This is a list of organized crime in the

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, arranged chronologically.

1920

Events

*Paddy "the Bear" Ryan, leader of the Valley Gang, is killed by Walter "The Runt" Quinlan. *February 3 – Chicago labor racketeer

Maurice Enright Maurice "Mossy" or "Mossie" Enright (died February 2, 1920) was an Irish-American gangster and one of the earliest Chicago labor racketeers in the early 20th century. Little is known of Maurice Enright's background before his gang's violent and br ...

is killed. Timothy D. "Big Tim" Murphy is suspected in his

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ing, but is released for lack of

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. Although

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ed by authorities to have involved the Torrio-

Capone Alphonse Gabriel Capone (; January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), sometimes known by the nickname "Scarface", was an American gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the ...

organization, Chicago labor union racketeer James Vinci is eventually convicted of his murder. *April 15 – The Slater and Morrill Shoe Company in Braintree, Massachusetts is robbed of $15,776 ($ million today) as a paymaster and guard are killed, supposedly by the Morelli Gang of Providence, Rhode Island. However,

Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti Nicola Sacco (; April 22, 1891 – August 23, 1927) and Bartolomeo Vanzetti (; June 11, 1888 – August 23, 1927) were Italian immigrant anarchists who were controversially accused of murdering Alessandro Berardelli and Frederick Parmenter, a ...

are, controversially, convicted of the robbery and executed in 1927. *May 11 – Chicago gambling racketeer

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is killed outside his restaurant, allegedly by

Al Capone Alphonse Gabriel Capone (; January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), sometimes known by the nickname "Scarface", was an American gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the ...

. *August – In a daring daylight robbery, Timothy D. "Big Tim" Murphy and his gang rob a mail train of $400,000 ($ million today). Murphy is indicted in February 1921, and convicted in November 1922. *December 26 – Monk Eastman is killed by a corrupt Prohibition agent. * Giuseppe Masseria assumes control of the New York City Morello Gang.

Births

* Matthew Joseph "Matty the Horse" Ianniello, loan shark and labor union racketeer for the Genovese crime family. *April 13 – Roberto Calvi, Banco Ambrosiano chairman and mafia associate *May 8 – Michele Sindona, Italian

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and mafia associate *September 27 – Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa, Italian carabinieri general, murdered in

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in 1982, for leading the effort to stop the violence of the

Second Mafia War The Second Mafia War was a period of conflict involving the Sicilian Mafia, mostly taking place from the late 1970s to the early 1990s and involved thousands of homicides. Sometimes referred to as The Great Mafia War or the ''Mattanza'' (Italian ...

Deaths

* Paddy "the Bear" Ryan, Valley Gang leader. *February 3 –

, Chicago labor racketeer *May 11 –

Jim Colosimo Vincenzo Colosimo (; February 16, 1878 – May 11, 1920), known as James "Big Jim" Colosimo or as "Diamond Jim", was an Italian-American Mafia crime boss who emigrated from Calabria, Italy, in 1895 and built a criminal empire in Chicago based on ...

"Big Jim", Chicago prostitution and gambling racketeer *December 26 – Monk Eastman (Edward Osterman), Eastman Gang founder

1921

Events

*Upon his January 1921 election as Governor of Illinois,

Lennington Small Lennington "Len" Small (June 16, 1862 – May 17, 1936) was an American politician who served as the 26th Governor of Illinois from 1921 to 1929. He previously was a member of the Illinois state senate from the 16th District from 1901 to 1903 ...

would begin issuing over 1,000

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s to Chicago

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s during his seven years in office, until his own indictment for

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. * Sangerman's Bombers rise to prominence soon after the 1921 arrest and imprisonment of James Sweeney, leader of Sweeney's Bombers, a Chicago gang leader and professional

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er. *Former

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er Andrew Kerr is

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ed and charged with conspiracy to bomb several union offices. *Chicago

leader

Sam Cardinelli Samuele Cardinelli (born Salvatore Cardinella; September 3, 1869 - Apr 15, 1921) was an American mobster, extortionist, and leader of Cardinelli Gang during the 1920s. With lieutenants Nicholas "The Choir Boy" Viana, only age 18, and Frank Campio ...

and fellow mobsters Nicholas "The Choir Boy" Viana and Frank Campione executed for the murder of saloon owner Andrew P. Bowman. *A major gang war breaks out in California between the Suey Sing, Bing Kong, Jung Ying and Suey Don tongs. *

Carlo Gambino Carlo Gambino (; August 24, 1902 – October 15, 1976) was an Italian-American crime boss of the Gambino crime family. After the Apalachin Meeting in 1957, and the imprisonment of Vito Genovese in 1959, Gambino took over the Commission o ...

, the future founder of the

Gambino crime family The Gambino crime family (pronounced ) is an Italian-American Mafia crime family and one of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Ame ...

, arrives in New York as a stowaway from Palermo, Sicily at the age of 19. *May 12 – Chicago mobster and president of the

Unione Siciliane The Italian-American National Union (formerly known as Unione Siciliana) was a Sicilian-American organization, which controlled much of the Italian vote within the United States during the early twentieth century. It was based in Chicago, Illinois. ...

