Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-03-16
THE NEW oRLEAKsLyNCH1NG.


ton OF Chief Of Police Hennes:y of New
O:leans were killed in that city on Satur
dsy morning last.
New Orleans struck the Msfa dss'h-
blow. l. rose In it's might and wrehked q
terrible vengeance upou the 6.cilian a5saa-
sins who relentessly aiew Henreesy. 1t
was not an uuruly midnight mob. L; YVES
simplg determined body of oiiz,nF, who
took into their own banda what justice had
failed to do.
The Chief of Police Was slain 90 Ootoher
18Th, and that very Right the evidence be-
gan TO accumulats showing thst his death
mad beer deliberately planned By secret
tribunal and carried out by the tools OF the
oonspirators. The trial lasted twenty-five
DAYS, and though the evidences seemed con-
elusive the jury, currently charged With
having been Lsmpered with. failed 10 con-
vict. Friday night body Of men, all per-
sons of il e 1eGce aud social saudi1g. quiet
| IL met and decided thst somo action must
be taken and the peoples justice, swift ard
sure, visited upon tboae whom the jnry bad
neglected to punish.
Saturday morning call for mas5 meet
ing at Clay monument appeared in the pa
pera, The significant closing sentence of
the call was, Come prepared for action"
Down In Q large room On BienV!ile sDd Roy
al streets there Was an arsenal which bad
been provided by the body of citiz ,ns The
call was answered by the pnpulace. At III
o'clock there was crowd Of several thous-
and anxious people congregated around the
statue. There were three ADDRESSES. short
and pitby and business-lke. Each OF the
speakers said there had been great MAST
meeting months before which had met qui-
city and disperRed peacefully, so that the
law might take Ito course. The law had
failed. The time to act bad come.
w. s. Parkerson, the leader, said once be-
fore he had appeared befors the people in
grand mass-meeting to discuss mat ers vital
to the interest Of the community. And
again be faced the people of New Orleans
to denounce the finding of the jury 10 the
murder trial. Hs eeid: II am mere to say
that th!rga have come to euoh crisis that
talk ia idie Action must be the thing now;
whenever the juries are recreant, then is the
thine for the people to do what !hs courts
and juree have failed to Go. The law has
been defeated The time has came when
this iufamy must cease. ScouGdrels must
meet with punishment, murdere,s must be
given their deserts. ! ask you TO consider
fairly end calmly what Is to be done-shall
there be action? Cries of Yes Lots 60
Lead on We are ready-these gentlemen
and here present-to do what s necessary;
to lead you. What shall 1t be ?"
Walter D Deneger, John @. Wickltfs and
james D. Houston, foremost mon of the
State, made speechee. After denounclug
O'Malley, who is supposed to have tampe'-
ed with the jury, the speakers announced
! Ian ho m
prison, Mr.. Wickliffe Concluded with
these words: "Shall the execrabe Meta be
allowed to flourish 10 this city; cut down
our citiz.ns on public streets by the foul
means of assassination or be- allowed to bride
iurors to let murderers 60 scott.free ?"
By this tine the crowd had sweled to
9 600 or more, end before eny one could
rea!izs what bad happened the great throng,
gaining recruits at every step, WAS trsmp-
ing to the prison, stopping only orce end
that was at the arsenal, where arms were
handed out to the responsible citizens in the
party. When the vanguard Of armed citi-
zens reached the prison, that building yves
surrourdered on eli sides. Sheriff Viler,
when he heard that movement vas on
foot to take the prisoners, armed his depu-
ties and then started OF hunt for Mayor
Shakespeare.
Captain Lem Davis was on guard at the
main entrance with scant force of depu'
ties. They we're swept away like chat be-
fore the wind, and In sn instant the little
snte-room leading into the prison was an
msd with excited men. Meantime the
prisoners were stricken with terror, for they
could hear the shouts OF the people without.
demanding their blood.
The deputies, thinking to deceive tbs
crowd by ruse, Transferred the nineteen
men TO the female department. and there
the miserable Sicisns trenbled in terror
until the moment when the doors would
yield to the angry throng outside.
Davis refused to open the prison and
batteripg ram was lmproVised- Soon there
was a crash. the door gave way end 10 an
instant armed citz.Ds were pouring through
the email opening. while mighty shout
went up from ten thousand threats in glad
acclaim.
A party % seven or eight quickly asoend-
the staircase, and as they reached the land
ing the sssassins fled down at the other end.
Half d,z,n men followed them. When
the pursued reached the courtyard they
crcuchsd down beside Inc cells absolutely
deieDceless. and screamed for mercy, but the
avengers were merciess. Bang BaDe
Bang rang OFT the reports o. the weapons,
ana uea0ly ram q Outlets poured INTO tne
crouchiog Gaures. GsraChi was struck in
the back OF the head. Romero fell
10 bis krees with his face in HE
hand, and in that posi'ion wss shot to
dsath. Monastero aud James Cafuso fsl
together under the fire of half dcz n gpns
Cometez and Trahipis, two of the men who
had not been tried. but who were charged
jointly with the otte or accused. fell together
Their bodies were literally ridiled With
buckshot. When the group Of ssssssDs wss
discovered on the gallery Macheca, Sec Hsd
and old man Ma,ehesi separated f.om the
other six and ran upstairs.
Thither half dczsn men followed them,
and as the terror-stricken assassins rsn into
cells they we're san. joe Mschees, who
was charged with being the arch.conspra-
tor. was sum narily dealt with.
| Scoffedi, one of the most vilsiuou5 of the
ssssssine, dropped like 8 log when bullet