The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-06-28
:.THE dang EYETAUCS'
lola is Figuring in an Inter
national Episode
THE COURTS ARE OPEN
TO Native or Foreign Born, Bond OF
Free, and There is Where
the Case Belongs

LII Nlbil OONOlhOl A0uuh-
ley's refusal to recognize the Italian
Consul Generals claim for alleged
loss of property by the Italians here
on the night of May Sth, a special re-
port of which was printed in last
weeks REGISTER, the Kansas City
Star prints the following:
Count Rozwadowski, Italian consul
in Chicago for Illinois, Kansas, Mis-
souri, and other states, has written to
Governor Stanley, calling attention
to the election of twenty-three Italians
from To a on the night of May s, and
requesting that steps be taken to pun
ish the offenders and to recover money
and baggage that were taken by the
mob from the Italians. The count
says that he expected that the lola
Portland Cement company, which had
engaged the Italians to take the places
of its striking employees, "should
have, without delay, compensated in
some equitable way the material and
moral damages caused to those poor
workingmen," but since the company
is not doing anything he thinks it to
be his strict duty in his capacity OF
consul to inform the governor OF the
facts.
Accompanying the letter is an affi-
davit of the Italians, in which they
set forth that they were engaged in
Kansas City by the lola Portland Ce-
ment company to work in lola at fif-
teen cents an hour. Then follows a
story of the assault and the losses OF
property and money. Ten itemize
their losses. Fourteen lost their bag
gage. The ten items are as follows:
Antonio Bello, s. and razor; Giu
seppi Liberto, S10.12, one revolver and
pair of new shoes; Daciura Giuseppe
50, a watch and a razor; Nicolo Noto
SIG and a razor; Salvatore Dichilra
$40, and a revolver; Giuseppe Casci
81; Rosario Vern acci, a silver watcf
valued at $40; Luigi Vivona, 50, re
volver and knife; Leonardo Mar
retta, So and gun; Bernardetto, 50
Governor Stanley, upon receipt o
the letter, turned it over to Attorne!
General GODDARD, who, after digestini
the subject and examining the law
prepared for the governors signatur
the following diplomatic note:
Topeka, June 20, l90l.-Coun
Rozwadowski, Royal Italian Consul
So Fifth avenue, Chicago, Ill.-Sir:
beg to acknowledge the receipt of you
favor of June II, touching an assault
upon twenty-three Italian workingmeI
engaged at lola by the lola Portlan
Cement company.
SIN reply | wish to say that al
touching these matters must be take
up with the federal government a
Washington, as under our form {
government all powers of this kind al
expressly reserved to the authoritie
of the United States,
LAS to reparation for injuries su
fered and losses incurred, | am con
PEELED to say that | possess no fun
out of which anything can be paid fc
this purpose, neither is there such
fund available to any branch of th
state government. On the other han
the laws of the state give persons il
jured by mob violence the right to r.
cover the amount Of their losses an
damages. and as the persons yo
mention are subjects ola foreign kinl
dom the United States courts are ope
to them, and the state courts are ope
also to all persons, regardless
citizenship, for those purposes. An
your people have equal rights vii
the citizens of this or any 9th,
state to recover the amount of dar
ages susta ined at the hands of Il
mob, and this is the only way in whiC
a recovery can be made by anyon
under any circumstances.
Concerning the punishment of the
Off nders, l am writing the prop
officers of the county in which lola
situated, advising them to careful
investigate the circumstances of tn
crime, and If the perpetrators can
found, to cause them to be arrest
and punished. But | trust you W
bear in mind that the charge again
these men must be tried by a jury
twelve persons chosen from the coun
and before proceedings can be ms
tuted it will be necessary first,
identify the persons committing the
offenses, and, second, to procure 81
ilcient evidence to prove their gui
If the evidence can be procured VIII
will show who are the persons tn
committed these assaults androbber
and also sufficient evidence to make
reasonably probable that convict
can be had, there is no doubt but Il
they will be brought to trial"
The report given in the REGISTER
the time made it clear enough that