Anthony D'Andrea is gunned down only hours following a card game the previous night. He is succeeded by Mike Merlo. *May 20 – Labor racketeer Cornelius Shea is accused of leading a

ing campaign during a stationary engineer's strike, in 1920. Charges are never filed due to lack of

. *July – Steve Wisniewski, a Chicago gunman who had recently hijacked a North Side Gang beer shipment, is last seen with Hymie Weiss and presumably taken outside Chicago and killed. Upon Weiss's return he explained "I took Stevie for a one way ride." This is the first time a gangland killing is used as the phrase " one way ride" is still commonly used today to refer to this method. *August 14 – Joseph Sinacola is gunned down in front of his two children during the long running

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between Jim Powers and Phillip D'Andrea. Sinacola had been released from hospital just two weeks earlier, following a July 6 attempt on his life.

Arts and literature

* Season 2 of

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's ''

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Births

*January 19 – William Devino, high-ranking member of the

*February 24 – Peter Marcello, Sr., younger brother of Carlos Marcello, boss of the New Orleans crime family *July 28 – Frank "Frankie Bal" Balistrieri, Milwaukee Mafia leader

Deaths

*May 12 – Anthony D'Andrea, Chicago mobster and

President *July – Steve Wisniewski, Chicago gunman *July 15 –

, (Chicago)

leader

1922

Events

*New Orleans crime family leader Carlo Matranga retires from the organization appointing Sylvestro "Sam" Carolla in his place. * Louis Buchalter is sent to prison for

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. *New York crime family founders Joseph Profaci and Vincent Mangano arrive in the United States from Palermo, Sicily. * Louis Romano, an associate of Francesco "Frank 'The Enforcer' Nitti" Nitto, is indicted for murder, however is later found acquitted. On Nitti's behalf, Romano would later assume control of the Chicago Bartender and Beverage Dispenser's Union, Local 278. *May 11 – Timothy D. "Big Tim" Murphy, Cornelius Shea and six other labor leaders are indicted for murdering a Chicago policeman. The state withdraws the indictment in August for lack of evidence. *May 8 – Vincenzo Terranova is killed outside his home, most likely by Rocco Valenti. *July 9 – Joseph Peter DiCarlo, co-founder and then- boss of the present day

Buffalo crime family The Buffalo crime family, also known as the Magaddino crime family, Buffalo Mafia, The Arm, the New York State crime family, the Upstate New York Mafia, and the Todaro crime family, is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Buffalo, Ne ...

, dies of natural causes and is succeeded by longtime (1922–1974) boss

Stefano Magaddino Stefano "The Undertaker" Magaddino (; October 10, 1891 – July 19, 1974) was an Italian-born crime boss of the Buffalo crime family in western New York. His underworld influence stretched from Ohio to Southern Ontario and as far east as Montreal ...

. *August 9 – Umberto Valenti, a leading member of the Morello crime family, attempts to assassinate Joe Masseria after killing his two

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s, and upon cornering Masseria in a Second Avenue millinery shop Masseria manages to escape. Two days later, during peace negotiations with Morrello and Messeria, Valenti is killed by Charles Luciano outside a Twelfth Street restaurant while trying to escape an apparent attempt on his life. During the shootout an eight-year-old girl and a street cleaner are wounded.

Deaths

Richard Croker Richard Welstead Croker (November 24, 1843 – April 29, 1922), known as "Boss Croker," was an Irish American political boss who was a leader of New York City's Tammany Hall. His control over the city was cemented with the 1897 election of ...

, Tammany Hall politician and former member of the Fourth Avenue Tunnel Gang *May 8 – Vincenzo Terranova, New York gangster and underboss of the Morello crime family *July 9 – Joseph Peter DiCarlo, co-founder of the present day

*August 11 –

Rocco Valenti Rocco Valenti (born in 1895, date of death unknown) was a New York City gangster and prominent member of the Camorra in New York during the early 1910s. He is often confused with contemporary Mafioso Umberto Valenti. Mafia–Camorra War Valenti ...

, New York gangster and member of the Morello crime family *December 5 –

Benjamin Levinsky Benjamin Levinsky (1893 – December 5, 1922) was an American gang leader, labor racketeer and organized crime figure. Spending almost twenty years in and out of reformatories and prisons, Levinsky had a lengthy criminal record prior to the start ...

, New York gangster and labor racketeer.

1923

Events

*The

Chicago Crime Commission The Chicago Crime Commission is an independent, non-partisan civic watchdog organization of business leaders dedicated to educating the public about the dangers of organized criminal activity, especially organized crime, street gangs and the tools o ...

releases its first published report of those "who are constantly in conflict with the law" naming over 28 underworld figures as public enemies including James "Mad Bomber" Belcastro, Edward O'Donnell, James "Fur" Sammons, William "Three Fingers" White, Jake Guzik, and

. *

, assisted by longtime Cook County racketeer Edward Vogel, establishes his headquarters in the Chicago suburb of Cicero, Illinois. * Owney Madden is released from Sing Sing prison. *

Ragen's Colts Ragen's Colts was a chiefly Irish street gang which dominated the Chicago underworld during the early twentieth century. By the late 1920s and early 1930s, the gang became part of the Chicago Outfit under Al Capone. Originally established as a ...

