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**Thomas Hunt** @tomhunt@pixelfed.social · Mar 28

Thomas Hunt @tomhunt@pixelfed.social

#OTD in 1911, #KansasCity Police Officer Joseph #Raimo was murdered on his way home from a night of card-playing at a Little Italy saloon. He was struck from behind by a combination of large shot and smaller pellets fired from two shotguns. The community immediately concluded that the officer had learned the details of recent #BlackHand murders and was silenced by gangsters.
#MafiaHistory @MafiaHistory@a.gup.pe

Headline from Kansas City Times reads: "Assassins got their man; Koseph Raimo, policeman, knew too much, Little Italy says." Sketch of Officer Joseph Raimo appears at lower left. In background is the scene of Raimo's 1911 murder in Kansas City, Missouri.

**Writers of Wrongs** @WritersofWrongs · Mar 15

Mar 15

Writers of Wrongs @WritersofWrongs

#Buffalo residents report an attempted #BlackHand bombing #OTD in 1918. They turn over an explosive device to police. (They are arrested a few days later for placing the #bomb at their own home in order to frighten away some family members.)

Read about this:
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2020/03/bogus-blackhand-bombing-in-buffalo.html

The Writers of WrongsBogus Blackhand bombing in BuffaloNews, notes, articles and book excerpts from authors of crime history.

#Histodons

**Thomas Hunt** @tomhunt@pixelfed.social · Mar 11

Mar 11

Thomas Hunt @tomhunt@pixelfed.social

The #Pittsburgh suburb of #Sewickley had some trouble with a #BlackHand gang in the pre-Prohibition Era. This cartoon was from a 1908 issue of the Pittsburg (no 'h') Press.
Sewickley's little known underworld history was discussed in an Informer article: https://informer-journal.blogspot.com/2022/10/barber-brothers-allied-with-sewickley.html

#MafiaHistory @MafiaHistory@a.gup.pe

Cartoon from Pittsburg Press of February 16, 1908, showing a large Black Hand casting a shadow upon Sewickley Heights, Pennsylvania.

**Tom Hunt** @tomhunt@vermont.masto.host · Mar 9

Mar 9

Tom Hunt @tomhunt@vermont.masto.host

#OTD in #OrganizedCrime #History: reward is offered for info on Butcher's killer, #BlackHand boss is sentenced to die in western #Pennsylvania, #NYC mobster is picked up in #Toledo, #Schultz faces disorderly charge, Louis Capone gets small funeral, U.S. revokes #Costello naturalization.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

Collection of crime history items from March 9.

**Tom Hunt** @tomhunt@vermont.masto.host · Mar 4

Mar 4

Tom Hunt @tomhunt@vermont.masto.host

#OTD (Mar. 4) in #OrganizedCrime #History: former gang boss becomes #NewYork congressman, western #Pennsylvania #BlackHand gang leader is imprisoned, #NYPD gets Enrico Caruso's blackmailers in #Brooklyn, defendant claims he was provoked into #Connecticut killing, #Lepke dies in electric chair, #FBI learns of #Mafia autobiography.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

Collection of crime history items from March 4.

**Tom Hunt** @tomhunt@vermont.masto.host · Feb 24

Feb 24

Tom Hunt @tomhunt@vermont.masto.host

#OTD (Feb. 24) in #OrganizedCrime #History: "Bill the Butcher" is fatally shot in #NYC, federal judge reveals he was threatened by #BlackHand, informant tells #SecretService about four #Mafia groups in #NewYork, father of #Newark boss dies of gunshot wounds, crime writer Asbury dies.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons
@mafiahistory

Collection of crime history items from February 24.

**Tom Hunt** @tomhunt@vermont.masto.host · Feb 18

Feb 18

Tom Hunt @tomhunt@vermont.masto.host

#OTD (Feb 18) in #OrganizedCrime #History: ambush in #Harlem, mistrial in #Brooklyn, murder in #SewickleyPA, #BlackHand bombing in #Pittsburgh, boss eliminated in #Denver, #Genovese burial in #QueensNY, #Sinatra testimony in #NewJersey, deaths of #Costello and Amato.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons
@mafiahistory

Collection of crime history items from February 18.

**Tom Hunt** @tomhunt@vermont.masto.host · Feb 11

Feb 11

Tom Hunt @tomhunt@vermont.masto.host

#OTD (Feb. 11) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #BlackHand is blamed for #YoungstownOH fire, brothers are charged with Lucchino shooting at #PittstonPA, #Brooklyn boss Lauritano pleads guilty to perjury, #Lansky faces #bootlegging charge, #Sinatra goes to #Cuba with mobsters, #NewEngland boss #Patriarca testifies, #Genovese enters #Atlanta federal prison at start of drug sentence.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons
@mafiahistory

Collection of crime history items from February 11.

**Tom Hunt** @tomhunt@vermont.masto.host · Feb 8

Feb 8

Tom Hunt @tomhunt@vermont.masto.host

Arthur Train devoted an entire chapter of his 1922 book to the 1905 #Torsiello murder, the investigation by #Petrosino and the trial and punishment of Antonio #Strollo. The book included a photo of an alleged #BlackHand letter Strollo used in his defense.
https://mobhistory.substack.com/p/sharing-a-forgotten-source?r=12oapz
#CrimeHistory

MobHistory · Feb 8Sharing a forgotten sourceBy Tom Hunt

**Thomas Hunt** @tomhunt@pixelfed.social · Feb 7

Feb 7

Thomas Hunt @tomhunt@pixelfed.social

When brought to trial in 1905 for the #BronxNY #murder of a fellow Italian immigrant, defendant Antonio #Strollo introduced this "#BlackHand" note as evidence, saying it was written by the real killer. Prosecutors proved the handwriting was Strollo's.
Prosecutor Arthur Train's account of this murder case (published in a 1922 book) can now be read online:
https://mafiahistory.us/a053/f_strollo.html

#CrimeHistory

#crimehistory

**Tom Hunt** @tomhunt@vermont.masto.host · Jan 4

Jan 4

Tom Hunt @tomhunt@vermont.masto.host

#OTD (Jan. 4) in #OrganizedCrime #History: births of Merlo and Oddo, #WestVirginia executions of #BlackHand killers, liquor indictments, #Costello ordered to testify before #Kefauver, #Bonanno restored as boss, a #Cleveland car-bomber arraigned.

Collection of crime history items from January 4.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons

**Writers of Wrongs** @WritersofWrongs · Dec 15, 2024

Dec 15, 2024

Writers of Wrongs @WritersofWrongs

#OTD in 1912: #EastHarlem #blackhand gangster Aniello "Zoppo" Prisco is slain as he (allegedly) tries to extort money from underworld figure Giosue Gallucci.

Read about it:
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2019/12/extortion-victim-turns-tables-on-gimp.html

The Writers of WrongsExtortion victim turns tables on 'The Gimp'News, notes, articles and book excerpts from authors of crime history.

#NYC #CrimeHistory #Histodons

**Tom Hunt** @tomhunt@vermont.masto.host · Dec 10, 2024

Dec 10, 2024

Tom Hunt @tomhunt@vermont.masto.host

#OTD (Dec. 10) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #BlackHand in #Baltimore, counterfeit in #Manhattan, Loiacono murdered, a mob-backed #Brooklyn laundry union, #Lansky citizenship threatened, massive #narcotics ring, #Gallo group indicted, #Gambino leaders arrested.