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Mob History

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The history of organized crime in the United States. Be sure to visit https://mobhistory.substack.com/

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Tom Hunt @tom-hunt.com · 18h ago

#OTD (Nov. 12) in 2016, longtime #BuffaloNY area labor racketeer Leonard F. Falzone died of natural causes at age 81. buffalomob.blogspot.com/2016/11/leon... #MafiaHistory #History #Skystorians

Leonard Falzone (Jan. 26, 1935, to Nov. 12, 2016)

Brief biographies of figures from the DiCarlo-Magaddino Crime Family of western New York and key individuals from other U.S. Mafia organizations.

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Writers of Wrongs @writersofwrongs.bsky.social · 18h ago

#OTD (Nov. 12) in 1941, Abe "Kid Twist" #Reles, who betrayed underworld associates and cooperated with authorities, fell to his death from the window of a #ConeyIsland hotel. www.writersofwrongs.... #Brooklyn #MurderInc #NewYork #MafiaHistory #History #Skystorians

Murder Inc. turncoat Abe Reles falls to his death

News, notes, articles and book excerpts from authors of crime history.

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Mob History @mobhistory.substack.com · 18h ago

#OTD (Nov 12) Events in U.S. organized crime #history. #HighlandNY #Pittsburgh #ConeyIsland #Massachusetts #NewJersey #Florida #KearneyNJ #BuffaloNY #Brooklyn #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Nov. 12...
• in 1908, New York mafiosi bring printer Antonio Comito to Highland NY to begin work on counterfeit currency.
• in 1909, after a year in hiding, Ignazio Lupo returns to New York City.
• in 1915, Leopold Lauritano is acquitted of heroin possession charges in Brooklyn.
• in 1917, Giuseppe Martinico is arrested in Manhattan for the Nov. 11 Brooklyn murders of Antonio Mazzara and Antonio DiBenedetto.
• in 1919, a coroner's jury exonerates suspects Orazio Leone, J.C. Catalano and Joseph Catalano of the murder of Pittsburgh Mafia boss Gregorio Conti.
• in 1936, Louis Buchalter and Jacob Shapiro are sentenced to two years in prison following anti-trust convictions.
• in 1941, informant Abe Reles fatally falls from a sixth floor window at the Coney Island Half Moon Hotel. Raymond L.S. Patriarca is sentenced to Massachusetts prison for robbery and assault.
• in 1952, an FBI informant says Albert Anastasia and Anthony Strollo arranged the election of Anthony Provenzano as president of Teamsters New Jersey Local 560. In Florida, Eddie Coco is sentenced to life for a 1951 homicide.
• in 1958, the bullet-riddled body of longshoreman Joseph Barbito is discovered inside an automobile at Kearney NJ.
• in 2015, Vincent Asaro is acquitted of racketeering and related charges in Brooklyn federal court.
• in 2016, Buffalo-area labor racketeer Leonard Falzone dies of natural causes at 81.
Image of Abe Reles.

Writers of Wrongs @writersofwrongs.bsky.social · 2d ago

#OTD (Nov. 11) in 1917, a #Mafia feud appears to be the cause of a double-murder in the #Castellammarese colony of #Williamsburg, #Brooklyn. www.writersofwrongs.... #NewYork #MafiaHistory #History #Skystorians

Two killed at Castellammarese colony in Brooklyn

News, notes, articles and book excerpts from authors of crime history.

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Mob History @mobhistory.substack.com · 2d ago

#OTD (Nov 11) Events in U.S. organized crime #history. #Brooklyn #QueensNY #Harlem #California #LosAngeles #Chicago #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Nov. 11...
• in 1913, informant Clemente tells U.S. Secret Service that there are four Mafia gangs in New York, with three of them - led by Manfredi, Schiro and LoMonte - allied against the fourth led by D'Aquila.
• in 1917, Antonio Mazzara and Antonio DiBenedetto are shot to death at North Fifth Street and Roebling in Brooklyn.
• in 1925, Vito Genovese is arraigned for the murder of 'Jerry the Wolf' Scotti in Queens NY.
• in 1931, New York racketeers Lepke Buchalter and Jacob Shapiro are charged with disorderly conduct. Brooklyn rum-runner Charles Higgins is indicted for violating Volstead Act.
• in 1946, Joseph Scottoriggio, Harlem Republican leader, dies of wounds suffered in a Nov. 5 beating.
• in 1957, southern California Mafia leaders Frank DeSimone and Simone Scozzari and northern California leaders James Lanza and Joseph Cerrito take rooms at the New Yorker Hotel in New York City.
• in 1960, Anthony Accardo of Chicago is convicted of tax evasion.
• in 1961, John Guariglia, member of the John Oddo crew in the Profaci Crime Family, is fatally shot by Gallo faction gangsters in Brooklyn NY.
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Mob History @mobhistory.substack.com · 3d ago