member Harry Madigan is arrested and charged with

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and extortion. * Joseph Lanza, member of the Masseria crime family (evolves later to Luciano, then Genovese crime family) organizes the United Seafood Workers (USW) of New York City's Fulton Fish Market. *January 3 – William J. "Wild Bill" Lovett, leader of the New York City White Hand Gang, is shot twice in the chest by in a Brooklyn shanty. Although he eventually recovers from his wounds, he refuses to identify his attackers. *August – The third New York City Labor slugger war (thugs hired by both sides to do battle in strikebreaker situations) begin after Jacob "Little Augie" Orgen's Little Augies and Solomon Schapiro ally against Nathan "Kid Dropper" Kaplan's Rough Riders during a gun battle between the gangs on

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resulting in the deaths of two bystanders. **August 28 – "Kid Dropper" Kaplan is killed by Little Augies' gunman

Louis Cohen Louis Cohen (Born Louis Kushner ''alias'' “Louis Kerzner” January 1, 1904 – January 28, 1939) was a New York mobster who murdered labor racketeer "Kid Dropper" Nathan Kaplan and was an associate of labor racketeer Louis "Lepke" Buchalte ...

while being transported from Essex Market Court. *September 7 – In a continuing bootlegger war in

South Side, Chicago The South Side is an area of Chicago, Illinois, U.S. It lies south of the city's Loop area in the downtown. Geographically, it is the largest of the three sides of the city that radiate from downtown, with the other two being the north and we ...

, between the Southside O'Donnell Brothers and an alliance of the Saltis-McErlane Gang and the Chicago Outfit, Saltis-McErlane leader Frank McErlane kills Jerry O'Connor, a member of the Southside O'Donnell Brothers, in a driveby shooting. McErlane is the first to use a Thompson submachine gun, which becomes popularly known as a "Tommy Gun". *September 17 – "Tommy Gun" innovator Frank McErlane kills again, gunning down George Meegan and George Bucher of the Southside O'Donnell Brothers. *November 1 – Having survived the January 3 assassination attempt, White Hand Gang leader "Wild Bill" Lovett is killed by three

assassins led by Dui Cuteddi. *December 1 – Frank McErlane strikes again, killing Thomas Keane, a beer-runner for the Southside O'Donnell Brothers.

Arts and literature

*'' When the Kellys Were Out'' (film) * Season 3 of

's ''

Births

Benjamin "Lefty" Ruggiero Lefty Ruggiero (born Benjamin Ruggiero; April 19, 1926 – November 24, 1994) was an American mobster in the Bonanno crime family. He is well known for his friendship and mentorship of FBI undercover agent Joseph D. Pistone. When Pistone's ope ...

, Bonanno crime family member * Joseph Todaro, Buffalo Mafia Leader * Gaetano Badalamenti, Italian mobster

Deaths

*May 2 – Emilio Picariello and Florence Lassandro hanged for killing police officer, the only woman to be hanged in Alberta *August 23 –

Nathan Kaplan "Kid Dropper" Nathan Caplin or Kaplan (August 3, 1891 – August 28, 1923), also known as Jack the Dropper, was an American gangster who controlled labor racketeering and extortion in New York City during the post-World War I period into the ea ...

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Prohibition gangster *November 1 – William J. "Wild Bill" Lovett, White Hand Gang leader

1924

Events

*Joseph Amato takes over as head of the

Milwaukee crime family The Milwaukee Crime Family, Balistrieri Crime Family, or Milwaukee Mafia is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.Peter J. Devico ''The Mafia Made Easy: The Anatomy and Culture of La Cosa Nostra.'(pg.154-156)/ref> T ...

, a subordinate family to the Chicago Outfit *

Thomas Joseph McGinty Thomas Joseph McGinty, commonly known as Thomas Jefferson McGinty, (aka T.J. McGinty and Thomas "Blackjack" McGinty) was an early Cleveland mobster, one of the city's largest bootleggers during the Prohibition, as well as a longtime boxing promoter ...

, a Cleveland bootlegger and fight promoter, is indicted with two other family members by a federal grand jury and charged with operating "a gigantic wholesale and retail conspiracy" through his saloon. After serving eighteen months at

Atlanta Federal Penitentiary The United States Penitentiary, Atlanta (USP Atlanta) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Atlanta, Georgia. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justic ...

, he resumes his bootlegging activities. * Walter Stevens, a long-time Chicago gangster and labor slugger credited with the deaths of over 60 men, retires as a gunman for the Torrio-

organization where he lives peacefully until his death in

1939 This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Third Reich *** Jews are forbidden to ...

. * Joseph Bonanno, future founder of the Bonanno crime family, arrives in

from Sicily. *A tong war breaks out between the

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and

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tongs after several members of the On Leongs defect to the Hip Sings with a large amount of money. *April 1 – Frank Capone, brother of

, is killed by police during the fighting which broke out while leading around 200 gunmen into Cicero, Illinois during the 1924 Chicago Elections in support of Mafia backed Republican politicians. *November 10 – Chicago North Side Gang leader Dean O'Banion is killed when three unidentified men enter his flower shop and shoot him several times. This begins a five-year gang war between the North Side Gang, under Hymie Weiss, against

's Chicago Outfit that would end with the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, in

1929 This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...

Births

*April 2 –

Vito Ciancimino Vito Alfio Ciancimino (; 2 April 1924 – 19 November 2002) was an Italian politician close to the Mafia leadership who became known for enriching himself and his associates by corruptly granting planning permission. An abrasive personality, h ...

