The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-03-19
SEARCH FOB DETECTIVE O'MALLEY
Who Packed the Jury for the Murde rers
and Got Them Clear-The Scenes
at Clay Statue.
FEARFUL EXCITEMENT IN THE CITY.

| FEARFUL EXCITEMENT IN THE CITY.
| NV ORLEANS, La, March 14.-The scenes
at and about the Gay statue this morning
brought to mind the uprising of September
nearly sixteen years ago. Ten o'clock had
not yet struck and vast multitude was
already congregated on Canal street and
| filled up the large space from curb to curb
on each side of the Boulevard. At 10
o'clock w. s Parkerson, Jno. G. Wickliffe
and others who had signaled to oall for a
mass meeting came up. Fall inl Fall
in!" was the cry and amid deafening
shouts several of the crowd formed poces-
sion which went around the railing several
times. Cries for Parkerson and Wicklife
arose and soon these gentlemen assembled
the steps. They stood erect and notion
less, surveying the surging multitude
from whose ranks there cleaned
faces full of resolve and determination.
There were fully 5000 people within ear
shot and more could be seen struggling,
pushing and running here and there on
neutral ground. Street cars were unable to
pass through; carriages, carts, wagons,
cabs and vehicles of all descriptions were
halted. The people were about to exercise
their mighty prerogative of sovereignty,
and were in no mood to move. There was
fixed purpose to hear what they expected
would be said and do what an outraged
community felt should be done. Parker
son spoke first. He said that once before
he had appeared before the people in a
grand mass meeting, assembled to discuss
matter vital to the interest of the com =
munity and again he faces the people of
New Orleans to denounce the most in.
famous act which was consequent upon the
most revolving crime in the annals of any
community. That act was the finding of
the jury in the murder trial yesterday, and
that crime was, as everybody knows, the
foul assassination of the chief of police. "t
desire neither fame or glory" said Parker
son. II am a plain American citizen, and
as good citizen am here"
John G. Wickliffe was the next speaker,
and he spoke in about the same strain.
The indignant citizens, about 1000 mum.
Der reached the Parish prison at 1920 this
morning. The officers we're w. s. Parkerson,
captain; J. d. Houston, first lieutenant; J.
C. Wicklitfe second lie ltenant, Many men
were armed with winchester rifles, and re.
volvers protruded from many pockets. As
the crowd marched away cheer rent the
air, that could be heard squares away. The
police did not interfere in any way with
the proceedings. The mob broke the in.
side gate of the Pari,h prison and regular
fuslade ensued Tn re were eleven Sicil
ians killed as follows: Scotfide, Marchese,
Romero, Bagnetto, Monastero, Cornitze,
Gerachi, T.aina, NaCheea and Poitza, and
there were hung to trees on middle grounds
fronting the prison twr, Bagnetto and
Politz. Sergeant Heron was shot in the
neck and slightly wounded The police
offered no resistance. The mob then re-
turned to the starting point and dispersed
Another mass meeting will be held tonight
with reference to O'Maliey the obnoxious
detective.
The crowd that collected around the par =
ish prison must have numbered ten
thousand. Those hung were
POLITE to a lamp post and Bagnetto
to tree on the middle ground in front of
the prison. Both were riddled with bullets.
The crowd is now dispensing, but searching
TOR o. Malley is now going on.
ALATER ACCOUNT.
New Orleans struck the Malta (society Of
assassns) death blow today. 1t rose in its
might almost at midday and wreaked
terrible vengence upon Sicilian assassins
who relentlessly slew David G. Hennessy
and although there are eleven men dead to.
night who were happy yesterday over
their victory in greatest criminal trial the
city has ever witnessed, the work of blood
was accomplished without unnecessary
disorder, without rioting, without plIag
ing, and without the inhiction of suffering
upon any innocent man, save one, and he
was only slightly hurt 1t was not an I'M
ruly midnight mob 1t was simply a sui
len determined body of citizens who took
in their own hands what justice had igno-
miniously failed to do.
The chef of police was slain on October
Is and that very night evidence began to
accumulate, showing that his death had
been deliberately planned bya sec ct trbu-
nal carried out boldly and successfully by
THE TOOLS OF THE CONSIDERATIONS.
The trial lasted twenty five days, and
thoCgh the evidence seemed conclusive, the