St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-04
Startling Testimony in the
Trial of Hennessy's AS
sassins.
Scaffedi Identified as the Man
in the Oil Cloth Cloth
ing.
A Negress Confesses to the
Murder of James Wade in
Kansas City.
bad Jimmy" Connorton, Of
Chicago, Brings Libel
Suits for $4,000.

NEW ORLEANS, March 8 To-day
was devoted strictly to the taking of
testimony, and in a sitting of over seven
hours about twenty witnesses were eX-
| amined. POLITE was identified as one OF
the men who brought some gunsin
sacks to an Italian grocery Oh Poydras
street two days before the shooting He
was also identified as being present at
the shooting and slipping and falling
While running away. his gun going into
the gutter where it was picked up the
next dag. When arrested he had
wound on his wrist, as if it was scraped;
the clothes found in his room were
identified as those he wore the night of
the killing. His pointed shoes tell where
he fell PolitZ is the man who made
partial confession yesterday. Bagnetto
and Scaffedi were again identified as
having been present at the shooting.
Scatfedi was further identified as the
man in the oilclOth coat who stood at
| the corner and fired at Hennessy. and
| Scatfedi. POlitZ, Sinceri and Natal rec
ogniZed as the men who stole away in
| the darkness in the direction of the new
canal. Sinceri and Natal are not on
them was on the Chicago train and the
| other at il theatrical performance, and
| afterwards at supper during the hour
the shooting took place. The finding
! OF guns and shells along the route
taken by the fleeing murdererS was
| proven and the weapons identified.
| They were double barreled shOtguns
with sawed-off barrels, two with skele-
ton stocks and all stocks working on
hinges, folding away into small COM
pass. Some Of the barrels were loaded
and capped, and the loads when eX-
tracted proved to be SlugS and shot
larger than bullets. Experts in fire
arms testified TO never having seen
hinged guns on sale here; that they
never saw such guns before, and that
the barrels were not sawed off by skilled
WOrkmen. as the rough edges were not
even finished. There will be 10 court
tomorrow, as March 4, the tiremen's
anniversary. Is legal holiday in New
Orleans. The states next move will
probably be to prove conspiracy.
Prosecution Sanguine.
On the streets and in the clubs of the
city, the chief topic discussed last even
ing aud to-day was ;PolitZS confession
Ill the Hennessy case. AS POIltZ's
statement was made iii chambers. it was
seems to have been conflicting. Judging
| from the scraps of information gath
cred from those present. While Poitz
stated he was innocent, he was present
at the meeting before the killing, and
divided up the money between those
who were to do the shooting, though he
failed to say who the cOnSpratOrS were.
The fact that the state did not ask tor
severance in POlitZ'S case, but kept him
on trial was regarded as an indication
that his statement was either not cred
tied, or that it was not important. On
the other hand. Interpreter Frank
Martinez admitted that he was never so
shocked in his life as he was by PolitZ's
statement. This fact led to the con
cluSion that other prominent Italians
besides those on trial were implicated
Ill the murder i'll some way. The evil
dent belief among the states attorneys
that POitZ had not told the whole story,
that he knows all about the conspiracy,
that he attended the meeting
and that he received portion
OF the $1,000 alleged TO be paid
to those who did the shooting.
The prosecutors are evidently quite GER
tain that they have all the active con-
SplratOrS except one man who returned
to Italy. 1t is understood that they
know where ne is located While Pc
litz' statement created great sensa-
ton. 1t can have but little bearing on
tie case, as the prosecution appear TO
have all the testimony necessary to con-
Wet the whole gang OF conSpiratOrS and
assassins, in fact to hardly leave doubt
concerning the guilty.