, Sicilian mobster and

mayor *April 21 – Philip Testa "The Chicken Man", Philadelphia crime family boss *May 12 – Michele Greco "The Pope",

Sicilian Mafia The Sicilian Mafia, also simply known as the Mafia and frequently referred to as Cosa nostra (, ; "our thing") by its members, is an Italian Mafia-terrorist-type organized crime syndicate and criminal society originating in the region of Sicily a ...

boss

Deaths

*April 1 – Frank Capone, Chicago Outfit member *September 7 – Jerry O'Connor, Southside O'Donnell gunman *November 10 – Dean O'Banion, North Side Gang leader

1925

Events

*Italian dictator

Benito Mussolini Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (; 29 July 188328 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party. He was Prime Minister of Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 until his deposition in 194 ...

's campaign against the Sicilian Mafia causes many Sicilian mafiosi, organized by Don Vito Cascio Ferro, to flee Italy. Ferro would later prepare to move his criminal operations to the United States before his arrest the following year. *Joseph Sangerman, leader of Sangerman's Bombers, is arrested and later imprisoned. His death the following year while still awaiting trial would lead to that organization's eventual breakup. * Carlo Matranga leaves New Orleans to establish the Los Angeles crime syndicate. * Johnny Jack Nounes, leader of the Downtown Gang, is sent to

Leavenworth Penitentiary The United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth (USP Leavenworth) is a medium security U.S. penitentiary with an adjacent minimum security satellite camp in northeast Kansas. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the Unite ...

for liquor charges. *George "Big Bates" Karl, a Sheldon Gang hitman, is killed by the

Joe Saltis Joseph Francis Saltis, (8 September 1894 – 2 August 1947), known as "Polack Joe", was a Polish-American Prohibition gangster who, with Frank McErlane, operated an illegal bootlegging racket in the Back of the Yards neighborhood in Chicago, Illin ...

- Frank McErlane Gang. *John Barry, a member of the Sheldon Gang, is sentenced to two years for violation of the Volstead Act ( Prohibition). *January 12 – North Side Gang members Hymie Weiss, Bugs Moran, and Vincent Drucci, attempt to kill

at a

restaurant. They fire at Capone's car, injuring his chauffeur but missing Capone. *January 24 – Weiss, Moran, Drucci, and

Frank Gusenberg Frank Gusenberg (October 11, 1893 – February 14, 1929) was an American contract killer and a victim of the Saint Valentine's Day massacre in Chicago, Illinois. Early life Born in Lakeview, Chicago, Gusenberg was the second oldest of ...

ambush Chicago Outfit leader Johnny Torrio as he returns from shopping with his wife, shooting him and his chauffeur, Robert Barton, several times. As Moran is about to kill Torrio, the gun misfires. The gunmen are forced to flee as the police arrive. Soon after this attack, Torrio would retire to Italy, giving leadership of The Outfit to his lieutenant, Capone. *February 9 – Johnny Torrio is sentenced by

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Adam Cliffe Adam C. Cliffe (June 25, 1869 – June 12, 1928) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Education and career Born in Sycamore, Illinois, Cliffe received a Bachelor of Laws fr ...

to nine months in the Lake County

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, in Waukegan, Illinois, a short distance north of Chicago. Torrio's lawyers ostensibly choose this facility because Torrio can receive proper medical treatment there; however, the real reason is for Torrio's protection as the

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Edwin Ahlstrom is on Torrio's payroll. After his release, Torrio would be escorted by Capone out of Lake County. *May 26 – Shortly after claiming the presidency of the

, "Bloody" Angelo Genna is killed, possibly by members of the North Side Gang. *July 14 – James Russo, an independent bootlegger in Chicago's "Little Italy", is killed by

's gunmen. *August – Leo Lanzetti is killed by Salvatore Sabella in a drive by shooting. *November 13 – Samuzzo Amatuna, an associate of the Genna crime family, is gunned down outside a West Side Chicago barber shop by members of the North Side Gang. *November 18 – Amatuna associate and bodyguard Edward Zion is killed shortly after returning from Amatuna's funeral. *November 20 – Amatuna associate and bodyguard Abraham Goldstein is shot and killed by unidentified gunmen while in a drug store. *December – Saltis- McErlane Gang member Joseph "Dynamite" Brooks is supposedly killed by fellow member Pete Kunski out of professional jealousy.

Births

*January 19 –

Rocco Chinnici Rocco Chinnici (, ; 19 January 1925 – 29 July 1983) was a noted Italian anti-Mafia magistrate killed by the Sicilian Mafia. Life Born at Misilmeri, Chinnici graduated in law at the University of Palermo in 1947 and started working as a magist ...

, Italian anti- mafia magistrate *January 26 – Luciano Leggio, Sicilian (Corleonesi) mafia boss *March 7 – Former Genna crime family enforcer Joseph Calabriese. *August 7 –

Anthony Gaggi Anthony Frank Gaggi (born Antonino Frank Gaggi; August 7, 1925 – April 17, 1988), also known as Nino Gaggi, was a capo in the New York Gambino crime family who supervised the infamous DeMeo crew, headed by Roy DeMeo. Biography Gaggi was ...

"Nino", high-ranking member of the

*August 16 –

William G. Hundley William George Hundley (August 16, 1925 – June 11, 2006) was an American criminal defense attorney, who specialized in the representation of political figures accused of white-collar crimes. Earlier in the 1950s and 1960s, as a United State ...

