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brought by the public attorney against
the prisoners-if. In truth. II may be
called a case. The only thing he could
readily demonstrate clearly was that
Hennessey had been murdered by some
body "a great discovery, which brought
forth applause from every bench and cor
ner OF the court room) and that he. Hen
nessey had also been buried. as was
brilliantly substantiated by the sworn
afidavit OF the grave diggers.
Tho simple question TO be settled"
the public attorney continued In part,
"is TO find out who that somebody may
be- You. gentlemen jurors. do not need
70 pay any attention to the conflicting
evidence given by the witnesses pro-
duced by the police. Better. by far, be
guided within your own conscience by
clear discrimination. as clear az you can
make. by a rational deduction. by
mathematical elimination and only ask
yourselves Who that somebody may beP
Certainly, the terrible shot was not
fired by any OF the law abiding citizens
OF New Orleans, which Is the model city
OF all the world. In spite OF the fact
that we have been roughly slandered by
all historians. who. though considered
impartial by ths most intelligent people
Of this country. do not appear so In my
eyes; and that ought TO be enough for
you. Neither have you TO take under
consideration the rumors which have
been circulated against a certain private
detective who the people claim had a
hand in the murder. under an assumed
name. and who was finally identified as
the well known detective. Domenc
O'Malley.
He could not have plotted anything
| OF the kind, from the very fact that he
is citizen OF New Orleans and that
| In all there IL to II. You know better
gentlemen jurors; you know that we
| have always been and always will be. I
| affirm, the leaders Of all civilization on
| earth. since IASalle in the year 1883
sounded the famous prise de possession
/ on the river ST. Louis, which Is today
the Mississippi.
And so. TO come to the conclusion of
my long grafton, for / call II long for this
case. although IL has lasted only Ave
minutes and II Is already too long for
| finally. die. leaving your wives andtao
you may get, catarrh. then a fever.
and finally die. leaving your wives
and children TO cry for you and
wear mourning which is all the worse
because mourning is too expensive now
a-days. And so. as ! said. or meant to
say. II you eliminate our honest citizens
| who Will remain TO be responsible for
the crime? The Italians. They alone,
and no one else.
Neither would II be any object to us to
consider those people. who claim to be
the descendants OF the old Romans, as
citizens. although they have been natur-
alizd In the United States: for today. in
the eyes OF justice, they are SO many
has
they are the only ones responsible for the
murder OF Chief Hennessey. have demon
sfated and proved beyond doubt. my
worthy ellow-countrymen"
The jury retired, and after carefully
weighing the evidence against the ac-
cused men and deriving its real full
value had sense enough TO bring in a
verdict OF acuuittal.
A thunder of shouts burst from the
throats OF the Italians present I'm the
courtroom. The prisoners waved their
hands 10 the anxious relatives. who ex-
pecting at any moment the release OF
their loved ones. were waiting To en-
brace them-sorne for the father. others
Tor the husband or the son.
Orsini was eagerly scanning the crowd
Tor race weil-known and dear TO him.
out none was there to cheer him except
ms employees and he cast his ewes down
his spirits sinking very low
But the expectations Of the simple rtaI-
ians, both prisoners and relatives ss weTl
as spectators. were doomed TO disappoint
ment; for instead Of gaining the lony
sought liberty, the prisoners were again
oIaPped INTO handcuffs and. at the word.
march led back to the Parish prison.
10 the eager Inquiries OF the italians
as TO why their countrymen were nor "a.
leased. nobody could furnish any salts
FACTORY answer. Policemen, ushers
clerks, chanceilors. lawyers and ever,
notability who pretended 70 he scnuaint
ed with all the general laws and statute.
OF the old Spanish and French domain iy
sew orleans, namely the Tuero viego
Tuero tuezzo Partidos. Recapitofatious
Leyes de las India, autos accordatos ant
Royal schedules, as we'll as the Napoleon
Code. and finally the United States Con
stfutlon. an these people could not O,
would not give any explanation TIL,
only thing that could be apprehended n,
the Italians was that Giuseppe Machecs
was 10 be retained on the charge OF muir.
der, since a corpse, which was identified
as that or the former Grand Master, hat
been dug up IN the cellar OF the ole
| Trinakria
Comfortless mothers. destitute wives
crying children were vsinly asking about
the fate OF their dear ones sarca stio
malicious smile. OF feigned arrogance
speaking the heterogeneous VIOLA puk con.
sisting OF strange mixture OF French
patois. Spanish jargon, Rarotrian slang
Orsini's heart which had been stubborn
and confident all through the trial wa,
now shadowed with the darkness OF de
spair. An infinite hope and n correspond
ing fear were struggling within him and
were alternately controlling his mind.
The pure white. tear r-stained face nj
Gabrielle was always vividly Impressed
upon his Imagination. for he knew tho,
she was mieerable and lonely, but stil
he hoped 10 see her again
Take hopc from n mans heart and IN,
is not worth living
XXI
After tho Jurors verdict although IN,
acquitted men had been taken hack n
the prison yet rejoicing spread through.
out the Italian quarter. for tho relative.
and friends were certain that az any mo
nent the prisoners would he released.
Margaret had no sooner heard the new.
than che rusned home IN glee. and IN
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