On March 19, jazz music was played throughout the city and no murders occurred. ![]() However, people who were playing jazz would not be targeted. This theory was sparked when the killer allegedly sent a letter to the Times-Picayune stating that he would kill again the following Tuesday (March 19, 1919) at 12:05 AM. This was supported by cases in which the woman of the household was murdered but not the man, who would have been unaware of the killer’s presence.Īccording to a more bizarre theory, the killer was looking to promote jazz music. Years later, criminologists Colin and Damon Wilson theorized that the Axeman killed male victims only when they obstructed his attempts to murder women. Other theories suggest that the killer’s primary goal was to murder women. Most of the victims were Italian American, which suggests that the murders may have been motivated by ethnicity or tied to the Mafia and organized crime. To this day, the killer’s identity is not known, although there are many theories. However, nothing was ever taken from the victims’ dwellings. Over the next 18 months, this mysterious murderer took the lives of at least 10 more people in their homes. They were the first victims of the person who would become known as the Axeman of New Orleans. ![]() Their dying brother and his already-dead wife had been brutally butchered with an axe. ![]() On the evening of May 22, 1918, Jake and Andrew Maggio made a gruesome discovery.
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