New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-05-19
CONSUL CoRTs ON HIS WAY TO ITALY.
EXCITED OVER MAYOR sHAKEsPEARE's LETTER
THE BOY MARcHEsE WITH HIM.

THE BOY MARCHESE WITH HIM.
Washington May 19.-A foreign-looking, rather
young, welLdressed and boy of fourteen, hand
blackeyed Corsican arrived last evening In this
city and went at once to the Metropolitan Hotel
where they took rooms. These two are perhaps of all
men the most familiar with the Italian side of the
NewOrleans troubles, beginning back before the time
Of the Hcnnessy murder and eliminating In the
tragedy at the Parish Prison. The elder Of the two was
signor Coite the Consul at Orleans The younger
WAS Gaspari Grmaldo, though he is better known as
Asper Marchese. Grimaldo is the boy who, 1t Is
charged gave the whistle the signal that Hennessy
approaching the night when the chief was shot
10 death in the streets of NewOrleans. Grmaldo was
confined in the prison the time the citizens broke In
and took vengeance the death OF Chief Hennessy,
and is the one who, IL will be remembered, saved his
life by hiding under box in cell across the corridor
from the one in which his father, the elder Marchesc,
was crouchng when his body rddled with bullets.
Consul Corte and the boy are on their way 10 Rome
10 give Marquis Rudini personal account Of all
that transpired In Orleans. They left Washing
ton for New-Yorh this afternoon. and will sail for
Europe either the Majestic or the City Of Berlin
A reporter called on Mr. Corte this afternoon, and
found him willing TO talk upon the subject Of what
he had done and what he intended to do The Consul
speaks English only indiferenty, and at times found
great difficulty in expressing himself. He began by
protesting vigorously against the treatment he had
received at the hands of the newspapers. Z" pray
you" said he, so state in your paper that all that
has been said about me is false, absolutely The very
fact that the Marquis has summoned me to Rome to
confer with me on the situation Ia proof of the con-
fdence reposed In me by my Government They
desire me to talk matters freely and more
in detail than be done through the medium OF
letters. There is thing want to say right here
and that IS that do not see any reason why the
troubles in Neworleans should make any breach be-
tween two such friendly nations the United States
and Italy, and nothlIE that shall say will be OF
nature either TO create or widen such a breach. In
the first place. do not have any fault to find with
the population of New-Orleans. They are fine set
Of people, and rule they are opposed to all that
has been done. The trouble is that there is large
class of nothing people there who are hostile to
the foreigners and the difficulties were all brought
about by them. l also hold Mayor Shakespeare
responsible for much that has taken place.
When reference was made TO the letter from the
Mayor to the Governor Of Louisiana asking that Mr.
Corte's recall be demanded the latter became much
excited and said that he had been unfairly treated
on all sides. "But then.' he continued, hundreds
of law-ablding citizens have called upon me at the
consulate 10 express their disapproval and their as
gust at the outrage that was committed upon those
poor Italians Since then l have been mlsquoted'
and much that have said has been omitted or dis
torted into meaning what never said. One trouble
you know, is that take no official recognition
of that extra-tudical body that Committee Of Fifty
I only know the Governor. the Mayor and the Judi
diary
ooh, but that a shocking outrage that was In
ficted upon those helpless imprisoned men In Parish
Prison. Outrage. yes, for while there may have
been criminals among their number, these mon that
were killed that day were, believe under Heaven
innocent of the charge of numbering hennessy' as
innocent OF the charge as you or I am"
In few moments Gaspar came down. lie SAID
that he was fourteen years and six months old, but
that he had grown a great deal since he had been
put In Jail. As he told his story he gradually be
came aroused fairly acted out his tale, showing
how he escaped, how the men lay when they welo
shot and how the armed men behaved as they broke
i'm the jail and chased their victims from room to
room. q Da putta me In jail for whlstlmg when ga
Me know noddng about ia whole thing. Me ladder
was put in jail, too, and he was hlled-Rilled for
noting. Why, wllen they putta me In jail me niue
boy only so big. / whistle. mo help All
Hennessy. Da put all In different rooms In da
ian and wanta me to tell all know ] know nothing
and / no tea lie even when rope put round ma neck
And den da day when da all broke in Wild TREMENDOUS
guns we run upstairs and hide all unda box all
but head, and look ont and me fadder cross da
hall and den da ali shoot him-bing-and me ladder
drops down and big fatta man, big roun' man,
broke da gun and put In another bullet and da keep
shooting alta da men, some wild TREMENDOUS guns
and some with rewowers, until they killed dem all.
And den when da almost ALA Kill. the policemen come
and make out to try 10 save every boda lives. |
know da bgga man him round ds market
place Oh, down In data town a man shoota
man and da know da man shoota a man da punish
him. Da putta me in prison for noting and den da
killa ma ladder for noting"