THE MAFIA SOCIETY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2914, 19 March 1891, Page 2

THE MAFIA SOCIETY.

TIIKLYXCITIXti AT XKW OKNKANS. (IIV KLKCiHIC IKLI;,;BA1-H. — (.01-YUMHT.) Xr.w Yoi'.K. JDuvli l'iTill-: ;iU;n-k on (In- :it X<-w Oi-lf-:iiis li.V the- 1.-.-idin- . itiz.ns oi' t1,.. tipwii, ;tti«i ill-- lyncliiiifr :n,j,i-ov(-l l>v flu- l'-ii'litiir (■oimiici , - cii.l lxxlic-i. Til,- 11-ili:iii Con-iil li.-is cli-m:iii<lc(l tlio pmiislimi'iit ot" ilu- niiirlc-i'i-rs. Mr Socn-liii-y lioiTiir ;it t!i.- ;ill< 1 c-inif'T-l-iii"; with tin- l'lvsi.i.ut. Tliri-' li-.-iilini; }:> :vy< r< in N'-w Or-l.-.nis li:ii-;iiijru'-'l tin- cruw.l. whi.'h, :,,•!.-1 .li-liiicrni.-ly. 'I'll.-win. , .,-city w;is incf.'iisi-il 111,- tyr.inny iiti'l corni]i'ion of tl),' Miiiiii. Society. Id which (lie Sicilians lj..l,inu r '"l, and it, is 1 »i •— lii-vi-d tin- l,olii-i- ullicials conniv,;,! ;it tln> lynrhin^ Tli' , Govornorciilli-il out-the military Vmt they won- very slow in njspondiiifr. Tin-, inen who 'wen- shol inchided four who had been acquitted, three iilioiit whom the jury and four who hurl not been tried. It is nllr-nTid that a, detective named O'Mnllny. wlio was iiovnt of the Alalia Society.'bribed the jury,who narrowlw escapedbohif?lyni:liedalso. The foreman is now in prison. Nkw Yonic, Mim;h IT. Tlio Ttiilian newspa])t-r pviblished in this city llm-atr-ns that a million Italians" resident in tho State oi Louisiana will organise vendettas with th(! object of hiivins the foreinan of the jury expelled from Xc-\v Orliains. March 17. Tin; .Mafia Sm-iety has threatened to ]i,iihon the fiiniily of Parkinson, who is said to haw been a. chief leader in the original jiirty. Sohic niembers of the sucietv have avowed their intention to put to 'lentil -Mr P.1.-iine, who has been in coiimnniieiition with King Humbert cf Italy rm the subject of the outrage. Mv Bliiine has asked tin; King to await the report which will bo furnished by the Governor of Louisiana.

Miirch 17. Sovcn haiulreil lialisiu n.'sitVnts of Xi!w Orli'iins liavu flod from <ln' country, i'wiviiis: t'nvthci' liliiodshi'd. Nkw Ohlhaxs, March 10. The foreman of the jury lias escaped from the city. The Mayor of Xew Orleans declares that. Parkinson, who is alleged to be. the chief 1.-ader of the lynching party, was (juite right in the action taken. In explanation, Parkinson states that vrhile the Alalia So/ieiy i.-onlim-il ifs action to killinc; its own nieinIj.ts nolioily interfered, but directly Ut"V iinivderi'd Detective TTemiossy Aineiieairliberty was I'liilan^i.'i'iil. The Xi'W York nmvs]i:ipei-s reiterale the stalenient )!i:it Hie jury was bribed, and state that they have no doubt that the Sicilians wen: guilty of the crime on which the jury acquitted them.