Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-23
THE Nrw onLEANs rRAer6l.
AH. AuoHE's STATEMENT or aHr
CAUSES THAT IEp ~ tuE IliLLiNu.


John w.. Moore, ca lieutenant Of the
police of Sew Orlcans, tells story NJ
the causca which led tD thcrrccnt fear.
fui occurrences IN that city that throws
an entirely new light upon tho blood
stained page and maE,s 1t appear that
the muri.rof Chicfof policr Hrnuessy
was not the result OF conflict with a
band ~ foreign assassin. lie relates
incidents which are directly connected
with the history Of The strange state u
affairs In the Crescent city, now uccu-
pying the attention NJ the world.
MIR. Moore Il In the employ OF the
burlington railroad and Resides at ga
Brarce place. Highlands lie wa
seen yesterday 10y n AcWs reporter anu
readily consented 20 give hls opinion
upon the subject. Mr.. Moore Is an
elderly mau of much intelligence aud
communicated his view Ia "a straight.
forward way which imprsses tn
auditor. Ho was long anu Intimately
connected with Newt Orleans Tolitics ami
IL perfectly familiar with tile personal
difficulties which eliminated Ia blood
shed Mt frequent Intervals during the
past twenty years.
The Fundamental point OF his state
ment may he briefly put thus.
"Chief OF Police Henur.sy did not
come 10 his death because u bodily
endcavorlng 10 gnpplc with con.
spiracy Of foreign murderer. His
killing grew out OF an OLD standing
fcud between the detectives aud ca.
detectives Of the city, and II was the
same feud that caused the death OF his
father nineteen years ago."
Mr.. Moore says that the trouble began
about 1870, anu was, Ia plain language,
n quarrel between the guardians OF the
peace over the doodle which was float.
ing around on account Of the famnu,
whisky and sugar ring cases, which
ut that time attracted almost n,
vile attention rs does their Indirect
fruit today. The detectives were
divided into two factions, and the con,
iilct between them was EXTREMITY bit,
ter. The elder Ilenncs-y, who wa.
chief Of the secret service. was In,
leader Of one side aud Guefin was nn nc,
tive member ofthe other. The tiifferrn.
ce grew wider until Gucrin killed
Hennessy. Guerin was cot at that
time supposed 10 be n member OF tn,
Malta, and there was not any sugges
ton OF his connection with that society
until quite recently, when the death Of
the sou recalled that Of the father, aud
led TO connection being established
In the public mind. Mr.. Moore dosen'l
think that Guerln had anything To dc
with the Malta, and declares the Grim,
was simply an outgrowth OF whal
might be called ward politics.
AZ was told yesterday, Deputy SHEER
if Houston shot and Killed Guorlu
afterwards. Houston was a member j
| the Hcnncssy PARTY, and MIR. Moor
thinks his act was wholly unjustiflable,
| ms Guerin was neither attending Il
escale nor 10 commit hostile action,
but had merely showed 10th hand,
carelessly into his trousers pockets "a,
he turned away, Houston, by the
way, though he went TO Paris till the
storm blew over, Is said 10 be back la
New Orleans, and II IL believed hi.
name VIII appear In later dispatches
regarding the lynchiDg.
Tho whisky aud sugar fight rnged
hercely long after the killing of tht
elder Hennesy. Mckee, afterwnrti,
part owner " tho 1t. Louis fgoJr
Dcmonrdt, was prominent figure IN
n, and Henderson, who IN still "a pruml,
nent merchant OF New Orleans, was
rightly or wrongly sentenced 10 i
term OF Imprisonment, aud was said
TO have spent sln1,0O0. Detective
Harris got away TO 81. Louis with one
OF the witnesses aud was shot ANA
Killed by Tom Duvenanx la clnsc
qnence. Other mon lost their lives,
ana the courts were crowded with civil
anu criminal actions. In almost ali
cases brlbery was pnctlccd hy one sid,
] or TIE other and the battle was draw n
Tor long time until slowly the lien.
/ messy party gained the advantage. II
II this old sore which has ranked cyel
since, aud which Mr.. Moore think.
| nus broken out nlrcsl with renewed
violence. He thinks that while In,
members OF the Malta may have had
some connection with the killing oil
Chief llouncSy last year, they wor,
simply In the employ OF Others and
were not agtualed by any motive eN,
cept TO earn the promised blood money
MIR. MOORE does not think that Zoe
Macheca was member OF the Malta,
lie was u man Of great wealth, and oil
standing No high that It was almost In,
oreiiblo Inc should run the risk OF nlN,
ing up Ia such matters, though he IVA,
.omething NJ politician. Though
Mr. Moore speaks thus highly OF Ma,
checa, he knocks out the pleasant nm,
stnru ra.nur ill.,. fluN