the
assassination, 10 correspond with it, alleged
actions the night of the murder. His influence
also accounts for attentions In the book OF
records at The electric light plant At the
beginning Of the INVESTIGATION there
a. nj h.
combination Of what b known - o'Malley's
detective agency. II advertises that one OF the
ablest criminal lawyers at the bar y attorney
for the agency We know for an absolute fact
that bank account II kept and checks drawn
In the name OF O'Mallsy and Adams, the
interested parties being D. C. O'Malley and
Lionel Adams. Such combination between
detective and . prominent criminal lawyer il
unheard Of before In the civiiised world. and
when No contemplate it, possibilities for evil
Ne stand aghast
The report then goes over O'Malley's
record from the time he served term In
Cleveland for larceny, detailing the indict
ments found against him in New Orleans,
convictions for minor offenses in the GRIM
inal courts ETC., and says 30 pernicious
to the administration Of justice were
his doings, that while Judge Roman
presided in the criminal court he ordered
O'Malley excluded from the room. This
was during the time the detectives pres
emit associate, Lionel Adams, was district
attorney, and il 10 sign ncant fact that
two indictments against O'Malley for tam
pering with witnesses were not brought to
trial. but were nolle pressed by the district
attorney prior to the expiration Of his
term.
>~.A,.a o. 80 - ~
workings o! this detective agency, through De-
tective Collins. abundantly corroborated from
many sources. couyinces us that IL had
ct in command . board Of perjurers,
hlackmaflers, Subornen and jury-tsmperers,
and that it has for Some time been an element of
ciscord in the community and stumbling block
- the administration OF justice which should be
eraticated- That its career Of crime has not
been cut short IL . matter OF wonder. and 10 no
doubt due 10 the tact that O'Malley and his CO.
worken were banded together for self-preserya-
lion.
The extended range Of our researches has de-
veloped the existence Of the secret organization
styled the Mana Evidence comes from several
sources fully competent in themselves to attest
IN truth, while fairly supported by . long
record Of hlood-curdling crimes, IL BE-
ing almost impossible to discover the
perpetratoB OF secure witnesses. The OH
oen OF the Malta and many Of its
members are now known. Among them are
men born In this city Of Italian origin, using
their power for the basest purposes, Be it said
% their eternal Disgrace. The larger number
of the society 10 composed OF Italians and
sIcilians, Who LEFT their native country In
most cases under assumed names to avoid
conviction and punishment for crimes
Others were escaped convicts and bandits, out
lawed In their own land. seeking the city Of New
Orleans Tor the congenial companionship Of
kat, ala 10
re,rtbution of the law In Italy. for hundreds
have been shot down Ct sight by the military In
the mountains Of Sicily without second thought
Today there are recorded In the ONCE OF the
italian consul In this city the names of some 100
Italians and sicilians landed here during sew
eral years past, showing the oficial records Of
their criminality in Italy and Sicily. Hundreds
of them are among " today, we doubt not The
Italian government would rather Be rid of them
than BE- charged with their custody and punish
ment
II can not Be questioned that secret organisa-
tons, whose teachings are hostile to the funda-
mental principles OF the government of the
United States, must be q continual menace to
the good order Of society and the material well
fare Of the people. Law 10 the safeguard
OF society, and its Just execution ex-
presses the will OF the people In con-
domination OF crime, but where this lofty
principle 10 substituted by the practice of assas-
oinati0n Tor revenge or spite, and concealInent
under the most binding oa:hs renders powerless
the efforts OF the law to reach the chief actors
and secure witnesses, II becomes the duty OF
the people to exercise their sovereign rights to
issue their decree OF condemnation. That YER
dict has been rendered. The power of the Malta
Is broken. II must be destroyed as an element
of danger. . creature of leprous growth in this
community.
The report goes on to serious reflection
on the action of some of the jurymen in
the trial. Some of the Jurors testined in
the most emphatic terms that had it not
been for the persistent, well-directed efforts
of the jurymen, conspicuous from the first,
the verdict would have been materially
different. 1t is certain that the special eff
fort of counsel for the defense was to select
for service such men as were well under
O'Maliey's influence.
What can be thought when three Jurors were
accosted with only some uuimportsnt oues-
lions, or the clerk told to swear them without
question. This 10 q proceeding almost unheard
Of, but il has ta meaning, a. well a. other in
stances.
The grand jury goes on at great length
20 speak of the immigration question, set
ting forth evidence as TO present methods,
instancing the recent introduction of Ital-
ian immigrants without any examination
and whose names even were not on the
passenger list of the ship. 1t declares that
crisis is reached, and owing TO the mag
nitude of the issue il becomes the duty of
the next congress to quickly enact such
vigorous laws that complete protection
shall be afforded