Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 March 1891 — A MOB OF GOOD PEOPLE [ARTICLE]

A MOB OF GOOD PEOPLE

Heart dl-esse. another name for bearing Other people’s troubles,carried off Wlndom and fjave Powderly a close ■have, says tho New York World. There is no need of anybody shortening bis days over labor and capital, or, for that matter, anything else. Charity begins at home, and among his other benevolences a man should be good to himself. /rr — . ’ -i Wrra the filling of the only vacancy in the next Howe of Representative—that which existed in the Second Rhode Island District —tho House seems to b i divided thus: Democrats, 237; Republicans, 87; Farm ere’ Alliance, 8. The Democrats will have a majority of 142 over all. and a lead of 150 over the Republicans. As 167 will be a quorum the Democrats ought to bo able to sees sre a good grip on the House for the next two years.—Globe-Democrat. Tne proposed Proctor tower at the Chicago World's Fair will'probably be a monument of engineering skill and ability, but there will always be a question whether it is worth while. Eleven hundred feot is a great height: but even when the visitor to the fair has been hoisted to the summit by one of the rapid running..OiqyaJipxi.. feerg , will be nothing to see except the newly annexed suburbs of Ch cago, which arc mostly in their original prairie state. The utmost that can bo said of the tower will bo that it is a hundred feet higher than the Eiffel; and this certainly is not a distinction worthpaying $2.000,000 sos. A country which is forging rapidl ahead in the Republic of Colombia Official documents just received b Consul Herman Freund, of this cityshow the ebstom house proceeds of the port of Barranquilla for the fiscal yeai just passed, to have been nearly $7,000.000. against $1,100,000 the year previous. The returns of the satm office during December, 1800, wa* $579,40,). This notwithstanding that December is a dull mouth, the busiest months du.ingtho year being January February. April, May, August on 1 September. Tbo reason for this healthy increase in business is found in the complete political tranquidit. of this country under, the able direction of Dr. Rafael Kuneg. Exchange on Loudon which was a year age 16Q to 200 is now 95, Paris has fallen from 200 to 90, Now York from 200 to 91 and is steadily declining. This is caused by the heavy iucreaso in export of tho natural pioducts such as coffee, cotton, bides, gold, etc. • ’ Tnr. disestablishment of the church In Wa’cs was made tbo subject of a resolution in the British House of Commons receutly. and an unexpectedly large vote in favor of the proportion was recorded, the figures being 203 for disestablishment and 1 283 opposed. Mr. Gladstone made the great apaeck in its favor, and he said that he expected to be confronted with citations from hiaown speeches of .twentyone years ago when he opposed the disestablishment of the W e'.su church. Times had changed, he said, and now the Church of Wales is the church of the few ans the church of the r ch. Looking at their numerical preponderance and their distribution in ie>pe. to the various classes of society it wo, not far from tho truth to say that the non-fconformists of VV ales were the people of Wales. Nobody couid doubt that they would again speak as decisively as In 1886, when out of thiity members twenty-seven were pledged in favor of disestab.ishment. Such a voice could not be much longer contravened by English votes.

Is connection with the movement to restrict undesirable immigration from. European countries it is interesting to note that many foreign-born citizens are in favor of such restriction. A petition was presented in the House of Bepresentjatives a few days ago. signed by Hjalmer Hjorth Boyesen, the well known novelist from Norway, and two thousand other persons, many of them foreign born citizens, asking that immigration be regulated by requiring that each emigrant from Europe, before starting, shall apply to and obtaiu from the American consul nearest the point of embarkation a certificate stating that be (the emigrant) is not infinical to American institutions, that he can read his native language, that he la physically and mentally sound and that he is not under a labor contract and that he is not and has never been a criminal or a pauper. Such a provision as thia would be very effectire in preventing undesirable immigration. and there could be no reasonable objection to if oa the part of anj American citizen, native or foreignWn.—ladionapeJe Journal.

