Show MURD el RE D JN IN JAIL eleven italians get tho Ve vengeance of orleans a 11 ARIT OF FORCE IBE THE jail the city in ared a dot hot fever ol 01 rase the wrath low to ie be traced on the jury IX 11 SEW elevin italians Lin clied fir tin the mardar or r hennessy NEW ORLEANS march 14 the scenes abolt claye this morning brought tn to mind and d violently the pc peculiar uliar and ominous ou a uprising of 0 a september day da sixteen years ago ten ton had no not yet struck and a vast multi multitude tudd had bad already congre gated on canal street almost filling up the large space irom from curb to cur curb b on each side of the boulevard bov levard ju just at at 10 A shout went 11 up from the peoble stationed at st charles street s and ad a n number umber ol 01 gentlemen among whom were W S Par heron J C wickliffe and others who signed the call over SODO people within earshot and more could be seen struggling pushing and running here and there on neutral ground street cars were unable to pass through and vehicles of all descriptions were baited halted parkerson spoke airet ho said ath that a t ones once before he be had bad appeared b before the people in grand mass me meeting etin 9 assembled to discuss matters of vital importance to the community and again he faces the people of new orleans to denounce the infamous act which wag was consequent upon the most revolting crime in the criminal annals of any community that act was the finding of the jury jury in the murder trial yesterday and that crime was aa everybody knows tho tile foul assassination of chet chief hennessy after the speeches the indignant crow of about two thousand started for the pariah parish prison which they reached at 1030 alter after a slight resistance the jailor surrendered the citizens rushed in and killed eleven out of nineteen men who were indicted for the assassination of chief hennesay hennessy after the assassins bad 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 bad had a pistol and shot sergeant herron in III the neck inflicting a slight wound is banging hanging to a lamp post at trene and st atan an street to a tree in front of the the he pr prison son the others were shot in the cells when the citizens co committee m bad had completed its work at t the h parish pariah prison it disbanded tor for the tile day A meeting will be held tonight to con eider what further action if any shall be taken tho the committed committee is composed po 8 ed of the better class of citizens and business men who are satisfied satisfied the safety of the community demanded vigorous action the cause lor for this patriotic action of the mob was tho the acquit al yest yesterday erda afternoon of nine sicilians of thy the assassination of chief of police ilen bessey last october the jury bringing in a verdict of not guilty as to SIX of the accused ANOTHER ekroot new ORLEANS march 14 new orleans struck the malia a death b blow low toda today to da day it rose in its might almost at midday midday and n beaked a horrible vengeance upon the sicilian assassins who wilt relentlessly elew flow david 0 hen lion nessy and though there aro are eleven more dead tonight to night who were happy yesterday over their victory in the greatest criminal trial the city has over ever witnessed the work of blood was accomplished without unnecessary disorder without rioting without pillaging and without tho the infliction ot buffering upon any innocent man eave save one and be he was only slightly hurt it was an unruly midnight mob it was simply determined body of citizens who took in their own bandit what justice had ignominiously failed to do the chief of police waa was slain on october and that very night evidence began to accumulate showing that bis his death bad had boon been deliberately planned by a secret tribunal and carried ont oat boldly and successfully b by the tools of the conspirators thy the trial lasted five days and though the evidence seemed conclusive the jury currently charged with having been tampered with failed to convict last night a body of coolheaded cool headed beaded men lawyers doctors merchants merchant fl and political leaders all men of influx influence and solid et standing anding quietly met and decided that some action scion I 1 must ha lie taken and the peoples justice swift and euro sure visited upon those whom the tile jury bad had neglected to punish this morning a call tor for a masa mass meeting at clay square on canal street appeared red in the papers which editorial ly I 1 vl vi olance the tha significant closing sentence of the call bago was come prepared lor for action down in a largo large room on bienville ville and koyal there was an arsenal provided by a body of citizens the call was answered by the populace at 10 there w was a a crowd of several thousand people congregated around the statue they hardly knew what was going to happen but they seemed ready to go to any length