The Portland daily press., 1891-03-16
SUNDAY CALM.
No More LynchIngs but Rumors Of
Vengeance Yet to Como,

vengeance Vot TO Come.
NEW ORLEANS, March 15.-The city wore
its usual Sunday aspect, there being no sign
OF any unusual excitement. Many contIn-
ued to visit the scene of the lynching, al
though few were admitted inside the prison.
Steps will be taken to repair the damage
caused where stood the door that was bat.
tered In. 1t will be built into a solid wall.
The prison officials are incensed over the
censure at their failure to make more for
midable defence. They say that when the
crowd broke in all the officers were found al
their post. Had they fired at the crowd It
would have caused the storming and perhaps
destruction OF the prison and the sacrifice OF
many innocent lives within and outside the
jail. At all times they refused to give up
the keys until driven into corner and cem-
PEELED to: Even then they did not designate
the location Of any of the Italians. The
prisoners In the yard gave this information.
While tue execution was going on Sheriff
Yillers was with Attorney General Rogers at
Governor Nichols Office, endeavoring to
prison should an attack be made upon 1t.
All Of the victims were buried today. Mar
chest, Monasterio and Trahinia being un-
claimed up to noon, a charity wagon took
them to the potter's field. Politz and Comites
were followed to the grave by single car
alone. There were no religious services in
these cases. The others had large and well
attended funerals, Joseph 2. Macheca's be-
ing the largest. Caruso and Macheca were
taken from their residences TO st. Louis Ca.
thedral, the ceremony In each case being
magnificent caskets, and being very impos.
ing. Macheca had half dozen pail bearers
none being Italians.
The vigilance committee Is known to be
still at work. 1t Is said tomorrow will be
defective O'Malley's day OF reckoning.
though the courts, as 1t Is proposed to obtain
evidence In the cases of those bribed. One
OF the jurors Is said 10 have confessed al
ready and the state had evidence against
several before the verdict was announced.
The grand jury will indict one juror Tues
day and more will follow Foreman ]. NJ
Seligman has gone to Cincinnati.
One OF the chief causes Of public indlgna
tion In connection with the Malta trial ha:
been the belief that the society depended
on on bribery to procure the release Q
that s75, 600 or 100000 was contributed By
Italians all over the country to be used as |
corruption fund. 1t Is certain that poo
Italian laborers In this vicinity were taxed
81 apiece as contribution to the defence o.
the Italians and there was no lack OF money
In the treasury of the society.
It Is now stated that the reason PolltZ'i
confession was not made use OF 6y the STATE
| In the trial was because Politz did not In
| criminate himself but asserted that all other
accused were guilty.
Father Manoritta has received an annony
| nous warning for the Mana to keep away
| from the cOurt room during further trials.
Governor Nichols said that the Italian
| consul called at his Office while the Grove
was on its way to the prison and asked fol
| the protection Of the prisoners. The Gov
ernor had had no official notice of the rio
and as there had been no call from the mayor
Of the city for the militia he could do nothing
| TO order them out or take any other steps Il
protect the prisoners.
Mayor Shakespeare says that he was NO
asked to afford any projection or to call OF
the governor for the militia. In fact he die
not know of the riot until he reached his of
| fee and then 1t was too late to do anything
as the prisoners were all dead and the mol
had dispersed,