Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-01
LAST OF THE GANG.
The Remaining Five of the Hen.
nessey Italians Released.
FOUR ON BONDS OF $500 EACH
The Fifth on His Own RecogniIance-How
They Escaped With Their Lives-It
Thought They Will Not be
Brought to Trial.
Special 10 the Gazette.

Special 10 the Gazette.
NEW ORLEANS, La, March Sl.-The five
Italians confined in the parish prison,
charged with the assassination of Chief OF
Police Hennessey. and who escaped the fury
of the mob on March ii, were released to-
day on bond. The prisoners are John
Caruso, Charles Petzo, Charles Patarro,
Salvatore Sunzeri and Petro Natal. The
last two were Italian subjects; the others
were naturaiized. Natal was released on
his own recogrizance: the others on $500
bonds, which were furnished by fellow
citizens OF theirs here. The case against the
prisoners was known in the court as the
State against PetrO Natal ct al, and Natal
was supposed to be one of the principals to
IL II was shown upon the trial, however,
that he had nothing to do with it, and Was
not even in New Orleans at the time the
shooting occurred.
No OBJECTION WAS RAISED
by the district attorney to the bondsmen
and release of the prisoners. 1t is doubtful
il they are ever brought to trial, for the
eVl!ence in the original trial, which would
probably be the same in the new one,
Showad very little against the men released
today.
! Sanze..i and Natal were identified by the
witnesses as being seen coming from the
scene Of the murder with guns, but this
evidence was thoroughly disproved by
other witnesses.
Patorno and Caruso took supper with
Macheca on the night of the murder Of
Of Hcnnessey and were with
the Macheca party until late that night,
but there was
NO OTHER EVIDENCE AGAINST THEM.
Pietzo was shown to have furnished
Politzi with several guns, supposed to be
the guns used in the killing Of Hennessey,
but the evidence did not trace them or
identify them. Notwithstanding these
facts, the men made very narrow escape
with their lives and when the mob broke
into the parish prison, Caruso and PatOrno
We're fortunately confined in n cell in the
women's department. The mob never saw
them till Patorno went insane with fear
from hearing the shooting in the prison and
the bowling of the mob.
Natali Sunzai and Pietzo were in the
yard with the other Italian prisoner who
were slain. Pietzo secreted himself in all
clubhouse in the womens yard where he
was undiscovered.
Natal and Sunzeri, the latter a very
large man, crept into a comparatively
small box and thus escaped the first as
sault Of the mob.
Sunzeri was finally dragged out, how
but Deputy Sherin Carey placed himself
in front of Sunzeri and explained that he
had not yet been given fair trial, and
that 10 kill him would be deliberate mur-
der
Natal was also dragged out, but spared.
This disposes of all the nineteen Italians
charged with the murder Of Hennessey.
Nine We're shot to death, two lynched, nine
released after verdict Of not guilty, four
on bond and one on his own recognizance.
It is thought that this is the end Of the
case as far as the murder trial is con-
cerned, but the grand jury is still investi-
eating the alleged bribery Of the jury and
the attack on the parish prison.