The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-03-19
THE WRATH OF THE PEOPLE,
Eleven of the Italians Accused OF the ASST
nation of Chief Hcnnessey and Ac-
ouitt.d by the jury Taken in Hand
by the People and Made to Suier
the Full Penalty OF their
Grimes.

quilted by the Jury Aahch III h"hu
bv the People and Made to Suffer
the Full Penalty Of their
Crimes.
NEW ORLEANS, March l+-New Or
leans struck the Malta 4 death blow TO-
3,y II rose in its might almost at
niddav and wreaked 4 terrible VEN
veance upon the Sicillan assassills, VINO
rclentlessly slew David {. Hennessy,
and though there are eleven men de;id
now who were happy yesterday over
their victory in the greatest criminal
trial which this city has ever witnessed,
the work of blood was accomplished
without unnecessary disorder, without
rio;iug, without pillaging and without
the inilictiou OF suffering on any lnno-
cent man save one, and he was slightly
hurt. 1t was not an unruiy midnight
mob it was simply 4 sullen, deter
mined body of citizens, who TOOK lnto
their own hands what justice had lS-
ANONYMOUSLY failed to do.
The chief of police was slain on Oc-
tober Is, and that very night evidence
began to accumulate showing that MS
death had been deliberately planned
by 2 secret tribunal an: carried OUT
boldly and successfully by tools Oh the
couspirators. The trial lasted twenty
five days, and, though the evidence
seemed conclusive, the jury, currently
charged with having been tampered
with failed to convict. Last night q
body of cool headed men-iaWyersS,
doctors, merchants and political lead,
ers all persons of influence and soclal
standing quietly met and decided
rhat some action must be taken ana
the peoples Iustice, swift and sure, Wis,
tied upon those whom the jury mad
neglected to punish. This morning.
a call for a mass meeting at the Clay,
monument, on Canal street, appeared
in the papers, which editorially depre-
Gated violence. The Significant closlns
sentence of the call was Come pre-
pared for 2ctiOn."
Down in a large room on BlenVllle
and Royal streets there was an arsenai
which had been provided by body OF
citizens. The call was answered oy
the populace. At 10 o'clock there was
q crowd of several thousand ANXIOUS
ncople congregated around the Clay
statue. They hardly knew what was
going to happen, but they seemed reauy
to 90 any length, and While there were,
of course, many of the lower eienlenC III
the throng, the large proportion were
leading people of the town. u.
There were three addresses, sn0rl
and pithy and busness-like, ana the
asspmblage not unwillingly was soon
keved uD to a high pitch OF demon
stration in denunciation of the assaS'
sins.
Each of the speakers said there hao
been a great mass meeting months be,
fore witch met quietly and dispersed
peacefully so that the law might taht Ian
! its course. The law had tailed; me
time to act had come. W. >: Farker
son. the leader is a prominent lawyer
here. president Of the southern ;Ath,
Inctlc Club and the man who LED the
VIGOROUS city reform move three years
aG0. Walter D. Deneger anotier o.
he sneakers, is one Of the Leaders o.
the New Orleans Bar John Z. WICK,
life. also a prominent attorney, aho
James D. Houston, one of the loremos'
men of the State, also spoke. o,,
After denouncing Detective OMat
| lev, who is supposed to have tampereG
With the iurv, the speakers announced
| that they would lead the way to the
narish prison. Wickliffe concluding
p.itb those words: "Shall the eNecra
BILE Malta be allowed to flourish IN TINS
citv? Shall the Mafia be allowed &c &c
down our citizens on the puolic stieeIS
| bv the foul means of ASSASSINATION
Shall the Malta be allowed to orioe
Jurors to let murderers go scot free =:
Rv this time the crowd had sWeileo
70 three thousand or more, and before
snv one could realize what happened
The GREAT throng, gaining recruits al
every step, was tramping down tne
straets to the neighborhood of the prs,
on stopping only once, and that was al
tMba M ARSENAL. where double-barreled
shotonns, Winchester rifles ana pistols
were handed out TO responsible and re-
snactable citizens in the party,
The starting Of the crowd had elec
+ric af;act on the city. Soon the streets
we're alive with people running IRON IRON
all directions and Joining Tue I lnain
BODY, which moved sullenly @ @ao"n
Rampant street to the jail, near Oonso
| square. Doors and windows were ;
| thrown open, and men, women anu
children crowded on the galleries to
| encourage those who were taxing pat'
and to witness the scenes.
When the main crowd from Canai
street reached the prison there mao
already collected there a dense throng,
'i ''Ii ooa,r IN take hand in whatever
Tniohf happen. When the vanguard
of armed citizens reached the prison,
which is many squares from Canai
straet that rrim old building was sur
rounded on all sides. Sheriff where,
| when he heard that a movement was :
on foot to take the prisoners, armed Hls us
IDENTITIES and started on huuC loi
NTavor Shakespeare The Italian consul
and Attorney General Rogers joined IN
the nursuit, but his honor does not
roach his office till noon, and he was
not 70 he found at any Of his regular
hsnnts The Governor bad not heard
Of the uprising, and he had no time TO (,
act and the police force was 100 small
to offer much resistance to the army oi
avenoprs, superintendent Caster or
| Ger6O All extra uSLoiA W
iail, and the small crowd kept the slde-
Walks around the jai! clear III. IN +,e tne
great multitude, swelling all the lnle 5
ike a mighty roaring stream, suTgeu rs s'd
around the door and crowded Ihe A1l'ie
| band of blue-cOats away.
Can't. Lem Davis was on suaIa al tne ne
main entrance with scant 1orce o., OF
deputies. These were swept away Alke
chaff before the wind, and in an Instant
the ante room was jamned WIN eA-
| cited men. Meantime the prisoners
we're stricken with terror, tor they
could hear distinctly the shouts OF tne
people without demanding their blood.
! the INNOCENT and guilty alike were e
frightened out Of their senses, ana
prisoners who were charged with crimes
other than completely in the murder OF
the chief also shared in the general oe-
moraljzation. Some ofthe braver among
the representatives Of Mafia wanted TO
die fighting for their lives ana they
pleaded for weapons with which TO de-
fend' themselves, and when IneE
couldn't find these they sought hlolh9