The Murder of Chief Hennessy, the New Orleans Mafia Trials, and the Parish Prison Mob
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/01/2007
In 1890, a group of Italian immigrants and Italian Americans were accused of gunning down New Orleans police chief David Hennessy, who had come between two rival waterfront gangs. Nineteen men were indicted; nine stood trial. After six of the nine accused were acquitted and the remaining three awarded mistrials, a vigilante mob of 8,000 people fought their way into the Parish Prison and killed eleven of the defendants. The incident drew anti- American ire from across the world, and even brought the U.S. to the brink of war with Italy until formal reparations were made. Tom Smith presents an in-depth and nuanced account of the episode that was the greatest mass lynching in our nation's history, and which popularized the term Mafia in the American lexicon.
- ISBN:
- 9781592289011
- 9781592289011
- Category:
- True crime
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 01-01-2007
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Globe Pequot Press, The
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Dimensions (mm):
- 228.6x152.4x31.75mm
- Weight:
- 0.67kg
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