frightful crime of AVENGERS AT NEW ORLEANS. \ Fl«tMi ItuPitn* In (he Jail Tit d—Shot Down til<« Bcn-t*—Q-h» <-r Two All«t» -t—l Ht] k io Li-arlfjr Wi,o Uonlii Nol Bes i!»»- Slto tins—Pmbabi Itj of lut-runtioi nl Tiouble: A mob of thousands broke into the jai a? New Or,pans on the l4t:i ana shutdown eleven Italians confined therein for the Buwef fi Cuicfof Police Heuuetsey eome months ago. - Thor following is given as a clear statementof .he actuating vau-es' wh eh led to the tragedy, as ascertained from a number of interviews with prominent citi. eus>’ gome of them active purtic.pants in the stirring events of the 14th: On October LyiSUJ, aooat 1,1 o'clock at night, D. Cl" Hennessey, ChiM of Poiico of the- city or New Orleans, going from his office io ,his home, was waylaid and shot to pieces by a banu 01 dial,an tts&ttssins, armed w.m emofa-btnnaerDus>~eH as only h..v,boeu made and used lor me puiposo of asHosgiuation. Tne indignation ana excuouitut, uas su b tuat moo law and lynch u> Were about to bo ro-o. tod to, : ’4 no entire c-omiuunity lelt that m the eufle.ivor to reacu me guiztj parties niiueent Italians m gut Do Sacriucid. To a.lay e.\citemeut. and lo assist the t oustiiuled authorities, me .via, or of toe city appointed acoa.ui.itoe of riiity repr. senmti. e citiz ns to tube charge of the in vo-t gatioua and tea d in tore trial am. coi>viotiou ot tho assassins. This ineasinoarrestad \ unouoc. Tne committeeentered upon n> ~ora, and at a tua s meet.ng subsequently head in flout of the city bail, the action if the comaituee w»3 laiiqed, ai.d tney Were tnconiaged to continue tuotr labors to secure tne prosecution and triai t>y mo courts. Auer mourns of , rapar.tmn and a trial Winch con tin ted ih a : week-.aud m vvii.cn distinguished co ,nsol as-is.td tue anus district attorney, a. jury, charged to hove bi on hi idea and , or, opted iu t ie ibce of . testimony establishing t ieir guilt, rendei ed a . Vcl'd.ci ol . uusU'ial-a. .■e- + 9«nhia-e assassins,bco.teui, Mouasumu and I'olict , aud acyuitied the three ussasnus, Alacheca, .viarchesi and 4 agnetio. Jb,ee more Were oli trial and were acquitted becau -e of insufficient evidence, t ,ete being Mur* ranga, iucordoni and the boy jVla.cnesi. I Tbe acquitial of Macßc-ca, the cmef .conspirator. and of Marctfem and hsagnetto ! and tne mistrial as to t J oliet/. .-icodcili and I Mon a-term, foil lit;,: a TiPbfitleiiloltu, n : tho communit I .and imji res-e i,.w .ibi i ng : citizens witutie convictiou taut, tOuLiWs i had men violated, that tne verdre mvi od ; atSHsawtaumt und—trie eiigTaff.ng dr'fTic iiulian Madttupbii Aincii.'ah tusdtutiotis, 1 Th .tfeeiin.' g ewst t ong mat i- r<ei.-j res- • erv.,tion the eo >,e mus. ussumo tho hi.- ; too it. winch t h-' j hu:i i.'ele ..ii.'d to t “e~ •cou. t-. and wuich the courts wero pawern less toenforce. Tbfs feeling id leasedtnitif it iound vent at itu, tuu-s uicetiug aL lO . 0 cioek on the nioriiiT goi tup lm‘i. This uprising of the peop et, secure th • pui.is ixioiit of the ns 3a-sitis tvho struck .down their chief officer ol police in the ingi.t i time with premeditated a .-a- 3 nation, was | ordered, and t.he people di.-per.-t a ..uieti, us soon as tneir work of \ indicia on was dune. Mr. Parkinson was the first speaker at the Clay monument. He sa.d ouce he foie he laid apj 0 ired before tithe peon o ill grand iiiiiss meeting li-seLUITe-i to uiscuss mutters viml 10 the i , o osts of t..e commuaity, aud again lie faced tue people of New Orleans to d., nouiiee me most infamous act o-u opu nt upon ,be ii.6st revoiling crime 111 the criminal anna s if a y cntniiinnit.. That \va, the -mimg 01 tti'e jury in the m irder trial Thiir uav. and that crime was,as o dryb 0, an ws.u.o foul as-assiua inn ol' ihe rbm. i f p.,i n < “4 "desire neither fume, nor n tine, n>r gldry," said ho. “I am a, plain Ani' rieau citizen, and as such, and as a go d citizen, I am here. lam here tu -a that things have come to such a crisis that talk is idle. Action must bo tue t.uug now. [Troalfendous e..eeis',| 111 civilized communities tribunals a e- organ i.ed aid are d legated to punish the guilty. ui imes must meet promjit nuiiishineut. tiut tvhenever and where , er the court fail, wuerever jurors are reo eant, then is the time 4 or the peopie to do wiiac people and juries have faded to do. [(Jries of (joon: ‘Go on 1! *\Ve are with you.’J In the midst of a peace ul communit, an officer of tne jaw waa stricken down by a build of assassin* ' The law had be 11 35 e itcd. 'i he time las come wueu this infamy must cease_ sc m.idreis must meet wall uu',i-h.,.cn;, murderers must be given their de,erts Tiie ,ury has luiled to act. 1 ask you, cliizens of Ncyv Alr.eaus, whethee wa sba i suueir this infamous condition of affnhs longer. [Cries of hvo, uo.'j I ask you to consider fairly and caimly what is to be done. Shall it be action : [Cn.es of i 1 es. Ittsgo, v ‘Lead on. j We are ready—these gcut.emen and 1 here present—toMo what is necessary to. lead you. What shall it be f” : ———— — L At tho conclusion of the speech the crowd inarched t > the jail, securing guns iro.tr an ar.-eual on the way. Tin am .ai tiiere ,he outsi ie doors were battered uoa n and a demand maoe fur the keys. VYnen tiie teuuci s lusiue the prison got possessi. ii of tuo keys the inside gaie was prompt y unlocked, and the deputies in the lobby lap dly got out of harm s war. The n.cngers into tie yard of the white pr.soners. T'be dt o.- of the first ceil was open and a group of trembl.ng prisonei s stood iusme. Tney were not tie men woo were warned, aud the crowd v< ry quickly, thougu with remarkable coolne s, burst into the yard. Peering turou.htbe Lars of tne couuemned oe,l was a terrorstricken face, wuiei. some one mistook for Scoffedi. A voliey was fired at the man : and ne dropped, but none of the shot struck ium, and it was suoseyuently found that he was not one of t e assassins. Iha inmates of tne jail were ready tj direct the Way to wh, re the Italians were. ‘•Goto the female department," ayta oneayeiied, and tnituer-tue men with the,r Winchesters iau But tue door was lpck-„ •d. In a moment the Key was produced 'Then tne leader called for some oue who [knew the rigi.t a.en, and a volunteer ivsponded ana the aoor uss thravnop-n. The gaiiery was deserted, but au oa. woman speak ng as fast as sue could, sa d the men were upstairs. A party of seveu or eight qui, kly ascended the staircase, and, as they reached the landing, the us*. eussins tied down at the other end. Hall a dozen foiluwed them. Scarce y a .worn wasspoktn. It was the time for action. When the pursued and tneir pursuers reached the stoueu-co irtya;d the former dar ed toward the Orleans side of the gallery aud crouched down beside the cells, their fa es blanched, and, being unarme i, tt ey were absolutely defenseless. In fear ana trembling thy screamed for mercy. But the avengers were merci.ess. Bang. bang. banc, rang out the reports of t-e murderous wea a ns. >nd a oe .dly rain of bullets puui-cd into the crpuehing figures- Geiachi, the closest man, was struck in the back of the head, and bis bo iy pitche i forwird, and lay immovable on tne stone pavemeut, Romero fell to his kneus, wit 1 his face in h s h nds, and in that position was shot t< deatn. Mcnasteio an - James Ca uso fell together unuer tfte firet-f half, a dozen guns, tbe lead- n pedets enuring tneir bqdies and hi ads, and tne nlood gush ; ng'r m tberir wounds. Ti ob O'dy exec,j.u>.« era d,d their w >rk well, and, beneath tue oaatinuing fire, * ometez and rwhina, two of the m-m who had not been tried, but who we-o charged omtiv with the other arc 1-ed f«tl tnret 1 er. Then'"b xJi«*s were 'to ailj riddbd •vith buck-shot and they were su ne-dead slmoat befo'e the fusi ado whs over When tbo group of aoaaosina was disoov*

