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re: Family Tree Criminals?
Posted on 8/7/24 at 5:27 pm to Catahoula
Posted on 8/7/24 at 5:27 pm to Catahoula
Carlos Marcello was the best man in my cousin's great aunt's wedding (cousin via marriage, I'm not related to the great aunt). I know everyone says that they have connections to him, but I was shown a picture and if you look into it Carlos Marcello definitely has ties to Abbeville, LA and a certain Italian family there.
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Posted on 8/7/24 at 5:33 pm to Epic Cajun
My maternal grandfather worked in several different gambling houses in NOLA, he had a very broad range of contacts and acquaintances, a couple of which have already been mentioned in this thread...
my dad's paternal grandfather was tried for murder in 1920 in NOLA when he shot a man by the Jackson Ave Ferry, he was acquitted on grounds of self-defense...
my dad's paternal grandfather was tried for murder in 1920 in NOLA when he shot a man by the Jackson Ave Ferry, he was acquitted on grounds of self-defense...
Posted on 8/7/24 at 5:39 pm to Catahoula
Louisiana Juvenile Criminal History - This was the first case in Louisiana for a minor to be tried as an adult and sentenced to LIFE.
Back in 1959, my mother's 15 yr-old cousin (R. Blanke) was murdered by a 15 yr-old classmate (F. Chisesi Jr.). Both attended Holy Cross and Chisesi planned the murder by inviting Blanke to go rabbit hunting along the Miss. River in Violet, LA. At close range, Chisesi shot Blanke in the back with a .410 shotgun. Blanke fell to the ground, turned and crawled towards Chisesi saying "help F. , I've been shot". Chisesi shot him again in the face (chin) and stabbed him 17 times. Blanke was later found by rabbit hunters.
Chisesi flew to New York to evade capture. 2 days later, he was found at a train station in Newark, NJ with $150 cash and a loaded .38 revolver. Chisesi bragged about the killing and told investigators during his arrest that his family was loaded with money, and he would plead insanity to beat the rap.
Chisesi went to trial 4 years later. The jury deliberated 1.5 hours before reaching their decision and finding him guilty without capital punishment. The verdict carried a mandatory life sentence. Leander Perez was the DA. (I don't know if this case/verdict was appealed and/or if F. Chisesi served his entire life sentence).
Medical experts for the State agreed that Chisesi was suffering from some type of paranoid schizophrenia. They also concluded that a person with such a mental disturbance almost invariably knows right from wrong and Chisesi knew what he was doing at the time of the killing, and he showed no signs of remorse or guilt feelings.
Blanke is buried in St. Louis Cemetary No. 3
Back in 1959, my mother's 15 yr-old cousin (R. Blanke) was murdered by a 15 yr-old classmate (F. Chisesi Jr.). Both attended Holy Cross and Chisesi planned the murder by inviting Blanke to go rabbit hunting along the Miss. River in Violet, LA. At close range, Chisesi shot Blanke in the back with a .410 shotgun. Blanke fell to the ground, turned and crawled towards Chisesi saying "help F. , I've been shot". Chisesi shot him again in the face (chin) and stabbed him 17 times. Blanke was later found by rabbit hunters.
Chisesi flew to New York to evade capture. 2 days later, he was found at a train station in Newark, NJ with $150 cash and a loaded .38 revolver. Chisesi bragged about the killing and told investigators during his arrest that his family was loaded with money, and he would plead insanity to beat the rap.
Chisesi went to trial 4 years later. The jury deliberated 1.5 hours before reaching their decision and finding him guilty without capital punishment. The verdict carried a mandatory life sentence. Leander Perez was the DA. (I don't know if this case/verdict was appealed and/or if F. Chisesi served his entire life sentence).
Medical experts for the State agreed that Chisesi was suffering from some type of paranoid schizophrenia. They also concluded that a person with such a mental disturbance almost invariably knows right from wrong and Chisesi knew what he was doing at the time of the killing, and he showed no signs of remorse or guilt feelings.
Blanke is buried in St. Louis Cemetary No. 3
Posted on 8/7/24 at 5:43 pm to Catahoula
My great x4-5 grandfather was Jean Lafittes "legit business partner" , was his primary way to fence his stolen goods and slaves.
Posted on 8/7/24 at 5:50 pm to Captain Rumbeard
I am interested also, what was the field about and between what families? Is this in Shreveport area or Monroe?
Posted on 8/7/24 at 5:51 pm to Catahoula
My grandfather ( 4 or 5 generations) was Nathaniel Green. George Washington's second in command. If we lost the war, would have been guilty of treason.
My dad worked in Chicago in the 50's. His boss was a close family member of al Capone.
My dad worked in Chicago in the 50's. His boss was a close family member of al Capone.
Posted on 8/7/24 at 5:51 pm to GREENHEAD22
Had a distant cousin who did time with Billy Cannon for his little counterfeiting escapade.
Posted on 8/7/24 at 6:01 pm to BHTiger
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Had a cousin do 20 years for a couple of asked robberies in the early 70s....he was 20 years older so I didn't really know much about him and have never met.
