U.S. #Mafia boss of bosses Giuseppe "Joe the Boss" #Masseria was murdered #OTD in 1931. He was shot to death in a back room at Gerardo Scarpato's Nuova Villa Tammaro restaurant, 2715 West Fifteenth Street, #ConeyIsland.
Read the press coverage:
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2019/04/joe-boss-murder-befuddles-press.html
#OTD (Apr 14) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #BarrelMurder victim is found in #Manhattan, Sacco is convicted in #Chicago, #Capone pays a fine, Lazia loses appeal for new tax trial in #KansasCity, #Trafficante tries to keep Cuba casinos open, "Mad Sam" is found murdered.
#OTD in 1903, a man's body is found in a barrel left on a #Manhattan sidewalk. U.S. #SecretService agents assist #NewYork Police in figuring out the #BarrelMurder.
Read about it:
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2017/04/114-years-ago-barrel-murder.html
#OTD (Apr 13) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Monk is shot in the head, #Masseria & others are arrested for burglary, #Buffalo pistol permits are investigated, Parisi is acquitted of murder, car-bomb kills #Gambino underboss, Strollo pleads guilty at #YoungstownOH, Manocchio gets probation in #RhodeIsland.
#OTD in 1913: Giuseppe #Masseria, future #NYC #Mafia boss, and three other men were arrested for the attempted robbery of a #Manhattan pawn shop.
Read about it and view source documents:
https://mafiahistory.us/a040/f_masseriaburg.html
#OTD (Apr 12) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Monk goes on trial in #NYC, many are arrested after #Milwaukee shooting, conspiracy against Giannolas is discovered in #Detroit, #Luciano sentence is affirmed, Torrio gets prison for tax offense, Cohen faces conspiracy charge in #LosAngeles, Bender's wife reports him missing, #QueensNY grand jury probes La Stella meeting.
#OTD (Apr 11) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #NYC tong leader is charged with murder, counterfeiter is paroled, missing gangster is convicted, #Genovese leaders are guilty of drug crimes, tax liens are filed against #Marcello in #Louisiana, #Lucchese emerges from hospital after brain surgery, Russo agrees to testify in #NewJersey.
#OTD (Apr 10) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Viaforo is convicted of murder in #NYC, future mob gunman "Buster" is born, Gentile slips away from #Boston, convicted killers #Anastasia & Florina are released, #Torrio pleads guilty to tax crime, Lauritano of #Brooklyn dies, Mallamo warns #YoungstownOH gang of FBI wiretaps, Lardiere is found murdered in #NewJersey, Lamattina passes away in Boston.
#OTD (Apr 9) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Kelly is arrested after #NYC shooting, grocer is stabbed in #EastHarlem, Gentile returns to U.S. through #Boston, #Valachi attempts suicide in #Michigan prison, Giacalones acquitted of tax charge in #Detroit, police raid Pizza Connection businesses, #Scarfo is indicted for #Philadelphia mob murders.
#OTD in 1962: "Tony Bender" #Strollo, a top figure in the #Genovese Crime Family, left his home in #FortLeeNJ #NewJersey and never returned.
Read about it:
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2020/04/going-out-for-few-minutes.html
#OTD (Apr 8) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #NYC area coin counterfeiters are convicted, mobster Luigi Marciante kills himself, seventeen in #Arizona and #NewYork are accused of drug crimes, #Strollo disappears in #FortLeeNJ, #Spilotro case ends in mistrial, #RhodeIsland racketeer is charged with planning murder.
#OTD (Apr 7) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Archiello is guilty of #NYC Baff murder, #Nitti & others are arrested in raid of #Torrio HQ in #Chicago, artichoke trust is indicted, #Arkansas will hear #Luciano appeal, Chicago victim is identified as mob-linked cheese seller, #CrazyJoey is murdered.
New article on the blog dedicated to two drug cases of 1963 and 1986 involving the Piazza family of Misilmeri/Marseille and George Adragna of Pittsburgh/San Jose
[Translator available on the site]
#frenchconnection #pizzaconnection #mafia #organizedcrime #mobsters #mafiahistory #drugtrafficking
#OTD in 1913, #EastHarlem crime figure Amadeo #Buonomo, known for his use of a protective chain mail shirt, died of a gunshot wound suffered a day earlier.
Read more:
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2019/04/caught-without-his-chain-mail-shirt.html
Charles #Binaggio and Charles #Gargotta were found murdered inside First District Democratic Club HQ in #KansasCity on this date in 1950.
Read about it:
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2017/04/67-years-ago-bullets-take-kc-political.html
#OTD (Apr 6) in #OrganizedCrime #History: former priest in #Chicago pleads guilty to counterfeiting, #EastHarlem gangster succumbs, #Anastasia is charged with assault, #Arkansas holds #Luciano, #Binaggio & Gargotta are murdered in #KansasCity, panel investigates mob killing in #Bronx, Manocchio wins #RhodeIsland appeal.
#OTD in #OrganizedCrime #History: murder victim found on #StatenIsland, Buonomo mortally wounded in #EastHarlem, Nick Gentile returns to U.S., mafiosi meet in #Buffalo, gangster is charged with cop-killing, journalist is blinded with acid, lawsuit is filed over #Marcello deportation.
#OTD in 1961: U.S. officials arrested #NewOrleans #Mafia boss Carlos #Marcello and immediately deported him to Guatemala, the country named on his fraudulent birth record.
Read about it:
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2019/04/deported-to-guatemala-due-to-fake-birth.html
#OTD (Apr 4) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Piraino is charged with assault in #Brooklyn, Drucci is killed by a #Chicago detective, #Schultz surrenders after 10 weeks in hiding, #Bompensiero enters federal prison, #Marcello is deported from #NewOrleans, Dellacroce's son dies in #Pennsylvania, Salemme is charged with theft in #California.
