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Show T11E IMS KILLED Indignant People Take the Hennessey Bus-peota Bus-peota Trom Jail and Either Shoot or Hang Them. ELEVEN THUS MEET THEIB DEATH Only Three, and One of Them a Boy, Allowed Al-lowed to Live The Angry Crowd at the Prison. New Orleans, March 14. All the prisoners on trial yesterday for the assassination of Chief of Police lien-nessy lien-nessy were either shot or hanged today, to-day, except Incaedonia, Matriance and Marchesi (a boy). A public meeting assembled at Clay statue and almost immediately adjourned ad-journed to the Parish prison, which was soon surrounded by several thousand people. The doors were forced open and the Sicilian assassins taken out and either shot or hanged. The scenes about the Clay statute this morning brought to mind very forcibly and violently the peruliar and oniiuious uprising of the Sepotember day sixteen years ago. Ten o'clock had not yet struck and a vast multitude had already congregated on Canal street almost filling up the large space from curb to curb on each side of the boulevard. Just on the stroke of 10 o'clock a shout went up from the people peo-ple stationed at St. Charles street and a number of gentlemen, among whom were V. 8. Parkerson. ,f. C. Wick-litl'e Wick-litl'e and others who signed the call came. Three thousand peoplo were within ear shot and more could be seen struggling, pushing anil running here and there on the neutral ground. The street cars were unable to pass through and vehicles of all descriptions were halted. Parkerson spoke first. Ho said that once before he had aocicarcd before the people iu grand mass meeting assembled, assem-bled, to discuss matters of vital interest to the community, and again he faced the deoplo of New Orleans to denounce the infamous act, which was consequent conse-quent upon the most revolting crime in the criminal annals of any community. commun-ity. That act was the finding of the jury in tho murder trial yesterday, and in that the crime was, as everybody knows, the assassination of Chief Hennessey. Hen-nessey. After the speeches an indignant crowd of about 2090 started for the parish prison, which they reached at 10:30 o'clock. After a slight resistance, resist-ance, the jail was surrendered. Tho citizens rushed in and killed eleven i of the nineteen men who wero indicted for the assassination of Chief Hennessey as follows: Manuel PolMz, Pietro Mon-astro, Mon-astro, Antonio Sca(T?di, Joseph P. Ma-checa, Ma-checa, Antonio Marchesi, Antonio Bag-netto, Bag-netto, Frank Romero, Jim Caruso, Kocco Geracbi,' Charles Frahine and Coinilez. After the assassins had been put to death, Parkerson addressed the crowd, urging them to return to their homes or respective places of business without further demonstration. Joe Macheca had a pistol and shot Sergeant llerron in the neck, inllicting a slight wound. Politz is hanging to a lamp post at Trone aud Stan streets; Bafnetto to a tree in front of the prison. The others were shot in their cells. When the citizens' committee had completed its work at the parish prison it disbanded for the day. A meeting will be held tonight to consider what further action, if any, shall be taken. The committee was composed of the better class of citizens and business men who were satisfied the safety of the community demanded vigorous action. |