Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-05-10
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The grand jury snpanelsd TO im-
sestiIate the bpch!ng Of tho Italians
in New Orleans en- March iith, have
completed their lsbors ind made q
sca,hin2 report 10 the presiding Judge.
A perrsal C it reveals one OF the most
dannable consriracies against tie
PDblir reace that has ever been laid
before the American people, ana
briggs Ee;tlusl Ct shame &c every
citizen who Le1ieses ic tie dignity
and inpartiulity % cur courts OF JUS
tice.
That & roiticr q the jury who
triel the ascGssirs vas bribed TO pre-
vent q verdict Of guilty being found
against than, no O n mau a doubt
alter reading the evidence set forth
10 the grand iurys report, and the
only wonder is that the people OF the
Crescent City had self control enough
70 step them from wreakinS VEN
geance On the arch couspirators who
brought about that shameful mis-
carriage OF j~ustice. Lionel Adams,
the prominent criminal lawyer, and
detective O'Maller,' who coucocted
the plot and carried TO n successful
issue, deserve tho same fate that Was
so terribly visited upon the a-Rsssssins
themselves. 'TheHgrand jury find
that in the city OF New Orleans theirs
is n secret society composed Of Italiaus
and Sici!ians who left their native
land under assumed names 10 avoid
conviction and punishment for crimes
committed there, and escaped con-
victs and bandits outlawed in their
NJ land, seeking that city for the
congeuial companionship OF their own
class. 1t also finds that no less than
eleven hundred Italians and Sicilians
with criminal records, have landed in
the city Of New Orleans within the
last few years and constitute a con-
tinual monaco to the peacs and good
order OF the city. From the evidence
the grand jury find that eight OF the
eleven men killed were beyond doubt
American citizens and another had
declared his intentions, an act which
carried with it n remuneration Of his
allegiance TO the land of his birth.
They do not find any indictments
against the. men who took the las in
to their " hands, and by their de-
terminod action rooted out from their
fair city the phtria cancer that was
eating away the very foundations
that underlie our form OF government,
but Oh the other hand they approve
OF the work SO thoroughly done at
the. Parish prison, in these words:
at cannot: be questioned that
secret organic atoms whose teachings
arc hostile o 1.-THE fun lameutal prin-
ciples Of the Government Of the
United States must DO a continual
menace 10 tho good order OF society
and the material welfare OF the PEG.
pie. Law is The safeguard OF society.
Its. just execution expresses the will
Of tho people" In condemnation of
crime; but whore this lofty principle
il condemned by the practice oil
assassination Tor revenge, or spite,
and concealment under the most bind
ing oaths, rendering powerless tho
efforts OF law'to reach tho chief actors
and secure witnesses, it becomes tho
duty OF the people, in tho exercise Of
their sovereign rights, to issue their
decreeo Of condemnation. That verdict
has been rendered; the power OF tho
Mniia is broken. 1t must DO destroyed
as an element Of danger, IL creation OF
OF leprous growth in this community"
Who can doubt but that the honest
judgment OF the American people
regardless OF nationality, will uphold
them in their action and bid them go
on until tho Malta is swept into the
foul depths from whence it camo?
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