The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1891-03-17
mercy, but the avengers We're merciless.
The Bloody Work.

ports 10 the murderous weapons. and a
deadly rain of bullets poured into the |
crouching figures.
Geraci, the closest man, was struck il |
the back Of the head and his body pitch
ed forward and lay immovable on the /
stone pavement.
Romeo fell to his knees wish his face i
buried in his bands, and in that position
Was sDOt to death.
MonasterO and James Caruso fell to- !
gether, under the fire Of half dozen
guns, the leaden bullets entering their |
bodies and heads and the blood gushing
from the wounds
The bloody execntioners did their work
we'll, and beneath the continuing fire |
Comitz and Trains, two of the men who
had not been tried, but who were charged
jointly with the others accused fell
together Their bodies were literally
riddled with buckshot, aud they were
stone dead almost before the fusiiade was
over.
When the group of assassins were
discovered on the gallery, Macheca, Scat
fedi and old man Marchesl separated
from the other six and ran up the stairs
Thither balf dozen men followed them,
and as the terror stricken assassins ran
into the cells they were slain.
Joe. Macheca, who was charged with
being the arch conspirator, was a short,
fat man and was summary dealt with
He had his back turned when the shot
struck him Immediately behind the ear,
| and his death was instantaneous. There
was no blood from the wound and when
the body was found the ear was swollen
so as to hide the wound, which the cor
oner had great difficulty ia locating.
Scaffedi, one Of the most villainous of
the assassins, dropped like log when a
bullet struck him between the eyes, Old
man Marchesi was the only one who was
not killed outright He was struck in
the top of the head while he stood be-
hind Macheca, and though he was NOR
tally wounded, he fingered all the even
ing.
Dangling TO Trees.
Politz, the crazy man, was locked up
in cell upstairs. The doors were flung
open and one of the avengers, taking
aim shot him through the body. L
was not killed outright, and in order TO
satisfy the people on the outside, who
were crazy to know what was going on
within, he was dragged down stairs and
through the doorway by which the
crowd had entered Half carried
half dragged, he was taken to the cor
ner A rope was provided and tied
around his neck, and the people pulled
him up to the cross bars Not satisfied
that he was dead, a score Of men poured
volley of shot into his bOd7, and fol
| Al ho,, 40 hol lUD irf ~
in the air
B5gnetta was caught in the first rush
upstairs, and the first yolley Of bullets
pierced his brain. He was pulled out hy
3 number Of st8lwart men through thf
main entrance to the prison, and from
the limb Of a tree his body was suspen
ded, although lie was already gone.
, Eariers on Carried pom Eheir Shout
ders
Just as soon as the bloody work wa
, done Mr. Parkerson said
The men who killed Hennessy AT
dead, some within the walls of thl
prison aud others upon the street belor
9 your eyes.
Lynch law, gentlemen, is a terrib
l thing, but the Malta must cease in Ney
4 Orleans from this moment and forever
5 The responsibility for this day
. tragedy rests with the Infamous jury tha
acquitted the murdereIs. The people
!. however, demanded that these murder
u ers should be p1nished with death, an
), We have executed their will.
Q CHOW, this affair must end here, an
s if you have confidence in me you will q
q once disperse and return to your homes
nf he
f matters to be attended to that they wi
receive our attention"
At this point the crowd demanded th
# punishment Of O'Malley. Continuing
,e Mr.. Parkerson said:
!. "If you have any confidence in r
,e and my associates
" eyes, we have" yelled the crowd
: chorus.
d Then my fellow citizens, 60 quiet
a oyour homes and l promise you til;
,e O'Malley will be attended to properly
ID When Mr. Parkerson had finished b
Of speech the dense mass Of humanity brol
g. into the widest kind of cheering AM
le lifting him upon their shoulders, be
1e him away from the scene.
to And thus the greatest tragedy of
kind known to that great city ende
The following men, who were indlctt
for the murder OF Rennessy and we
az az in the Parish prison were not harme
" the crowd being determined to gi
40 another jury chance to try them: Jol
;, Caruso, Bastianio Lacardona, Charl
:, Matranga, Charles Paterno, Pietra N
- talii, Salvatore Sunzeri, Charles Pletl
Asperl Marchesi (the boy.
The Italian Consul declined to say
ely night what action, if any, be will take.
Origin of the Malta.
;, According to the best authorities t
~ Malta was originally an Italian Politit
. Society which taught che doctrine of
-, sassination as the best means of gettl
tn ha rid of Objectionable persons. To preve
'no treachery it became necessary to bl
its members together with the strong
~ ~ oaths and those who disclosed the seer
s W. knew they were imperiling their llv
u They knew that they would be track
by unknown assasslns wherever tt
went; that there was no concealment a
'ne that even at the North Pole they W.
eu' hardly safe from bullet or knife.
The number of lives thus lost, 1t
old claimed. could not be calculated, but
Id, frequency of murder in Italy abe
thirty years ago was evidence OF the
indeed