San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-03-14
THE PEOPLE RISE.
A CORRUPT JURY'S VERDICT
SET ASIDE.
Indignant At Justice Defeated-Nev
Orleans People Reek Bloody
Vengeance ON tho
Italians.

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| Italians. ....
New. ORLEANS, March IA, 10:15
q. m.-sLecial-An immense indigna.
tion meeting has just been held ct
the Gay statue on Canal street, AMI
fully three thousand persons are now
marching to Congo Square, which 10
within three hundred yards Of the
Parish prison. The men composipg
the crowds are fully determined and
within few minutes . demand will
no DOUBT be made of the sheriff for
the surrender of the Sicilians now in
prison. charged with Hennessy's
assassination.
The meeting ut Clay Statue ad-
iourned to the Parish prison which
was soon surrounded by several
| thousand people. The doors were
forced open and it is known that six
OF the Sicilian assassins have been
killed as follows: Manuel Polizzl,
Pietro Manasterio, Antonio Sacffsdi,
Joseph p. Mscheca. Antonio Mar
chest, Antonio Bagneoto. The ex-
element is without bounds.
| POLICE, the Siclliap, who feigned
insanity during his recent trial, was
taken out of the parish prison, led to
Congo square and hung. They are
now looking for Dominick O'Mslley.
the detective, who was instrumental
in packing the jury, and when found
he will be hung.
| The crowd that O. Elected around the
Parish prison must have numbered
ten thousand. The prisoners were
killed In the yard of the prison. Pc.
| lizzi was hung to lamp post and
| Cagnette to q tree on the middle
| ground i'm front of the prison. Both
| were riddled with bullets. The crowd
Ia now dispensing, but search for
| O'Malley Is now going on.
| The scenes at and about the Clay
statue this morning brought to mind
the uprising of Septem Der, nearly six
teen years ago. Ten o'clock hadnot yet
struck aud vast multitude was slrea-
dy congregated on Canal street almost
filling up the large space from cur b
to curb on each side. of the .bou To-
ward. At 10 o'clock w. s. Parker sou,
J Inn G. Wickliffe and others who
signed the call for the mass meeting
came up. "Fall in! fall in!" was the
cry, and amidst deafening shouts
several of the crowd formed q process
sion which went around the railing
several times. Cries for Park erson
and Wickliffe arose, and soon
these gentlemen had assembled
the steps They stood erect
and motionless, surveying the
surging multitude from whose ran ks
there cleaned faces full of resolve
three thousand people within earshot
and more could ba seen struggling,
pushing and running here and there
on the neutral ground. Street cars
were unable to pass through, and
carriages, carts. wagons, cabs
and vehicles of all description
we're halted. The people were
about to exercise their mighty prerog
alive to move out of the way. There
was q fixed purpose to hear what they
expected would be said and do what
an outraged community felt should
be done. Patterson spoke first. He
said that once before he had appeared
before the people In q grand mass
meeting assembled to discuss mat
ter vital to the interests of the
community and again faced the
people of New Orleans to deDounce
the most infamous act, which was
consequent upon the most revolving
crime in the annals of any COM
mu atty. That act was the finding Of
the jury in the murder trial yester-
day, and that crime was, as every
body knows, the foul assassination of
the chief of police. 81 desire
neither fame, nor name, nor
glory" said Patterson. II am
q plain American citizen, and as
such and as 3 good citizen am here
John G. Wickliffe was the next
speaker. He spoke In about the same
strain. Theindignant citizens reach
ed the Parish prison at 1890 this
morning. Their officers were w. s
Patterson, Captain; J. d. Houston,
First Lieutenant; J. G.. Wick.
life, Second Lieutenant. Many men
were armed with Winchester rifles
and revolvers protruded from many
pockets. AS the crowd marched
away, q cheer rent the air that could
be heard squares away. The police
did not interfere in any way with the
proceedings. The mob broke in the
side gate of the parish prison and
regular fusilade ensued. There were
eleven Sicilians killed. A mass
meeting in regard to O'Malley will