Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-03-15

grof,nd. His body dengieu ~ vac al ios
about An boar and half: ~ was TAKEN
down by the police and placed IN tne
Fourth precinct station. Coroner La l ~,
timer found that deatn was eauseu W
sarnaI Politz was strung to q lamp
-. Hia body was also removed 20 tho
rroiice station. His corpse was riuuieo
p;.S hnIIetg. Death resulted from gun
s wo wounds OF the head aud chest. There
were marks of strangulation around MS
neck. ,,ovps
Tbe call issued by the Citizens Com
mittee was ss follows; ua
All good citizens gre invited 20 attena
n n,ass- meeting on Saturday. March l4tn, AZ
10 O'Clock A. NJ, at the Oisy STATUS, 70 TAX
steps TO remedy the ianule Oh J ussl9e s -
the Hennessey case. Come prepared ior
e 9s;Sned "John G. wicklife. ,. Z. Glover,
N'iIs ~ Pepper. @. @. Rogers, +. L. Halves,
Pavmond HAYES. L. X. Genas, John III.
PsytaT n. Harris r. Lewis, Septim Vii
iora William NJ. Bailey, Lee McMillen,
~ r Tones, J. y. Queeny, ID. X: Calder.
Tbomss Henry, James Leo Mclean,
Felix Couture, I. ID. Wharton, Frank Is.
PAYNE. j. G. Flower, james Clarke,
Thomas II. Kelly, Z. Is. ogden uric
Atkinson. A. BALDWIN, Jr E;,, a. y; DEE p;
a ma n r. steeel, +. T. Leche, W. $.
s part arson n Henry Dickson Bruins, viii
lam r Deeye, Richard s. Venable,
Ssmuel 3. Merwin. 0mer Where, II. l..
Fayrot' II. ID. Mather. James I. Mulvey,
Fn,;Io Dnnre' w. T. Curtis. Charles j.
Raniett ri s. Barton, G. j. Forestall, j.
Moore Wilson, Hugh w. Brown. Q. Har-
rison Parker, Edgar II. Fa-rar, ). q.
Aby, Rud Papse, q. A. watcher, W..
Mosby. Charles nj. Barnwell, r Il. La
bouiss, Walter d. ,Denegre; George
Denegre. II. IL. Hornbeek, ,. WalIns-
ley, Z. Ii. Pierson, ana James ~ hous-
ton.
Action of tho Cotton Exchange.
Nv Op1r.ss. La. March IA meetir"
81 tba Cotton Exchange was called TO :
dar AZ lao o'clock p. NJ. by Presto at
Tbaffea who stated that he had been call
"a mon bv large committee OF members
..;,b tha reouest that he convene the insti-
tntion in general meeting for the purpose
of adoptine suitable resolution endorsing
the action of the citizens OF New orleans
in the deplorable event OF the morning.
Mr.. Chaffee said that inasmuch as all were
familiar with the events 1t was not neces-
COZ, 70 dilate upon them. They knew the
facts and they knew the necessity OF the
situation.
PROPER AND JUsTIP1ABLE.
uo than cansed the following preamble
and resolution to be read by the Secre-
tary: -, 1.o4;..,
~ criminal Justice in this city and the
friehtful extent to which the, bribery oil
iuries has been carried has rendered u ne
cessarv for the citizens of New Orleans to
yindicate outraged JUSTICE, =,
BE Il resolred That while we deplore At al
times theresort to violence we consider the
action taken by the citizens thls morning
to be proper and lustlhaDle. IDLY.
On motion of Mr.. LaPeyre, seconded by
Mr.. Emmitt, the preamble and resolution
were unanimously adopted.
THE OTHER EXCHANGES.
Resolutions of similar purport were also
adopted by the Board OF Trade, Produce
FTcbanee. the Sugar Exchange, and the
Stock Exchange.
JUROR EXPELLED.