, head of the

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's Organized Crime and Racketeering Section. *December 22, Peter Milano, Los Angeles crime family boss

Deaths

Angelo Angelo is an Italian masculine given name and surname meaning "angel", or "messenger". People People with the given name *Angelo Accattino (born 1966), Italian prelate of the Catholic Church *Angelo Acciaioli (bishop) (1298–1357), Italian Rom ...

(May 26), Mike (June 13), and Tony Genna (July 8), three of the six brothers running the Genna crime family, are murdered by the North Side Gang, causing the remaining family to leave Chicago * Sheldon Gang hitman Karl Bates *January 22 –

James Patrick O'Leary James Patrick O'Leary (1869 – January 22, 1925) was a gambling boss and saloon owner in Chicago. His parents were Patrick and Irish-born Catherine O'Leary, in whose barn the Great Chicago Fire is alleged to have begun. Biography O'Leary was ...

, Chicago gambling racketeer *November 13 – Samuzzo Amatuna "Samoots",

president and former member of the recently disbanded Genna Brothers gang. **November 18 – Edward Zion, Amatuna associate **November 20 – Abraham Goldstein, Amatuna associate *December – Joseph Brooks,

and Saltis- McErlane Gang member

1926

Events

*Sicilian Mafia Don Vito Cascio Ferro is arrested by

and imprisoned. Casio Ferro would remain in prison until his death in

1945 1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which nuclear weapons have been used in combat. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. Januar ...

. *John Tuccello, a gunman for the Sheldon Gang, is killed by members of the Saltis- McErlane gang. *January 10 – Henry Spingola, brother-in-law to the six Genna Brothers of the Genna crime family, is killed by members of the Chicago Outfit. *February 15 – Urazio "The Scourge" Tropea, an associate of the Genna crime family, is gunned down in a drive-by shooting by unidentified gunmen. *February 21 – Genna crime family ally Vito Bascone, a Chicago West Side bootlegger, is killed in Stickney, Illinois. *February 23 – Genna crime family member Edward Baldelli is found in a ditch outside Chicago. *April – Saltis-McErlane Gang members hijack a Sheldon Gang beer shipment. *September 20 – Members of the North Side Gang, including George "Bugs" Moran, Earl "Hymie" Weiss, Vincent "The Schemer" Drucci, Peter Gusenberg, and Frank "Tight Lips" Gusenberg attempt to kill Al Capone in a drive-by shooting at Capone's Cicero headquarters, firing hundreds of rounds. Although unharmed, Capone is terrified and requests a truce. *October 11 – While meeting with Chicago lawyer William W. O'Brian, North Side Gang leader Hymie Weiss is killed in an ambush outside Holy Name Cathedral, Chicago, with bodyguard Patrick Murray. North Side Gang members Benny Jacobs and Sam Pellar are severely wounded. With Weiss's death, Vincent "The Schemer" Drucci assumes gang leadership. *October 20 – John "Dingbat" O'Berta and Joseph "Polack Joe" Saltis call a peace conference in an attempt to broker a ceasefire among Chicago's major bootleggers. With the establishment of Madison Street as dividing the Chicago Outfit and the North Side Gang territories, the two sides agree to peace. *December 30 – The Chicago gang ceasefire is broken when Sheldon Gang member Hillary Clements is killed by the Saltis- McErlane Gang.

Arts and literature

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The Gangs of New York ''The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld'' is an American non-fiction book by Herbert Asbury, first published in 1927 by Garden City Publishing Company. It was the basis for Martin Scorsese's 2002 film '' Gangs of New York ...

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Herbert Asbury Herbert Asbury (September 1, 1891 – February 24, 1963) was an American journalist and writer best known for his books detailing crime during the 19th and early-20th centuries, such as ''Gem of the Prairie: An Informal History of the Chicago U ...

Deaths

*John Tuccello, Sheldon Gang member *January 10 – Henry Spingola, brother-in-law to the six Genna Brothers of the Genna crime family *February 15 – Urazio Tropea "The Scourge", associate of the Genna crime family *February 23 – Edward Baldelli, Genna crime family member *February 24 – Vito Bascone, Chicago bootlegger and Genna crime family ally *August 6 – John "Mitters" Foley, Chicago bootlegger *October 11 – Hymie Weiss, North Side Gang leader, and his associate/bodyguard Patrick Murray *December 30 – Hillary Clements, Sheldon Gang member

1927

Events

's Chicago Outfit earns a yearly income of $108 million ($ billion today). * Salvatore Maranzano is sent to

Don Vito Cascio Ferro in an attempt to unify the New York Italian-American gangs into a single organization. *South Carolina bootlegger Manley Sullivan becomes the first gangster to be convicted for federal tax evasion. The case would establish the precedent of illegal income being taxable, an effective weapon against organized crime figures throughout the decade. *The Southside O'Donnell's gang kidnaps John "Jackie" Adler, a liaison for

to the Chicago police. Adler is later released unharmed. *Angelo Lo Mantio, a Milwaukee, Wisconsin gunman, is hired by Chicago bootlegger and organized crime leader

Joe Aiello Giuseppe "Joe" Aiello (; September 27, 1890 – October 23, 1930) was a Sicilians, Sicilian bootlegger and organized crime leader in Chicago during the Prohibition in the United States, Prohibition era. He was best known for his long and bloody ...

to murder competitor Al Capone. *Joe Aiello continues hiring gunmen to kill rival Al Capone, but hitmen Sam Valante and New York gangster Antonio Torchio, in separate incidents, are both killed by members of Capone's Chicago Outfit as they each disembark their trains in Chicago. *

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, gangster Norman Bruhn is killed on the orders of John "Snowy" Cutmore, leader of the Fitzroy razor gang. *January – Chicago saloon owner John Costanaro, a distributor for the Sheldon Gang, is killed by a rival bootlegging gang. *January 6 – Theodore Anton, a restaurant manager above Al Capone's Hawthorne Inn, is kidnapped and later killed by the rival North Side Gang. *March 11 – Saltis- McErlane gunmen Charles "Big Hayes" Hubacek and Frank "Lefty" Koncil are killed, possibly by Chicago Outfit gunmen in retaliation for Koncil's recent acquittal for the 1926 murder of Sheldon Gang member John "Mitters" Foley. *March 28 – Joseph Amato, boss of the

, dies of natural causes and is succeeded by Joseph Vallone. *April 4 – North Side Gang leader Vincent Drucci is killed by Chicago Police detective Dan Healy while in police custody. *June 10 – While checking up on Frankie Yale's bootlegging operations in New York, Capone gunman James DeAmato is killed in Manhattan. *July 24 – Charles Birger is sentenced to death for the murder of West City Mayor Joseph Adams. Ray Hyland, a gunman for Birger, and Birger associate Arthur Newman are sentenced to life imprisonment. *August 7 – After being stopped by a US Coast Guard cutter off the eastern coast of Florida, "King of the Rum Runners" James Alderman kills a US Secret Service agent and two members of the Coast Guard while being arrested. Alderman is later convicted of murder and hanged in

. *October 13 – Joseph "Big Joe" Lonardo, founder and boss of the Cleveland crime family, is killed in a local barber shop, along with his brother John. Family underboss Salvatore Todaro, who planned the killings with the large Porrello brothers faction (owners of the barber shop), becomes the new boss. *October 16 – New York labor union racketeer Jacob Orgen is killed by Louis Buchalter and Jacob Shapiro. Orgen's bodyguard Jack Diamond is severely wounded but survives. *October 26 – A shootout between rival

n razor gang leaders Joseph 'Squizzy' Taylor of Melbourne and John "Snowy" Cutmore of

results in the deaths of both men (Taylor succumbed on the 27th).

Arts and literature

Josef von Sternberg Josef von Sternberg (; born Jonas Sternberg; May 29, 1894 – December 22, 1969) was an Austrian-American filmmaker whose career successfully spanned the transition from the silent to the sound era, during which he worked with most of the major ...

's '' Underworld'' is released starring George Bancroft, Evelyn Brent, Clive Brook, Fred Kohler and Helen Lynch.

Births

James LaPietra James "Jimmy the Lapper" LaPietra (1927–1993) was a Chicago mobster and member of Chicago Outfit. He was also the younger brother of mobster Angelo "the Hook" LaPietra. A minor organized crime figure with arrests for burglary and rape, LaPietr ...

, Chicago Outfit member * January 2 –

Vincent Meli Vincent Angelo Meli (; ; January 2, 1921 – January 7, 2008) was an Italian-American mobster who was a soldier of the Detroit crime family. Early years Meli was born on January 2, 1921, in San Cataldo, Sicily, to Frank Meli and Grazia Panzi ...

, Detroit Partnership boss * March 16 –

Joseph Ferriola Joseph Ferriola (March 16, 1927 – March 11, 1989), also known as, "Joe Nagall," "Mr. Clean" and "Oscar," was an American mobster who was boss of the Chicago Outfit, from 1985 to 1988, after Joseph Aiuppa and John Cerone went to prison for ...

(Joe Nagall), Chicago Outfit member * March 29 – Michael Rizzitello, Los Angeles crime family captain * April 30 – Christopher "Christie Tick" Furnari, Lucchese crime family ''consiglieri'' * November 13 – George Cornell,

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member * December 26 – Louis R. Failla,

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soldier

Deaths

* Norman Bruhn,

gangster *Sam Valante, member of

's gang *January – John Costanaro, Chicago saloon owner and associate of the Sheldon Gang *January 6 – Theodore Anton, Chicago Outfit associate *April 4 – Vincent Drucci, North Side Gang member *March 11 – Charles "Big Hayes" Hubacek, Saltis- McErlane gunman *March 11 – Frank "Lefty" Koncil, Saltis-McErlane gunman *March 28 – Joseph Amato, boss of

*June 10 – James DeAmato, Chicago Outfit gunman *October 13 –

Joseph Lonardo Joseph Lonardo (; October 20, 1884 – October 13, 1927), also known as "Big Joe", was a Sicilian emigrant to the United States who became the first crime boss of the Cleveland crime family, which he structured from a competing number of organi ...