#OTD (Nov 10) Events in U.S. organized crime #history. #Brooklyn #KansasCity #SewickleyPA #JerseyCityNJ #Chicago #LivingstonNJ #CollingswoodNJ #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Nov. 10...
• in 1913, an informant tells the U.S. Secret Service that gangsters of Manfredi Mineo's Brooklyn organization killed Giuseppe Fontana.
• in 1919, Frank Valenzi of Sewickley PA begins a prison sentence for extortion.
• in 1920, Joseph and Paul DiGiovanni of Kansas City are indicted for manufacture and possession of alcohol.
• in 1921, identifying himself as Anthony Sorge, Joseph Valachi is arrested in Jersey City NJ for weapons possession.
• in 1924, Irish mobster Dion O'Banion is killed in his Chicago flower shop.
• in 1925, Samuel 'Samoots' Amatuna, leading figure in Chicago's Sicilian underworld, is shot and mortally wounded.
• in 1930, Saverio Pollaccia of Brooklyn is arrested after a police raid at his home yields policy slips, liquor, a small arsenal and some heroin.
• in 1931, police raid a room at New York's Hotel Franconia and arrest Lepke Buchalter, Gurrah Shapiro, Bugsy Siegel, Curly Holz and five others believed to be labor racketeers.
• in 1957, a regional Mafia meeting is noted in Livingston NJ.
• in 1983, Gambino Crime Family associate Salvatore Sollena is found dead in the trunk of his Cadillac parked in Collingswood NJ.
Image of Joseph DiGiovanni.

Mob History @mobhistory.substack.com · 4d ago

#OTD (Nov 09) Events in U.S. organized crime #history. #EastHarlem #Chicago #Brooklyn #Illinois #EndicottNY #Cleveland #ToledoOH #RochesterNY #YoungstownOH #Bronx #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Nov. 09...
• in 1916, George Esposito of East Harlem is fatally shot.
• in 1923, Anthony Indelicato is arrested in New York for armed robbery.
• in 1924, Mike Merlo, Chicago Sicilian leader, dies of cancer.
• in 1926, police make arrests after discovering two stills operating in Brooklyn.
• in 1930, Vincent Coll, suspected of robbery, and 10 others are arrested at a Bronx speakeasy.
• in 1931, Illinois and New York gangsters are arrested in connection with a Chicago kidnapping.
• in 1932, federal agents arrest Endicott NY bootleggers Santo Vultaggio, James Coppola and Anthony Novetta. In New York City, Benjamin Siegel is injured when a bomb explodes at a meeting of the Hard Tack Social Club.
• in 1945, James Licavoli of Cleveland and codefendant Ernest LaSalle plead guilty to extortion in a Toledo OH court.
• in 1950, Joe Adonis, Salvatore Moretti, Arthur Longano and James Lynch are charged in New York with gambling conspiring.
• in 1961, narcotics defendant Albert Agueci misses a scheduled court appearance in New York City.
• in 1982, Rochester NY Mafia leaders Sam Russotti, Rene Piccaretto and others are indicted for racketeering and other federal crimes.
• in 1999, Youngstown OH boss Lenny Strollo gets ten years for state crimes.
• in 2006, New York police announce the arrests of 11 people, including Genovese and Lucchese members, for running a Bronx gambling ring.
Image of Mike Merlo.

Mob History @mobhistory.substack.com · 5d ago

#OTD (Nov 08) Events in U.S. organized crime #history. #NewOrleans #Brooklyn #Dallas #NiagaraFallsNY #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Nov. 08...
• in 1889, New Orleans mafioso Frank Romeo is charged with assaulting his wife.
• in 1915, Frieda Horner and Margaret Everdeane are indicted for perjury in connection with recent testimony against Gophers gang leader Owen Madden.
• in 1918, children playing in Brooklyn NY find the body of Gaspare Candella in a discarded barrel.
• in 1919, Dallas Mafia boss Carlo Piraino is charged with stealing $2,500 worth of Liberty Bonds.
• in 1930, Benny Gallo is shot to death in his Brooklyn restaurant.
• in 1936, Louis Buchalter and Jacob Shapiro are convicted in New York federal court of anti-trust violations in the fur-dressing industry.
• in 1961, the FBI learns that the Mafia Commission supports crime boss Joseph Profaci's planned retaliation against the rebellious Gallo faction.
• in 1962, FBI installs electronic surveillance inside the Niagara Falls NY funeral home used as a headquarters by regional Mafia boss Stefano Magaddino.
• in 2007, Marguerite Cutolo testifies in court that she last saw her husband William Cutolo on May 26, 1999, when he left to meet with Colombo Crime Family boss Alphonse Persico.
Image of Stefano Magaddino.

