St. Paul daily globe., 1891-05-06
CONDEMNS MALLEY
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land, seeking the city of New Orleans
for the cOngenial companionship of
their own class. These men knew the
swift retributiOn of the law in Italy, for
hundreds have been shot down at sight
by the military in the mountains of
Sicily without second thught. To-day
there is recorded in the Office of the
Italian consul in this city the
names of some eleven hundred
Italians and Sicilians landed here
during several years past, showing the
official records of their criminality in
Italy and Sicily. Hundreds of them
not the Italian government would
rather be rid of them than be charged
with their custody and punishment.
Such is the we'll known character of
part of the Italian colony, as it is called,
who are dOmiciled in this city and
It's vicinity. 1t cannot be ques-
toned that secret organizations
whose teachings are hostile to the fun
damental principles of the govern
ment of the United States must be
continual menace to the good order
of society and the material welfare of
the people. Whether the name of
Malta, socialist, nationalist, or whatever
1T may be, whether located in New
Orleans, Chicago or New York, the
meetings of their members create and
disseminate seditious ideas, with
manifest tendency toward overt acts,
whose commission partakeS of the rank
est treason.
Taking into account the mass of evil
dence presented, which is only partially
summarized in the foregoing, it becomes
our painful duty TO make a declaration,
most severe in its reflection upon the ac-
tlon OF some of the jurymen. We are
SO deeply impressed with the facts of
the case that
The Moral Conviction
is forced upon us that some of the
Jurors. impaneled~to try the accused on
the charge OF assassination of the late
chief of police. We're subject to a money
influence to control their decision. Fur
ther than this, we may say it appears
certain that at least three, if not more.
OF that jury were so unduly and unlaw-
fully controlled. Some of the Jurors
themselves have testified in most
emphatic terms that if it had not
been for the persistent and we'll
directed efforts of three of the jurymen,
most conspicuous from the time that
body was empaneled, that verdict
would have been materially different
from that rendered. This is sad
andterrible commentary from their asso-
clateS on the lury.as against those whose
every action was intended to make them
the controlling power. 1t is certain that
the special effort of counsel for the de-
fense was to select for service on that
jury such men as were of the acQuaint-
ance and well under the influence of
O'Malley and his assistants, notably
those taleSmen who were on the de-
tective agents list.
NO question is more intimately con-
nected with the subject matter of this
report than that of immigration. 1t
deeply interests the people of our whole
country by reason of the good results
following the landing on our
shores OF large numbers of meritorious
and law-abiding foreigners. or the dam
age attendant upon the Introduction of
vicious class who leave their native
country for that country's good.
seeking an asylum here. soon again
to follow in their footsteps of the past.
We know that this question more deep
ly concerns the city of New Orleans
than 1t does any city on the
Atlantic seaboard. The great impor-
tance is fo.cibly expressed in
columns of the public press. till there
seems to be an awakening to the danger
that threatens the situation and the
necessity for
Radical reformation.
That past immigration laws were
sadly deficient or badly administered
is indicated by recent legislation of the
national congress, and even these new
regulations will not be efficient unless
strictly enforced by the proper of1ciaIs
charged with such duties. That is the
intention at present and for the future.
yet by some design or other. the
details of the law may he
evaded. We have stated in
our remarks about the Malta that
several hundred Italian criminals are in