The bizarre Axeman letter from Hell – play Jazz or else. The Axeman of New Orleans The Official Letter. Hell, March 13, 1919. They have never seen me, for I am invisible, even as the ether that surrounds your earth. I am what you Orleanians and your foolish police call the Axeman. In the letter, which was published in all the local New Orleans newspapers, the Axeman said that he would kill again at 15 minutes past midnight on the night of … Three days after the Cortimiglia attack, the editor of the New Orleans Times-Picayune received a strange letter which would draw even deeper parallels to the earlier Jack the Ripper murders. It was the night of March 19, 1919 and jazz played in New Orleans. I stated that I was a supernatural demon from the hottest hell and that I admired Jazz music and would strike again on March 19 th, 1919. The Axeman of New Orleans The case of the Axeman of New Orleans, like the Cleveland Torso Murders, should really be sitting alongside the cases of Jack the Ripper and Zodiac in regards to being fascinating unsolved crimes which involve taunting letters to the Press. I am not a human being, but a spirit and a demon from the hottest hell. Esteemed Mortal of New Orleans: They have never caught me and they never will. The Axeman’s letter. The Axeman of New Orleans Murders. The Axeman of New Orleans Posted on January 23, 2015 by Taraya Galloway Morbid accounts of the work of an ax-wielding serial killer had shaken up New Orleans … Jacqueline My famous letter came about just a short while after these attacks. An axe-wielding maniac stalked the streets of the Big Easy, and the only way to avoid slaughter was to play jazz.