Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1891-03-20
AVENGED.
Citizens of New Orleans Wreak Ven.
geance Upon Chief of Police Hen.
nessy's Assassin's.
Eleven Of the Italians Accused of Com.
pliclty In the Murder Summa-
rily Dispatched.


rily Dispatched.
Retribution Noted Out by One of the
Largest MObs in Modern
History.
New Orleans struck the Malta q
death blow on the 18th inst.
1t rose in its might almost at Md
day and wreaked q terrible vengeance
upon the Slcilian assassins who re-
lentlessly slew Henry C. Hennessy,
and, though there are eleven men dead
who were happy the day before over
their victory in the greatest criminal
trial the city has ever witnessed, the
work OF bloodshed was accc mplished
without unnecessary disorder, with
out roting, without pillaging, and
without the lnfliction OF suffering up
on any innocent man save one, and
he was only slightly hurt.
Following are the names of those
who met death at the hands OF the en-
ragged populace:
Manuel Polietz, Pietro Monastro,
Antonio Scatfedl, Joseph P. Mdcheca,
Antonio Marchesi, Antonio Bagnetto,
Frank Romero, jim Caruso, Rocco
Gerachi, Charles Trahine and Comitez.
1t was not an unruly midnight mob.
1t was simply a sullen, determined
body OF citizens who took into their
own hands what justice had ignomin-
iously failed to do.
The chief OF police was slain on Oct.
Is, and that very night the evidence
began to accumulate, showing that
his death
HAD BEEN DELIBERATELY Planned
by a secret tribunal and carried out
boldly and successfully by the tools
OF the conspirators. The trial lasted
twenty-five days, and though the evi-
dence seemed conclusive, thejury, cur
rently charged with having been tam
pered with, failed to convict.
On the 18th inst. a body of cool
headed men, lawyers, doctors, mer-
chants and political leaders-all
persons g influence and social
standing, .lietly met, and decided
that some action must be taken, and
the peoples justice, swift and sure, Wis
tied upon those whom the jury had
neglected to punish. On the morning
OF the 18th q call for q mass meeting
at Clay square on Canal street appear
ed in the papers, which editorally de-
precated violence. The significant
closing sentence OF hecall was, "Come
prepared for action"
Down in q large room on Bienville
and Royal there was an arsenal which
had been provided by the body ofciti-
zens. The call WAS answered by the
popl,lace. At 10 o'clock there was q
crowd OF several Thousand anxious
people congregated around the statue.
They hardly knew what was going to
happen, but they seemed ready to 20
any length, and while there were, of
course, many OF the lower element in
the throng, large proportion were
THE LEADING PEOPLE OF THE TOWN.
There were three addresses, short
and pithy and businesslike, and the
assemblage, not unwilling, was soon
keyed up to a high pitch, demonstra-
tive in its denunciation OF the assas-
sins. Each OF the speakers said there
had been agreat mass meeting months
before which had met quietly and
dispersed peacefully SO that the law
might take its course. The law had
failed. The time to act had come.
w. S. Parkerson, the leader, is a
prominent lawyer, the president OF the
Southern Athletic club, and the man
who led the vigorous city reform move
ment three years ago. WalterD. Don
eyer, another of the speakers, is one
OF the leaders OF the New Orleans bar;
John @. Wickliffe, also prominent
attorney, and JamesD. Houston, one
OF the foremost men OF the state Al
ter denouncing Detective O'Malley,
who is supposed to have tampered
with the jury, the speakers announc-
ed that they would lead the way to
the parish prison, Mr.. Wickliffe con-
| Guiding with these words:
| Shall the execrable Malta be allowed
to flourish in this city? Shall the
Malta be allowed to cut down our cit
liens on public streets by foul means
of assassination? Shall the Malta be
allowed to bribe jurors to let murder
ers go scot free?
THE DETERMINED CROWD, WELL ARMED,
STARTS FOR THE PREY.
By this time the crowd had swelled
to three thousand or more and before
any one could realize what had hap
pened, the great throng, gaining re-
cruits at every street. was tramping
down the street to the neghborhood
OF the prison. stopping only once, and
that was at the arsenal, where double
barrelled shot guns, Winchester rifles
and pistols were handed out to re-
sponsible and respectable citizens in
the party.
The starting of the crowd had an
electric effect ON the city. Soon the
streets were alive with people running
from all directions and Joining the
main body, which moved suddenly
down Rampant to the Jail near Congo
square. Doors and windows were
thrown open and men, women and chill
dren crowded on the galleries to en-
courage those who were taking part,
and to witness the scenes. When the
main crowd from Canal reached the pri-
son there had already collected there a
dense throng, all eager to take a hand
in whatever might happen.
| When the vanguard of armed citi-
zens reached the prison whichis many
squares from Canal street, that grim
old building was surrounded on all
sides. Sheriff Viller, when he heard
that a movement was on foot to take
the prisoners
ARMED HIS DEPUTIES
and then started on g. hunt for May
or Shakespeare. The Italian consul
and Attorney General Rogers Joined
in the nura,,it hut his hooo, Joo, ,o&