and while there were of course many of the lower element in the throng a large portion were leading people of the town there were three addressee short and pithy and businesslike and the assemblage not unwillingly was soon keyed up to the highest pitch demonstrative in its denunciation of the aesa eains bachof each of the speakers eaid bald there had bad been a great raw mass meeting months before which had met quietly and dispersed peaceably BO 60 the law might take its course the law had tailed failed the time to act had come W S parkerson the leader Is a prominent neut lawyer hero here Fromi president 0 of the southern athletic club and a man who led a vigorous reform loverne movement nt three years ago walter 1 D denger denge r another of the speakers ea kers is one of the leaders ol 01 the tile yew new orleans bar john a wickliffe also a prominent attorney and james D houston one of the foremost men mea of the state after deno denouncing unclog detective 0 elal ley joy who is in alleged to have tampered w with ith the jury the speakers announced that they would lead to the pariah prison thel mr ir wickliffe concluding with these words shall the tile execrable mafla mae abe be allowed to flourish in this city shall the latla be allowed to cut down our citizens ot on 1 the public streets by the foul I 1 means of assassination dalith shall the fo Ala mafia flabe bo allowed to bribe jurors and let murde murderers aers go scot free by this time the crowd bad had swelled to three thousand or more mote and belore before to any sly one aoud realize what bad happened pe n ed a great throng gaming gaining recruits 0 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 Q Z I 1 at t every step were tramping tram pina down the streets to tho tile neighborhood ot of the prison stopping on only y once and that was a at tho tile arson i double bar belled shot bans gnus wine wint hister rifles and pistols were handed out to responsible and respectable citizens in the party the tile et starting artini ct of the crowd bad an electric effect on the city soon lie the streets were alive with people running om all directions and joining the main body which moved down 0 wn the rampart to the jail near congo cong 0 E doors and windows were tb thrown rown open and men women and children crowded on the galler galleries iea to encourage ahse th se who were taking part and to witness the scones when t the 11 main ain crowd from the canal A as broached reached the prison ris 0 n there bad already coye collected et ed there a denso dense throng the grim old building bull dine was surrounded on all eider sheriff viller when he beard a move ment was on foot to take t lie prisoner pris s armed a his deputies and then started on a hunt for mayor shakespeare the italian consul and attorney general rogers joined in the pursuit bat but hia ilia honor does not reach tha the office until noon and he was not to be found at any of hii bli regular hauner tF the fo governor vernor had not heard beard of tho the n n g and had no time to so act I 1 and the police force was too amali email to offer much resistance to the army of aven gra gers superintendent caster had ordered an extra detail of officers to be sent to the jail and a small crowd kept the sidewalks around the old building clear until the great multitude swelling all the time like a mighty stream surged around the tb e door and crowded the little band of 4 blue coats away capt len davis was on guard at the main entrance with a scant force of deputies they were swept away and in an Jin cinstant stant the little ante room leading into the prison was jammed with eager excited men meanwhile the prisoners were stricken with terror for they could hear bear distinctly the shouts of people without madly de demanding maudin 9 their blood thinking to deceive the crowd by a ruse rare the deputies transferred the nineteen men to the female department rn ent captain davis refused the request t to 0 o open the prison and the crowd d began the work of 0 battering in the he doors neighboring houses ly supplied axes and battering rams and willing hands went to work w aik oik to force orce an opening As the armed citizens were pouring through the small entrance nt rance a mighty shout went up from throats the turnkey waa was overpowered and the keys taken from rom him A ditrol wagon drove up with ft a do of policemen who were driven away under a fire ol 01 mud and stones peering through the bars of a condemned cell was a terror icken face which some one mistook for A volley was fired at the man and he be dropped but none of the shots struck h lim im and it was subsequently found he be wai not on one 0 of the assassins go to the he female department ill I 1 some someone ono wiled yelled and thither the men with heir their winchesters Win chesters ran A party of 0 seven or bi bf quickly ascended tha the atair case and as they reached the landing the assassins fled