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Nicholls Replies

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Parent Issue
Day
27
Month
March
Year
1891
Copyright
Public Domain
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New Orleaxs, La., Marcb 25.- The g.rand jmy wil! on Tlim-sday. untler ilirection of Atioruey (ieueral Kokers, begji art Investigatlon into tha lynclnng of tlie Italians at the parish prison. When the questiou of takinj; up the subject was submitted to the grand jury yesterrtay the "ayes" were unanimous Judge Rogers has been in communication with Signor Corte, the Italian connu!, aud has several letters froni that gentleman, one of which shows that ten of the men who were killed went under ssnmed names, and f rom this the authorities infer that they were either fugitives from Italiau justice or exconvicts. Wants the Rioterg Arraigned. Corte has requested that the leaders of the uprising be brought to justice. The grand jury is nearly through with its inquiry iuto the jury-bribiug charges. One of the two indictments they reported Monday night was against the missiug Detective D. C. O'Malley, who is charged with having beeu an accessory before the fact. It is uuder.-itood that indictments will also be returued again.sl Juror Zeligman and three of his colleagues in the Hennessey trial. District Attorney Sugenberg said yesterdíiy that there will be a number of seüsat.ional developmeuts in the matter before the end of the week. Something: More From Parkerson. W. S. Parkerson, in speaking of the attorney-general's actiou yesterday, said: "For my part I am willing to assume the responsibiüty for whatever share I had in that affair. We did nothing but what the exigencies of the moment demanded. The law had been outraaed; the court had been debauched through the bribing of a jury; the stars and stripes hauled down, torn to shreds, and spit upon by a band of men who were in sympathy with the fellows who assassinated the chief of pólice. The Siciliaa flag had been hoisted on the river front to celébrate one of the most outrageoas miscarriages of justice we ever saw in this country. Everywhere on the streets, in the markets, and even io our own homes, our wives and daughters were insulted by men of another race, who thought they had won a glorious victory. If we had not acted these same men w'ould huve beeu offering the ears oï American citizens for sale in the public streets. They were taught a lessoa they will liever foi-iret. " Nicholls' Letter Is Satisfactory. There was a rumor yesterday that 'Governor Nicholls inteuded to remove every state official who participated in the lynching. The governor's friends, however, deny that he contemplates any such action, and his letter to Secretary Blaiiiö is meetiag with general favor.