Eleven men held in prison at #NewOrleans were murdered by a #lynch mob #OTD in 1891. The prisoners were suspected of #Mafia membership and of involvement in the 1890 assassination of city Police Chief David #Hennessy.
Read about it:
https://jpmacheca.blogspot.com/2015/03/124-years-ago-eleven-prisoners-killed.html
jpmacheca.blogspot.comEleven prisoners killed On this date (March 14) in 1891: One day after a jury refused to convict the accused assassins of New Orleans Police Chief David He...