On this date, February 18... • in 1913, unknown gunmen ambush New York gangster John Russomano, killing his bodyguard Tony Vivola (Capilongo). • in 1918, a mistrial is declared in the murder trial of Brooklyn Camorra chief Allessandro Vollero and 8 other defendants. • in 1920, Nicola Capozzi of Syracuse NY is convicted of leading an extortion gang. • in 1923, Charles Isabella, an underworld-linked restaurateur in Sewickley PA, is found dead of gunshot wounds. • in 1925, Black Hand extortionists are blamed for a Pittsburgh bombing that destroyed three buildings of the Landolina Brothers Produce Co. • in 1933, Denver's Mafia boss Joseph Roma is fatally shot inside his home. • in 1937, 29-year-old racketeer Michael DiBenedetto is fatally shot on the steps of his East Harlem apartment building. • in 1955, Frank Livorsi, William Giglio and former New Jersey prosecutor Howard Lawn are convicted of tax fraud. • in 1969, Vito Genovese receives a small funeral Mass in Highlands NJ before burial at St. John's Cemetery, Queens NY. • in 1970, entertainer Frank Sinatra testifies before a closed session of a New Jersey state commission on organized crime. • in 1973, Frank Costello, 82-year-old former Mafia boss, dies following a heart attack. Longtime western Pennsylvania Mafia leader Frank Amato, 83, dies of natural causes. • in 1982, Anthony Mirra, 1960s-era drug trafficker, is found dead in his car in Manhattan with four bullet wounds in his head. Image of Frank Costello.
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