The Stock Exchange met to-day and dis,
cussed the action of Foreman Sellgman. OF
the Hennessey jury. AS result or tnt
discussion Seligman was expelled, the iol
| lowing resolutions being UNANIMOUSLY
adopted:
Whereas J. ". Seligman, visiting mem
Der of this Exchange, has by has acton a.
| q Juror IN the Hennessey case evidently
| contributed to defy justice, ignore th'
laws, scandalize the community: he 1T
Rescued. That he be hereby expelled
| from this Exchange. and that his dues FOL
| the year be returned to him.
| [Signedl S. S. BRINssEADE, Secretary;
| Seligman has been expelled from th'
| Young Mems Gymnastic Club.
Actuating Cause OF the Tragedy.
| NEW ORLEANS, March 1.-the following
| is given as o clear statement OF the actu
ating cause which led to the tragedy en-
acted this morning, .ascertained from ~
| teryiews with number OF prominent cltl
! zens. some of them active participants II
| the stirring events Of to-day:
| On October IS, 1890, about IL O'Clock a
night, ID. q. Hennessey, chief OF police, o
the city Of New Orleans, going from hi
Office TO his home was waylaid and shot Z
pieces by band OF Italian assassins arme
| with such blunderbusses as could onl
have been made and used for the purpos
of ASSASSINATION. The indignation and tn
excitement was such that mob law an
lynching were about TO be resorted tc
The entire community felt that in the en-
deavor to reach the guilty parties innocen
Italians might be sacrificed.
ToMAISTAIS LAW AND ORDER.
To allay excitement and assist the con
stituted authorities the Mayor of the cit
appointed a committee of fifty representa-
tive citizens to take charge of the invests
cations and to aid in the trial and convit
tion of the assassins. This measure al
rested violence. The committee entere
upon its work, and at a mass-meeting sui
seauently held in front of the City Ha
the actions of the committee were rattle
and they were encouraged to contlnu
their labors to secure the prosecution an
trial by the courts.
A MIsTRIAL AS TO THREE-THBEE ACQUITTED
After months Of preparation and trii
which continued three weeks and IN whie
distinguished counsel assisted the able Di
trict Attorney q jury, charged to have bee
bribed and corrupted, in the face of test
mony establishing their guilt rendered
verdict of mistrial as 10 three assassins-
Scofedi, Monastero. and Polltez-and o.
Quilted the three assassins Macheca, Ma
chesi. and Bagnetto. Three more were Q
trial and were acquitted because OF insult
cient evidence, these being Matranga, IL
cardona, and the boy Marchesi.
The ITALIAN MALTA.
The acquittal of Narcheca. the chi
conspirator, and of Marchesi and Ba
netto and the mistrial as to Polit
| bcOUcQl, llhc u
derbolt upon the community and in
pressed law-abiding citizens with the CO.
viction that the law had been violated
that tho verdict invited assassination al
the engrafting of tho Italian Malta upC
American institutions.
, TIE PUNISHMENT OF THE AssAssINs.
The feeling grew strong that for sci
preservation the people must assume q
authority which they had delegated to tl
courts, and which the courts were powe
; less to enforce. This feeling increas,
until it found vent in the mass-meetiI
, this morning at 10 o'clock. This uprisiI
, of the people TO secure the punishment
the assassins who struck down their chi
of police in the nighttime with premeC
tated assassination was orderly, and Il
people dispersed quietly as soon as the
: work of vindication was done.
, A FORMER sIcuIAE LESSON
To-day's troubles recall remIniscenc
of prior crusade against Slcilians.
, 1856 there was q Silician political club
existence here and it attempted to int
fere with the politics of the day. In Il
contest between the Democrats and natl
Americans, known as the know-Nothil
party, the Sicilians we're suddenly taug
a severe lesson and very soon became a
prised Of the fact that the native Amei
can party would not tolerate their interf
renee. The foreigners had at that time G
| uanfzad down town and atta m M al IN co