Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-03-20
SICILIAN ASSASSNS SHOT.
Eleven of the COwardly Murderers OF
New Orleans Chief OF
Police Killed.
Vengeance is Wreaked Upon Them by
Large Body Of Respectable
Citizens.
The Public Fully Endorses the Deed
40 Prosecution Will
EnSne.

New ORLEANS, La, March 14.-The
trial of the nine SIcilians for the assassin
ton of Chief of Police D. c. Hennessy.
on tht night of Oct. Is. which has Occu-
pied he time of the court since Feb. l6,
was concluded yesterday afternoon. the
Jury bringing in a verdict of not guilty as
to six of the accused and failed to sagree
upon a verdict as to the other three.
Ten o'clock had not vet struck this morn
ing when a vast multitude had c0ngre-
eated on Canal street about the Clay
statue, almost filling up the large space
from curb to curb. on each side Of the
boulevard. Soon IA number of gentlemen,
among whom were W. S. Parkerson and
John C. Wickleff and others, who signed
the call for the meeting, came up. They
were greeted with cheers. Mr.. Parkerson,
who spoke first, said that once before he
had appeared before the people IN grand
mass meeting assembled to discuss mat
tiers of vital interest to the community
and again he faced the people of New
Orleans to denOunce the infamous act con
sequent upon the most revolving crime IN
the criminal annals of any community.
That act was the finding of the jury in
the murder trial yesterday, and that crime
was, as everybody knows, the foul assassin
alton of Chief Hennessy.
After the speeches to the indignant
crowd about 1000 started for the prison
which they reached at | 30. After slight
resistance the jailor surrendered to the
citizens who rushed III and killed eleven of
the ninete cen mon indicted for the assassina-
ton of Chief Hennessy. Their names are
as follows:
MANUEL PoLIETZ.
PIETRO MONAsTRO.
ANTONIO SCAFFEDE.
JOSEPH ?. MACHECA.
ANTONIO MARCHsI.
ANTONIO BAGNATTO.
FRANK Romero.
jim CARUsE.
Rocco GERACHI.
CHARLES TRAHINE.
r. COMITEZ.
After the aSsassins were put TO death
Mr. Parkinson addressed the crowd, Urg-
ing them to return to their homes and
places of business without further demon
stratiOn
Joe Macheca had a pistol and shot Ser
geant Heron In the neck, lntilcting only a
slight wound. Pelietz was hanged to a
ampost on Theme street and Bagnatto to
a tree in front of the prison. The others
were shot in heir ce Is.
w hen the cltlHenS committee COEipieled
its work at the parish prison, it quietly
disbaLded. A meeting was held tonight
to consider what further action, if any,
should be taken. The committe is com
posed of the better clsss of citizens, and
the business men are satisfied that
the safety of the community demanded the
vigorous action The public endorsed
the act of the mob.
The bloody tragedy is the outgrowth of
the murder of Chief of Police Hennessy
Oct. Is. There is secret society OF
Italians here, known as the Malta, which
in years past have freely resorted to ass
assination to put obnoxious characters out
of the way. Hennessy was determined to
break it up, and had gathered large
amount of damaging evidence. The Malta
then resolved to put him out OF the way,
and he was deliberately shot to death by
a gang which had been deputized by the
society to perform the deed. The aquittal
of the murderers, by a jury of crowds or
bribe takers. was too much for Anglo
Saxon Emanhood to stand hence, the
summary shooting of the miserable
wretches.
The avengers will not be prosecuted.