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Showing posts with label New Orleans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Orleans. Show all posts
27 February 2021

Jury complete, 1891 Mafia trial begins

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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...
05 January 2020

New Orleans killing linked to Mafia feud

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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...
09 September 2019

Macheca organizes paramilitary 'club'

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Group of 'white citizens' backs overthrow of Republican government in Louisiana On this date in 1874... Joseph P. Macheca, a pro...
04 April 2019

Deported to Guatemala due to fake birth record

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On this date in 1961... U.S. immigration officials arrested New Orleans Mafia boss Carlos Marcello on April 4, 1961, and immediately depor...
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02 April 2019

NOLA mayor to offer apology for 1891 lynchings

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

'Dandy Phil' exits in his pajamas

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On this date in 1962... Shreveport Times Nancy Kemp, a private nurse caring for aging gambling racketeer Philip F. "Dandy Phil...
06 August 2018

Unlucky date for Steel City underworld bosses

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August 6 has been a bad date to be a Pittsburgh Mafia boss. On that date in 1929, thirty-nine-year-old underworld chief Stefano Monaste...
22 July 2018

Vendetta killings at New Orleans' French Market

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On this date in 1869... French Market, New Orleans Two leaders of a Sicilian underworld faction were murdered on the morning of July ...
05 May 2018

1891 grand jury indicts bribers, defends killers

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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

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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...
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14 September 2017

1874 White League revolt in New Orleans

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J.P. Macheca, later linked with local Mafia, played key role in Reconstruction Era battle Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper ...