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#OTD (June 25) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Petto is charged with #NYC #BarrelMurder, Morelli brothers of #Providence begin #Atlanta prison terms, #Lucchese leaders Tramunti & Vario & others are charged, former #RochesterNY boss dies in federal prison.

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Text reads: On this date, June 25...
in 1903, Tommaso Petto is indicted for the murder of Benedetto Madonia.
in 1908, New York police officers called to investigate a Black Hand bombing allegedly extort $32 from the victim.
in 1920, brothers Frank and Joseph Morelli of Rhode Island begin Atlanta Prison sentences for violations of interstate commerce.
in 1969, Lucchese family mafiosi Carmine Tramunti, Paul Vario Sr., Paul Vario Jr. and others are indicted by a Nassau County grand jury for hampering an organized crime investigation.
in 1993, former Rochester boss Samuel 'Red' Russotti dies in federal prison at Milan MI.e Family boss Philip 'Rusty' Rastelli dies of liver cancer at age 73.

Part 3 of the MobHistory Substack series on the #NewOrleans #Mafia feud of 1868-1872 is available now.
https://open.substack.com/pub/mobhistory/p/bloody-ends-of-early-nola-bosses-15d?r=12oapz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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Background image of historic firearm. Headline: Blood ends of early NOLA bosses - Part 3: Crescent City underworld leaders lost their lives in long Mafia feud.

According to Dom Frasca’s book, King of Crime, #Mafia leaders assembled at the #NYC Hotel Diplomat #OTD (June 24) in 1946, for a banquet celebrating the return of Vito #Genovese.

https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2019/06/peers-salute-genovese-after-murder.html

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#OTD (June 24) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Carollo faces narcotics charge in #NewOrleans, Marlow is murdered, taxi racket charge is dropped, banquet honors #Genovese, Abbatemarcos plead to #Brooklyn lottery charge, #Valachi victim dies of injuries, #Bonanno boss Rastelli succumbs to cancer.

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Text reads: On this date, June 24...
in 1922, interrogation techniques known as the 'third degree' are declared illegal in Illinois.
in 1923, New Orleans Mafia leader Silvestro Carollo is arrested on a narcotics charge.
in 1929, murdered New York racketeer 'Frankie Marlow' Curto is thrown from a car in Flushing, Queens.
in 1942, a New York judge dismisses a four-year-old taxicab racketeering indictment against Joseph Biondo due to the continued absence of a key witness.
in 1946, a banquet is held at New York's Hotel Diplomat to welcome home Vito Genovese. In Chicago, independent race wire racketeer James M. Ragen is shot and mortally wounded.
in 1952, Frank and Anthony Abbatemarco plead guilty in Brooklyn to running an illegal lottery.
in 1962, Atlanta Prison inmate John Joseph Saupp, victim of a Joseph Valachi beating, dies of his injuries. In Union City NJ, Anthony Provenzano is injured in a 12-foot fall into an open elevator shaft.
in 1970, a building contractor tells a New Jersey jury that mafioso Anthony 'Tony Boy' Boiardo is the real boss of Newark.
in 1991, former Bonanno Crime Family boss Philip 'Rusty' Rastelli dies of liver cancer at age 73.

#OTD (June 23) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Monk's killer is released, #Baltimore mobster is found murdered, #Hoffa is acquitted of wiretapping, "Tony Pro" and others are indicted in #NewJersey for kidnapping & murder, #Spilotro remains are identified, #Gambino leaders get life terms, press reports possible clue to #Petrosino assassination.

