The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-26
ITALYS FLAG OVER OURS.
A REPORT ON THE INCIDENT AT
NEW ORLEANS.

NEW Of6lIGAN0.
The Stars and Stripes Also Shown
Upside Down-A crowd Witnessed
the Sight and Consid erable Irdi9na-
ton Aroused-The Flags Obtained
From Shanty Owned by Italians.
NEW ORLEANS, March 25.-In obedience
to orders by Mayor Shakespeare to investi-
gate the flag incident upon the acquittal of
the Italians. the following report has been
made by tine third harbor precinct: about
O'Clock Friday evening, March Is. crowd
of Italians. numbering forty to fifty men,
congTegated on the levee at the head of
Ursuline street. Three of them, named
Guiseppi Leperic. A. Lancetta and
Romano Barchielono, the latter
brother-in-law of James Caruso,
indicted as one Of the assassins of Chief
Hennessy. entered .shanty at that place
which is owned by Italian stevedores and
used by them as a warehouse for baskets,
flowers, ETC., for the fruit ships and luggers,
and took therefrom a number of flags.
among them an American flag. Peter
Corales, keeper of the shanry, made no
effort to prevent the men from tax
ing the flag on the Flagstaff
attached to this shanty. Leheric Lancellor
and Barchielono hoisted the flags, the Italian
at the top and the American turned upside
down below it. The affair created con-
siderable. excitement, and a crowd soon
gathered" The names and addresses of a
large number of witnesses are appended to
the report.
BURNING OF THE LIGHT.
The Picayttne this morning prints an
interesting story in support of the. charge
that the records of the louisiana Electric
Light Company we're dootored in order to
make it appear that the light at the corner
of Basin and Girod streets was burning
dimly at the time Chief Hennessy was
slain. Martin Cash was an employe
of the company, and was recently
discharged. He was among the witnesses
summoned before the grand jury. Cash
said he was clerk appointed by the city
but paid by the electric light company, TO
| compare the police reports of the lights with
the compaBy's reports, investigate dscrep-
ancies and make correct light reports. He
was thoroughly posted as Co the work
of the trimmers and inspectors. The light
near hisshouse is on the same circuit as the
Girod street lights, He got home after IL
o'clock the night Chief Hennessy was
killed, and when he passed the corner of
| Girod and Basin streets, the light was burn
ing brightly. In looking over his reports
the next day he found that from 1925 to
II o'clock the light had been burning dimly,
but that subsequent to IL o'clock it was
bright.
o'MALLEY IN THE SCHEME.
O'Malley came to him in November and
sought information touching the number OF
! the Girod street circuit, The inspector who
| attended it and other particulars. Each
1 night the circuit book was turned over to
| the inspector, who then made his entries
type written copy for the main office and 3
letter press copy for the works were made
in the morning. The book was then turn {
over to Cash, and at the end of the month
Cash sealed with wire the book Of reports
| and placed them on a shelf over his desk.
| McGrath and the superintendent of the
works were the only persons having access
to the books. About the beginning of March
| Cash observed that the October book had
| been tampered with, the wire seal being
| broken. Cash examined the book and found
| that the figures 40 had been added after
| IL in the report of circuit No. g Ton which
the Girod and Basin streets light is located)
| for Oct. 10, making it appear that the
light at Girod and Basin streets Was burning
daily between 10:30 and IL 40 o'clock, the
time of the shooting. On March 5 Cash
turned the books over to McGrath.
| SUMMONED AS WITNESS.
The next morning he received a subpoena
| from the criminal court as a witness for the
defence. Inspectors Riley snd Meyer and
| two dynamo men were summoned.
He was asked to bring the
book Suspectiug that he was wanted
to testify as to light, and fearing it would
be attempted to hold him by the / l 40
o'clock entry, he went into McGrath's office
and asked to ses the press copy of the re-
port. He found that the copy had not been
| uampered with, and showed that after II
| o'clock the lights burned well. So he went
| to court, and intended, if placed on the
stand, to say the original report had been
| falsified, and to call for the press copy to
prove his assertion. He was never called.
To CONTINUE THE INQUIRY.
! the grand jury will meet again to-mor-
| row and continue its investigation of
O'Malley and the Hennessy jury. From
what can be learned great deal of valuable
testimony has been elected and there is a
basis for half dozen indictments against
| O'Malley and others. These will be
all brought into court together, probably
about Saturday, so as to lay
the whole business before the court at once.
| There are also number of parties of
whose guilt the jury is morally convinced,
| but the jury cannot obtain direct evidence
! sufficient TO indict. Their names will
| probably be mentioned in a special report,
| which will have all the effect OF an indict-
ment upon the public mind. The
| special report will be ready about the time
of the findings. The prison raid will not
be taken up until afterward. Very little
sleep is being lost over that portion OF the
case If anybody should be indicted il
will be because there is direct evidence OF
| his narticination in the attack and thara /.