St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-03
GREW CHASTITY PALE,
Sensational Confession by an
Alleged Assassin Of Hen
messy.
Upon Which His Counsel at
Once Withdrew From the
Defense.
An Italian Girl Sends Two
Bullets Into the Body Of
Her Lover.
A West Virginia Man Con-
fesses to a Startling List
Of Crimes.

NEW ORLEANS, La, March 2-The
testimony elected in the Hennessy case
Saturday seems to have been quite as
startling to the prisoners as it was to
the public. When the prisoners were
brought to the bar Manuel POlitZ, one
of the men who has been identified as
doing the actual shooting, was found to
be greatly excited. His face had vel
loWish hue, and his black, piercing
eyes were glittering like two sparks.
lie talked in loud tone Of voice in his
native language. and refused to take his
seat. He was finally forced into his
chair by two deputies. He arose again
and addressed the Judge in rapid tones.
He grew more excited in manner and
finally Matrangl was requested by the
court to ask him what was the matter.
Politz answered in Sicilian and said that
he wanted an interpreter, as he decided
p to say something to the court. This an
nouncement created intense excitement,
not only among the spectators in the
court room, but among the prisoners.
who, however, under the steady gaze of
their lawyers. refrained from Visibly
showing whatever agitation they
might have felt There being no
interpreter in court. one had to
be sent for. Meanwhile a consultation
between cOdnSel was held. When the
interpreter arrived, Judge Baker Or
dered POlitZ to be taken INTO his private
orhce, and himself, the interpreter and
counsel for both sides followed. and
whatever PolitZ had to say was said in
private. When the party re-entered the
court room POlitZ was CHASTITY pale: he
" fri
ever he had said evidently affected him.
After his honor mad taken his seat on
the bench. MIR. SemmeS. of counsel for
the defense, announced that they could
no longer represent POlitZ. The court
thereupOn appointed counsel to defend
PoltZ. When the prisoners were re-
manded back to the dock, PolitZ was
afraid to walk with them. He also did
not want to go into the same room with
the others, but he was assured by the
sheriff that no harm would befaIl him.
lie went IN very reluctantly, however
While the counsel will not divuIge
what Polltz said, it is understood that
he made confession of a startling
character. This will be produced dur
ing the trial.
The Assassins Were FOOLS.
The Italian, Politz. only made a par
tlal statement in the HenneSSy murder
trial to-day, saying principally what he
could tell. but his words and manner
animated that he desired promise that
he would not be punished. He is said
to claim that he was not present at the
shooting, but knew of the conspiracy
and the cause that led to it, The men
who did the shooting were only tools.
the real leaders and instigatorS not ap-
pearing on the scene. He did not give
the names of the leaders, but is said to
have implicated some of the accused and
some Italians not yet arrested as
participants. PolitZ is tonight confined
in separate part of the prison and in a
separate dock from the others at his
own request. The witnesses tonight
were Mary Wheeler, c0lored woman
residing near the scene of the killing.
who saw man at the corner in an oil
cloth coat firing a gun across the street:
also negro named James Poole, who
went out GirOd street halt a square be-
hind the chief. and plainly saw the kill
ing. He could not identify the parties
under the shed, but he saw MarcheZi
Jump into the street and fire at Hen
messy, while he saw Scaffedi at the cor
ner also firing in the same direction. He
did not know the men by name. but
picked them out from the accused, and
was positive in each case. His evidence
created n sensation,