Mob History @mobhistory.substack.com · 6d ago

#OTD (Nov 07) Events in U.S. organized crime #history. #BridgeportCT #WethersfieldCT #Brooklyn #MadisonWI #Miami #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Nov. 07...
• in 1904, the superintendent of the New York (Parkhurst) Society for the Prevention of Crime charges that city police at Chinatown are working with the On Leong Tong against the Hip Sing Tong.
• in 1912, John McCauley of Manhattan's Hudson Dusters is arrested for the shooting of Gophers gang leader Owen Madden.
• in 1913, condemned murderer Joseph Buonomo is transfered from Bridgeport CT to state prison in Wethersfield, where he is scheduled to be hanged in March.
• in 1930, gunmen in an automobile fire on Joseph Rambaturi, critically wounding him, as he walks near Manhattan's Fifth Avenue.
• in 1931, Brooklyn rum-runners Charles Higgins and William Bailey are charged with the murder of Robert Benson.
• in 1963, columnist Drew Pearson reports that mafioso Nick Gentile has vanished following publication of his memoirs.
• in 1970, a Madison WI Mafia family disintegrates following the death of underboss Joseph Aiello.
• in 1972, after three days of trying to find a country willing to accept him, Meyer Lansky returns to the U.S. and is arrested at Miami airport for contempt of a federal grand jury.
• in 2023, authorities in the U.S. and Italy arrested 16 alleged members and associates of the New York-based Gambino Crime Family, charging them with racketeering, extortion, conspiracy, fraud and witness retaliation.
Image of Meyer Lansky.

Mob History @mobhistory.substack.com · 7d ago

#OTD (Nov 06) Events in U.S. organized crime #history. #Chicago #Connecticut #Tampa #Pennsylvania #Bronx #Wyandotte #Michigan #NewOrleans #Boston #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Nov. 06...
• in 1906, Chicago Mafia leader Mariano Zagone is wounded in an assassination attempt.
• in 1912, Owney Madden of Manhattan's Gophers Gang is shot and wounded by Hudson Duster gangsters.
• in 1913, 'Chicago Joe' Buonomo is convicted of the 1912 Connecticut murder of Jennie Cavalieri and is sentenced to death.
• in 1926, Tampa mafiosi Santo Trafficante and Antonio Diecidue return after a trip to Cuba.
• in 1928, Arnold Rothstein dies of gunshot wounds suffered two days earlier.
• in 1929, attorneys for Al Capone, imprisoned in Pennsylvania, file their sixth appeal of his year sentence for weapons possession.
• in 1930, grape dealer Natale Durso is fatally shot in the Bronx.
• in 1931, bootleggers Joseph Rivett, Charles Tear and John Pelkey are killed in Michigan's Wyandotte Massacre.
• in 1933, Lepke Buchalter and Jacob Shapiro are indicted for antitrust violations.
• in 1957, a U.S. tax court orders payment of $175,000 back taxes by the New Orleans-area Beverly Club, operated by Frank Costello, Philip Kastel, Carlos Marcello and others.
• in 1968, racketeers William Grasso, Ralph Tropiano and Lawrence Pellegrino go on trial for extorting the Connecticut garbage collection industry.
• in 1976, Colombo soldier Salvatore Albanese is imprisoned for violating terms of an earlier suspended sentence.
• in 2008, former FBI agent John Connolly, accused of working with Boston gangsters, is convicted of second degree murder.
Image of William Grasso.

Mob History @mobhistory.substack.com · last wk.

#OTD (Nov 05) Events in U.S. organized crime #history. #NewOrleans #LosAngeles #Denver #Bronx #CiceroIL #Harlem #ApalachinNY #KansasCity #LasVegas #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Nov. 05...
• in 1903, Secret Service agents in New Orleans trail visiting New York Mafia boss Giuseppe Morello.
• in 1917, Rosario 'Sam' Matranga is found shot to death in his car at Los Angeles CA.
• in 1921, New York mafioso Ignazio Lupo receives a warrant of sentence commutation.
• in 1928, gunmen in Denver make an unsuccessful attempt on the life of gangster Eddie Diamond.
• in 1930, Salvatore Maranzano gunmen shoot down Joe Masseria allies Al Mineo and Steve Ferrigno in the Bronx.
• in 1931, mafioso Salvatore LoVerde is shot to death at Cicero IL.
• in 1946, Harlem Republican leader Joseph Scottoriggio is severely beaten in a daylight attack on Election Day.
• in 1953, U.S. officials begin an effort to deport gangster Jack Parisi.
• in 1957, Joseph Barbara of Apalachin NY places a large order for meat in preparation for an underworld convention.
• in 1971, forced to leave Israel, Meyer Lansky tries without success to find sanctuary in Switzerland, Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru and Argentina.
• in 1975, Ralph Picardo begins secretly providing FBI with information on crime figures linked with the Teamsters union.
• in 1981, a federal grand jury at Kansas City MO indicts 11 men, including Mafia leaders Nick and Carl Civella and Carl DeLuna, with conspiring to skim money from the Tropicana casino in Las Vegas.
Image of Meyer Lansky.

Mob History @mobhistory.substack.com · last wk.