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Image of John J. Gotti. Text reads: On this date, June 23...
in 1910, imprisoned counterfeiters Ignazio Lupo and Antonio Cecala are given three days in solitary after attempting to bribe a guard to mail unauthorized letters.
in 1919, Michael Gallo of Syracuse NY confesses to killing Donato Scarafino.
in 1920, Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter begins a prison sentence for attempted burglary.
in 1922, Jeremiah Bohan of Brooklyn, sentenced to manslaughter for killing Monk Eastman, is released after serving 17 months of a 3-year-10-month term.
in 1927, future New England crime boss Luigi Manocchio is born in Providence RI.
in 1952, Anthony Messina, also known as Tony Mangano, is found murdered in Baltimore.
in 1953, immigration agents arrest and plan to deport New York racketeer Louis Shomberg, known as Dutch Goldberg.
in 1958, a federal jury acquits Jimmy Hoffa and two codefendants of illegal wiretapping.
in 1969, A New Jersey commission subpoenas suspected leaders of the DeCavalcante Crime Family.
in 1976, federal grand jury in New Jersey indicts Anthony Provenzano, Salvatore Briguglio, Harold Konigsberg and George Vangelakos for kidnapping and killing Anthony Castellito.
in 1986, autopsies confirm the identities of two discovered corpses as brothers Anthony and Michael Spilotro.
in 1992, Gambino boss John J. Gotti and his lieutenant Frank Locascio are sentenced to life in prison for racketeering and murder.
in 2014, press reports clue to Petrosino assassination.

#OTD (June 22) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Madden is in court after #CottonClub closure, #BronxNY watches Iamascia & Scalise funerals, #Terranova pledges to give up mansion, Zwillman surrenders in #NewJersey, #Trafficante is briefly released in #Havana, #Valachi beats fellow prisoner, #Spilotro grave is found in #Indiana, Salemme & Weadick are convicted.

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Image of Danny Iamascia. Text reads: On this date, June 22...
in 1915, a Trumbull County OH grand jury indicts Fedele Penna for the 1914 shooting and stabbing homicide of Angelo Romagnini.
in 1925, Owen Madden appears in court following the forced closure of his Cotton Club.
in 1928, federal agents discover a large illegal distillery belonging to Joe Calafato of Erie, PA, but take no action against him.
in 1931, the funeral cortege of Danny Iamascia, including 35 cars of flowers, draws thousands of spectators to Bronx streets.
in 1937, Ciro Terranova agrees to surrender his mansion in Pelham Manor NY to creditors.
in 1951, Joseph Corbo and Rudolph Santobello are sentenced to life imprisonment for killing NYPD Officer Alfred Loreto.
in 1953, Abner Zwillman of New Jersey surrenders to federal authorities on tax evasion charges.
in 1957, hundreds gather for the funeral of Frank Scalise in the Bronx.
in 1959, Santo Trafficante Jr. is allowed out of a Cuban detention center to attend the Havana wedding of his daughter.
in 1962, Joseph Valachi beats fellow Atlanta Prison inmate John Joseph Saupp with a metal pipe.
in 1986, an Indiana farmer discovers a fresh grave. Authorities find the bodies of Anthony and Michael Spilotro buried there.
in 2018, former New England Mafia boss Frank Salemme and codefendant Paul Weadick are convicted of the 1993 killing of a government witness.

#OTD in 2018, 84-year-old former #NewEngland boss “Cadillac Frank” #Salemme was convicted of the killing of a government witness. Codefendant Paul Weadick, 63, was also convicted.

https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2018/06/ex-boss-salemme-84-convicted-of-murder.html

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#OTD in 1931, the #Belmont neighborhood of the #BronxNY said goodbye to Danny #Iamascia, member of the Dutch #Schultz and Ciro #Terranova organizations, who was recently killed in an accidental shootout with police detectives.

https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2018/06/iamascia-funeral-is-glittering-pageant.html

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#OTD (June 21) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Aiello is charged in #UticaNY shooting, fatal shooting occurs in #SyracuseNY, Schultz gangster is murdered in the #Bronx, #Dragna tries for citizenship, #KansasCity mobster is killed in #Chicago, former #Cleveland boss is charged, Patriarca sues #Providence paper, #FamilySecrets trial opens, Sammartino pleads to loansharking.

