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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