#OTD (Nov 04) Events in U.S. organized crime #history. #NewOrleans #EastHarlem #Brooklyn #Bronx #Chicago #PhoenixAZ #Philadelphia #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Nov. 04...
• in 1886, future U.S. Mafia boss of bosses Giuseppe Masseria is born in Menfi, Sicily.
• in 1913, Giuseppe Fontana is fatally shot in East Harlem.
• in 1915, two witnesses are arrested for testifying falsely against New York gangster Owen Madden.
• in 1918, the remains of murdered Gaspar Candello are left in a barrel in Brooklyn.
• in 1922, mafioso Francesco Puma is shot to death in front of 508 E.12th Street in Manhattan.
• in 1926, Peter Heslin of New York is sentenced to die for first degree murder.
• in 1927, a Manhattan magistrate frees Jacob Shapiro and Louis Buchalter, suspects in the killing of 'Little Augie' Orgen.
• in 1928, Arnold Rothstein is shot and mortally wounded at the Park Central Hotel in Manhattan.
• in 1930, Joe Valachi spots Giuseppe Masseria and Steve Ferrigno entering a Bronx apartment building.
• in 1955, Willie Bioff, government witness in a 1943 case against the Chicago Outfit, is killed in a Phoenix AZ bombing.
• in 1959, 'Frankie Shots' Abbatemarco is murdered at a saloon in Brooklyn.
• in 1963, New Orleans crime boss Carlos Marcello goes on trial on a federal conspiracy charge.
• in 1971, the scheduled deportation of New York crime boss Carlo Gambino is canceled after a heart attack puts him in the hospital.
• in 1977, federal agents electronically eavesdrop on a conversation among Philadelphia mobsters Philip Testa, Nick Scarfo, Frank Narducci and Harry Riccobene.
Image of Arnold Rothstein.

Mob History @mobhistory.substack.com · last wk.

#OTD (Nov 03) Events in U.S. organized crime #history. #NewOrleans #Cleveland #YoungstownOH #Harlem ##Miami #LasVegas #Philadelphia #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Nov. 03...
• in 1903, Mafia boss Giuseppe Morello travels to New Orleans.
• in 1904, New York tong leader Mock Duck is shot and seriously wounded by a rival tong.
• in 1938, Thomas Galati of Cleveland is the fourth of five suspects to be convicted of the murder of Youngstown OH gangster Roy 'Happy' Marino.
• in 1945, agents of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics round up more than 100 people suspected of participating in an interstate narcotics ring.
• in 1946, a meeting of Harlem underworld figures, including Joey Rao and Mike Coppola, results in a decision to murder New York Republican politician Joseph Scottoriggio.
• in 1960, Arthur Balletti of Miami is arraigned in Las Vegas on charges of illegally bugging the hotel room of entertainer Dan Rowan and of operating as a private detective without a license.
• in 1972, the movie The Valachi Papers opens in theaters across the country.
• in 1980, Youngstown OH crime figure Vincent Prato sends a requested $25,000 bribe to Mahoning County sheriff candidate James A. Traficant Jr., who surrenders it to allies linked with the Cleveland Mob.
• in 1983, Salvatore Tamburrino, member of the Riccobene Mafia faction, is shot to death in southwest Philadelphia.
• in 2006, a mistrial is declared in the racketeering-murder trial of Colombo boss Alphonse Persico and codefendant John DeRoss.
Image of Mike Coppola.

Mob History @mobhistory.substack.com · 2w ago

#OTD (Nov 02) Events in U.S. organized crime #history. #Tampa #JerseyCity #LosAngeles #SwanLakeNY #Pennsylvania #Brooklyn #Ohio #TrumbullCountyOH #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Nov. 02...
• in 1899, future Tampa FL mafioso Ignazio Antinori arrives in New York.
• in 1903, Secret Service agents trail New York Mafia boss Giuseppe Morello to the Jersey City NJ train station.
• in 1918, witnesses to the shooting of Stephen Ardizzono in Los Angeles state that prime suspect, Tony Matranga, was not Ardizzono's assailant.
• in 1932, the body of a murder victim recently discovered near Swan Lake NY is identified as Sam Medaglia of New York City.
• in 1937, Nicola Gentile is noted back in Sicily after fleeing narcotics charges in the U.S.
• in 1949, Gioacchino Parisi is returned under police guard from northeast Pennsylvania to Brooklyn NY to be charged with the murder of Teamsters official Morris Diamond.
• in 1960, the Ohio Supreme Court refuses to rehear an appeal of the assault and battery conviction of Trumbull County gambling boss Mike Farah.
• in 2006, the federal sentence of Genovese Crime Family leader Venero Mangano concludes.
Image of Venero Mangano.

Mob History @mobhistory.substack.com · 2w ago

#OTD (Nov 01) Events in U.S. organized crime #history. #BuffaloNY #Pittsburgh #YoungstownOH #Brooklyn #PittstonPA #Havana #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Nov. 01...
• in 1897, Giuseppe Pecoraro is murdered on New York's Elizabeth Street.
• in 1899, future Buffalo mafioso Joseph DiCarlo is born in Vallelunga, Sicily.
• in 1904, Kid Fitzpatrick, friend of New York gang leader Monk Eastman, is shot and killed outside a Sheriff Street saloon.
• in 1915, New York mafioso Manfredi Mineo returns to the U.S. after a visit to his native Sicily.
• in 1926, an explosion destroys the Pittsburgh candy factory of Nick Solas. Inside authorities find the burned corpse of Frank Romano, connected with the Mallamo clan of Youngstown OH.
• in 1944, Joseph Valachi is charged in Brooklyn with violating federal narcotics law.
• in 1951, Pittston PA Mafia leader Russell Bufalino visits Havana Cuba, according to the report of an FBI informant.
• in 2007, Daniel Leo, reputed Genovese Crime Family boss, admits to engaging in an extortion racket.
Image of Russell Bufalino.

