Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-16
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The indignation and excitemen
was such that mob law aud lynch
Ing were about to be resorted to
when the entire community felt thai
In the endeavor TO reach the guilty
parties innocent Italians might bt
sacrificed. To allay the excitement
and to assist the constituted author
ties, the mayor appointed commit
tee Of fifty representative citizens to
take charge Of the investigation and
to aid in the trial and conviction OF
the assassins. This measure arrest
ed violence. The committee entered
upon the work, and at a mass meet
ing subsequently held in front Of the
city hall the actions Of the commit
tee were ratified, and they were en-
couraged to continue their labors 10
secure the prosecution and trial by
the courts. After months of prepare.
ton, the trial, which continued
three weeks, and in which distin.
guished counsel assisted ably the dis
trict attorney, was commenced.
The jury, charged to have been
bribed and corrupted, in face o.
evidence establishing guilt, ren
dered verdict of mis-trial as TO
three of the ssasslns-Scaffedi
Monasteri and Pollitze-and acquit.
ted three assassins, Macheca, Mar.
chest and Bagnetto. Three more
were on trial and were acquitted be
cause Of insufficient evidence. These
were Matranga, Incornona and the
boy Marchesi. The acquittal of
Macheca, the chief conspirator, and
Marchesi and Bagnetto, and the
mis-trial rs TO Pollitze, ScafTedi and
Monasteri fell like thunderbolt up.
on the community and impressed
the law-abiding citizens with the
convection that the laws had been
violated; and that their verdict
invited assassination, and engrafted
the italian Malta upon American
institutions, The feeling grew SC
strong that for selfpreservation the
people must resume the authority,
which they had delegated to the
courts, and which the courts were
powerless to enforce. This feeling
increased until it found vent in
mass meeting Saturday morning a
10 o'clock. This uprising of the
people to secure the punishment of
the assasslns who struck down their
chief officer Of police in the night
time with premeditated assassina-
tion, was orderly, and the people
dispersed quietly so soon as their
work Of vindication was done.
INTERNATIONAL QUESTION.
ROME, March l6.-The italian
government has instructed Baron de
Fava, Italian minister at Washing
ton, to present q vehement protest TO
the United States against the action
of the mob at New Orleans on Satur-
day aud the United States has
promised to make an investigation.
Baron de Fava, in a dispatch to
Marquis de Rudini, the Italian pre-
mier and foreign minister, states he
has protested against the inaction of
the local officials In New Orleans
and that Mr.. Blaine, the American
secretary of state, has expressed
horror at the acts of the New Or
leans mob, promising he would
Immediately make the orders of the
president In the matter, and that the
decision would be communicated to
the Italian government.
ABOUT CORRECT.
RoMR, Italy, Mar, l6.-The Bon
Chisciotte Della Mancla remarks;
Italy ought to demand measures
to be taken to protect the italian
colony in New Orleans" Adding
however; at is just also to recog-
nize the fact that similar incident
would not occur If the towns on the
Atlantic shore were not Infested with
the ex-galley slaves of Europe"
WILL NOT SEND AN IRON CLAD. ,
ROME, March l8,-Popolo Romano
referring 10 the New Orleans trag-
edy says: "Relying on the fore
sight OF American authorities, and
out OF regard for a sincerely friendly
power, Italy has RETAINED from
an ironclad 10 the mouth Of
the Mississippi river"
BLAINE's TELEGRAM.
WAsHIN0ToN. Mar IA Sacratarv ,