The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-03-20
DEATH OF THE MALTA.
Judge Lynch Holds Court in New
Orleans.

,lerOuS SiciIian Malta, was cOnsum.
maten in this city to-day when
! eleven Of the nineteen Italians in.
i dIcted for completely in the as>i,sina.
ton of David & Hennessey, chief Of
police. on October 10 last. were one
hy one either shot to death or hanged
10y a crowd of citizens aroused tG
desperate Indignation by the failure
Of IA jury to convict even one of the
ac used.
The So ne around the court house
Yesterday at the termination of the
trial WAS such a, To indicate the pro.
liability of tragedy like that OF
to day. The large crowd denounced
the members of the jury ~ they left
for their homes, ami ii seemed almost
as if they might be made the victim
of mob violence. The evening papers
were out'sp0ken and emphatic upon
the Result, aud the ,Sute declared
that the jury had been brlbPd. Re
cent dtVtIOpmentS, especially the
SpnSatianal conduct Of Pulielz, one of
the accused, had cOnl incpd thr public
generally that the prisoners were
gui ty.
With scarce break the night
IOng the popular excitement con-
timed. The Committee of Order,
known AS the Committee Of Fifty,
appointed by the mayor soon after
the killing Of Hpmnpsey, held IL
serlet mt eling, and another confer
,encr of the intimate friends of Hen
Messy was held somewhere else.
1t is Impossible to learn what was
done at these secret mUetings, but
the excitement was so intense tlat
lynch Jaw WrStl only advocated as
the solution of the matter. on the
ground that repeated trials had
proved that it WAS Impossible to con.
Wet Italians of murder.
held to consider the verdict of Inc
jury VIII had stood unanimously FIR
the acquiltrl Of Macheca, the two
Marrhe-iS, Incardo'ia, b ghetto.
ana Mantrahga hine to three for
tie conviction Of ScOtftdl. aud six to
six for the CONVECTION of MOMa>trO
aud PoIeitz.
1t, members expIain that they did
not believe most of the Witnesses for
the state. and that the failure OF the
stale To put two policemen on the
stand Impressed them unlayurabIy.
The Policemen were the fist on the
scene of the murder.
THE LAW FAILS.
The law had failed the time to
art had come. w. ). Parkers0n.
he leader, is Il prominent lawyer
here, the president of the Southern
Atlantic Cub, and the man who led
the reform movement years ago.
Walter ID. Dpneger, another Of the
sppake rs, is one of the New Orleans
bar. John G. WiclilitTe, also prDmi.
nent attorney, and J INES D. Hous-
ton, one of the foremost men of the
state. After dennuncing Detective
O'Malley, who is supposed to have
tempered with the jury, the speakers
announced they would lead the way
tn tho parish prison. Mr.. Wick if
concluding with these words Shall
the expcrablp Mafia he allowed to
flourish in this city? Shall the Malta
he allowed TO cut down our citiZ MS
on pubic street by foul means Of
assassination ? Shall the Malta he al.
lowed to b. ibe jurors to let murder.
erS 20 scot free '''
By this time the crowd had Swellcd
To 3 00O or more, and before any
could realize what had happened the
great thr0ng. gaining recruits at
every step, Vas tramping down the
streets 10 the neighborho0d of the
pri.On.
When the main crowd from Clnal
street reached the prison there had
already collected there dense
Ihrnng, all eager to take Il hand in
whatever might hal pen. When the
vanguard Ct armed citizens reached
he prison, which is many squares
from Canal street, the grim ola build
ing was surrounded on all side.
Sheriff Where, when he heard that
Il movement was on foot to take the
prisoners, armed his deputies and
then started on hunt for Mayor
Shakespeare.
STORMING THE JAIL.
The Italian consul and Attorney
General Rogers joined in the pursuit,
but his honor did not reach his office
until noon, and he WAS not to- be
found at any Of his regular hauntS.
The Governor had not heard of the
uprising and had no time TO act, and
the police force was too small to offer
much resistance to the army Of ayen-
gtIS. Superintendent Caster had