Officer Down Memorial Page

You were obviously well respected in the city and in return the citizens took on the role of implementing proper justice. Your commitment to law enforcement is what we all inspire to be, an honorable WARRIOR! God bless you and the citizens that stood for justice.

Lt TDW
ADOC SRP
April 1, 2011

Your heroism and service is honored today, the 109th anniversary year of your death. Your memory lives and you continue to inspire. Thank you for your service. My cherished son Larry Lasater was a fellow police officer who was murdered in the the line of duty on April 24, 2005 while serving as a Pittsburg, CA police officer.

Time never diminishes respect. Your memory will always be honored and revered. You must have been so ambitious to have worked yourself up from messenger boy to chief, and your professionalism and integrity must have been unparralled to be the target of such evil and your murder the source of so much fury.

Rest In Peace.

Phyllis Loya

Anonymous
October 16, 2009

You are remembered today and thank you Sir for your service.

This writer is pleased that justice was quickly served on your behalf

Pat Van Den Berghe, Manchester, NH
Neighbors for a Better Manchester, NH
October 15, 2007

Chief, I really don't know if dead people can use the internet, or read, but I'll tell you this. Your story is a ledgend in this city & till this very day you are spoken of. It's been made into a movie "Vendetta" and numbers of books. You discovered the Mafia in America. It led to the largest lynching in American history that strung up your killers. Your grave is MAGNIFICENT.....Till Later...Louie

Sgt. Louie Orduna Retired
New Orleans Police Dept
January 30, 2007

I don't know any more than what I've read here, but on that note, all I can say is WOW, Job Well Done. I hate Chief Hennessy was killed, but he must have been one outstanding chief for the mob to utilize so many hitmen to take him down and then the public to rise up in their support in such a manner. I don't know if the courts were infiltrated by the mob or the jury was just too scared to convict, but obviously the Chief got under the skin of organized crime and didn't back down.

Gone but not forgtten 116yrs later.

Major D.W. Warren
Montgomery P.D.
October 16, 2006

I stop by this website often after the death of two dear friends with the NCSHP (Troopers Calvin Taylor E.O.W. October 3, 2001 and Anthony Cogdill E.O.W. May 30, 2003). Unfortunately, I had to add the name of another friend recently. Deputy Jeffery Hewitt, Buncombe County (NC) Sheriff’s Department, E.O.W. April 4, 2004.

I want to honor all of those who gave their life in the line of duty. Although your death was many many years ago, you are still a hero.

God Bless the men and women who continue to serve their communities in our great Nation.

...Gone, but never Forgotten....

Marti Ingle (EMT-Paramedic)
Haywood Co EMS (NC)
April 9, 2004

It's too bad our citizens don't show the same support for our law enforcement officers today as they did 113 years ago.

Taryn Walters Ontiveros
Daughter of Officer Larry Walters EOW 11-13-74
November 29, 2003