The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-05-06
IN SICILIAN HOMES
A Visit to the Family of One Of
the Victims
OF THE NEW ORLEANS LYNCHING
aonastero's Widow Does Not Crv for von
geance-All Stricken with GriefTheir
Feelings Are Those of Christians

Especial toTHE HERALD-Examfner Disnatcb
NEW YORK, May 5.-The Herald has
iong ca0legram from London recountiro,
the visit of one of its St Petersb,,,.o,
pOnaents TO the family of Monastero-
Io VI 'ne victims OF the New Orleans
4ynoning. The correspondent saws: In
'ue middle OF bare stone chamber sat a
"4uo", draped from head to foot in hlaclr
III tue native manner Around her stood
1ne nVe small orphans of the dead man
Oufee toddllng boys and two girls. Tho
"AuoW's lace was Madouna-Iike in ito
simple beauty; her eyes were soft and dark
Oh Gne rude table beside her were a fa,,
hano1uls OF raw wheat contributed nv rho,
neisnOors TO iced her little ones. On the
wan was the dusty crucifx at which Mon
astero prayed for success on the dav ba
49, us nnounbaln nome. Around the room
s S@C Ihe AVe sisters of the dead man and the
NORWAY was choked with nelghbors who
t tEIu me now good MoDastero had been tn
III tmI Poor ana now everybody was con-
iIrIoutlng few confines TO keep his helm
less FAMILY from starvation. Iheard a..
t sno ArsG tlne That MOnastero was a mem
yer Oh the municipal council and a bor5
Worhlng, respectable shoemaker who WENT
W New orleans to get money enough to-
pay MS village debts. One noun
s scrL SnS IMr1 me list of names
tna5 collected enough daily to barely feed
Sue orphans. When l told the widow yvbv
her husband was killed By The New or,
IeanS MOP, She cried like child s.God in
heaven now could they murder the father
U ~, lnese helpless children s' she walled.
MY poor husband, ne was killed nv cow
ards where he could not helm himself
petter, truer man never lived. No. NO.
want no vengeance, no vendetta. / want
NJ Oloou- what do care whether his mur-
uerers are punished or not IL will NOT
0rlng my poor husband back to life. on
COO! God? God. If You had only seanr
MIN here and known what a good y1sn he
was liz the name Of God, see how bis
chllafen refuse to wear black becan1se tbeIy
VIII not believe their father is dead. He
never dld wrong in mis- life, and he wrote
10 me from prison saying he was Innocent
anu asking me to pray to holy ST. Joseph to
send MIN back to his home We praved
nIghI ana day to our good patron saint He
was not guilty. l cannot understand how
ne came TO be with those other men bnt
KNOW ne committed no crime It was all
a cruel mistake. Why did they not send
nlm away from America instead of killinO
mn WY husband was shoemaker here
anu got into debt. Because he was an
honest man he went to America IN earn
enough 10 pay his debts and then he was
coming oack and was never never going
away again. If L could only get his bodT
SO could take the children to his grave.
NO, 90 not think the American people ara
cruel. They must be sorry for the n5nrde.
OF my husband aud for me and nv chiIire1
we nave nothing to eat now but what peo-
PIE give us My husbands five sisters and
ms old father and mother are all Supported
ny us 9roIher, priest, who only gets one
ira and half day thirty cents "
-1 Monastero'S brother, the priest, says he
0eheves the lynched man was Innocent
1he correspondent asked the priest if the
people OF Caccamo had any desire for veng-
euce; he made the sign of the cross and
shook his head sadly. mo. we onIv ween
and pray for the soul of nv
orotner and try to feed his widow
4nu orphans. Life IS very hard here.
The Malta passed away from this land lone
ago. There Is no such thing now. Tell the
american people that we are honest folk
VINO cannot understand how thew allowed
an innocent man to be publicly murdered
Tel them MS widow and orphans are
helpless. Everyone in the village under
STOOD America was lot nation of savaoas
put that the lynching was done under ver1
circumstances
Inc aged mother and two brothers of
Abbagnato, who was stranpled
we're also seen. 'My son had nothing to
III Win Ine Mana" said his mother stYou
'annot lind in the whole of Sicily man
yno can say word against his Character
De went TO America to earn more monev
IND TO see his aunts. He was nv only sun-
,ort. There Is no Malta in Sicily. and IF
mere was L am sure my bow wonid have
lotnlng TO do with it. They say he changed
us name In New Orleans, but you win see
W his letters that he shortened il becanse
lie could not get. people there to smell it, in
ne right way do not think my boy was
Tiled because he was Sicilian. it.vas
because there was great excitement. Inn
erstrnd 1t, but that will not bring backmv
on to me-"
In good condition, close by the Abbag
lato dwelling, the correspondent discoy-
red brother and sistsr of francesca
como. They are both married The
rother is sailor. The rough sailor Drew
is hand across his eyes as ne showed ma
photographs of four children. ssThev are
is orphans" he said "He left a wido11
nd seven children in New Orleans. ON
Iod now could they do it, without pity
nd without justice. Our poor father was
l years old. When ne heard the news he
ould not bear it. He fell on the floor iust
7here you are, s1enor. and now he is in his
rave. He loved Francesca and wanted 70
ee MIN, but he would not leave me. II
7as fate. | have no feelings of revenge
suppose they will try the men who killefs
ly brother, but 1t will not make him rise
ut OF his grave. Let them find suuport
Dr. his widow and orphans We all know
cry we'll that the Americans are not maxi
lg war on the Italians"