The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1891-03-15
TIE BLOOD 0F ASSASSINS
SHED BY THE GNDTGNANT PE0-
l'LEOF NEW ORLEASs.
HERAESSEY MURDEREfs LYHcHED

il-NHLVSLt III HUlUEnS LiKGHEU
BY 1900 OF the Hest Citizens OF ] hat |
City, Boldly and in the Daylight. |
Because Justice Had Eseen OUTRAGED !
and Americans Ensuited. !
New ORLEANS, March 14.-Eleven of |
the convicted aud indicted Sicilian assas-
sins Of Chief Of Police HeDnessey were
lynched, shot or hanged by indignant
citizens here to day, in and about the
Parish prison
1t will be remembered that sometime
ago several Siclians created a riot in
New Orleans and murdered several city
officers among whom was Chief of Police
Hennessey. His murdcrtrs were the
ones to pay the penalty to day
This fatal action was the out
growth Of a mass meeting of indignant
citizens who assembled early this morn
ing near the Clay statue. Before 10
O'Clock a vast multitude congregated on
Canal Street, also filling up the large
space from curb to curb on each side Of
the boulevard. Just on the stroke of 10
o'clock shout went up from the people
stationed at st. Charles Street, and a
number of gentlemen, among whom were
Mr. W. S. Parkerson, Mr. John O. Wick
| life and others, who signed the call,
came marching along and began walking
round and round the range of Clay
| Monument.
"FalI in'' Was the Cry Along the Line.
Fall in, Fall in was the cry, and the
crowd formed the procession which
went around the railing several times.
"hurrah for Parkerson Hurrah for
Parkerson" "Hurrah for Wickliffe!"
'Get inside the railing and give us a
| speech" These and other cries made up q
confusion of noises, among which the
angry tone was significantly predonl-
nant. The space inside the railing was
occupied by dense crowd.
''Oome down from those steps"' was
the request land let Mr.. Parkers0n and
Ny Wlckllffe get there"
l he crowd obeyed with alacrity, aud
soon the speakers held their positions
of vantage. A rush was made for the
narrow gate, and in a minute there
stood a packed mass of humanity around
the statue of the immortal Clay. The
view from the altitude was imposing
Not word had escaped the lips Of the
gentlemen who had mounted the steps.
They stood motiOnless, surveying the
surglng multitude, from whose ranks
there CLEANED faces full of resolve a.d
determination. There Were fully 600
peoPlo within earsh0t, and more eou-
BE seen strn9 Sing, pn5h'DS ata4 running
here and there on the neutral ground
Street cars were unable 10 pass through.
Carriages, carts, wagons, cabs and We
hicles of all descriptions We're halted.
DenOuncing the Finding OF the Jury.
Mr.. ParkerSOn spoke first He said
that once before he had appeared before
the people in mass meeting assembled to-
discuss matters of vital interest to the
community, and again be faced the peo
pie OF New Orleans to denounce the in
famous act which was consequent upon
the most revolving crime in the criminal
annals of any community. That act was
the finding of the jury in the murder
trial yesterday and in that crime was, as
everybody knows, the foul assassination
of Chief Hennessey. 81 desire neither
fame, nor name, nor glory" said Mr.
6 Parkerson. II am q plain American
citizen aud as good citizen as any one
5 here
} After the speeches the indignant
S crowd, about 5000 strong, started foI
. the Parish prison, which they reached
: at 1920 o'clock.
s Eleven Killed by the Maddened Multi.
: tude.
After slight resistance the jail was sur
| rendered. The citizens rushed in anC
killed eleven of the nineteen men who
l had been indicted for the assassination
= = of Chief Hennessey, as follows:
! Manuel Poitiz, Pietro Monastro, An
Il tonic Scafedi, Joseph P Macheca. An
. tonic Marchesi Antonio Bagnetto, ,Franl
Romero, Jim Caruse Rocco Gerachi
Charles Trahine, and Comitez.
!, After the assassins had been put t.
death Mr.. Parkerson addressed ID
L crowd urging them to return to thei
y y homes or respective places of busines
y without further demonstration. 10
;, Mocheca had a pistol and shot Sergean
u Heron in the neck, inflicting a sligh
~ wound.
n II Politz is hanging to a lamp-post q
y y IRENE and Stanne streets, Bagnetto to
= tree in front of the prison. The other
NJ were shot in the cells.
" The Best Citizens Did 1t.
- When the citizens commi ttee had CON
pleted its work at the Parish Prison,
disbanded for the day.
A meeting will be held tonight to cor
slider what further action, if any, sha
be taken. The committee is compose
of the better class of citizens -busine:
men who were satisfied that the safet
of the community demanded vigorot
action.