#OTD in 1874, Joseph #Macheca, later linked with the local #Mafia, plays a key role in a momentarily successful #NewOrleans #WhiteLeague insurrection against the state government.
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#OTD (Sep 10) in 1861, Joseph #Macheca of #NewOrleans enlists in the 22nd Louisiana Infantry of the Confederate Army.
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Joseph Macheca
#OTD (Sep 09) in 1874, Joseph #Macheca calls to order the first meeting of the Cosmopolitan Democratic Club in #NewOrleans. The paramilitary group elects Macheca as its grand marshal.
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Joseph P. Macheca
#OTD (Aug 28) in 1863, Joseph #Macheca of #NewOrleans is tried and convicted in a military occupation court in connection with a scheme to sell meats stolen from the U.S. Army. Other conspirators are imprisoned, but Macheca is fined $50.
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#OTD (Aug 28) in 1863, J.P. #Macheca of #NewOrleans was convicted of selling meats stolen from the Union Army. Codefendants were imprisoned. Macheca was fined $50. After the #CivilWar, he organized right-wing paramilitary groups & involved himself in the local #Mafia.
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"None Guilty!" is headline on front page of March 14, 1891, issue of New Orleans Daily Picayune.
Verdicts in 1891 #NewOrleans trial of accused #Mafia killers:
Acquitted - Joseph P. #Macheca, Charlie #Matranga, Bastiano Incardona, Antonio Bagnetto, Antonio Marchesi, Asperi Marchesi;
Mistrial - Manuel Polizzi, Antonio Scaffidi, Pietro Monastero;
Guilty - None.
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