The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-03-25
A IlUnDER AVENGED.
JUSTICE VlNOICATeO BY
INDIGNANT CITIZENS.


INDIGNANT CITIZENS.
Killed IL TIE Jail E:ts:er OF the Bloody
Ma!ia .xccutad.---a Clamorous Neb
Eorc2,: the G:.tes-Tne Terror Stricken
Hen Begged Cor weapons.
New ORLEANS, March l4.-New Or
leans stru * the Malta a death blow to-
day. Il r"sa IN its might almost at
middaN and wreakcd q terrible venge-
ance uaun tn" S.c;lian ;:SSaSSinS who
relcntIess!y slew David {. Hennesey.
and though there are eleven men dead
to-nighc who were happy yesterday over
their victory III the greatest criminal
trial the city has ever witnessed, the
work OF blood was accomplished with
out unnecessary disorder, without riot
ing, without piilaglnc and without the
inilictl.g Of suffering upon any lnno-
cent man, save one, and he was only
Slightly hurt. II was not an unruly,
midnight mob. 1t was simply a sullen,
determined body Of CitizerS, who took
into their own hands what justice had
icpom, niouSlv failed to DO.
Chiet Of Police Heane5sy was slain on
October l3:n, and that very night evil
dence began - accumulate showing
that his Death mad been deliberately
planned by :; secret tribunal and carried
out boldly and successfully by the tools
Of the COZ uSpir;.tors. Ghe tr al lasted
TWENTY-FIVE days, and though the evi-
Gencc seemed conclusive, the jury, cur
rentlv charged with having been tam
pered with. failed to convict. Last
night body Of cool-headed men, law
veTs, doctors, merchants and politica!
leaders, all persons of influence and
social standing G lietIy metand decided
+ that some action must be taken, and
the pec0Ies Justice. swift and sure,
visited upon those whom the jury had
neglected 70 punish. This morning i
Call Tor Il mass meeting at the Clay
monument on Canal street, appeared
in the papers which edltorially depre-
catei Violence. y significant closing
sentence CT the call Was: Come pre-
pared for action.
Down in Il large room on Blenvllle
ard R0yai streets. there was an arsenal
which had been prepared by body OF
citizens. Hhe cali Was answered by the
po3ulace. 1T 10 o'clock there was a
crowd Of several thousand anxious peo.
pie congreg&cet! or and around the Clay
statue. They hardly knew what was
gong 10 happen, but they seemed ready
to go 20 any length. and While there
were, Il course, many OF the lower ele-
.aent in ,ne throng, a large propo, ton
we're leading people of the town. There
were three addresses, short and plthy
ana business like, and the assemblaSe
not uuwiiiDgiy, was soon keyed up tc
q high pitch, and Gemonstrative IN It's
denunciation cf the aSSasSins. Each
OF the sp2akers said there had been a
great mass meeting months Setore
which had met quietly and dispersed
peacefully 50 that the law might take
It's course. The law had failed, and the
time t. act had come.
", :. Parkerson, the leader, is 9
prominent l%wyer here, President ol
The Southern Athletic Club and the
man who led a vigorous city reform
movement three years ago. Walter ID
Denecer. another CT the speakers, is one
| Of the leaders of the New Orleans par
John c. WicklifTe IS also prominent
attorney. and James D. Houston, one
of the foremost men of the State. Al.
ter Genouncing Detective OMallay
who is supposed to have tampered with
the iurv. tie speakers announced thai
tnev would lead the way to the parish
prison. WickNffe concluded with these
words: ''>n;ii the eNecrable Malla be
allowed tc flourish in this city? Shall
the Ala,ia be allowed to cut down ouI
citizens on the public streets by lou
means of assassination? Shall tne
Malta be allowed to brlDe Jurors TO lei
murdererS go free?"
Bv this time the crowd had sWelled to
5000 or more. and before any one coulc
realize Shat had happened, the great
tbroug. gaining recruits at every step
was tralnning down the street toward
the neirhborhood of the prison, stop
ping only once, and that was at the
arsenal where double artillery, shot'
guns, Winchester rifles and pistols
were handed out to responsible ana re-
snectable citizens IN the party: start
ing OF the crowd mad an electric effect
on the city. Soon the streets were allVe
with reople running from all directions
end Joining the main body, which
moved sul!enly down Rampant street
to the iail, near Congo square. Doors
ana windows were thrown open ano
men. women and children crowded on
the galleries to encourage those Whc
were taking part and to witness the
scenes.
When the main crowd from Cana.
street reached the prison there nae
already collected there dense throns
all eager to take hand in whatever
mish. happen. When the vanguard OF
armed citizens reached the prison
which is many squares from Cana
street that grim old building was sur
rounded on all sides. Sheriff Where
when he heard that a movement wa:
on foot to take the prisoners, armed MS
DEPUTIES and then started on hunt
for Mayor Shakespeare. The Italian
Consul and Attorney Genera! EogerS
Joined in the pursuit. but MS honol
does not reach his office until noon anC
he was not to be found at any OF Ms
r ygular haunts.
The Governor had not heard OF Tne
uprising and lie had no time to act, ano
the polio. force was too small TO o1tel
much resistance 10 the army OF aVen
gers. Surrrintendent Caster had or
g;e:egi in extra detail CT officers TO oe
sent To tie jail and the small cfoWS
kent tie sidewalks iTOGnd the old build
ian Gear untii the great multitude
swelling ali the tlne, like mlSnti
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