Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-03-19
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| ,ans Rcsents the lmputntlOns of n
Priest--Leader Parlerson Not Aiarthe"
mt the Threats.
New ORLEANS, Ia, March l7.-Iony
Matranga. one of the men who was uos-
perately wounded last summer III the ~.
| tack upon the Matrnngas by what ID
| known ms the Proyenzano faction, denies
| Inc charges made by Proven2ano, and pos
itiyely c6ntradcted the statement that ms
brother was at the head of the Mana o.
even belongs to the organization lie salu
to-day he did not like to make any charges
against anybody which hecould not prove,
OF one thing he is ccrtain-that y, tl'lt lle
Provenzanos are at the head OF bad gang;
and that their bad gang had ampushe"
him and shot his leg OIL. :,
Joseph Provenzano this morning called
on Archbishop Janssens relative 10 INC
accusation of Father Manoritta charging
| him (Provenzano) with connection WIN
the Malta. Provenzano stated To the arc,l-
bishop that the accusation was not oIly
unwarranted, but that being made AT tnis
| time il tended To do him harm, especially
rs Il came from n priest. Provenzano said
further that he had never had any rela-
tions of any nature with Father Manorltta
| not even being acquainted with him., he
said to the archbishop that he had not
carried ont his first impulse 10 bring the
matter to the attention of the court, pus
! nnn come 10 ASK huNlNc rum WV $780,
the church. Archbishop Janssens replied
| that he was sorry that the affair nad
occurred and that he had seen Father
Manoritta, who had written letter TOR
publication which he thought would be
satisfactory, as il eXonerated ProvenEano
from the Malta accusation. The arcll-
bishop further told Provenzano that
Father Manoritta had been very mum Hll
excited recently and he thought It best LOT
all to drop the matter; that he did not ne
lieye the Americans had anything against
the law-ubiding Italians and that he was
convinced that Father Manorltta would
| not be mOlested by the Provenzanos, us ne
seemed to fear.
THE GRAND JURY TO INVESTIGATE.
Judge Mari, of the criminal court,
| charged the grand Jury to-day TO inNcstl-
gate the matter and ii is understood this
will be done, with the probable result that
| no bills will be found. In his charge
4 Judge Mari said:
Gentlemen of the grand jury, since your
adjournment New Orleans has been the
| scene of a dcplorable tragedy which ter
minated in the death of eleven persons
prisoners in the custody of the law charged
| with completely in the assassination Of
David c. Itennessey, chief Of police of this
city. | say deplorable tragedy, because
without reference to the causes all good
citizens must and do regret the taking OF
human life without warrant of law. The
details and incidents Of the alleged homl-
| eide and causes and anteCendents are mat
ters of public notoriety. They are dis
clisscd in the columns Of the daily press
and they largely occupy the public mind
at home and abroad.
Friday last the trial of large number
of persons charged with the murder of
Chief llennessey, which had occupied the
court for some 20 days, terminated in n
% e pll ni
those ON trial and mistrial rs to those
three. This result was received with dis
satisfaction by those who had watched the
proceedings from day to day, and it was
charged publicly that some Of the jurors
and witnesses had been bribed or other
wise tempered with and influenced
Pursuant to call made by many citi-
2ens published in the daily papers of
Saturday morning, large number Of per
sons assembled on Canal street and pro-
Ceedcd to the parish prison. An entrance
was affected by force and nine of the
persons implicated in the killing of Hen
Messy were Shot and two Of the three with
respect to whom there had been u mistrial
were hanged The crowd that surrounded
the prison then quietly dispersed.
MATTERS Of such gravity cannot be is.
nored by courts or grand iuries. ] am
compelled by my duty us judge to bring
the matter to your notice, and feel as
sured that 1t will receive at your hands
proper attention and calm. careful inyesti-
cation. The district attorney is your legal
adviser, and You Will of course, consult with
him freely touching this and all such
other matters as may engage your atten
ton. II is not my purpose now to do more
than to give this matte, IN charge to YOU
and | do so with every confidence that
there will be no hasty or i'll considered
action on YOUR part and that the results of
be in accord with your appreciation and
estimate Of the facts as they may come &c
your knowledge"
The charge is variously commented on
hut the general opinion is that the investi
cation ordered will not result in even tenn
porary inconvenience to the leaders of the
lynching party.
shortly after the judge had concluded
his charge Major Wright SchaumbiTg, the
mayors private secretary. went before the
grand Jury. He was followed by W. II
Priest, secretary of the committee of fifty
George Denpger and Chief of Police Caster
PARKINSON Is NOT ALARMED.
The Malta warning received by Mr.. w
s. Patterson, who led the citizens move
mcnt Saturday. does moi make him fee
uneasy, although there may be some foun
dation for it. Mr.. Parkerson treats thu
letter lightly. He knows that if hair o
his head were touched il would result in /
terrible punishment of the Italians anC
Sicilians.
Mayor Shakespeare Yesterday received
letter pirporting to come from commit
tee of 5000 Italians notifying him tina
Patterson, Wicklifle and himself mus
die at the hands Of the committee. Ii
conclusion the letter states that the chic
assassins are not caught yet Chief o
Police Caster thinks all such letters ar
hoaxcs
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