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David Hennessy

Case from New-orleans, LA dated Oct 16, 1890

Victim Details

David C. Hennessy

Male

White / Caucasian

New-orleans

LA

1890-10-16

31

David

Hennessy

07/13/2026

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In the late hours of October 15, 1890, New Orleans Police Chief David Hennessy was ambushed and shot multiple times by a group of assailants as he walked home. The 32-year-old male chief of police, an Irish Catholic, reportedly whispered to a responding officer that 'dagos' were responsible before succumbing to his wounds the following day. His death, which occurred amidst a backdrop of tensions between rival Italian factions vying for control of the city's fruit-unloading docks, plunged New Orl ...
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