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''See also:'' 1890 in organized crime, other events of 1891, 1892 in organized crime and the list of 'years in organized crime'. ==Events== *March 14 - After the acquittal/mistrial (on the previous evening) of Charles Matranga and 8 of his associates for conspiracy in the murder of New Orleans Police Chief David C. Hennessy, a lynch mob enters the jail and murders 11 of the 17 suspects in the murder. Matranga himself is spared on orders from the lynch mob's leader.〔Hunt, Thomas and Macheca-Sheldon, Martha. ''Deep Water: Joseph P. Macheca and the Birth of the American Mafia'', 2007.〕 Hennessey had been investigating a gang war between rival Mafia groups: the Matranga and Provenzano factions (eventually bringing Joseph Provenzano to trial in 1890), however, while leaders of the criminal gang, including Charles Matranga, are acquitted (of conspiracy), many suspects were still awaiting trial (for the actual murder).〔Chandler, David L. ''Brothers in Blood'', 1975 (pp. 90-6)〕 For the first time the possibility of an Italian secret criminal organization operating in New Orleans is discussed in the United States. A New Orleans grand jury investigating the incident would later report: ::''"..our research has developed the existence of the secret organization styled 'Mafia'.... Officers of the Mafia and many of its members were not known. Among them are men born in this city of Italian origin.... The larger number of the society is composed of Italians and Sicilians."'' () 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1891 in organized crime」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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