ered on the gallery, Machecv. Scoffedi and om man Marcheri sepai ateduro 1 t.he otuer I six and ran up-lairs. Thither baif a dozen ' men followed them and sathu terror atri :k« en as-as-ms ran into cell - they wereaiam. jo,e; h Mach• ca, who was charged with I eing the arch coosnira;or, was a short, fatumn anu was Rtmiinari y dealt w th. He I, a .h i, buck turned -.vn n asfiot - truck him i amediiiv ly n h nd tbffear and ino death was, * u ;; n a:.••on*. There war no bli oj from the wound nd wh- n the body was iound the ear was swol.en soasto hldetne.wound. wh ion -the tor oner bad ereat difficulty' in locating. S. offedi. one of the tn st vil ainrus of the a sa sms, u replied like a me w mn a bul:et bit him in tne eye. Oid wan M.yrcheat was the only ma ■ wuoivaa not killed outrigat. iHe was struck on t:.« top of thef°‘°Reifir _ While lh6" stood t'Oside Meciieca and though tie wat m r:a!iy wounded be lingered all the even me. Pol ctz the crazy man, was locked up in acelrup kta rs. l'he door was flung open .mu one of tbe av tigers, taking aim, snot titetw ugh trie body. He ivuy jiiiX—killed outr ght. aud ip 1 raer to satisfy the popple o-n the o itside. who were’critzy to know What was going on within, ho v.asd r aiged do <n ttiesia rsand through the door ' ay f ~y wr.ich t e e’owd had entered Half i-airiei. ha f d -agged, e was taken to the ctrner. A pore was provided and ted up to the cross ..r.:y. Not satisfied that he ward-ad a scoie of men to k aim and poured a volley of shot into h s body, and for several nnurs tne body was left dangling in the a ! r. ‘-arneito was cau htm the first r ; sh nos tarn, and tire fn at vollev of builets pierced nis brain. He was Dulled out.by number ol stalwart, m-n tbroigh tne. in a iii cttti ance to tne pr.sou and from the limb of atr -e h 3 b >dy was suspended alth a gh life was a rea iy gone. .iust as soon as the b ooly work w,n done Mr. Hai kersdn- uddressed the c: o vd ana asked them to uis.ierse. Ttiis tney consented to. do with a r nging shout, but tii st they made a rus 1 for 1 arxersou. and lifting-htm bodily, support d hiffi *in their shoulders, while they marched up the street. The.aveneer, came oack in a body to Clay s atue and then departed. I 11mcr.se crowds rushed from all directions totheneig borhood of the tricedy, wniie t ie streets in front of t:te newspaper oftices were nloek■ d with peopfe anxious to see- the latest bulletins. There was intense ..sappr^kscd T .excXtfi.ment,. but Horn one end of the city to the other the a XTiTmof nTW citi ens was aoola ided. O'Malley, the cetective. who wrm d have shared the fate of the' assassins had been caught has disappeared, and is not expect-d to return the members of the jury are in hiding The atmosphere has been considerab j t urgcij. and, thbiigii ther<4 is a oic < ■rowd 011 1 anal street tiie troubh-seems all over. 1h * ltauan cA r s'il do 1 '.rfl t > say wßaf -action, if any, be wiH~--The--"ri -on vh- ? "-rounded until dark with miriotoH mul'itude. bm the Pplip** f• >u' d odi ticultv in r.;a nfaniihg good order. The bod es-t f tne si t 11 were removed on the evening of tnr 1 th. ~ Caruso was married, b it leaves do cqi.v creti. —iTTTTJTTi-T.hs m wire arret children. and Meckera.a wife and family. GoiniiO: leaves a wife. '“w" During too day all the business excha.mes h.dd meetings and indmsed the actiou of the citizens. ,\ew Orleans -utnlav wore its usual aspect. suu there vv ,s no sign of any unu ti r excitcmctu. *.’r .w>ls of adies aud gentlemen continued to visit the scene of the lynching, a though few yercudmitted n * side the prison. Steps will be taken to repa r the d imago caused, and w ere stood t- edoor whicit was nattered ..n will b: b-ili a so id wall. There was no accounting for the mood the overpowering avengers would t ike, so t e uepnty sti ri ,s wit ill the prison cannot be hl'aiiK d for lack of defensive ar* t on. They d.d aS s m.