New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-17

went to him after Hennessy's death and told him
| the prisoners were ill-treated In the jail he said
they were not lll-treatcd; their only trouble was
J they were treated too well, and | saw alterward
| the wound that OF them had Oh the head.
| 1t is not true that we are all scOundrels. There
! are 10000 Italians In NeW-OrleanS, and 1900
or $4,000 on the plantations around it. where
they have replaced the negroes II this city
does large trade III sugar ii is due 10 the strong
them and are extremely anxious to get them.
! they are honest and Woodworking and gOod-tcm-
pered In this town 300 Of them own their own
houses. Does that look as If they were all rui-
The whole trouble is between the Matrangas
and the ProyenzanoS, WHO form two factions OF
the Chief of Police of Rome for a picture and
description of some rufnan supposed to belong
to the Provenzanos. \ reply came. liennessy
| sent the reply TO me In an open envelope, ask
! ing me 10 have it translated. | can only surmise
that that letter was read by some unauthorized
! person who advised the Provcnzanos Only live
of the men not killed and two Of those killed
were unnaturalized Italians. All the rest were
| naturalized. Most of them have been here IA
long while and speak English eXcellently. AT
least was married TO an American wife. What
can be done now? The Tribune is great paper
Tell them that | demand ii change OF venue for
the trial of the others, to Il part of the country
| where no prejudice exists. / demand also, in the
| meantime, that they he kept in safe place
| am not afraid for myself although since this
| affair ] have been hustled by negroes the
| street. my doors have been tried, and my private
secretary has been chased for refuge into a store"
Sitting il the Consurs Office was a little sallow
Italian priest. with s0iled shirt-collar. who lis
tened attentVcly to the Consurs statement This
was Father Nlanorita, Editor of the " Gazctta
Cattolica who is alleged to be a secret member of
| the Malta. Did the victims ever confess to
YOU ," ! asked him.
Confess" he Iepcated, throwing up his hands.
they Were not of that sort married four O.
them. but ! have never seen any Of them at
| church confession since.
Father Nanorita. by the way. is in great tur-
MOL over the receipt of threatening letter,
mod with fhn S.- mi nd
! Chief of Police has examined with magniyng
| glass and pronounced fake
MAYOR SIIAKESPEARES JAUNTY MOOD.
Mayor Shakespeare. whom tie Italian Consul. as
we'll as the country at large is disposed TO hold
| responsible for the violation OF municipal law
makes no bones about his own feeling III the mat
ter. He is an impulslvc. iraSclble man. middle
aged. of the Sir Anthony Absolute type. with
| genius for autocncy He declares bluntly that
| Parkerscn and his associates did lust right. " |
was at my Office in good time on SATURDAY, he
protested. when | told him what the Consul had
usual time. didn't know anything at all
about the movement to break into the prison on
Friday night. and ] wasn't at the meeting In
| fact. | was dining then with Governor Nichols
and Maior-General GKnn The next morning
though. when ! saw the call, Of course knew
| something was going TO happen
| Where were you during the rot!
Attending TO my private business
Yes: was at the Pickwick Club; then
went to the Gas office. where my doctor was /
havo/Dcen lame as You see, and have walked win
a stick ever since last Mardi Gras was on horse,
hack in n procession when my stllfup prohc an"
| | strained my hip.
Did YOU take any measures to prevent the
tragedy"
| Don't YOU regret It p
NO. sir" cried the Mayor. bcllierentlv. :" !
am an American citizen and am not aiIaid w, 3l
| the devil These men deserved hanging. We
expected disagreement. and had made arrangements
for rctriaL When | heard of the verdict was
frozen 10 nv seat"
Tasy were punished M b GT nc.d1b %e@n nd R Re
abiding The Italians had taken the law into
their own hands. and We had 10 do the same
1t what they did in Italy. The Mana go. go,
too strong for them, and what happcncd me
sovereign took hold OF 1.-THE King. Here the
sovereign also took hold Of 1.-THE people.
Have you any doubt as to tic guilt Of the
None whatever. IIenncssy once received an
anonymous letter, telling him not to sit at thc
window of his office, or he would DC ehoti i ne,
would have been too open. second ic,'fr cum
aferward, saying that he would be slam ny Ger,
| who were lynched Palermo, an Italian Alder
man. received a letter not long ago tclilnS hI Inn
that DR.. IIincis. good American ana u nirm"ef
of the Patriotic Order of the sons OF America;
was getting evidence against TIC lialiahS' ana
advising Palermo to aSsasSi1atc hlm' o, 80 49,;
| Northern people" | said. have seen no evil
| dence that the Jury was really bribed
Perhaps not: there is not much doupt ABOUT
it," ,o.
Arc YOU sure the jury was bribed p
Positive The trouble is, these men had roo
mnch money. and they used it all 10 clear the
prisoners; none to convict Tie ccnnlpr'S'
| Have yOu positive evidence -
| ont gradually and when We are GOOD ana ready
we will tell what we k?owi What ana o., proven
| zanO say in his confession this afternoon
| "Yon think that is trustworthy
IL think tho word of an Italian is trustworthy
| when be tells tales about another lc"Fe tncn
| alone: they will confess one ano'herS HE away.
| The trouble is that there are too many foreigners
in this town-French, Spanish, Italian, Du'ci'
and 1r>h.' o~
| NO: but if | or my secretary were touchcd
or any body belonging TO Us, our people would take
it up, and there is no telling where the 'hlhG
Did You approve Of Saturdays work.
Certainly. | think that fifteen months from
now the Italian popn lace viii hc thanking Us
| heartily for what we have done.
Then You have no grudgc against the Italians
generally" .t.,...,o.o
They are on the whole. praccablc and honest. II
is only these Siclans and sailors ard cltN men that
make trouble. The cGuniNmen are a., aool cnoG2n
/ know what FOOD work they 10 on NE plantations
far better than the negroes Bur tel You. we bc-
lcvc in making people obey the law here; u
| isn't very long ago that we ran a gang "l ring
| politicians out Of town with winchester IlfcS
If these fellows had their wa" they would be rll-
ing the city again. While the HAlah trl!l was
going on they were in tie rtfCom trying 10
| SSurrI favor with The Italians and win Italian
| vOtcS.' -, ,., 81,
| DO YOU believe they assisted in the bribery
| NO: | can't say that, bH, they tired TO Sct on
| good terms with those in the COURTROOM
THE Italian Consul complains that you nave
| treated him discourtcouSly.' 80
ernv that the Italian Consul is himself IN pretty
bad company. At least, so am tnId Ihai litfIr
prest-what's his name Monari'O Is pld man
| 1ho Consul ,yonld better look out. lie complains
that he had been molcstcd. but have sent HIM
| policeman, aad | guess he'll protect him ~
| Stand up for tLc law-ahiGiDg Italians FAST cnorGh
! Won can be sure but these boaimcn out here ln
ugscr Land-why they hois, the S (nlIn, , eG
",~ tron,nicd the american h1g under foot
.'This is my second terra AS Mayor sal1r ms
| outspoken executive as IOsr TO leave ana the