Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-03-21
TERRIBLE VENGEANCE.
The People of New Orleans Rise En-
Masse and Visit Retribution Upon
Lawless Murderers.
Eleven Italians Shot to Death Within
the Walls of the Parish Prison.

the Walls of the Parish Prison.
New ORLEANS, March l4.-New
Orleans struck the Malta a death
blow today. 1t rose in its might al
most at midday and wreaked ter
rible vengeance upon the Sicilian
assassins who rentlessly slew David
c. Hennessy, and though there are
eleven men dead tonight, who were
happy yesterday over their victory
in the greatest criminal trial the city
has ever witnessed, the work of blood
was accomplished without unneces-
sary disorder, without riot, without
pillaging and without the infliction
of suffering upon an innocent man,
save one, and he was only slightly
hurt. 1t was not an unruly midnight
mob. 1t was simply sullen, deter,
mined body of citizens, who took in
to their own hands what justice had
ANONYMOUSLY failed to do.
The chief of Police was slain on
Oct. 10 and that very night the evi>
dence began to accumulate, showing
that his death had been deliberately
planned by secret tribunal and car>
ried out boldly and successfully by
the tools of the conspirators. The
trial lasted twenty-five days and
though the evidence seemed c0nclu-
sive, the jury, currently charged with
having been tempered with, failed to
convict.
Last night body Of coOl>headed
men, lawyers, dOctols, merchants and
political leaders-all persons Of influ-
ence and social standing-quietly met
and decided that some action must
be taken and the peoples justice,
swift and sure, visited upon those
whom the jury had neglected to pun-
ish.
This morning a call for a mass.
meeting at Clay Square, on Canal
street, appeared in the papers, which,
editorially, deprecated violence. The
significant sentence of the call was
Come prepared for action" Down
in large room, on BienVille anG
Royal, there was an arsenal, which
had been provided by the body O
citizens.
The call was answered by the pop
ulace. At 10 o'clock there was /
crowd of several thousand anxious
people cOngregated around the statue
They hardly knew what was going
to happen, but they seemed ready t
go to any length, and while ther,
were, of course, many of the lowe
element in the throng, a large pro
portion were the leading prople o
the town.
There were three addresses, short
pithy and business-like, aud the as
semblage, not unwillingly, was sool
keyed to high pitch, demonstrativ,
in its denunciatiOn of the assaSsinS
Each of the speakers said there hat
been a great mass~meeting month
before, which had met quietly ant
dispersed peacefully so that the Lax
might take its course. The time t
act had come.
After denouncing Detective O'Ma
ley, who is supposed to have tam
pered with the jury, the speakers an
nounced that they would lead tn
way to the parish prison, Mr., Wicl
life concluding with these words
"Shall the eXecrable Malta be allow
: ed to flourish in this city? Shall tn
Malta be allowed to cut down OF
citizens on public streets by fol
means of assassination? Shall I'll
Malta be allowed to bride jurors
q let murderers go scot free?"
. BY this time to crowd had swelle
to three thousand or more and befol
: anyone could realize what had haI
: pened, the great throng, gaining r
e cruits at every step, was trampir
down the streets to the neighborhoC
IS of the prison, stopping only once an
E that was at the arsenal where doubl
i barreled shot-guns, Winchester riff
n and pistols were handed out to r
r sponsible and respectable citizens.
: The starting of the crowd had {
Is electric effect on the city. Soon Il
streets were alive with people ru
ming from all directions and joinil
the main body, which moved sulle
= ly down Rampant street to the ia
=. near Congo Square. Doors and wi
Al dows were thrown open and me
women and children crowded on t