On this date, December 25... ...in 1884, Emanuele Polizzi, later charged as an assassin of Police Chief David Hennessy, arrives in New Orleans. -.. in 1904, twins Mike and John Farah, later Youngstown OH gambling racketeers, are born in the Beirut area. ... in 1938, the Boston Globe interviews Providence RI gangster Raymond Patriarca about his recent pardon by the governor of Massachusetts. ... in 1986, mob hit men, after obtaining incorrect address information for a targeted underworld figure, murder innocent Brooklyn resident Nicholas Guido. ...in 1989, Lester Benny’ Binion, former Texas bootlegger and pioneer of Las Vegas casino gambling, dies at age 85. .. in 2012, imprisoned Chicago Outfit leader Frank "Frankie Breeze’ Calabrese, Sr., dies at the Federal Medical Center in Butner NC.

#OTD (Dec. 25) in the #history of organized crime.

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