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Text reads: On this date, June 21...
in 1895, still fearful of a vendetta arising from his 1890 testimony against Giuseppe DeLucca, Boston barber Gioacchino Cocchiara becomes suspicious of his friend Antonio Caro Armblissa and shoots him twice.
in 1915, A man known as Vincenzo Zenjazo, 26, is arrested in Boston in connection with the shooting death of Girolamo Messina, 40.
in 1917, Joseph Aiello and Salvatore LaFata are charged in Utica NY with shooting Antonio Gagliano
in 1919, Donato Scarafino of Syracuse NY, facing charges of extortion, is shot and killed by Michael Gallo as he exits a restaurant at midday.
in 1931, John Saricelli of the Dutch Schultz mob is killed at his Bronx home.
in 1940, Ignazio 'Jack' Dragna files an ultimately unsuccessful naturalization petition in Los Angeles.
in 1945, former Kansas City mobster Carl Carramusa is shotgunned to death at Chicago.
in 1953, former Cleveland boss Frank Milano is arrested for immigration violation.
in 1961, Raymond Patriarca sues the Providence Journal-Bulletin for libel.
in 2007, attorneys deliver opening statements in the Chicago 'Family Secrets' trial.
in 2010, Bonanno capodecina Joseph Sammartino, believed to be part of the family ruling panel, pleads guilty to federal loansharking charges.

#OTD in 1947: Benjamin #Bugsy Siegel is murdered at girlfriend Virginia Hill's #BeverlyHills home.

https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2017/06/70-years-ago-end-of-bugsy-siegel.html

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#OTD (June 20) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #Maranzano widow is sued for value of farm, Bellantoni dies in #AlbanyNY, #Bugsy is killed in #BeverlyHills, #Kefauver promises investigation of #NewEngland bosses, immigration agents question Milano, Grasso gets #Connecticut funeral.

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Image of Frank Milano. Text reads: On this date, June 20...
in 1900, Margaret Callahan of East Harlem is arrested for involvement in the Morello-Meggiore counterfeiting racket.
in 1918, Ralph Daniello pleads guilty to second degree manslaughter and is given a suspended sentence.
in 1935, Rocco Germano sues Elizabeth Maranzano, widow of former Mafia boss of bosses Salvatore Maranzano, for the value of an upstate New York farm taken by her husband without payment in 1929.
in 1945, former Manhattan gangster 'Tommy Dyke' Bellantoni dies in Albany NY.
in 1947, Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel is assassinated at the Beverly Hills, CA, home of girlfriend Virginia Hill.
in 1950, during an appearance in Providence RI, Sen. Estes Kefauver announces that his committee will investigate Raymond Patriarca of Providence, Philip Buccola of Boston and Frank Iaconi of Worcester MA.
in 1953, U.S. immigrant agents question former Cleveland boss Frank Milano about his long stays in Mexico.
in 1970, officials report the nearing conclusion of an 18-year-old deportation effort against New Orleans crime boss Carlos Marcello.
in 1989, hundreds attend funeral for Connecticut underworld leader William Grasso.

Through Joseph #Valachi, we learned of a six-man judicial panel that oversaw #Mafia discipline in #NewYork and #NewJersey.

Free article on MobHistory Substack:
https://mobhistory.substack.com/p/the-mafias-council-of-six?r=12oapz

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#OTD (June 19) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Court affirms counterfeiting convictions, #LaRocca takes assault plea deal, #Terranova in-law is killed in #NYC, #Schultz is charged for assaulting police, Licavola is arrested at #Cleveland, #GreenwichVillage club manager is murdered, Salemme gets 28 years for #Massachusetts car-bomb, #Giancana is killed at his home in #Chicago suburb, #Riccobene of #Philadelphia dies in prison.

