Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-03-19

government on Saturday, and has had
no further communications to make on
this subject. He says there have been
no other indignities offered to the Italian
colony here, and he does not an
ticipate any, as he thinks that peace has
been fully restored.
The Italian colony here is in receipt
of many kilograms from all portions of
this country, expressing sympathy and
denouncing the action of the mob. 1t is
not likely that there will be any meet
| ing of Italians here to express their
| opinion on this subject for fear of arous-
ing popular sentiment. Tho Italians are
very reticent and will not say a word on
the subject. There was to have been an
| Italian meeting this week to arrange for
| the formation of an Italian federation
and the erection Of a handsome club
building for the Italian societies, as well
as the formation Of an Italian savings
bank and Italian school, but all this has
been indefinitely postponed.
A great deal Of public indignation was
aroused here at the statement that when
the news of the verdict was received the
American flag was insulted by the
Italians here. This was done by two
Italians, Seprila and Romano, who tore
down the American flag at the French
market and hoisted the Italian flag in its
place. John yucca, the editor of the
ItdIi- An,erican0, said this morning that
the hoisting Of the Italian flag over the
Stars and Stripes by owners OF the lug
gers was not an Intentional insult to the
American people. The Italians, he says,
were naturally very eXuberant over the
acquittal of their countrymen, and
80 e. -
hosting all the flags they had. AS there
was only one masthead they put their
| flag uppermost. Mr.. Ferara, connected
with the Gdtt0licG Gdzettd, condemned
this action as the result of ignorance.
Inquiries at the railroad and other
offices show that more than 700 Italians
have left town since Saturday. Signor
| Corte, the Italian consul, who is a
gentleman of pleasant address and
highly connected in Italy, became in
dignant to-day because no steps are
being taken against the men who were
engaged in the lynching. He talked
eXcitedly on the subject, and SAID that
if the leaders of the mob were not in
dicted, the Italian government would
accept it as evidence that the authorities
intended to screen the lynchers and
would consider the affair an insult to
Italy. He also predicted that an Italian
fleet would be sent to the Mississippi.
Gov. Nichols has sent an answer to
Secretary Blaine's message in regard to
the lynching, but has declined to make
known what the answer was. 1t is un-
derstood that the governor will call for
the resignation of those state officials
who took part in the lynching and who
| Include several gentlemen of consider
able political importance. The public
pronounce the Malta letter to Father
Maneritta, the Italian priest, threaten
ing his life, practical joke.
The whereabouts of Detective
O'Malley are yet unknown. The sign
in front of his detective agency has been
torn down. A letter from O'Malley to
one of the jurors, which is supposed to
hint at bribing, has been laid before the
grand jury. The grand jury to-day in
vestigated the charges against j. p.
McChyrstal, now under arrest charged
with bribing the jury in the Hennessey
case. Mr.. Mackesy, one of the jurors,
says that Mr.. Seligman, the foreman
and seven of the other jurors voted in
favor of the acquittal Of all the prisoners
and that the jurors almost came to
blows in the discussion of the case.
There probably will be thorough in
vestigation of the jury's debates. Most
of its members have left town. All
the indictments against Charles
Matranga, Bastinado lncardona and
Asperi Marchez were submitted
noll pros to-day by the district attorney,
and tonight all three were released from
the parish prison. They are three of
those tried last week. The court ordered
that the jury should bring in Matranga
and lncardona not guilty, and the jury
acquitted Marchez. The latter is the
boy in the case. His father was killed
on Saturday. Matranga is the most in
huential man in the Sicilian colony here
and large employer of labor. 1t was
the feud between him and the Proven
zanos which resulted in the first shoot
ing atfray in June Then followed the
killing of Hennessey in October, and
finally the lynching at the Parish prison.
Mr.. Parkerson, the leader of Satur-
days mob, received this morning a
warning, purporting to come from the
Malta:
MALTA WARNING.
You domed man are god almity cant
save you we have it swon our comrades
you murdered and we kcll you and YOU
fannie you will be poison the stileto will do
for the wrest.
A number of kilograms have been re-
ceiyed here applauding the action of
the mob Saturday, most of them from
the southern states.
AWAITING GOVERNOR NICHOLS REPLY
AFTER THAT is RECEIVED Mr.
BLAINE WILL REFER THE MATTER
TO CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, March 16.-Secretary
Blaine this afternoon received a tele-
gram from Governor Nichols of Louisi-
ana, saying that all is quiet at New Or
leans, and that he will reply to the Sec
retary's telegram by letter.
No further action will be taken by |
the Federal authorities at Washington |
in regard to the shooting of Italians at
New Orleans until after the receipt Of |
Governor Nichols reply to Secretary |
Blaine's telegram stating the position OF /
the government in the matter. 1t was
stated by officials of the department of |
justice and the war department, in ex-
PLANTATION of why the government had
taken no steps to prevent mob violence,
that the Federal authorities are power
less to act in cases of disorders in the
states except when called upon for aid
by the state authorities, or when neces-
sary for the special protection Of gov
property. Neither of these
arose at New Orleans.
The governor did not ask for assist
ance and the public buildings at
New Orleans were at no time
in any ". danger from the mob.
These statements indicate clearly that
up to the time OF the killing of the sus-