Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-03-26
REBUKED THE JURY,

NEW ORLEANS, March IA. - The
meeting of citizens at the Clay statue
adjourned to the Parish prison which
was soon surrounded by several thous-
and people. The doors were forced
open and it is known that eleven OF the
Sicilian assassins were either shot or
hanged.
All the prisoners on trial yesterday
for the assassination of Chief of Police
Hennessey were killed to-day except
eight.
At 10 O'Clock this morning some
5000 people gathered at the Clay
statute in response to a call by a com
mittee of prominent citizens. Speeches
condemnatory of the jury s action were
delivered by w. S. Parkinson, j. C..
Wickliffe and others. After the speeches
which infamed the gathering, 1000
started for the Parish prison, which
they reached at 1910. After slight
resistance the jailers surrendered and
the citizens rushed in and killed eleven
out OF the nineteen men who were in
dicted for the assassination of Chief
of Police Hennessey. They were:
Manuel Politz, Pietro Monastro, An
tonic Scaffedi, Joseph P. Macheca,
Antonio Marchesi, Antonio Bagnetto,
Frank Romero, Jim Caruso, Rocco
Ceranchi, Charles Trahine and Comit-
eZe.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT TAKES A HAND.
WASHINGTON, March 15.- Secretary
Blaine tonight sent the following tele-
gram to Governor Nichols at New Or
leans:
at has been represented to the president
by the minister of Italy accredited to this
government that among the victims OF the
deplorable massacre which took place in
the city OF New Orleans yesterday were
three or more subjects Of the king OF Italy.
Our treaty with that friendly government
(Which under the constitution is the su-
preme law Of the land) guarantees to Ital-
ian subjects domisiled in the United States
the most constant protection and security
for their persons and property, making
them amendable on the same basis as our
own citizens to the laws of the nitedStates
and the several states in their due and
early administration. The president deeply
regrets that the citizens OF New Orleans
should have SO disparaged the purity and
adequacy OF their own judicial tribunals as
to transfer to the passionate judgment oi
| a mob, a question that should have been
adjudicated dispassionately and by settled
rules of law. ThegOvernment OF the United
States must give to the subjects of friendly
powers that security which it demands for
our foreign jurisdiction. 1t is the hope ol
| the president that you will cooperate with
| him in maintaining the obligations OF the
United States toward Italian subjects who
may be within the perils of the present ex
citement. that further bloodshed and vio
lsnce may be prevented, and that all often
ders against the law may be promptly
| brought to Justice
JAMES G. BLAINE.
This telegram was the result OF G
conference between the president ant
the secretary this afternoon. BaroI
de Fava, the Italian minister, had pre-
viously called on Secretary Blaine an(
earnestly protested against the KILN,
of his countrymen, demanding at th'
same time protection for the Othe
Italians in New Orleans.
Baron de Fava, in his protest t.
Secretary Blaine, said the local au
thorities of New On leans not only faile,
to prevent the meeting which had beel
publicly announced and was known t.
be hostile to the Italians, but also he'll
an attidude purely passive during tn
massacre. He said he was obliged t.
reserve for his government the right t.
demand any and all reparation
Judged necessary.