New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-18

no was NOT 10 he found instead. at the city Hall
the Cri,ninai sheriff and the Attorney General Wheh
/ applied 10 the Governor for protection LOT my
countrymen received the reply tat ne coui9 no;
do any thing without request from thc Mayor "ho'
VAS said was at the Pcwick club ,, A., ,
IL the verdict bought a. Is asserted thc Jury
should have been prosecuted for corruptl0n-and n9
the defenceless prisoners killed. / have no doubt
that the judicial authorities Will arrest and prosecute
already given Instructions, and only in such manner
can the italian Government be persuaded that in ths
city international treaties that assure the same right
justice TO Italians as to Americans are not Gead
letter. (oignedl p CoRTE'
Sgnor BERT. who wrote the letter TO Chief
Hennessy. died suddenly soon afterward, and is
supposed to have been poisoned by Malta agents.
Hennessy's arrest of opposite. the Sicilian re-
ferred to in Bertis letter. daring piece OF
work and showed unusual detective skill. Es-
posito fed from Sicily with price on his head,
and came to New-Oreans. where he became an
oysterman. At his trial tremendous efforts were
made to clear him. Six Mafiaists swore that he
was not Csposito, but Vincent Rebello, and had
been in New-York, since 1878. Others said he
had sold fruit for years in New.Orleans But
the chief Of the Palermo Prison Guard sent on GER
titled photographs descriptions were furnished
that tailed exactly with the appearance OF Hen
nessy's captive and Sicilian officials forwarded
punches of affdavits. Hcnnessy, refusing Soo-
600 bride, finally spirited the bandit from New
Orleans to New-York by steamer. and secured his
eytradition. From that time the Chief was
doomed man.
Sicnor Corte is Piedmontese. "The Times
Democrat" in an editorial this morning, warmly
praises his good tact, discretion and ability ana
jmpartially declares that all Americans VIII only
respect and honor him the more for his zeal III
his countrvren's behalf In the present crisis
The guilt of the executed prisoners was assumed
10 have been proved during the trial, in spite
o,,d fha ais
positive evidence that they were bribed. To the
ANONYMOUS letter sent to Chief Henncssy before
his death giving a list of the Maaists appointed
10 slav him. great weight is attached. Another
letter. however written by John L. Duffy, con-
vict at Baton Rouge, to which the Consul refers
suggests the names of ali entirely different SET OF
assassins. among them Dominck OMallcy' inc
suborninC detective, whose villany is so hrfnS
believed in that the community would lynch MN
on sight, and Thomas McChrystal' under lndct-
ment for attempting u bride tales Jurors. lhls
letter the Consul sent to Dstrct-Attorney Luzen-
berg, with the following explanation:
November Z. 1890.
The Hon. Charles II. Luzenberg DiSrlctAt'orney'
New orleans, La. -, -.
Honorable On the evening OF the nd 0in dael s1
himself the OF an Italian subject, hanoce i
Ire inclosed letter which he stated TO nay" RouTe
a part of its contents regard the asstSsihauoh vi W..
Hennessy deem cp it my dn tn 10 cV only TWO
months and do not know either pemarunl nor te
cnnseonentIv decline responsibility regarding its con,
tents. In any way 1t is not lor us 70 Ir65etent
Sel6n 10 G SGfSe if te nor1aCn be Of
10 provoke investigation in the htereSt 11 EuS
Yours respectfully. c IL n ~ It,lv
Duffy's letter was rs follows
BATON Rouge La. November B. ls DO
Friend Anthony Demarn t1 ba dorc po but
have so many things to attend to that nave Gve
compelled put ii of until now am III h soou
have not heard from sterling since he went to AnS9ia
hut Gibson is stiu here running the seWihg m"'Hin d
Tho ntbeT day have not heard from Buckley since
You Left here indirectly hear that he IN b sTg
and ask him to please send me elt n la;o do
Ing win get out in Deesme TG as SDH nay" give him my
best regards aud hope he will soon have ME out
win write Willie Duffy in day CO.. or 1 Where some
Of YOUR friends are Implicated in the murder OF lien
messy These Americans, and Their haTeS sr1 Nc
Cbrystal who lives in the Third Ward Louis lay wn4
The Third Ward @ IL f foT t TeO Killing M u John
Dmo9d the spanish fort n p one Of the parties
ard Thomas G. washburne of the second Ward Inc
last named NAV be an alias. -...,.o.o, rorcossv.
ot r"Yre let YOU know these facts a. some OF yonr
friends are accused q the deed and believe M '
th,I Won viii find have mentioned the cuiy parties
Wbje investigstlng ! hope You will not mention my
Ion came from a reliable friend who write me. Ihc ne,
Eve parties are O'Malley's friends: ara are cert ,
u. IN may he The means O. your helping your Daga
trends With many kind wishes. and In the hopS u
hearing from you soon, remain as eYSr' Eo nF !E?
The original of this letter is still in the District
Attornev's possession He failed TO produce 1t In
court. and it was apparently not used during
the trial.
Seven hundred Italians. the Consul estimated,
have fed from New-Orleans since Saturday morn
;nr They have gone TO Galveston, Pensacola,
ST. Louis and Cincinnati
The Citizens Committee lay stress on their
forbearapce TO harm any but the men believed
10 be guilty even among the prisoners ana oe-
clare that their action was not the result of a
,oomentary outburst Of fury, but OF several months
~ accommodating indignation against the Malta
malefactors The entire Italian popuace, now
over. has taken the alarm and mtny more VIII
,.ave the CITY at least until all danger is over
The iurvmen. next 10 the MafaistS. are the most
detested men in New Oreays to-day. Some OF
them were youthful and never served before lheS
ara If several nationalites Their apparent In
decision in the jury-roOm may he In measure en-
nlained by the confusion resulting from the
massng of the nine cases.
As to the alleged bribery. the evidence Is SUI
of the slenderest; indeed it scerls TO depend Oh
some random utterances Of Seligman, the foreman
who is alleged to have been on unfriendly terms
with Hennessy While riding in street-car ne
is said To 1--we declared that he would never agree
70 verdict of guilty against the murderers
This declaration was overheard by W. ii. Pres
cashier of Woodward, Wight ~ co. Two men
named Mobiles and WeStcOtt, were in Seligman
store buying a cane when MOBILES overheard tall
to the same effect Westcott, however, refuse:
TO corroborate his statement. Scligman has lei'
the city and is believed to he in Mobile.
William MacKesy. who has lived here since
1859. and ESQ on the jury, SAYS that he
held out for conviction from the first. In al
interview published this morning he says that on
the first ballot eight favored acquittal. three con
victiOn and one was undecided. This should
show that if there was any brlblng ii took place