#OTD (Apr 17) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Bill the Butcher is acquitted, #NYC counterfeiters are sentenced, Amato is murdered in #LosAngeles, #Petrosino nabs #Alfano, #Chicago slaver gets prison, gangsters are found dead in #YoungstownOH poolroom, #Colosimo takes a new bride, Rossi is killed in #Brooklyn, Philip #Mangano disappears, Genovese leaders get long sentences, body of #Philadelphia mobster found in #BronxNY.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (Dec. 8) in #OrganizedCrime #History: a newspaper is ruled obscene, robbers interrupt a #BronxNY dinner, a #bankruptcy racket, deportations planned for #Dragna and #Cammarata, racketeers meet in #WorcesterMA, #Pittsburgh mobsters are prewarned of a raid.

#OTD in 1929: Gunmen burst into and robbed attendees of a #BronxNY testimonial dinner for Magistrate Albert #Vitale, including political leaders, gangsters and at least one police officer. The incident occurred just as public opinion was turning against #ProhibitionEra corruption.

Read about it:
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2019/12/vitale-dinner-holdup-sparks.html

#OTD in 1929: In early morning hours, gunmen burst into a #BronxNY dinner honoring local Magistrate Albert Vitale, rob the attendees, flee. Much of the loot is later quietly returned. Investigators quickly learn that a number of Tammany-linked mafiosi were among the robbery victims. #MafiaHistory #Histodons
Read about it:
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2019/12/vitale-dinner-holdup-sparks.html