On this date, April 16... • in 1903, New York police have 12 men in custody in connection with the Barrel Murder. • in 1912, Calogero Morello, 19-year-old son of imprisoned Mafia boss Giuseppe Morello, is shot to death in an East Harlem gunfight. • in 1914, Nicola Gentile and Nino Cocuzzella return to New York after a trip to Sicily. • in 1925, Buffalo mafioso Joseph DiCarlo enters Atlanta Federal Prison to begin a six-year term for conspiracy and intimidating a witness. • in 1929, Frank Plaia and Michael Sclafani are convicted of the Elmont NY murders of Rosario and Maria Graziano. • in 1933, Salvatore Calderone dies of natural causes at Apollo PA. • in 1951, Texas mafioso Sam Maceo dies of natural causes in a Baltimore hospital. • in 1957, the death of former Chicago crime boss Johnny Torrio in New York goes unnoticed by police and press. • in 1962, New York authorities speculate that Anthony Strollo, then missing, may have been killed for secretly backing the Gallo rebellion against Joseph Profaci. • in 1988, a Newark NJ federal jury acquits Genovese Family mobster John DiGilio of extortion but convicts two codefendants. Image of Johnny Torrio.
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