▼
Showing posts with label Hennessy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hennessy. Show all posts
27 February 2021

Jury complete, 1891 Mafia trial begins

›
On this date in 1891... A lengthy jury selection process concluded Friday, February 27, 1891, and the trial of nine men accused of the assa...
02 April 2019

NOLA mayor to offer apology for 1891 lynchings

›
American Italian Center to host proclamation on April 12 Cantrell New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell will offer an "Official Pro...
05 May 2018

1891 grand jury indicts bribers, defends killers

›
Says number involved in Crescent City lynchings makes indictment, prosecution impossible On this date in 1891... A grand jury, tasked wi...
15 October 2017

New Orleans police chief ambushed, murdered

›
On this date (Oct. 15) in 1890, New Orleans Police Chief David Hennessy was fatally shot by several Mafia assassins a short distance from hi...
1 comment:
05 July 2017

Hennessys capture Sicilian brigand in New Orleans

›
On this date in 1881: Cousins David and Michael Hennessy, members of the New Orleans detective (or "aides") force, capture fugitiv...
06 May 2017

1890: Ambush reignites New Orleans feud

›
Six stevedores of New Orleans' Matranga and Locascio firm were heading home in a horse-drawn "spring wagon" after a late night...
02 March 2017

Disturbance at trial of Hennessy assassins

›
On this date in 1891, one of nine accused Mafiosi, standing trial in New Orleans for plotting and carrying out the assassination of Police C...
13 January 2017

$5000 awarded to family of lynch victim

›
On this date in 1894, a federal jury returned a sealed verdict in a lawsuit related to an alleged New Orleans Mafia leader who was killed by...