On this date, March 22... • in 1893, Michael Tenora of Hillsville PA, said to be a leader of 'La Mafia,' is convicted of third degree murder. • in 1912, Luigi Lazzazaro is arrested in connection with the East Harlem murder of Pasquarella Spinelli. • in 1917, Brooklyn Camorra leader Leopold Lauritano is arrested for possession of a dangerous weapon after police find a weighted pipe behind a counter in his Navy Street coffeehouse. • in 1931, Frank Vultaggio and Patsy Turrigiano of Endicott NY are arrested for illegal transportation and possession of liquor. • in 1941, Chicago mobster Ross Prio launches the Grande Cheese Company of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. • in 1943, Chicago Outfit leader Frank Nitti is quietly buried at Mt. Carmel Cemetery, a day before his scheduled funeral. • in 1949, Mickey Cohen and aide Sol Davis are arrested in Los Angeles for murder conspiracy. • in 1950, Irene Sarno of Kansas City, business partner of the Binaggio family, dies of apparent sleeping pill overdose, becoming the third death among witnesses subpoenaed to a federal grand jury probe. • in 1957, a Joseph Valachi heroin smuggling conviction is reversed on appeal. • in 1966, Mafia informant Joseph Valachi is transfered from District of Columbia jail to federal prison in Milan, Michigan. • in 1971, more than 1000 people attend a $125 per plate testimonial dinner for Joseph Colombo, reputed mob boss and leader of an Italian-American civil rights organization. Image of Joseph Valachi.

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Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

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Bosses meet on eve of Apalachin convention News, notes, articles and book excerpts from authors of crime history.

#OTD (Nov. 13) in 1957: on the eve of the #Apalachin underworld convention, #Mafia bosses Joseph #Bonanno and Stefano #Magaddino reportedly met in #EndicottNY.

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Stefano Magaddino

#OTD (Nov 13) in 1957, on the eve of a gangland convention at #Apalachin, #Mafia leaders Joseph #Bonanno and Stefano #Magaddino (shown) hold a private meeting at a home in #EndicottNY.

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#OTD (Nov 09) in 1932, federal agents destroy an alcohol still in #NorthBartonNY and arrest #EndicottNY residents Santo #Vultaggio, James Coppola and Anthony Novetta.

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Image of Salvatore "Charlie Luciano" Lucania. Text reads: On this date, July 4... in 1857, scores of casualties result from a daylong gang war between the Roche Guards (Dead Rabbits) and the Bowery Boys in Manhattan's Lower East Side. in 1895, Waterbury CT Mafia leader Antonio Spadola is believed responsible for the shooting of Nicolo Errico. in 1899, future mobster Frank Abbatemarco is born in Brooklyn. in 1902, Meyer Lansky is born in Grodno (then in Russia), according to U.S. authorities. in 1903, the Paradise Social Club gang of New York's Five Points battles with police at Mulberry Bend. in 1914, a bomb-making accident results in an explosion that destroys the upper floors of a Lexington Avenue apartment building, kills several anarchist-terrorists and injures several residents. in 1926, Vincent Coll escapes from incarceration at New York's Randall's Island but is captured in the Bronx later that day. in 1928, New York police announce they have recovered a shotgun, an automatic pistol and a fully loaded Thompson submachine gun in the auto abandoned by Frankie Yale's killers. in 1931, Salvatore 'Charlie Luciano' Lucania, Joseph Biondo and Tommy Lucchese are arrested as suspicious persons at the Stribling-Schmeling boxing match in Cleveland. in 1934, racketeer 'Colorado Joe' Morreale is found murdered near Endicott NY. in 1938, Alphonso Attardi enters Leavenworth KS federal prison to serve a narcotics sentence.

#OTD (July 4) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Gang war erupts in #NYC, #Coll escapes briefly, weapons of #Yale murder are recovered, #Luciano & #Lucchese & Biondo are questioned in #Cleveland, gangster is found dead near #EndicottNY, Attardi begins narcotics sentence.

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