Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-17

to the Pall Mall Gazette defending tn. action of the citizens of New Orleans ai strengthening out of the Italian question | once for all, and he adds that he s1eAvef | the old women of both sexes to moralize over the so-called excesses of the blood | stained papulace," etc. Mir. Frewen com mends the action of 'tthe men of Missis- sippi who are not spoiled by the spirit of submission to the letter of the law, which has done 80 much to emasculate the hu- man race"
 The Pall Mall Gazette, in reply, general ly criticises his letter, but holds that the English people ought not to hold up their hands in righteous horror, adding: "One branch of the Anglo-Saxon race does not differ from another in this matter The citizens of New Orleans, finding that the jury did not do it's duty, said, We must by one means or by another put crime down"
 The St. James Gazette says: "The in cident shows that native Americans have not lost the quality of stern resolution which is sometimes dissolved by life of comfort and luxury in modern society. The men who organized this defiance of formal justice are not ashamed of what they have done. They have defeated society of foreign rufians who were try ing to terrorize whole city. It is doubt full if John BulP has enough grit left in him to protest in as emphatic a manner as the citizens of New Orleans have pro- tested"
 WHAT CHICAGo's ITALIAN PAPER SAYS.
 CHICAGO, March 16.-L'Italia, the local Italian paper, issued an extra edition to- denouncing the perpetrators of the New Orleans affair and calling for retribution Among other bitter things it said:
 To-day the citizens of New Orleans are consigned to infamy-eternal infamy-by all the world, and they will be compelled to give satisfaction for this assassination. city of New Orleans will take more than all the waters of the Mississippi to wash away. A curse upon the people of Louis jana, and may they and their descendants suffer thousand deaths and thousand times feel the sorrow that to-day afnicts the widowed wives, their sisters and their children. Unworthy government of still more unworthy muni cipality-unworthy chief of police and governor those mixed up in this affair have covered with opprobrium the places where justice is supposed to be admin istered.
 The excitement and indignation aroused by the staying of the New Orleans sus- poets seem to increase rather than dimin- ish among the Italians of the city. The committee appointed last night to take charge of the matter of expressing local sentiment has decided to call mass meet ing at Battery D. The demands for satis faction as formulated by those Italians in charge of the local movement are:
 Money reparation for the families of the victims and that the ring leaders of the mob be taken to Washington and tried for the crime.
 It is the intention to demand that the state and city officials under whose rule the affair occurred be held responsible and be punished with those who actually parti- cipated in the killing.
 PARKINSON INTERVIEWED.
 NEW YORK, March 16.-A New Orleans special to the Tribune gives au interest ing interview with w. s. Parkerson, the leader of the regulators" last Saturday. He is lawyer, aged thirty four years, six feet tall, heavily built and quiet in his manner. He is very popular, and in 1888 led the young men who overthrow the He holds no public office, having declined the city attorneyship. Talking to the Tribune reporter to-day he said:
 '1 was away attending to business Fri, day and came back to my office after the verdict acquitting the Italians When got here found large number of citizens awaiting me, some old enough to be my grandfather. They were talking about the outrages and the old men had come to me to take some measures to right it. After fifteen minutes conversation we adjourn ed to meet again that evening: In the evening we met in the rooms of young There were about 150 of us, among them the men who were here in the morning. We stood up and were packed like sardines in box. They made me chairman. There was some more talking about the verdict and I was again appealed to- None of us drank anything and there were no refreshments in the room. We all signed the call that was published in the next morning papers asking the citizens to assemble at ten o'clock on Saturday morn ing at the Clay statue and saying we would Meaning that you would be ready to slay the prisoners!"
 "That was the feeling, we understood, of the public pulse On Saturday I came to my office at S:45 and at 9:45 started for the rendezvous at our friends room. I was little ahead of time. Four or five of us went from there to the statue, where we found a muttering mob of many thousands. I made little speech, telling them we had duty to perform, that it was the most terrible duty I had ever un- dertaken, that the law had miscarried and we were prepared to do whatever they de- sired. They shouted 'oome on'."
 What did you understand from that!
 That we were to go to prison.
 Did anybody say so in so many wordsa
 Oh, it was known well enough. At the meeting on Friday night they tried to get me to the prison, but l refused to do any thing at night From the statue we start ed for the prison, leading and the crowd following us We had to walk about a mile, and as we walked along people came from side streets and fell into the process sion The women were crying and the men cheering. It was the most terrible thing ever saw-the quiet determination displayed There was no disorder. We stopped on the way at our friends rooms, my own gun there. There were about 150 Winchesters and shot guns. I never carry revolver, but that morn ing I put one in my pocket. l took 8 Winchester, besides. At this moment am unarmed. At the prison gate Lem Davis, think that is his name, came tc the door. I asked him for the keys tc let us in He said he could not give them I said if he did not we would break into the prison. He still refused. Then ordered the crowd to make ready to break sent for some gun-powder, and also sent a detachment to break in at the side door. We got some wood and usee it to batter the main door. Tha
 resisted, but the side door was forced
 Then I went around to the side door
 placed three men on guard, one a lega
 officer of this municip ality, telling then
 whom to allow to enter and asking tn
 crowd to be orderly. The guards all hat
 Winchesters. The crowd was composed
 of lawyers, doctors, bankers, ant
 prominent citizens generally. I
 was the most obedient crow,
 you ever saw. They obeyed me implicitly
 just as if I was military commander. l
 there was auy riff-raff it was all on the out
 side. When we got in we could not fin
 the prisoners. I saw only six of them shot
 The other five were in another part of tn
 building, long way off. The intentio
 had been not to shoot any of them, bu
 when my men were inside about fifty C
 them, they got very furious and after th
 first taste of blood it was impossible t
 keep them back. The prisoners did nc
 make noise or seem to be uneasy exceI
 Politz. He fought like a wildcat and ha
 to be handcuffed with handcuffs we foun
 in the prison before they could take hil