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The Axeman of New Orleans

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by Miriam C. Davis


  Rissetto, Conchetta, 21, 21–24, 26, 56, 61, 76, 99

  Rissetto, Joseph, 21, 21–24, 26, 53, 56, 61, 76, 99, 225

  Rivarde, L. Robert, 165, 171, 178, 183–184, 253

  appointment as district attorney, 172

  interrogation of Rosie Cortimiglia, 166

  Jordano jury selection by, 174

  Jordano retrial of, 247–250

  Jordano trial and, 185, 187–188, 190–192, 197–198, 200, 203, 206, 208, 241, 242, 243

  Rodin, François, 95

  Rogers, Ralph. See Hickey, Edward

  Romano, Joseph, 125, 126

  Rossner, G. W., 7, 8, 187, 196

  Sacriste, Mrs., 118, 169

  Saint Joseph (patron saint), 28, 237

  Saint Joseph’s Day, 160, 161

  Saint Mary’s Italian Church, 92, 161

  Scalisi, Frank, 256

  Scalisi, Johnnie, 256

  Scalisi, Marlena, 256

  Scalisi, Mary, 256, 257–259

  Schneider, Clara, 119

  Schneider, Edward, 119, 120

  Schneider, Mary, 119–120

  Sciambra, Henry, 100

  Sciambra, Jake, 96, 97, 97, 98

  Sciambra, Johanna, 96, 97, 97, 98, 101

  Sciambra, Tony, 96–98, 97, 100, 101

  Sciambra grocery store, photo of, 98

  serial killers, 11–13, 75–76, 123, 162–163, 260–261

  Shakespeare, Joseph, 65, 67

  Shambra, Mary, 252

  shoemakers, in New Orleans, 34

  Sicilians

  appeal of grocery store ownership to, 34–36

  criminal activity among, in New Orleans, 63–64, 66–71

  in the French Quarter, 33–34

  immigration of, 28–29, 32–33

  as plantation laborers, 27–28, 31–32

  Southern prejudice against, 32

  See also Italian grocers

  sidewalk chalk message, 90–92

  smallpox outbreak, 244

  Smith, George Wesley, 213

  Spera, Anthony “Tony,” 232–233, 251

  Spera, Josie, 3–4, 144, 197, 247

  Spero, Joseph, 254–255

  Spero, Josephine, 254

  Spero, Rosa, 254–255

  Stillson, W. C., 136

  Stoppagliera, 66

  Storyville district, 234

  sugarcane, production of, 30–31

  Sumner, John Wesley, 84

  Tallant, Robert, 138, 210, 217, 224, 226–227

  Thalheim, Andrew H., 173, 173, 206, 208, 242, 246, 253

  third degree interrogations, 50

  Torres, Estaban, 91, 92

  Tramontana, Rocco, 152

  Unsworth, C. V., 203, 205

  Vaccaro brothers, 254

  Van Wart, R. M., 205

  vendettas, 61, 64, 69, 163, 220

  Vicari, Santo, 150, 194

  Walmsley, Thomas Semmes, 244

  Williams, Margaret, 181–182, 195

  Winters, Tony, 8

  Zanca, John, 104–106, 117

  Zodiac killer, 12

 

 

 


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