The Indianapolis Journal, 18 October 1890, page 2: Bold Murder in a Prison (Scaffidi shot in the Parish Prison; the chief's funeral)
Bold Murder in a Prison: Assassination of the New Orleans Chief of Police Leads to Another Crime
- Paper
- The Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis, Ind.)
- Date
- 1890-10-18
- Page
- Page 2
- Headline
- Bold Murder in a Prison: Assassination of the New Orleans Chief of Police Leads to Another Crime
- Rights
- A United States newspaper published in 1930 or earlier. Public domain in the United States. The Library of Congress serves the page from Chronicling America.
The Indianapolis Journal’s page 2 prints a dispatch of 17 October headed “Bold Murder in a Prison: Assassination of the New Orleans Chief of Police Leads to Another Crime.” It says Antonio Scaffidi was shot and mortally wounded at 11:45 a.m. in the Parish Prison corridor by Thomas H. Duffy, 28, who gave no reason beyond his belief that the prisoner deserved death; the subhead also mentions the funeral of the chief. Deputy sheriffs Fortier and O. S. Andry are named.
The paper’s headline calls the shooting a murder. Scaffidi was later listed among those killed on 14 March 1891, so the “mortally wounded” report was not borne out. The St. Paul Daily Globe of the same date carries the same dispatch.