down at the other end halt a dozen followed scarcely a word wag was spoken when the pursued and pursuers reached the stone court yard the former darted towards the orleans side ot of the galler and crouched down beside the cells their faces blanched and being un ahmod arm c d they were absolutely defense less ess in fear and trembling they screamed for mercy but tha the aaeng ers were merciless banal barg bang I 1 jiang out the reports of the murderous weapons and a deadly rain rain of bullets bull ts poured poured into the crouch log og figures the he bloody executioners execution ers did their work well and beneath the continuous fire and travinia Trall inia two of the men ghobad who had not been tried but ut who ware were charged jointly with the he other accused fill fell their bodies literally r ridlon with bullets bu lleta Pol polline lize tle tile cr crazy man n was locked up in a cell up staffs ay rt the rhe doors were lung flung open and one of tho the aven av engers gera aking taking aim shot him through the body he ile was not killed outright and in order to satisfy the people on he the outside were crazy lo 10 know what was going on within he ie wag dragged down stairs a rope was tied around his nock neck an and d the he people pulled him up to the crots bars not satie satisfied fied that be he was dead a score of men mea poured a volley of shot into his body and for several houn hour be the body was left dangling in the air As soon aa as tho the bloody work was done lone mr parkerson addressed the crowd and asked them to dl perse this hia they consented to do with a ringing shout but first they made a roah rash tor for parkerson and lifting him bodily supported him on their shouters ders while they marched up the tile street the engers avon av gers oame b back clr in a ody body to the clay statute and then dispersed resolutions the tile following follow ing resolution waa was adopted at a mealing of cotton exchange WHEREAS the deplorable administration of criminal justice in this city and the frightful extent to which the tie bribery of juries has been carried rendered it necessary for the tile citizens of new orleans Orlea nato to vindicate outraged justice aalice therefore be it resolved that while we deplore at all timet a wort ra ort to 0 o violence we consider the action by ay iy the citizens this morning to be proper and justifiable resolutions of similar burp purport ort were adopted by the produce c exchange sugar exchange and stock exchange at the meeting of the stock exchange the action of foreman seligman of tho the hennesay hennessy jury who is a member of the exchange was discussed the following r resolutions were quickly ad adopted osted whereas J S seligman ligman Be vie member of this exchange hasby haa by his action in the hennessy HenneB sy case evi evidently ent contributed to defy justice jus tico ignore the laws and scandalize the community be it Ite resolved solved that he b be e hereby expelled from this exchange seligman Sel izman w waa as also expelled from the young mens men gymnastic pym club this afternoon tha the governor elle belled Is a jury and after viewing the bodies rendered a verdict in accordance with the facts the following is given aa as a clear statement of the actuating causes which led to the tragedy enacted this morning in october chief ot of police hennessy of tho the city of new orleans while going from the office to his home was waylaid and shot to pieces by a band off of italian tallan assassins ta tho 0 indignation and excitement n t was euch such that mob law and lynching lunching lyn ching were about to be resorted to tho the entire community felt that in order to reach tho the guilty parties patties innocent italians might be sacrificed to allay the excitement and assist the tile constituted authorities the mayor of the city appointed a committee of fifty representative elti fens tens to take charge of of the tile investigations and to aid in tha the trial and conviction of the tile assassa ins ino this measure attested the violence the committee entered upon the work and at a mass meting subsequently held hold I 1 1 I 1 I I 1 1 I 1 I 1 g I 1 F te 1 I 1 the action of the c committee 0 m were r ratified a tidied and ti they 1 e y were e encouraged cou raged to cantli continue nue their their r labors the trial which continued three weeks and in which distinguished counsel resisted assisted the able district t attorney the jury charged to have been bribed and corrupted in the face of establishing guilt rendered a verdict of mistrial mis trial as na to three assassins sequil ted three and three morn more were acquitted bo be cause of in insufficient sum cleat evidence the verdict tell fell like a thunderbolt upon the community and impressed the law abiding citizens with the conviction that the laws had bad been violated this feel feeling to g increased until it found vent in the mass meeting this morning I 1 |