Mob History @mobhistory.substack.com · 2w ago

#OTD (Oct 31) Events in U.S. organized crime #history. #StLouis #Cleveland #Chicago #BerwynIL #OaklandCA #HackensackNJ #WorcesterMA #NewOrleans #YoungstownOH #CampbellOH #Philadelphia #NewJersey #Pittsburgh #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Oct 31...
• in 1921, Egan's Rats gang boss Willie Egan is found shot to death in St. Louis.
• in 1925, Joseph Anzalone, recently acquitted of the murder of Michael LaPaglia, is indicted for the Cleveland murder of August Rini.
• in 1930, Chicago gangster Frank Nitti is located at Berwyn IL and arrested on a tax evasion indictment.
• in 1948, a raid at Oakland CA results in seizure of 12 packages of heroin and arrests of three men.
• in 1950, Joe Adonis and Salvatore Moretti, wanted on gambling conspiracy charges, surrender to a judge in Hackensack NJ.
• in 1951, the IRS files tax liens of more than $381,000 against the assets of Worcester MA gambling boss Frank Iacone.
• in 1962, a federal court rejects a request by New Orleans Mafia boss Carlo Marcello to nullify a 1938 narcotics conviction.
• in 1967, the FBI hears that the Commission is supporting Paul Sciacca and Frank Mari as new leaders of the Bonanno Crime Family. Lenny Strollo of Youngstown OH begins serving a nine-year counterfeiting sentence imposed four years earlier.
• in 1983, Ernest Biondillo of Campbell OH is sentenced to twelve years in prison for conspiracy and selling stolen goods.
• in 1986, Philadelphia mob boss Nicodemo Scarfo is indicted in New Jersey for racketeering, gambling, extortion and other crimes.
• in 2006, Longtime Pittsburgh Mafia boss Michael James Genovese dies of natural causes at the age of 87.
Image of Nicodemo Scarfo.

Mob History @mobhistory.substack.com · 2w ago

#OTD (Oct 30) Events in U.S. organized crime #history. #NewOrleans #Milwaukee #BergenCountyNJ #MiamiBeach #Cleveland #LasVegas #Detroit #Philadelphia #Boston #HazeltonWV #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Oct 30...
• in 1903, Secret Service agents secretly watch as New York Mafia boss Giuseppe Morello meets with colleagues and purchases train tickets for New Orleans.
• in 1922, Jacob 'Gurrah' Shapiro begins a one-year term at Sing Sing Prison for felony weapons possession.
• in 1932, a New York City judge sentences Dominick 'Dick Terry' Didato to 30 days for disorderly conduct.
• in 1935, Sylvestro Carollo, Damaso Garro and a dozen others are indicted at New Orleans for narcotics trafficking.
• in 1936, 'Prince' Angelo Guardalabene of Milwaukee dies following surgery.
• in 1950, warrants are issued to force Joe Adonis and Salvatore Moretti to appear before a Bergen County NJ gambling investigation. 'Trigger Mike' Coppola of New York purchases a large Miami Beach FL home from Cleveland mobster John 'King' Angersola.
• in 1960, private investigator Arthur Balletti is arrested for bugging entertainer Dan Rowan's Las Vegas hotel room.
• in 1961, New Orleans Mafia boss Carlo Marcello is indicted for creating a false Guatemalan birth record.
• in 1977, longtime Detroit Mafia boss Joseph Zerilli, 79, dies in a suburban Detroit hospital.
• in 1980, the body of Frank Sindone, considered a rival to local boss Philip Testa, is found in a South Philadelphia alley.
• in 2018, James 'Whitey' Bulger, former Boston underworld figure, is found beaten to death in federal prison at Hazelton, West Virginia.
Image of Joseph Zerilli.

Writers of Wrongs @writersofwrongs.bsky.social · 2w ago

#OTD (Oct. 29) in 1921, President Warren #Harding granted a conditional commutation to paroled counterfeiter Ignazio #Lupo, permitting Lupo to travel outside the U.S. www.writersofwrongs.... #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #History #Skystorians

U.S President commutes sentence of Mafia's Lupo

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Mob History @mobhistory.substack.com · 2w ago

#OTD (Oct 29) Events in U.S. organized crime #history. #PittstonPA #EastHarlem #Havana #Cleveland #Brooklyn #LosAngeles #NewEngland #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Oct 29...
• in 1888, Candelaro Bettini, Sicilian underworld leader in New York, is sentenced to eight years for counterfeiting.
• in 1903: future Pittston PA crime boss Rosario 'Russell' Bufalino is born in Montedoro, Sicily.
• in 1909, Manhattan gangster Nathan 'Kid Dropper' Kaplan is arrested for assault and attempted robbery.
• in 1911, East Harlem gangster Frank 'Chick' Monaco is stabbed to death.
• in 1921, President Warren Harding grants paroled counterfeiter Ignazio Lupo a conditional commutation so Lupo can travel to Sicily.
• in 1946, Salvatore 'Charlie Luciano' Lucania arrives by plane in Havana Cuba.
• in 1959, John DeMarco of Cleveland suffers a heart attack on the first day of an Apalachin-related obstruction trial of 22 defendants in New York.
• in 1974, Colombo Crime Family member Anthony Ricciardi is shot to death in Brooklyn.
• in 1980, at the trial of Los Angeles Mafia leaders, an FBI agent reveals that murdered Frank Bompensiero was a government informant.
• in 1989, federal investigators eavesdrop on a New England Mafia induction ceremony at Medford MA.
• in 1990, Charles Porter, Louis Raucci Sr. and seven codefendants are convicted in Pittsburgh of racketeering and narcotics offenses.
• in 2008, Bonanno Crime Family associate Joseph 'Joe Black' Young is convicted of the 2005 murder of Robert McKelvey.
Image of Salvatore 'Charlie Luciano' Lucania.

