Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-19
In international Scrape May be the
Outcome of the Italian Lynch
ing Affair.
The Italian Minister Makes a Very
Vigorous Protest to Secretary
Blaine.
The Feeling Against the Jurymen is
Intense ana They Are Being
Pursued.

WASHING ron, March l6.-The New Or
leans mob has got the United States into
q grave international scrape. There is no
doubt about 1t. Such of the victims of the
mob as were not naturaIized citizens were
entitled to the protection due to all sub
jects of foreign COVE nmenJs. The failure
of the : tate autho tiles OF Louisiana to
giye them protection falls upcn the
Federal Government, because no for
eign nation can deal with a single
State. The fact that six of the
accused Sicilians had been &C ,uitted and
the other three given q erdic5 Of mistrial
emphasizes in International law the out
rageous nat re of the mob work. What
ever the failure o. justice may have been
the only thing to / e considered is the YER
dict of the jury y hich relic yes tae accused
persons OF the stain Of assassination. The
knowe lge of these facts causes the mat
ter to lie viewed in is most serious light
In oil cial cir les here,
Money damages will PROBABLY be &C.
manded and other reparation lie asked.
Every body is N a state OF great indigna-
ton. The case is particularly j ritat ng
because it had its origin many years back
IN the alleged kidnapping by Hennessy of
the Italians who caused his assassination.
At the time of Lenne Sy'S death it is
stated that the Italian Minister made rep
RESERVATIONS to Secretary Blaine Of the
threats that the accused persons would be
lynched and on these representations the
Secretary laid the matter before the Gov
ernor of Louisiana and was assured that
the State would prevent any resort TO
mob violence. This was be ore the trial,
when there was 10 moral doubt about the
ae+ bn Q1fc CT
mobbed after Trey had been declared
legally innocent the Indignation of the
Italian Minister is not without justlfica-
ton.
Wo~a it not for all these circumstance
the italian government would get littla
sympathy, because it has shown a DISPOSE
tipn to protect its criminals who return
from other lands. Italy in its extraditlon
treaties reserves the right not to deliver
up its own citizens to trial III a foreign
country. Many other nations also main
tain this principle, yet when request is
made by foreign government in the case
Of a great crime they rarely refuse to send
their own criminal ci liens back to the
country where the crime was committed.
A year or more ago a peculiarly afro
cious murder was committed by "Red''
Mcclure, near Wilkesbarre, Pa. He had
accomp ices, some Italian miners who
had never been natural ed. They took
refuge in their own country, and the
Italian government refused to return
them, though requested to do so. In
stead it offered to try them in Italy for
the murder committed in Pennsylvania.
Had the members of the New Orleans
Malta who wee concerned in Hennessy's
assassination escaped to italy, they, too,
would have been protected from trial in
the United States. 1t vas the knowledge
of this construction of International law
by Italy which caused Hennessy to abduct
or kidnap the Italian accused of crime
who sought vengeance for that act in
causing him to be assassInated.