On this date in 1888... A single pistol shot echoed along New Orleans' St. Philip Street at about ten o'clock in the evening of Th...

On this date in 1917... Los Angeles Times, Dec. 20, 1917. A southern California underworld feud and the continued effectiveness of a t...

On this date in 1931... L.A.Times, Oct. 18, 1931 Joseph E. Ardizzone, wealthy southern California ranch owner and Mafia chief, lef...

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

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

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...