Mob History @mobhistory.substack.com · 2w ago

#OTD (Oct 28) Events in U.S. organized crime #history. #NewOrleans #Pittsburgh #Chicago #StatenIsland #Florida #Brooklyn #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Oct 28...
• in 1870, a New Orleans jury convicts Vincente Simondellio of the manslaughter of Rosario DiMichelli.
• in 1892, a Pittsburgh underworld feud results in the stabbing of Salvatore Catanzaro of McKeesport PA.
• in 1906, Antonio Spinelli, suspect in the Harlem murder of Tony Eppolito, dies in Manhattan's Tombs Prison apparently from poison.
• in 1914, Fred Mauro, Dominick Volpe and Salvatore Cirello are arrested in connection with the bombing of a Pittsburgh grocery run by Anthony Giuliana.
• in 1930, Nicola Gentile receives permission to reenter U.S. from the vice consul at Palermo. Murdered Chicago Mafia boss Joseph Aiello is buried at Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
• in 1932, Domenico Trombetta is acquitted in Staten Island NY of the shooting murder of Salvatore Arena.
• in 1943, longtime New Orleans Mafia leader Charlie Matranga, age 86, dies just after midnight.
• in 1953, western New York mobster Joseph DiCarlo is arrested in southern Florida for violating gambling laws.
• in 1957, murdered crime boss Albert Anastasia is buried at Greenwood Cemetery following a small private service.
• in 2009, Anthony 'Todo' Anastasio, 80-year-old nephew of legendary crime boss Albert Anastasia, is convicted in Brooklyn federal court of racketeering and extortion.
Image of Albert Anastasia.

Tom Hunt @tom-hunt.com · 2w ago

The ebook formats of Informer's Las Vegas-focused November issue can be preordered now. (Magazine, e-magazine, print hardcover and print paperback varieties come online Nov. 16.)

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Mob History @mobhistory.substack.com · 2w ago

#OTD (Oct 27) Events in U.S. organized crime #history. #NewOrleans #Chicago #Dallas #Florida #NewEngland #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Oct 27...
• in 1868, returning home from a meeting of Joseph Macheca's Innocenti organization in New Orleans, Letterio Barba is shot to death. Local Mafia boss Raffaele Agnello is later said to be responsible.
• in 1923, the wife and children of future boss of bosses Salvatore Maranzano arrive in New York City.
• in 1931, Lawrence Mangano tells Chicago chief of detectives that he believes Capone's successor as boss will not live long.
• in 1940, future New York crime boss John J. Gotti is born.
• in 1956, after a brief illness, Dallas TX Mafia boss Joseph Piranio takes his own life by firing a bullet into his right temple. He is succeeded as boss by Joseph Civello.
• in 1970, Vincent Alo, New York and Florida racketeer, is sentenced to five years in federal prison for making false statements to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
• in 1973, government witness Robert Daddieco disappears two days before he is to testify against New England mafioso Francis Salemme.
• in 1981, a judge rules that Providence RI crime boss Raymond Patriarca is too ill to stand trial for the February 1965 murder of Raymond 'Baby' Curcio.
• in 2018, former Bonanno crime family capodecina Nicky Santora dies of natural causes.
Image of John J. Gotti.

Mob History @mobhistory.substack.com · 3w ago

#OTD (Oct 26) Events in U.S. organized crime #history. #LosAngeles #PittstonPA #HillsvillePA #NewCastlePA #Pittsburgh #JamestownNY #Cleveland #ApalachinNY #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Oct 26...
• in 1888, Gaetano Russo, leader of a New York counterfeiting gang, is sentenced to 12 years in prison.
• in 1899, future Los Angeles Mafia leader Giuseppe Ardizzone arrives in New Orleans.
• in 1905, authorities at Pittston PA use Bertillon data provided by New York City to verify the identity of a recent local murder victim as former Manhattan gangster Tommaso Petto.
• in 1909, former Hillsville PA Black Hand leader Rocco Racco is executed by hanging at New Castle PA for the 1906 murder of Deputy Game Warden L. Seeley Houk.
• in 1923, Joseph Valachi begins a nine-month prison sentence at Sing Sing.
• in 1931, future Pittsburgh crime boss Sebastian John LaRocca is charged in Jamestown NY with illegal possession and transport of liquor. Bootlegger Robert Benson is murdered in lower Manhattan.
• in 1957, one day after the murder of Albert Anastasia, Carlo Gambino refuses an FBI interview request.
• in 1959, complaining of a heart condition, Joseph Bonanno wins a severance from other Apalachin attendees going on trial for conspiracy to obstruct justice.
• in 1983, Cleveland underboss Angelo Lonardo begins providing evidence to the FBI.
Image of Angelo Lonardo.

