The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-03-17
DOES IT MEAN WAR?
The New Orleans Slaughter Has
Stirred Two Nations.
ITALIANS IN THIS COUNTRY
Taking Action, and a Committee
from Chicago Enroute to Wash.
iueton-ForeIgn Press opln-
ions-A Serious Situation.

NV ORLEANS, March l6.-1n Father
N.norittab' statement yesterday he said
cha. he was sure that the letter he re-
csiyed was from the Pfovenzano faction
1.-The MaGs. This statement Mr.. Joseph
P,oveuzauo this morning most empbat.
ically denies. He said that his first i'm.
mise was to have Father Msnorittas
a,,ested aud he consulted Chief CASHIER
n regard to the matter and was advised
q mske public statement concerning
The matter, as he thought it would do
more good. ....
connected with the Malta In any manner.
m the contrary he has been an object
" their ennity. years ago." he said,
Stbe Malta sent. me several letters,
.brsatening to kill me aud my brothers
nnless we gave the society 81 600.
ave did not respond, and Jim Curaso
orteyward came to me and said that he
bsIonped 10 the society and that we had
halter nav the money. He said that we
could do SO by going TO the old lake ana
bandagiug my head IN red handker.
ebief and leaving the money in stump
IN the swanp near by. Ito then go
about my business and they TO get the
Eeney. t-;ol.
uhom met under the st. Charles hotel,
Tndge Dayey, Pat Meally and Ralph
MorSan. among the members. They
Said not TO pay 1t and they would 90
With ma and see who was there 10 re-
csiye il. Jim Curaso, who was along,
sSid This would NOT do. If you go with
a crowd no one will appear. tnen
dropped the matter and told Curaso that
Twolld have nothing moreto do with 1t,
and TO give up his fruit stand In the
French market and come on the levee
and we would make him q freeman. He
said he would do go, Rs he was tired oil
the Malta, having recently been selected
on committee to kill some one"
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY INTERVIEWED
District Attorney Lusenberg in an in.
teryiew to-day said, speaking OF Poll
tizi's confession, "Rest assured OF one
foet II Politizi had said anything that
would have warranted the prosecution
IN use him as witness he would have
been placed on the stand. His story
wRs rambling and disconnected, and We
did not place any reliance in It.
Regarding Politizs' confession to the
ATTORNEYS for the State, he said that pre-
yious to the assassination ot euperln'
tendent Hennessey, there was meeting
held at a mouse on North Peters near
Canal street, and largely attended BY
Italians, among whom were Joseph +.
3iacheca and James j. Causio. AT this
meeting il was decided that Hennessey
should die, and In order to settle upon
who should assassinate him, ten slips oil
paper were placed in hat with large
number OF blanks. Whoever drew the
Sins bearing the numbers were to do
the murder.
When the drawing was over, the men
who held the numbered slips were each
given $lOO and promised more When Il
was known that Hennessey was dead.
Miacheca procured the weapons with
which the Chief was slain and gave them
TO Politizi, This confession, however,
vas not taken down in writing conse-
ouently the full scope Of 1t will never be
known.
city. said this afternoon that no dis
patches had been received or sent py
him to-day. Yesterday the Consul sent
a letter to Governor Nichols urging tnat
he take steps TO protect the Italian pris'
oners now confined in the prison, who
are Young Marchesi and Incardona, and
10 endeaVor to prevent further violence;
Now, however, that 1ncardona and
Marchesi have been released from
prison, there remains but one Italian
citizen under arrest, Natal. The report
having been circulated that Consul
Cortdf had been heard to express hiS
approval Of the actions OF the citlEens
on Saturday, as far as some oI
the slain were concerned, ne
was questioned and replied that
lie had said that he hoped justice would
be meted out to the mnrdeTers OF Hen;
nessey. He was positive that some oil
the slain we're innocent, but as to others
he would not express himself. Inc
Italian subjects who were slain were
Msstero, Marchesi, Trahina and Comitez,
but he thought the last named had
taken out liberalization papers.
Governor Nichols was in consultation
nearly all day with Attorney General
Rogers, United States Senator +. u:
White and others. It waB given out
that the Governor had not replied to
Secretary Blaine's dispatch but that
.arlr. ..s..lL hn nnrk dti Il mo khA day.