The morning call., 1891-03-24
The MAFIA.
Preparations for Their Work Of
Vengeance.
Members Of the New Orleans Organization
Arrested in New York.
Suspected of Trying 10 Secure Members Of
the Order to ASSaSsinate the Lead
ers Of the Yi6ilanteS.
srecial to THE MoRNrNs UAzL

NEW YORK, March 23.-It became known
last week to the police here that last week
there arrived secretly in the city from New
Orleans several Italians who are strongly
suspected of being agents of the Malta of
the Crescent City. Inspector Byrnes, who
has had his eyes on the Italian colony here
ever since the New Orleans riot, at once
put Detectives Perezzo and Sissar of the
central office on the case. After working
four days the detectives to-day finally To-
Gated two of the strangers, who are being
shadowed. Their names are Luigi Con-
teraIi and Antonio Maleschi.
Inspector Byrnes declines to talk on the
subject OF the Malta because he does not
wish to attract public attention to his work.
He secretly instructed the captains to-day
and notified them to look after certain sus-
pected Ones The agents of the Malta are
hard at work among the members OF the
fraternity in this city. Several secret meet
ings were held yesterday in different parts
of the city, but owing to the Inspectors
forethought and discretion in assigning
members of the police fore who are con-
versant with the Italian language, he sue
ceeded in having trusted agent in dis
guise present at each gathering and to-day
he is in possession of a knowledge of the
complete proceedings that were carried on
at each meeting.
All future meetings will be suppressed.
Regarding the mission of the New Or
leans men here, it is an open secret that
they have been commissioned to select GER
tain members Of the New York branch TO
visit the Crescent City for the purpose of
beginning the work Of vengeance. Not
withstanding that New Orleans is well pop
ulated with Italians from whom the MUIR
derouS avengers are selected, the chances
of discovery would be greater than il the
work was committed by strangers who were
unknown to the members of the local body.
CHICAGO. March 23.-At t0-day's meeting
Of the Methodist Ministers Association a
long report on the Mafa lynching in New
Orleans was presented, in which the Malta
and unreStrained immigration were de-
nOunced. A resolution accompanying it
sympathized with New Orleans in the i'm
potency of it's legal machinery against the
Malta, but declared mob law unchriStian
and un-Ameriean. After brief but heated
discussion the mattar was laid on the table.
NEW ORLEANS, March 23.-The Grand
Jury returned two indictments in blank to-
day. They are for attempting 10 bribe
jurors, and are supposed TO be against Nc
Chrystal and CoOney, the two men pre-
viously indicted. The only new feature is
the indictment of ID. c. O'Malley as acces-
sorry before the fact in the above cases.
LONDON, March 23.-Ihe London OBJ
server, in an article on the lynching of
Italians at New Orleans and the Pr bable
results of their killing, says: 1t is strange
that the authorities of the United States
were not long ago aware of the existence of
passionate prejudice against unpopular
Italians. 1t was easy enough for those at
long range TO see that Americans hate with
deadly hatred the unsavory and murder
Gus Italians and Chinese, and we predict
the occurrence of an immense popular up
rising against all such.