, founder and boss of Cleveland crime family *October 13 – John Lonardo, brother of Joseph Lonardo *October 16 – Jacob Orgen, New York labor union racketeer *October 26 – John "Snowy" Cutmore,

gangster *October 27 – Joseph "Squizzy" Taylor, Melbourne gangster

1928

Events

* Louis R. Elfman, a former lieutenant of Philadelphia bootlegger Maxie "Boo-Boo" Hoff, becomes a government witness. *April 21 – Illinois gangster Charles Birger is executed for the ordered murder of West City, Illinois Mayor Joe Adams. *June 14- Mafia associate Samuel Stein is charged with killing

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police officer James H. "Happy" Smith *June 26 – Timothy D. "Big Tim" Murphy is gunned down by assassins as he answered the door at his Chicago home. *July 25 – Salvatore Canale, an associate of Chicago mobster

, is killed outside his home in Chicago. *September 7 –

President Antonio Lombardo, an advisor to mob boss

, is killed by several unidentified gunmen. *October 10 – Salvatore "Toto" D'Aquila, founder of the present day

and reportedly held the title of ''" capo di tutti capi"'' (or "boss of all bosses"), is shot and killed by unidentified gunmen. He is succeeded by Alfred "Al Mineo" Manfredi. *November 4 – Mob financier Arnold Rothstein is shot by an unidentified gunman while at Manhattan's Park-Central Hotel and dies of his wounds at the Polyclinic Hospital the following day. Rothstein's murder would be attributed to his refusal to pay a $320,000 gambling debt from a three-day poker. Rothstein had refused to pay because he said the game was dishonest. George "Hump" McManus, a participant in the game, would be arrested for Rothstein's murder, but later acquitted due to lack of evidence. *December 5 – In a meeting known as the Cleveland Conference, over 20 mobsters are arrested while staying at a Cleveland hotel, including

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bootlegger Philip Bacino and New York bootlegger

Vince Mangano Vincent Mangano (born Vincenzo Giovanni Mangano; ; March 28, 1888 – disappeared April 19, 1951, declared dead October 30, 1961) was an Italian-born mobster also known as "Vincent The Executioner" as named in a Brooklyn newspaper, and the head o ...

. Of those in attendance, future mob boss Joe Profaci and mobster Joseph Magliocco, would attend the 1957 Apalachin Conference in New York.

Births

* George Cornell, UK gangster for the Richardson Brothers * John Riggi, Sr. "The Eagle", New Jersey boss involved in northern and central New Jersey waterfront labor racketeering and ally of Simone DeCavalcante *January 23 –

Salvatore Lima Salvatore Achille Ettore Lima (; 23 January 1928 – 12 March 1992) was an Italian politician from Sicily who was associated with, and murdered by, the Sicilian Mafia. He is often just referred to as Salvo Lima. According to the ''pentito'' ...

"Salvo", Italian politician and mafia associate *March 29 – Vincent Gigante "The Chin", Genovese crime family Don *July 13 – Tommaso Buscetta, Sicilian mafioso turned government witness

Deaths

*April 21 – Charles Birger, Illinois Prohibition gangster *July 1 – Frankie Yale, New York

boss, assassinated by Al Capone's hitmen *July 25 – Salvatore Canale, Joe Aiello Gang member *September 7 – Antonio Lombardo,

President and

consigliere *October 10 –

Salvatore D'Aquila Salvatore "Toto" D'Aquila (; November 7, 1873 – October 10, 1928) was an early Italian-American Mafia boss in New York City of the D'Aquila crime family, what would later become known as the Gambino crime family. Early life and career Salv ...

"Toto",

founder and " capo de tutti capi" *November 4 – Arnold Rothstein "The Brain", New York mobster and gambler, murdered over a debt

1929

Events

*Mobster Antonino Morddelo "Tony," "Joe Batters" Accardo becomes head enforcer for

's " Chicago Outfit". * Danny Stanton, a former member of the Valley and Sheldon Gangs, assumes control as interim leader of arch rivals Saltis- McErlane organization. *January 8 –

leader Pasquale Lolordo is killed in his Chicago apartment, supposedly by mobster

and members of the North Side Gang. *January 12 – Labor racketeer Cornelius Shea died in a hospital in Chicago after an operation for gallstones. *February 14 – Four unidentified men, two of them dressed as Chicago police officers, storm into a Chicago garage and murder seven members of the North Side Gang, (among them

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Rheinhart Schwimmer and mechanic John May). Their primary target, gang leader George "Bugs" Moran, is not there. However, the

St. Valentines Day Massacre The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre was the murder of seven members and associates of Chicago's North Side Gang that occurred on Saint Valentine's Day 1929. The men were gathered at a Lincoln Park, Chicago garage on the morning of February 14 ...

effectively ends the five-year gang war between The Chicago Outfit and the North Side Gang. *March 19 – William J. Vercoe, a colorful Chicago criminal noted for reciting poetry, is shot and killed by Westside O'Donnell gang member William Clifford while at the '' Pony Inn'' in Cicero, Illinois. *April 14 – William Clifford is gunned down along with former Westside O'Donnall's gang gunman Michael Reiley. *May 7 – Chicago Outfit hitmen

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and John Scalise, two of the men suspected in the murder of North Side Gang leader Dean O'Banion and fellow mob boss Joseph "Hop Toad" Giunta, the current Unione Siculiana President are all killed during a lavish party held at Al Capone's residence. The party was a ruse by mob boss

to lure the three men to their deaths after their plan to gain leadership of the Chicago Outfit by eliminating Capone is uncovered. The men where beaten to death by Capone, who used a baseball bat to commit the murders. *May 9 – Prominent New York mob associate Meyer Lansky marries Anna Citron. *May 13–15 – The Atlantic City Conference is held in

