NEW ORLEANS - THE FACTS
Contrary to popular belief, the Mafia made its first officially documented appearance in the United States in 1890 in New Orleans and not New York. On October 5, 1890, New Orleans police chief Captain Hennessy was killed in an ambush by some men, In that city in the south of the United States there was a feud between the criminal families of the Provenzano and that of the Matragna. Following the murder, 19 Italian residents were arrested there. The suspects were imprisoned in the parish prison. At the end of the trial in March, some of them were acquitted. This determined the inhabitants' violent reaction so much so that the next day a huge crowd formed outside the prison. The troublemakers forced the prison doors and 11 of the arrested were lynched to death. Notable is the ruling of the Grand Jury of New Orleans, which in 1891, called to rule on those criminal facts, ruled: "The extent of our investigation has identified the existence of the secret organization called mafia."Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.
19 Tammi 20215min
DON VITO CASCIO FERRO
Vito Cascioferro. can be considered the link between criminal organizations from Sicily with those already branched in the United States. His unwavering ambivalence allows him to build a network of trafficking, connivance, favors, murders, also making use of popular support that sees in him a champion of the oppressed, at that time he becomes in the eyes of his countrymen a Godfather.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.
23 Joulu 202015min
INTRODUCTION
HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN MAFIABecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.
22 Joulu 20202min