Can I have all your money, please?
This post was edited on 8/7/24 at 6:01 pm
Posted on 8/7/24 at 6:04 pm to Catahoula
My FIL’s father was banned from Northern Ireland for being associated with a retirement account
Posted on 8/7/24 at 6:15 pm to Catahoula
Thomas Seymour- brother of Henry the VIIIs 3rd wife who later married the 6th wife after the king's death. He was executed for treason
Posted on 8/7/24 at 6:19 pm to Epic Cajun
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Carlos Marcello was the best man in my cousin's great aunt's wedding (cousin via marriage, I'm not related to the great aunt). I know everyone says that they have connections to him, but I was shown a picture and if you look into it Carlos Marcello definitely has ties to Abbeville, LA and a certain Italian family there.
You're kind of burying the lead, Carlos Marcello was the mastermind of the JKF assassination.
Posted on 8/7/24 at 6:25 pm to Catahoula
My brother’s ex-GF was one of the victims in the Chi Omega sorority house that Ted Bundy attacked. Fortunately, she lived. She was lucky that her roommate was in the room (she was beat up as well). The two girls that died were in their rooms alone.
I saw her a few weeks after the attack. She had a broken arm, broken jaw that was wired shut, and a large jagged cut on her forehead.
I saw her a few weeks after the attack. She had a broken arm, broken jaw that was wired shut, and a large jagged cut on her forehead.
Posted on 8/7/24 at 6:25 pm to Catahoula
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Any distant mobster uncles
If they were on the same block, they were not exactly distant.
Posted on 8/7/24 at 6:38 pm to Lsutigerturner
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I am interested also, what was the field about and between what families? Is this in Shreveport area or Monroe?
If I say the families I'm giving up too much information online although I'm betting somebody from that area will know who this is about. But the murders mostly took place in Claiborne Parish around Homer. Although my direct ancestor was killed in Cotton Valley after he left to try to get away from it. Shot him with a rifle in his field. The guy that did it was either the one that managed to magically kill himself with opiates in jail in Minden I think, or he's the one at the end who was running from East Texas to Monroe living in the woods going after my family. He was drug out of the jail in Monroe and lynched. That was the last of it.
These things are always blurry about how they got started. But there's two stories here of how it started and they both start with a guy in my family that killed a rabid dog that bit his cow. He also got in trouble because he had a black maid living in the house with him. That may have been later though because there's another story of the Klan showing up that didn't go how they thought it would because they got threatened by my family who was calling out their names and letting them know he knew who they were. They knew what that meant and didn't come back.
They would set up ambushes on the roads and when the posse would show up they never could find anything that tied anybody to the murders. Not even footprints. And from what my great aunt said, that was because they carved blocks that they attached to their boots that obliterated their tracks and also they could use them to stand up higher in the stirrups so they could see over brush. They even took measures to mess up dogs at the scene so they were never able to get dogs on them effectively.
There's a book written by a woman who had a plantation down near Natchitoches that includes a section on a guy who showed up with his two sons and started working for her under an assumed name. This was during the period when they started going after the kids. This guy was a primary force behind this and he killed more people than anybody in the feud so when the sheriff found out about it they were very concerned with how they would capture him. The book tells the story.
The deputies knew he was taking some stuff into town and they waited till he got to a spot where they thought they could safely stop him since he had his sons with him. So they popped out and started slowly trailing him as he was going. He spotted them and when he got to a turn in the road where they couldn't see, he jumped off the wagon and took off across a field and as they got close they saw him going into the woods. That was when, according to the author, the deputy proclaimed that he didn't want to get killed so he changed his mind and didn't go after him. They tried again by getting a warrant for the plantation but the lady hid him in a hidden space and they never found him.
When he went back to Homer, somehow, he was no longer wanted.
Whole thing is nuts.
Posted on 8/7/24 at 8:11 pm to greenbean
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You're kind of burying the lead, Carlos Marcello was the mastermind of the JKF assassination.
Well, I figured most people on this board would know who Carlos Marcello was.
Posted on 8/7/24 at 8:27 pm to Epic Cajun
We’ve always appreciated his Wine Cellar place.
Posted on 8/7/24 at 8:32 pm to Catahoula
My sister convinced a Fred’s bartender to give her his shirt at the bar. She then got behind the bar and bartended for about 10 minutes before being asked to leave.
She kept the shirt.
She kept the shirt.
Posted on 8/7/24 at 8:33 pm to Catahoula
Not famous but my Great grandfather changed our last name because he was a bank robber in rural nebraska in the 1890s
Posted on 8/7/24 at 8:34 pm to Catahoula
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Tell us more...
He was branded a serial killer because of head count, but I gather he was more of a hit man who was also a psychopath and would just eliminate any obstacle in his way. I wanted to try and make a film about him a decade ago before he was finally executed, but the family urged me to let it go. I think Amblin/Spielberg has the story rights now.
Oh, he also got out of prison for a spell because he found God and was preaching the good word. Turns out he was still killing too.
Posted on 8/7/24 at 9:32 pm to Catahoula
One of my ancestors was a member of the Dalton Gang.
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