-iole m 11 woual do a d did not sue > mb uulii ttie inevitable wa- fore d upon them. At all t’mes thry re' used 1 o give up tho ke ,s until driveo i nto a corner, wh n tney were compelled 10 Erven then they did .ot-desicnate the location of anv of the It ilians. The pri-s this in forma Mob .n attacking Mr. Viliere 011 his failure to bold tue prison it siii.uUi oe Known that while ti e execution wis going ,on tie was with Attorney Ageieral Koger* itt Governor Nii bolls s oitloo, tnd iavoiv ; .in r to make provision, for a defen e mx tiie | ri-0!». shik.l l an attack ba made up- n it- Before the apn vircd tune for the in eiiug at Clay statu.e lie was at tha Mayor s oftice in search of assistance. ;n es of Police (faster d d not think that the meeting was cal td for Tim other pd'* •ose tuan to voice den nc atoi y np.tuoiisoi the ,ury that rendered ■ tne - mass mseiing d.d not think that action was going to be so sure a id so prompt .Aery deputy or employe that Sheriff Vis ere ould uius'er t get ier was w.thin the II i-ishni. and inst uyted to-i esist if [any a ■* m-k was made. Tnexiepu ties say tiiat. none hut th se within the pr son c mid lorin anyideaof thecrowdt.bat was gatnered wuhoataud the number of weapons that were , bli- in 1 hut 1 nighty throng. There was 1 at derertniiied lo :k uuonthei faces tha, meant business, and tbe ontv surprise is that they d.d ntit do harsher deeds. Father O'Leary, of the .1 emits, perfor i.ed the last sacred rites of ttie church over the body of tne elder Marches! and said mass for the repise of th -spirtsot she sa n, Sunday. It wasan impressive spectacle. The Italian government has instructed Baron de Fava, the Italian minister at Wash in ton, to present a vehement protest to the suited states government against the actiou*of the umb at New Orleans and the United States government has promised to mane an jnve-tigation, Baron do Fava, in a d spatch 11 Mar uis de ttu imi, the Italian Premier and Foreign Minister, -taxes that he nas protested against the inaction of the loyal officials at New Orleans, and tiiat Mr. B a ne. the American Se retary of Stat-, expressed horror at the acts of t ie New Orleans mob. promising that be would imtn di ately take the o ders of tue President in the matier, and that the decision would oe communmated to the italiau go' eminent. Baron de Fa-’a, the Italiau in in- tor, on Sunday the i th, formally brought to the att6ut op PrasideptLiig slaughior o» .tie Sic lian prisonei-s in the parish jail at ew Orleans on Saturday the istn. As a resuit Scer tary Blaine sent the lotlowiug disnaicjh to Governor Nicboljs of Louisiana, Sundayeveuing: “it has been reor aentod to t'lo President Oy the minister of Italy accredited to this government that among the v ict ms of tue depioraole massacre which took place in the city of New Orleans, yesurday, were three o more-subjects of the K.ng of italv. Our treaty with that friendly government, which, un ier the F 0 .sili.iition, s 1.,e supreme law of tho land, gu irautees to tbe italiau subjects domiciled in the Uuited Sta.es the most constant protection and security sos their persous aud property, uiakn.g them amenable on the same basis as our own citueus to the laws_ of the Uuited States aud of the sev rul States in their d e and orderly administration. “The President deeply regrets that the citizens of NewOneanss .ould have sod itsarayed tbe purity and ade |Uacy of their own judicial tribunal.- as to transfer to the pass.on.,te judgment of a mob a question that suould have been adjudicated dispassionately and bv settled rule -of Uw. l’he Govtr.i.ment of the Uni ed States must give to tbe sub eclsof friei.d.y nowers that -ecurity which it demands for oav own clti ens when temp irarily uuder a foreign jurisdiction. It is the hope <ffi tho President that you will co-ooeratb with him in maintaining the obligation- o' the United States towards the Italian sub ea ts who* mav be iu the perils of the present excitement, that further bloodshed and violence may be prevented aud that all offenders a a nst the law may be promptly brought to justioe.’*