Arizona republican., 1914-02-18

whistle The next moment the chief was a dying man. Bullets tore three cruel rents in his abdomen, his right knee and his left hand were shot through, and his face, arms and neck were frightfully mutilated
 Within ten minutes of the shooting the immigrant was seized ill his shantY. Other arrests followed, but only eleven were held and only nine finally prosecuted. The trial proved that Hennessy's assassins hid in Mo nasterio's cottage and that an Italian boy was posted to notify them of Hennessy's approach. The deadly weapons were found, five with bar rels sawed off and stocks hinged so that they could be doubled up and carried under the, clothing.
 Hennessy had been murdered on October 15. 1S90 and the Italians who were arrested in connection with the deed remained in prison until the early part of March of the fol- lowing year, when they were placed on trial before Judge Baker, the hearing of evidence requiring about
 
 Friday, March 13, 1891.
 The judge, usually imperturbable, was observed, when the paper was handed him. to look at it moment in stupefaction. No wonder. Six of the culprits were acquitted; in the case of three the jury disagreed. and not one was convicted. Some whis- pered bribery" others "intimida- tion," but all agreed that such a | f;asco was an outrage.
 Awaiting a trial upon a second in | dictment ard joyfully reckoning upon similar result next time, the ac- I cused were again locked in their cells. At the moment the doors closed
 behind them a vigilance committee of
 well known citizens was writing a call for a mass meeting for the fol-
 lowing morning at the Clay statue
 in New Orleans square.
 The assemblage was so large at this meeting that it blocked the
 street cars and climbed upon them
 What was the outcome of this meet
 ing? The citizens took the law in
 their own hands. A mob-but ir
 good order-started for the Parish
 prison, where the prisoners were
 confined. They battered down the doors Nine of the prisoners were
 put to death in various ways by the
 mob and two of them were hanged
 outside of the prison walls. Thep ress had unanimously de- nounced the verdict and declared tha' the jury had been bought. The gram jury, even on the day of the killing
 had found indictments against two
 men charged with tampering witt the jury The jurors did not appre- ciate the public sentiment on th'
 outside and were surprised at thu
 popular indignation. The trial of th' , case had cost the city more thar of justice.
 The incident opened grave interna- tional complications which Secretar, | Blaine handled with skill. Twenty , five thousand dollars was finally dis
 tributed among the families of thu
 murdered men. On March IT, thre' . days after the prisoners were dis posed of, several arrests were mad for bribery of the jury and on Ma. 7 5, the grand jury. after an investiga tion for six weeks, indicted OMalle. and five associates for jury bribini
 and accused three of the jury of be
 ing bribed, but refused to indict tn
 lynchers. On July 8. Bernard Giaud . was convicted of offering to bribe !. juror On July 24. the last Mafii { bribery case was ended with yer ] dict of not guilty. and on october the state abandoned the case agains ! C'Malley, which finally settled tn ! whole affair.