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BURNING THEM ■ DOWN.NEW ORLEANS OFFICIALS AFTER CHIEF HENNESSY'S ASSASSINS.Ho, lirf Well «n«d WjtbUiUwh T-=y Ctfine TUf'ir luvrt-Is.vJff YI nit 'jr.* ActualAre 'CB'la:kclasoais,mith:dut\vffiitbtbhoo:; ifM;anM:onCO^AnnT.V MEniOiib lii'S “MAPTi* ' ^'k\V Out.iCaN’s. 0*:t. 20. —AL z.2yizl meeting of tho council at noon Saturday Mayor Shakes pea re’s message was road. It is as follows:“;i is wiUi Hie proton [blest grtef and indigna-tier, that I mate i: you the cttlclal announcement of lie death of David C Bisnncs.sy, su- f rtt per in ten dent of police ic tills city, grief at \ fn the loss of a true friend and ar. efficient I ^ officer; iittli glutton that he should have died hy the li usnls of dc^pbfiilil c assassins. He w;n uaylnicl and riddled with bullets almost :it hi* door-step on last Wednesday mght. and ho died or. Thursday morning at o’clock. Tlie o-r cum stances of cowardly deed, the arrest* made and the I evidence collected hy the police department i tri show beyond doubt that he was the victim of Sicilian vengeance wreaked upon Him as the ihief representative ol law aad order Iu this cOLamunity '-be-■cause lie was seeking by the power of our Aaicrlcaa laws to break up the lierce vendot-tea That have so often stained our streets with ■blood. Heretofore tnoso scoundrelM have confined their murdering* among tbcjftselve*.Noae of them have cvor boon convicted because of the secrecy with which the crimes have been comm 1 tied and tho impossibility or getting evidence from the people of their own race to convict. Bold, indeed, was the stroke aimed at their Ilrst Amor lean victim;, a shining mark have they selected or. which to write with the assassiuH, hand their cun tempt for_thc civilization of the new world. We owe it to ourselves and to everything that we bold sacred In this life to sue to it that this blow' Is the last.We must teach these people a lesson that they will not forget for all time. What the means arc to roach this end I leave to the wisdom of the council to cevisti. It is clear to ane that the wretches who committed this foul deed are the mere hirelings and Instruments td others higher and more powerful than they. Those instigators sire the men we must find at any cost. For years -oast Uie exSster.ee or stiletto societies amoDn the Sicilians in this city has been nsfcOrtecL Appeal was made to me by a prom* j ah incut Italian during u;y former adininis- j wT. trillion to protect bm from blackmail and murder, but as he wto afraid to give any names I could do nothin'' for biro. 1c Is believed thatthsisw;on511daraw:dorazaVIMBiinSriVfiifsufoH*6lt;thththese horrid associations arc patronizod by ! T!OrCO3DdcSIwsckiPlt;mofItTsiofb*juttofcaisboineof the wealthy uud powerful members of tbcirown mcciuthi* city, and that they can point out tv ho the leader of these associations are. No comm unity cun exist with murder so- . duties in Its ailcUt. Those .societies must per- tb 1st or the community itself must per-ish. The Sicilian who comes here must become an American citizen and subject bis wrongs to the remedy of the law of the land, or else ’ here must be no place for him on rtie America-1 continent. This sentiment we must sec I juiced at any cost, at arty hazard. The people ka k lo you to take the initiative in this matter. Act promptly without fear or favor.“JOS. A. 2?: I a k e s pkairb. Mayor.”Councilman. Britt in offered a resolution that tho mayor appoint a committee ol fifty or more, if jie dooms proper, to thoroughly investigate tbese secret orders and report. Adopted.The comm it too of fl fly appointed by the mayor comprises leading men of all professions and business. They will bring before them the former victims oC tho vendetta who have escaped doatb, and will endeavor to compel them to name, their assailants with, a view lo reaching the bottom facts.in appointing :i commit too the mayor advises immediate and determined action to ferret out and help to bring to justice tho members of the murderous dome n uS in our midst that struck down tbo chief executive of the police nnd threaten representatives of the municipality for no other crime than doing their duty.Tho mayor has received a communication notifying him that ho will be tho next vie tiro. Mr. Shakespeare says that this will not deter him from doing bis duty*Tho meeting of tbe -committeo of fifty Saturday night was secret, but the committee announced that it would pursue the investigation to tho end, to bring the murderers ol the chief of police to justice and break up the Italian assassination leagues in this city. A thousand dollars wa* raised on the spot, and during this tve*k the committee expect to Lave 550,000 to assist in thowork.ciaxthinofOryfsi:wmviarbeinSIw*aalkiwmkctvviw-thidtbartt£TiDuring the day it was learned t-hai- a number Of threatening letters had been received, one by Judge Baker, of tho criminal court, before whom tho Prov- \ (id enzanos had been convicted of waylay- j wi ing the Matron gas, wto, the latter said, wus to follow after the mayor. Several police officers have also been threatened, but it is generally believed that tho letters are the work of practical jokers.Several more Italians believed to have been implicated in the murder have been placed behind the bars.Joe Mac a ecu, who is alleged to belong to the gang oi assassins, hearing that he was wanted, surrendedto Police Commissioner Frank Barker. Frank Fwomero next surrendered to Polico Captain* Journee. as also did Charles Pa torn o, ?- brother of ex-Alderman A. Patoroo- All those men are supposed by the police to have been Implicated in tbc murder. Alache ca has boon identified by the colored woman who leased the little shoe shop where the assassins were ambushed as the man who bargained with her for tbe house.Another of the suspects. Charles TruthLlt;SopKawiiov•vt*;it inoihlt;isnakccujarccdlabbina, a laborer crs the Larpy plantation, j\vas fully identified by the colored porter j of Grace Cburch as one of the men’ who j fired upon Hennessy. Tbe shooting occurred in front of tbe man's house and he went out on his gallery and board the remarks made by the accused: 11 Wehave got him. Other arrtists of a sensational character are apt to follow.V. ^ y-£v Z'^-*~-r fniif'rt 1 ’.q «y»—to-for
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Waukesha Freeman and Republican
Waukesha, Wisconsin, US
Mon, Oct 20, 1890
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