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by American

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and

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organized crime leaders. This conference would later result in the formation of the National Crime Syndicate of all Italian-American gangs. *May 16 – Shortly after leaving the

meeting, Chicago mob boss

is arrested by Philadelphia police and charged with carrying a concealed weapon. *May 16 – Bootlegger Joe Porrazo "Disappears" after alleged confrontation with organized Crime Figures *May 29 – Thomas McElligot, a member of the Westside O'Donnell's gang, is killed in a Loop saloon in Chicago. *June 11 – Salvatore "Black Sam" Todaro, a

mafia leader, the #2 man or underboss in the Porrello crime family is shot and killed while approaching a parked car. Todaro's murder was a revenge killing for plotting with the Porrello family to betray and kill his former boss Joe Lonardo and take over the crime family in late 1927. *June 24 – Broadway based mobster Gandolfo Curto, better known as "Frankie Marlow" was found murdered in Queens after a night of dining in Manhattan. Frankie Marlow was a former associate of Brooklyn mob boss Frankie Yale. Among other things, Marlow ran a bookmaking operation under Yale's protection and was also a bootlegger, nightclub owner and boxing manager. *July 2 – Benjamin Evangelista, a religious leader and real estate tycoon, is killed with his wife and four children. It is believed that the killings are related to possible dealings with organized crime. *August 6 – Pittsburgh mobster Steve Monastero is shot to death at the entrance of Allegheny General Hospital. Following Monastero's death, he would be succeeded by Joseph Siragusa. *August 17 – James Alderman, a prominent Florida bootlegger, who was sentenced to hang the previous year by US District Court Judge

Henry D. Clayton Henry De Lamar Clayton Jr. (February 10, 1857 – December 21, 1929) was a United States representative from Alabama and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama and the United States D ...

for the

1927 Events January * January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith becomes the first Director-General. * January 7 * ...

murders of a US Secret Service agent and two US Coast Guard crew members during an arrest at sea, goes to the gallows. Despite appeals to the US Supreme Court and President Herbert Hoover, Alderman is hanged on a Coast Guard base near

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. *September 4 – Westside O'Donnell gang member Frank Cawley is killed. *November 17 – John "Bilikens" Rito, a former bootlegger for the Chicago Genna brothers, is killed shortly after forming a partnership with North Side Gang member Ted Newberry. *November 29 – Los Angeles Vintner Frank Baumgarteker "Disappears" after alleged confrontation with organized Crime Figures *December 29 – Chicago bootlegger James Walsh is killed by

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after a prize fight. *December 30 –

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, the Harlem, New York numbers game queen, is arrested by New York City police. She would later be sentenced to eight months in prison.

Arts and literature

*''Little Caesar'' (novel) by

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Births

*September 30 Donald Angelini (Don Angel) "The Wizard of Odds", Syndicate gambling racketeer * Frank Chin, Chinese-American author and playwright *

Louis Manna Louis Anthony "Bobby" Manna (born December 2, 1929, in Hoboken, New Jersey), is an American mobster and former consigliere of the Genovese crime family operating with the family's New Jersey faction. Genovese family Manna was a close associate ...

"Bobby", Genovese crime family Capo involved in the New Jersey construction industry, illegal gambling and loansharking * Frank A. Pugliano "Frankie Pugs",

associate and West Springfield gambling club owner * Joseph Ullo, New York mobster and suspected ".22 caliber" hitman *January 1 –

Joseph Lombardo Joseph Patrick Lombardo (born Giuseppe Lombardi; January 1, 1929 – October 19, 2019), also known as "Joey the Clown", was an American mobster and a high-ranking member of the Chicago Outfit crime organization. He was alleged to be the '' Co ...

"The Clown", Chicago Outfit leader *April 7 – Joe Gallo (Joseph Gallo),

Mafia leader *April 9 –

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, Mexican Mafia Boss *March 8 – Nicky Scarfo (Nicodemo Scarfo) "Little Nicky", Philadelphia and

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Mafia Don *July 27 –

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, Los Angeles crime family underboss *August 9 – Albert Caesar Tocco, Chicago Outfit member involved in extortion and racketeering in Chicago's South Suburbs

Deaths

*January – James Alderman, Florida bootlegger *January 8 – Pasquale Lolordo,

leader *March 15 – William J. Vercoe "Clown for the Hoodlums", Chicago criminal *February 14 – James Clark, North Side Gang member involved in bootlegging, bank robbery and victim of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre *February 14 –

, North Side Gang gunman and victim of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre *February 14 – Peter Gusenberg, North Side Gang gunman and victim of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre *February 14 – Adam Hyer, North Side Gang member, owner of the S-M-C Cartage Company garage and victim of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre *February 14 – John May, North Side Gang associate and victim of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre *February 14 – Rheinhart Schwimmer, North Side Gang associate and victim of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre *February 14 – Albert Weinshank, North Side Gang bookkeeper, speakeasy owner and victim of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre *April 14 – George Clifford, Westside O'Donnells member *May 7 –

, Chicago Outfit hitman and Scalise, and a fellow gangster named Joseph Giunta *May 16 – Joe Pozzaro, Bootlegger *May 29 – Thomas McElligot, Westside O'Donnell member *June 11 – Salvatore Todaro "Black Sam", Cleveland crime family leader *July 2 – Benjamin Evangelista, Illinois religious leader and real estate tycoon *August 6 – Steve Monastero, Pittsburgh crime family leader *September 4 – Frank Cawley, Westside O'Donnell member *November 17 – John Rito "Bilikens", bootlegger for the Genna Brothers and associate of Ted Newberry *December 29 – James Walsh, Chicago bootlegger

References

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