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Description

An episode of the lynching of the Italians in New Orleans after the murder of police chief David Hennessy. The citizens breaking down the door of the parish prison with the beam brought there the night before for that purpose.
Source

Andrews, E. Benjamin. History of the United States, volume V. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. 1912.
Date

Incident shown: 1900. Publication:1912
Author

E. Benjamin Andrews
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