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Image of Sam Giancana. Text reads: On this date, June 19...
in 1911, federal appeals court affirms convictions of Giuseppe Morello, Ignazio Lupo and six others for counterfeiting.
in 1922, Sebastian John LaRocca reaches an Indiana County PA plea deal on multiple assault and battery charges, resulting in a 3- to 5-year prison sentence and fines.
in 1923, Vincent Salemi, in-law to the Morello-Terranova family, is shot to death in Manhattan.
in 1931, Dutch Schultz is indicted for assaulting police officers and criminal possession of a revolver.
in 1945, James Licavoli is arrested in Cleveland in connection with a Toledo murder investigation.
in 1953, Stephen Franse, manager of Greenwich Village nightclubs, is murdered in the Bronx on orders from Vito Genovese.
in 1958, John Earle dies of gunshot wounds suffered the previous day. In Boston, waterfront racketeer John 'Fats' Buccelli is killed by a shotgun blast to the head.
in 1973, Francis P. Salemme is sentenced to 28 to 30 years for the car-bombing of a Massachusetts attorney.
in 1975, former Chicago crime boss Sam Giancana is shot to death at his home in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park.
in 2000, Philadelphia faction leader Harry Riccobene, 90, dies of cancer in state prison.

#NewOrleans underworld leaders lost their lives in an 1868-1872 #Mafia feud.

Part 2 of this Substack series (aftermath of Letterio Barba murder to the assassination of Raffaele Agnello).
https://open.substack.com/pub/mobhistory/p/bloody-ends-of-early-nola-bosses-7b5?r=12oapz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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Old photograph of New Orleans French Market in background. Text: Bloody ends of early NOLA bosses - Part 2: Crescent City underworld leaders lost their lives in long Mafia feud.

#OTD (June 17) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #EastHarlem gangster arrested for murder, Gophers battle in #Manhattan, #Dallas gambling houses are raided, court sentences #Luciano to 30-50 years, Coco gets life for #Florida killing, Adamo of #SanDiego kills himself, #California car-bomb takes former #Chicago mobster, #Pittsburgh racketeer passes.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

Image of Frank DeSimone. Text reads: On this date, June 18...
in 1912, East Harlem gangster Aniello Prisco is arrested in connection with the murder of Pasquarella Spinelli.
in 1914, factions within the Gophers Gang engaged in a gunfight on Manhattan's Twentieth Street between Ninth and Tenth avenues.
in 1921, police raid three gambling houses on Commerce Street in Dallas.
in 1931, Danny Iamascia, bodyguard to Dutch Schultz, is killed in a shootout with New York police at Fifth Avenue and 102nd Street. Schultz is arrested for assault and weapons possession.
in 1936, convicted of compulsory prostitution, Salvatore 'Charlie Luciano' Lucania gets 30-50 years in prison. Lucania codefendant Thomas Pennochio begins serving a 25-year sentence.
in 1950, columnist Walter Winchell aids in the surrender of murder suspect Benedetto Macri.
in 1951, Eddie Coco is sentenced to life in prison for a Florida homicide.
in 1955, future Gambino Crime Family gangster Michael DiLeonardo is born in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn.
in 1956, Girolamo Adamo of San Diego reportedly learns that his wife has had an affair with Los Angeles crime boss Frank DeSimone. Adamo wounds his wife and then commits suicide.
in 1958, New York waterfront racketeer John M. Earle is shot three times at a Manhattan cafeteria.
in 1967, Gerald Covelli, former Chicago crime figure, is killed in a car explosion near his Encino CA home.
in 1985, 'Little Joe' Regino, former gambling racketeer in the Pittsburgh area, passes away.

#OTD in 1957, Frank Scalise, a #NewYork City #Mafia leader, is murdered at a produce shop on Arthur Avenue in the #Bronx.

https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2017/06/fruits-vegetables-may-be-hazardous-to.html

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#OTD (June 17) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Alien radicals are targeted, Yale is witness to #ConeyIsland murder, Coll's wife gets six months, officers and gangster are killed in #KansasCity, Gurrah is convicted in #NYC, Scalise is killed in the #Bronx, #Apalachin host passes, #Valachi starts narcotics sentence at #Atlanta.