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#OTD (Oct 25) Events in U.S. organized crime #history. #PittstonPA #Bronx #YoungstownOH #Cuba #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Oct 25...
• in 1909, Sam 'Lockin' Lucchino of Pittston PA goes under cover for the U.S. Secret Service and makes a purchase of counterfeit bills from New York-based mafioso Giuseppe Boscarino.
• in 1922, Daniel Iamascia and Joseph Catania are charged in the Bronx with disorderly conduct.
• in 1927, Jacob 'Gurrah' Shapiro and Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter of New York surrender to police for questioning related to the recent murder of Jacob 'Little Augie' Orgen.
• in 1935, the FBI decides that Dutch Schultz was likely murdered by 'big-shot gangsters' in order to take control of his rackets.
• in 1936, John DeBello, brother-in-law of Tom Pennacchio, is captured after being a fugitive since December 1935.
• in 1943, Youngstown OH racketeer Dominic Mallamo pleads guilty to running an illegal lottery and is sentenced to 90 days in jail and a $4,000 fine.
• in 1957, New York crime boss Albert Anastasia is shot to death in the Park Sheraton Hotel's barbershop. He is believed to have been working to involve himself in Cuban gambling casinos.
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Mob History @mobhistory.substack.com · 3w ago

#OTD (Oct 24) Events in U.S. organized crime #history. #Bronx #Cleveland #Detroit #KansasCity #Chicago #ProvidenceRI #MiamiBeachFL #LosAngeles #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Oct 24...
• in 1898, Sebastiano DiGaetano of Castellammare del Golfo Sicily arrives in New York.
• in 1918, Meyer Lansky is arrested in Manhattan for felonious assault.
• in 1921, Samuel 'Red' Levine is charged in Manhattan with stealing an automobile.
• in 1925, Joseph Anzalone is acquitted in Cleveland court of the hatchet murder of Michael LaPaglia.
• in 1927, Detroit gangsters Thomas Licavoli and Frank Cammarata are tried in a Canada court for illegal weapons possession.
• in 1928, Joseph DiGiovanni of Kansas City pleads guilty to one bootlegging count and is fined $500.
• in 1931, Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years for income tax evasion.
• in 1935, Dutch Schultz succumbs to bullet wounds suffered a day earlier.
• in 1936, Frank Morelli, Providence RI gangster, is picked up in Miami Beach FL for investigation.
• in 1957, on the night before he is assassinated, Albert Anastasia has dinner with Anthony Carfano and Santo Trafficante Jr.
• in 1972, federal agents arrest Paul Vario Sr. for hijacking.
• in 1980, at a trial of alleged southern California Mafia leaders, FBI agents testify that defendant Louis Tom Dragna admitted Mafia membership when interviewed by them.
• in 1994, Rudolph Santobello, 68, Genovese crew leader in the Bronx, is convicted on 10 racketeering counts.
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Mob History @mobhistory.substack.com · 3w ago

#OTD (Oct 23) Events in U.S. organized crime #history. #Bronx #YoungstownOH #Massachusetts #Chicago #Philadelphia #Milwaukee #Boston #NewarkNJ #Brooklyn #TampaFL #QueensNY #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Oct 23...
• in 1923, a Bronx NY judge sentences Joseph Valachi to between 15 and 30 months in prison for attempted burglary.
• in 1924, Dominic Barber of Youngstown OH is shot and killed by assassins sent by a secret society.
• in 1926, a Massachusetts judge ignores the confession of Morelli gangster Celestino Madeiros and denies a new trial for convicted killers Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti.
• in 1930, Al Capone gunmen kill his rival Joe Aiello on Chicago's North Kolmar Avenue. Former New York gangster Joseph Piteo is fatally shot by police in Philadelphia.
• in 1933, Angelo Guardalabene of Milwaukee and 21 others are indicted for bootlegging conspiracy. Boston police capture James Scully, suspect in the January killing of bootlegging gangster Charles 'King' Solomon.
• in 1935, Dutch Schultz and his lieutenants are shot and mortally wounded during a gangland attack at the Newark NJ Palace Chophouse. The body of Louis Amberg is found in a burning automobile near the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
• in 1940, Tampa FL mafioso Ignazio Antinori is shot to death.
• in 1959, Queens NY gangster Vincent Siciliano is shot and seriously wounded while in his car.
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Mob History @mobhistory.substack.com · 3w ago

