#OTD (Apr 24) in #OrganizedCrime #History: D'Andrea of #Chicago gets 13 months for counterfeiting, #Yale hosts #Torrio & Vanella in #Brooklyn, assault charge against #Anastasia is dropped, Scozzari & DeSimone are fined in #LosAngeles for failing to report Ardizzone shooting, #Valachi & brother-in-law are sentenced for heroin smuggling, #Madden dies at #HotSpringsAR.
Owen #Madden, once a gangland power who cooperated with the #Mafia in #NewYork, passed away at #HotSpringsAR #OTD in 1965. He was 73.
Read about "Owney":
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2020/04/owney-madden-dies-at-hot-springs.html
#OTD in 1978: A car-bombing took the life of #RochesterNY mobster Sam Gingello. Gingello had been repeatedly targeted in the city underworld's A-B War.
Read about it:
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2018/05/1978-murder-of-rochesters-sammy-g.html
#OTD (Apr 23) in #OrganizedCrime #History: future #Mafia boss Magliocco enters the U.S., #Genovese is arrested for assault, Pieri of #Buffalo faces burglary charge, Mangano is buried, #Hoover OKs #FBI use of #CosaNostra, #Valachi testifies against Persico, mafiosi go to trial for skimming from #NewYork housing projects.
#OTD (Apr 22) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Two accused of Agnello murder in #NewOrleans, letter connects Morello with #BarrelMurder victim, jury convicts #Baltimore Black Hand bomber, #Kastel gets three years for mail fraud, #Torrio is charged with tax fraud, murder victim found outside #HotSpringsAR, Marcello is freed of contempt charge, Manocchio convictions are restored.
#OTD (Apr 21) in #OrganizedCrime #History: future #Philadelphia boss Testa is born, #Chicago authorities free #Luciano, citizenship is taken from #Anastasia, Ida renounces his citizenship, #StamfordCT fears mob war.
#OTD in 1872, #NewOrleans #Mafia leader Joseph Agnello is murdered.
Read about it:
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2017/04/the-murder-of-new-orleans-boss-joseph.html
#OTD (Apr 20) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #NewOrleans #Mafia leader is murdered, #NYC tong chief seeks protection, #BarrelMurder victim is identified, #Masseria is buried, Cammarata deportation is blocked, #YoungstownOH racketeer Joey Naples enters prison, mob gunmen kill Marfeo and Melei in #ProvidenceRI.
#OTD (Apr 19) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Terranovas plan revenge in #NYC, Rocco gets life for burglary, #Patriarca aids inmate escape attempt, #Luciano & #Lansky are arrested in #Chicago, one #Mangano is dead & other missing, Sidge is killed in #Brooklyn, Pizzonia blamed for Uva murders in #QueensNY.
#OTD in 1932, two #NewYork underworld leaders are arrested during a visit to #Chicago.
Read about it:
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2017/04/85-years-ago-luciano-lansky-nabbed-in.html
#OTD (Apr 18) in #OrganizedCrime #History: future #LosAngeles boss #Dragna is born in Corleone Sicily, police note arrival of #Luciano & #Lansky in #Chicago, #NYC crime boss #Lucchese gets good conduct certificate, case mulled against La Stella attendees from #Louisiana & #Florida, #YoungstownOH gangsters charged with casino conspiracy.
#OTD (Apr 17) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Bill the Butcher is acquitted, #NYC counterfeiters are sentenced, Amato is murdered in #LosAngeles, #Petrosino nabs #Alfano, #Chicago slaver gets prison, gangsters are found dead in #YoungstownOH poolroom, #Colosimo takes a new bride, Rossi is killed in #Brooklyn, Philip #Mangano disappears, Genovese leaders get long sentences, body of #Philadelphia mobster found in #BronxNY.
#OTD (Apr 16) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #BarrelMurder suspects number a dozen, #Morello son is killed in #EastHarlem, #Gentile and pal return from Sicily, #DiCarlo of #Buffalo begins prison term, Calderone of #Pennsylvania & Maceo of #Texas & #Torrio of #NewYork pass away, #Newark jury acquits DiGilio.
#OTD (Apr 15) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #NYC #Mafia leaders are arrested in connection with #BarrelMurder, #Genovese gets 60 days on gun conviction, two are killed in #Massachusetts payroll robbery, "Joe the Boss" #Masseria is assassinated by his own men at #ConeyIsland, Abbatemarcos face lottery charge, mob influence is seen in #Poconos, #Lonardo of #Cleveland testifies.
U.S. #Mafia boss of bosses Giuseppe "Joe the Boss" #Masseria was murdered #OTD in 1931. He was shot to death in a back room at Gerardo Scarpato's Nuova Villa Tammaro restaurant, 2715 West Fifteenth Street, #ConeyIsland.
Read the press coverage:
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2019/04/joe-boss-murder-befuddles-press.html
#OTD (Apr 14) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #BarrelMurder victim is found in #Manhattan, Sacco is convicted in #Chicago, #Capone pays a fine, Lazia loses appeal for new tax trial in #KansasCity, #Trafficante tries to keep Cuba casinos open, "Mad Sam" is found murdered.
#OTD in 1903, a man's body is found in a barrel left on a #Manhattan sidewalk. U.S. #SecretService agents assist #NewYork Police in figuring out the #BarrelMurder.
Read about it:
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2017/04/114-years-ago-barrel-murder.html
#OTD (Apr 13) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Monk is shot in the head, #Masseria & others are arrested for burglary, #Buffalo pistol permits are investigated, Parisi is acquitted of murder, car-bomb kills #Gambino underboss, Strollo pleads guilty at #YoungstownOH, Manocchio gets probation in #RhodeIsland.
#OTD in 1913: Giuseppe #Masseria, future #NYC #Mafia boss, and three other men were arrested for the attempted robbery of a #Manhattan pawn shop.
Read about it and view source documents:
https://mafiahistory.us/a040/f_masseriaburg.html
