David Hennessey Tomb Metairie Cemetery, Orleans Parish,Louisiana
Submitted:  Peggy E. Rooney
Photos at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/orleans/cemmetare.htm

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Source:  photograph taken and text copied from inscriptions October 29, 2001

DAVID C. HENNESSEY,
His life was honorable and brave
his fidelity to duty
was sealed with his death.

Inscription on the left side could not be read due to the sun.

NOTE:
David C. Hennessey was the City of New Orleans' first
Superintendent of Police. On the evening of Oct. 15, 1890,
at 11:25 p.m., he was gunned down on his way home.
Although he was hit by shotgun blasts from many different
directions, he was able to draw his pistol and return fire.
While he lay prostrate in the street, more bullets were
pumped into his body. He was later rushed to the hospital,
but all efforts to save him were futile. He died the next day.