On this date, April 1... • in 1869, New Orleans Mafia boss Raffaele Agnello is shot to death during an underworld feud. • in 1914, John Russomano of East Harlem enters Sing Sing to begin a sentence for criminal weapons possession. • in 1915, Jacob Shapiro is arrested in Manhattan for burglary. • in 1918, Brooklyn Camorra leader Alessandro Vollero is sentenced to die in the Sing Sing Prison electric chair. • in 1924, while intimidating voters in Cicero IL municipal elections, Al Capone's brother Salvatore is fatally shot by police. • in 1926, Joe Adonis is arrested for stealing an automobile. • in 1930, a decapitated murder victim is discovered inside a barrel in Pittsburgh's railroad produce yards. In Brooklyn NY, Giuseppe Piraino is buried in a silver coffin in Greenwood Cemetery. • in 1931, a jury finds Tony Morreale of Pittston PA not guilty of the murder of Charles Calamera. • in 1936, Salvatore 'Charlie Luciano' Lucania is arrested at Hot Springs AR on a warrant from New York. • in 1953, Nicholas Civella becomes the leading figure in the Kansas City underworld after Anthony Gizzo dies during a visit to Texas. • in 1996, former county prosecutor Gary Van Brocklin is shot and wounded in his Youngstown OH law office. Image of Nicholas Civella.
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