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On this date, Oct 22...
• in 1888, accused of Antonio Flaccomio's murder, Carlo Quarteraro flees the country. His brother Vincenzo is arrested.
• in 1912, Jennie Cavalieri, who cooperated in an investigation of a human trafficking ring in Chicago, is murdered near Bridgeport CT.
• in 1921, New York mafioso Ciro Terranova leaves the country aboard the S.S. Cretic.
• in 1923, Vincent Alo is arrested in New York for robbery and possession of a firearm.
• in 1925, Edward Capobianco of New York is sentenced to a year and a day in prison for attempted grand larceny.
• in 1926, Peter Heslin is convicted of murdering a New York police officer during a holdup.
• in 1928, Salvatore Maranzano purchases a farm in Dutchess County NY.
• in 1941, Massachusetts State Police arrest Raymond Patriarca in Boston for possession of a firearm and burglar's tools.
• in 1945, Albert Anastasia, Anthony Strollo and other New York mobsters force striking dockworkers to return to work.
• in 1946, Philadelphia boss Joe Bruno dies of natural causes at age 57.
• in 1963, Leo Foreman of Chicago is arrested for impersonating a bondsman.
• in 1980, Aladena 'Jimmy the Weasel' Fratianno concludes his lengthy federal court testimony against Los Angeles Mafia leaders.
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#OTD (Oct 21) Events in U.S. organized crime #history. #Denver #BrowntownPA #Atlanta #Brooklyn #RhodeIsland #Cleveland #LaredoTX #MountVernonNY #CampbellOH #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Oct 21...
• in 1875, the bodies of four murder victims are found in a Denver cellar.
• in 1905, former New York mafioso Tommaso Petto, also known as Luciano Parrino, is shot to death in Browntown PA.
• in 1913, U.S. Pardon Attorney James Finch sends a warrant of commutation for convicted counterfeiter Nicholas Sylvester to the warden of Atlanta Federal Prison.
• in 1921, Joseph Viserti, murdered about a week earlier, is discussed in Brooklyn traffic court as a speeding case against him comes to trial.
• in 1931, Raymond Patriarca of Rhode Island is released from Atlanta Federal Prison after serving 10 months of a one-year sentence for Mann Act violation.
• in 1940, former Cleveland crime boss Frank Milano reenters the U.S. from Mexico at Laredo TX.
• in 1958, with his legal appeals exhausted, Frank Costello is returned to prison to finish a tax evasion sentence.
• in 1960, narcotics agents arrest Salvatore Rinaldo and Matteo Palmeri as they move 10 kilograms of heroin from a New York pier to the Rinaldo home in Mount Vernon NY.
• in 1964, in the early morning hours, New York crime boss Joe Bonanno is apparently kidnapped while in the company of his attorney. Bonanno is scheduled to appear before a federal grand jury later in the day.
• in 1999, Danny Strollo of Campbell OH is sentenced to 46 months in prison for racketeering.
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#OTD (Oct 20) Events in U.S. organized crime #history. #PittstonPA #Cleveland #KansasCity #Brooklyn #QueensNY #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Oct 20...
• in 1879, future Pittston PA Mafia boss Santo Volpe is born in Montedoro, Sicily.
• in 1884, future Cleveland Mafia boss Joseph Lonardo is born in Licata, Sicily.
• in 1916, Salvatore DeMarco is found murdered in Manhattan.
• in 1939, Kansas City bigshot Charles V. Carollo is jailed at Leavenworth KS for tax violations.
• in 1947, New York mobster Dominick 'Gap' Petrelli is deported to Italy.
• in 1952, Frank Livorsi of Long Island and three others are indicted for evading federal taxes owed on sugar businesses.
• in 1961, Vincent Mangano, the crime boss missing since 1951, is declared legally dead by Brooklyn Surrogate Court.
• in 1967, Filippo 'Johnny Rosselli' Sacco is indicted for failure to register as an alien.
• in 1993, authorities believe Anthony Russo and others murdered Joseph Scopo in Queens, NY.
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Mob History @mobhistory.substack.com · 4w ago

#OTD (Oct 19) Events in U.S. organized crime #history. #BuffaloNY #EastHarlem #NewJersey #Michigan #Cleveland #KansasCity #LosAngeles #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Oct 19...
• in 1913, future western New York crime boss Stefano Magaddino is married in Brooklyn.
• in 1914, East Harlem restaurateur Nicolo DelGaudio is shot to death on East 104th Street.
• in 1922, Joseph Valachi, using the alias of Anthony Sorge, and codefendants Charles Chisingo, Joseph Pellegrina and Dominick Puccarelli are fined in New Jersey on an illegal weapons charge.
• in 1925, Louis Buchalter and Jacob Shapiro are arrested in New York City for robbery.
• in 1927, Rubin 'Mock' Kaplan, sought by New York police for months in connection with the murder of Harry Drucker, is arrested at Times Square.
• in 1931, Fats McCarthy escapes after a gunfight with police in Manhattan.
• in 1933, the Michigan Supreme Court rules unconstitutional the Public Enemy Act used by authorities to jail Joe Bommarito and James Licavoli.
• in 1944, Cleveland boss Alfred Polizzi pleads guilty to a liquor tax charge.
• in 1957, New York crime boss Joseph Bonanno, Carmine Galante and John Bonventre check in together at the Hotel George V in Paris, France.
• in 1959, James Balestrere of Kansas City dies of lung cancer.
• in 1974, Los Angeles crime boss Nicolo Licata dies of natural causes at age 77.
Image of Nicolo Licata.