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From: "Dot logsdon" <>
Subject: RE: [LAORLEAN-L] Re: LAORLEAN-D Digest V06 #93
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 00:19:03 -0600


Hello Judeth -- Yes, a dark chapter in the history of New Orleans.
This version http://www.bestofneworleans.com/dispatch/2004-03-02/blake.html
gives an overview which I find somewhat slanted, but includes some
interesting local facts. For possibly way more than you ever wanted to know:
http://tinyurl.com/ezjf6. To get to the Hennessy murder, put 478 in Find in
the edit feature on your tool bar. Start reading at the 3-line paragraph
which begins "The most sensational episode...."
You will note that the 2nd article, especially, assumes the guilt of the
lynching's victims. Richard Gambino's "Vendetta" serves to bring out a more
balanced story. For a review:
http://www.utpjournals.com/product/utq/691/vendetta109.html
And finally, an interesting review of wyes's "Italian New Orleans":
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/orleans/newspapers/00000078.txt
Best, Dot

From: "Vinson, Judeth G" <>
Reply-To:
>Leslie, is that the case where the police chief was killed? Weren't some
>people lynched? If that is the same case, do you or any one else know where
>the lynching took place? I remember my grandmother pointing it out, but
>don't remember where it was.

>From: leslie adams
>Just for information, my husband's great grandfather was the well-known
>attorney Lionel Adams who defended the Italians in the famous Italian Mafia
>trial. There are several books that discuss the case.
>It is a fascinating piece of New Orleans history.
>Leslie Adams
>


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