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Image of Joseph Barbara. Text reads: On this date, June 17...
in 1911, Manhattan gang leader 'Chick' Tricker is shot and severely wounded in a Chatham Square saloon.
in 1913, Martin Madden, brother of Manhattan gang leader Owen Madden, is convicted of illegally carrying a concealed pistol.
in 1919, Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer calls for the round up and deportation of alien radicals residing in the U.S.
in 1920, Assistant U.S. Pardon Attorney Robert H. Turner sends a warrant to Atlanta Prison commuting the remainder of Giuseppe Calicchio's 1910 counterfeiting sentence.
in 1921, Patsy Griffo is charged with the Coney Island murder of Ernesto Melchiorre, and Frankie Yale is taken into custody as a material witness.
in 1932, Lottie Kreisberger Coll, identified as the wife of the late Vincent Coll, is sentenced to six months in the workhouse for illegal firearms possession.
in 1933, an FBI agent, three police officers and gangster Frank Nash are killed in a gunfight at Kansas City's Union Station.
in 1938, Jacob 'Gurrah' Shapiro is convicted of causing a reign of terror in the Manhattan fur-dressing industry.
in 1957, Gambino Family bigshot Frank Scalise is murdered at a market on Arthur Avenue in the Bronx.
in 1959, Joseph Barbara, Mafia leader in Endicott NY, dies of a heart attack.
in 1960, Joseph Valachi begins 15-year narcotics sentence at Atlanta Federal Prison.

#NewEngland mobsters William Grasso ( #Connecticut ) and Frank Salemme ( #Massachusetts ) were attacked by underworld rivals (prodded on by #FBI agents) #OTD in 1989. Salemme survived. Grasso did not.

Read about this on Writers of Wrongs:
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2018/06/top-new-england-mobsters-targeted.html

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#OTD (June 16) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #Capone agrees to plea deal but judge does not, #SanFrancisco police question two about DeJohn murder, #FBI listens as #Hoffa talks to Dio, #Valachi seeks protection of solitary, #Boston and #Milwaukee leaders meet, #NewEngland mobster Grasso is killed while Salemme is wounded.

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Image of William Grasso. Text reads: On this date, June 16...
in 1857, while New York City and state officials quarrel about authority over the police department, street gangs engage in bloody battles on Bayard Street near the Bowery.
in 1928, authorities note that Al Capone has returned to his estate at Palm Island FL.
in 1931, Al Capone pleads guilty to tax evasion as part of a plea deal, but Judge James Wilkerson refuses to be bound by the deal. Guy Brock of Kansas City pleads guilty to bootlegging conspiracy.
in 1947, Sebastiano Nani and Ciro Gallo are questioned by San Francisco police about the murder of Nick DeJohn.
in 1953, FBI eavesdrops on a telephone conversation between Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa and New York mobster John Dioguardi.
in 1962, fearing a Mafia death sentence, federal prisoner Joseph Valachi asks to be put into solitary confinement. He finds that Atlanta Prison officials are preventing him from communicating with the outside world.
in 1965, Youngstown OH racketeer Jasper 'Fats' Aiello is convicted of aiding in illegal abortions.
in 1966, Sam Giancana of Boston is observed meeting with Frank Balistrieri at a Milwaukee night club.
in 1986, Anne Spilotro reports to police that her husband Michael has been missing for two days.
in 1989, The corpse of leading New England mafioso William Grasso is found in a grassy area near the Connecticut River in Wethersfield CT. In Saugus MA, 'Cadillac Frank' Salemme is wounded in a mob assassination attempt.

#OTD (June 15) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Giancana is born in #Chicago, young #Valachi leaves Sing Sing, #Tampa police chief resigns, #YoungstownOH racketeer completes shortened term, former #Boston boss dies, #Salemme is guilty of car-bombing, Balistrieres get a discount for Argent share.

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