The Crescent City Lynchings: The Murder of Chief Hennessy, the New Orleans Mafia Trials, and the Parish Prison Mob by Tom Smith
The Crescent City Lynchings: The Murder of Chief Hennessy, the New Orleans Mafia Trials, and the Parish Prison Mob
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Tom Smith
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The Crescent City Lynchings: The Murder of Chief Hennessy, the New Orleans Mafia Trials, and the Parish Prison Mob

Tom Smith

304 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime dark mysterious tense slow-paced
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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...

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