Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-18

Mayor Shakespeare Said That the Lynehing
Wa Needed to Crush IL.

THE MALTA GREW TOO. STRONG.
Mayor Shakespeare Said That the Lynehins
was Needed to Crush IL.
Mayor Shakespeare of New Orleans, wher
asked yesterday if he regretted the affair Of
last Saturday in which the eleven Italians los,
| their lives, replied emphaticaliy: mo. sir; ]
am an American citizen and am not afraid Of
the devil These men deserved hanging. We
expected disagreement and had mads arrange
ments for retrial When heard of the verdict
1 was frozen TO my seat. They were punished
by lawful means. The men who did it were al
peaceable and law abiding. The Italians had
taken the law into their own hands and we had
to do the same. 1t was what they did in Italy.
The Malta got too strong for them and what
happened? The sovereign took hold Of 1.-THE
king.
Here the sovereign also took hold of 1.-THE
people. l have no doubt whatever as to the
guilt of the victims. Hennessy once received
an anonymous letter telling him not to sit at the
window Of his Office, or he would be shot They
were afraid to touch him there, though: that
would have been too open. A second letter
came afterward, saying that he would be slain
by certain men. The names were those OF the
men who were lynched. Palermo, an Italian
alderman, received a letter not long ago telling
him that DR.. Hincks, q good American and q
member OF the Patriotic Order Sons of America,
was getting evidence against the Italians, and
advising Palermo to assassinate him. l am
positive the jury was bribed. The trouble is
these men had too muC money, and they used
1t all to clear the priso. none to convict the
culprits. l think that fifteen months from now
the Italian populace will be thanking us heartily
for what we have done. | have no erudge
against the Italians generally. OF course not.
We have 10000 of them here. They are on the
whole pea0eable and honest.
1T is orify these Sicilians and sailors and city
men that make trouble. The countrymen are
good enough. l know what good they do on
the plantations; far better than the negroes
But tell you, we believe in making people
obey the law here. 1t is not very long ago that
we ran gang of ring politicians out Of town
with Winchester rifles. II those fellows had
their way they would rule the city again. While
the Italian trial was going on they were in the
court room trying to curry favor with the
Italians and win Italian votes"
sLAcKMAILED THEIR OWN coUNTRYMEN.
A statement was published in New Orleans
last evening that Scaffredi, an uncle of the man
of that name who was slain Saturday, had been
blackmailed by the Malta about five years ago.
Five hundred dollars were demanded, but
Provenzano and others advised him not to pay.
The Malta finally agreed to take $3.50. provid-
ing the victim would pay for the dinner that APP
pears to follow successful robbery and precede
the ban Scaffredi agreed to the terms and went
with Matranga to the swamp, where two
masked men were met. Matranga explained to
them that Scaffredi was showing a disposition
to do the best he could and the amount he was
willing to pay should satisfy them. The masked
men agreed to this, and the party, together
with others, afterward enjoyed the spread ut
the expense of Scaffredi.
DRAWING LOTS TO KILL HENNEssY.
1t is understood that Politz, one Of the men
killed, in his confession to the attorneys of the
state, stated that previous to the assassination
of Superintendent Hennessy there was q meet
ing held at a house on North Peters near Canal
street and largely attended by Italians, among
whom were Joseph P. Macheca and Jas. Caruso
AT this meeting it was decided that Hennessy
should die. and, in order to settle upon who
should assassinate him, ten slips of paper we're
placed in hat with large number of blanks
Whoever drew the slips bearing the numbers
were TODD the murder. When drawing the men
who held the numbered slips were each given
800 and promised more when it was shown
that Hennessy was dead. Macheca procured
the weapons with which the chief was slain and
gave them to Politz.
THREE NOT EATURALIZED.
Signor Pasquale Corte, the Italian consul at
New Orleans. says there will be no attempt at
retaliation. He also claims that the italian
chest, Trahina and Cometez but he thought
the last named had taken out naturalization
papers.
The records Of the registration Office in this
city show that Antonio Marchesi was registered
as a voter October 8, 1890. He was one of the
four that the Italian consul claimed were still
Italian subjects. No record is found of Monas-
tero, Cometez or Trahina.
The result Of the events of Saturday is that
the Provenzanos and Matrangas are accusing
each other Of being members of the Malta, and
from this some important facts may become
known. That the Matrangas are prominent in
this society Of assassins there seems to be no
doubt, but in the Hennessy case there was not
sufficient evidence to implicate Charles Ma
trangas.
Father Nanonita, who charged Joseph Pro-
venzano with belonging to the, Malta has with
drawn the accusation.
AMERICANS NOT MURDERED NEAR NAPLES.
Rome dispatch says there is no truth in the
rumor that two Americans have been murdered
at Nazaret, near Naples. The rumor seems 10
have originated in the fact that two tourists, not
Americans. were recently assaulted and robbed
in that vicinity. The various authorities, in
town and country, have been given the strict
est orders to prevent any display of violence
toward foreigners on account of the existing
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