St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-15
SICILIANS ARE SLAIN.
The Assassination Of Chief Of
Police Dave Hennessy
Avenged.
Prominent Business and Pro-
fessional Men Do the Job
Thoroughly.
And New Orleans Strikes the
Foul and Hideous Mafia a
Death Blow.
Eleven Souls Have Gone to
Where Jury Bribing Doth
Not Corrupt.

NEw ORLEANS. March 14.-New Or
leans struck the Malta death blow to-
day. 1t rose in its might almost at mid
day and Wreaked terrible vengeance
upon the Sicilian assassins who relent-
lesslv slew David C. HenneSsy, and,
though there are eleven men dead to-
night who were happy yesterday over
trial the city has ever wit
messed, the work of blood was
accomplished without unnecessary
disorder, without rioting, without
pillaging. and without the inf1iction of
suffering upon any innocent man, save
one, and he was only slightly hurt. 1t
was not an unruly midnight mob. 1t
was simply asullen. determined body Of
citizens who took into their own hands
what justice had ANONYMOUSLY failed to
do. The chief of police was slain on
Oct. 10, and that very night
the evidence began to accumulate,
showing that his death had been
deliberately planned by secret
tribunal and carried out boldly and sue
cessfuly by the tools of the conspira-
tors. The trial lasted twenty-five days,
and, though the evidence seemed con-
elusive, the jury, currently charged with
having been tampered with, failed to
convict. Last night a body of cool
headed men, lawyers, doctors, mer-
chants and political leaders, all
Persons of Influence
and social standing, quietly met and de-
clded that some action must be taken,
and the peoples justice swift and sure
visited uDOn those whom the jury had
neglected 10 punish. This morning
call for mass meeting at Clay square
on Canal street appeared in the papers,
which edtorially deprecated violence.
The significant closing sentence of the
cali was, Come prepared for action"
Down in large room on Blenvllle and
RGval there was an arsenal which had
been provided by the body Of citizens.
The call was answered by the populace.
At 10 o'clock there was crowd of sew
eral thousand anxious people congre-
gated around the statue. They hard
ly knew what was going to hap
pen, but they seemed ready TO
go TO ;I11@ length, and while there
were, OF course, many OF the lower
element IN the throng, large proper
ton were the leading people Of the
town. There were three addresses,
short and pithy and business-like, and
the aSSemblage, not unWillingly, was
soon keyed up to high pitch demon
strative in its denunciati0n of the as
sassnS. Each of the speakers said
there had been
4 Great EIass Meeting
months before which. had met quietly
and dispersed peacefully SO that the
law might take its course. The law had
failed. The time to act had come. w.
:. ParkerSOn, the leader. is prominent
Southern Athletic club, and the
man who led the vigorous city
reform movement three years
ago. Walter d. DenegeT, another of
the speakers, is one of the leaders of
the New Orleans bar. John G. Wicklitfe
also a prominent attorney, and James
ID. Houston, one Of the foremost men of
the state. After denouncing Detective
O'Malley, who is supposed to have
announced that they would lead the
way TO the parish prison, Mr.. Wicklitfe
concluding with these words: "Shall
the eXecrable Malta be allowed to flour
ish in this city? Shall the Malta be al
lowed 10 cut down our citizens Oh pub
lie streets by foul means Of assasina-
ton? Shall the Matia be allowed
TO bribe jurors to let murderers
90 scot free?'' BY this time
the crowd had swelled to 5000 or more,
and before any one could realize what
had happened, the great throng, gain
ing recruits at every street, was tramp
ing down the streets to the nelghDOr-
hood of the prison. stopping only once,
and that was at the arsenal, where
dOuble-barreled ShOtguns, Winchester
rifles and pistols were handed out to
responsible and respectable citizens in
the party. The starting Of the crowd
had
An Electric Effect
Oh the city. Soon the streets were alive
with people running from all directions
and Joining the main body,which moved
Sullenly down Rampant street to the
Jail near Congo square. Doors and
windows were thrown open. and men,
women and children crowded on the
galleries to encourage those who were
taking part, and to witness the
scene. When the man crowd from
Canal reached the prison there
had already collected there a dense
throng. all eager to take a hand in what
ever might happen. When the van
guard of armed citizens reached the
prison, which is many squares from
Canal street. that grim old building was
surrounded on all sides. Sheriff Viller,
when he heard that movement was OH
foot to take the prisoners, armed his
deputies. and then started on hunt for
MavOr Shakespeare. The Italian consul
and Attorney General Rogers joined in
the pursuit, but his honor does not reach
his office till noon, and he was not to be
found at any of his regular hauntS. The
governor had not heard Of the uprising
and had no time to act: the police force
was too small TO offer much resistance
TO the army of avengers. Supt. Caster
had ordered an extra detail of officers
to be sent to the jail, and the small
crowd kept the sidewalks around the old
building clear until the great multitude,
swelling all the time like
Mighty Roaring Stream.
surged around the door and crowded
the little band Of bluecoats away. Capt.
Lem DAVIS was on guard at the main
entrance with a small force of deputies.
They were swept away like chaff before
the wind, and in an instant the little
ante room leading into the prison was
jammed with eager, excited men.
Meanwhile the prisoners were stricken
with terror for they could hear dis
tinctly the shouts of the people without,
madly demanding their blood. Innocent
and guilty alike were frightened out of
their senses, and the prisoners who were
charged with crimes other than compile
ity in the murder of the chief also shared
i'll the general decentralization. Some of
the brayer among the representatives Of