Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-03-20
THE MAFIA'S DOOM.
CITIZENS OF NEW ORLEANS, AN
GERED AT THE LAWS DELAY.
Take the Execution of Eleven Prison
ers into Their Own Hands.
The Outrage Likely TO Causc Trouble
Between Italy and the Us.

The members OF the Italian secret socie-
", the Malta, of New Orleans, recently
tried for the murder of Chief of Police
Hennessy Of that city, and acquitted, were
visited by armed citizens on Saturday
morning and number of them were shot
dead. A press dispatch gives the following
account of the affair
The scenes at and about Clay statue in
New Orleans Saturday morning brought 10
mind very forcibly and violently the pecu-
liar and ominious uprising OF that Septem-
Der day sixteen years ago. Ten o'clock
had not yet struck and vast multitude
was already congregated on Canal street,
almost filing up the large space from curb
TO curb on each side of the boulevard. Just
on the stroke of ten o'clock a shout went
up from the people stationed at St Charles
street. and IA plumber of gentlemen, among
whom were w. :. Parkerson, John L.
Wickliffe and others who signed the call,
came marching along and began walking
round and round the range of Clay monu-
ment. After speeches by Parkerson and
Wickliffe. the crowd, about 1000 strong,
started for the parish prison, which they
reached at 1890 o'clock. After slight re-
sistance the Jail was surrendered. the citi-
2ens rushed in and killed eleven of the nine
teen who had been indicted for the assassin
alton of Chief Hennessy, as follows: Man
uel Polietz, Pietro Monastro, Antonio Scat
fedi. Joseph u. Macheca, Antonio Marchesi,
Antonio Bagnetto, Frank Romero, jim
Caruso, Rocco Gerachi, Charles Trahne,
Comitez. After the assassins had been put
10 DEATH Mr., Parkerson addressed the
crowd, urging them to return 10 their
homes or respective places of business with
~ - f,,r hos. a. Macbasa
had Il pistol and shot Sergt Heron in the
neck, in6icting a slight wound. Poiietz
was hanged to a lamp post at Irene and
Stan streets; Bagnetto 10 tree in front OF
the prison. The others were shot in the
cells When the citizens committee had
completed the work at the parish prison il
disbanded for the day.
The killing of the Italians in New
Orleans has aroused much indignation
among the Italian residents Of all the large
cities in the United States, and the state
department. at Washington has received
many messages demanding reparation and
justice for the injury done. Secretary
Blaine has sent "A telegram to Francis T.
Nichols, governor of louisiana containing
the following words: The President deeply
regrets that the citizens OF New Orleans
should have so disparaged the purity and
adequacy of their own jud icial tribunals as
TO transfer TO the passionate judgement of
a mob a question that should have been
adiudged dispassionately and by settled
rules of law. The government of the
United States must give 10 the subjects of
friendly powers that security which il
II demands for its own citizens when
temporarily under foreign jurisdiction.
1t is the hope Of the President that
you will cooperate with him in maintain
ing the obligations Of the United States
toward Italian subjects who may be within
the perils of the present excitement, that
further bloodshed and violence may be
prevented and that all offenders against
the law may be promptly brought to
Justice"
\ dispatch from Rome says: The Ital-
ian government has instructed Baron de
Fava. the Italian minister at Washington,
TO present vehement protest TO the
United States government against the
action Of the mob in New Orleans Satur-
day, and the United States government
has promised 10 make an investigation.