#OTD (Dec 20) in 1917, #LosAngeles police seek #Mafia gunman Mike #Marino in connection with the recent slaying of Pietro #Matranga.
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#OTD (Dec 19) in 1879, a #NewOrleans grand jury indicts Tony #Matranga for the November murder of Leon #Sincino.
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#OTD (Dec 19) in 1917, the father of murdered Pietro #Matranga - a former #LosAngeles #BlackHand gangster who became an informant - refuses to identify his son's remains.
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Clipping from December 19, 1917, Los Angeles Times. Headlines: "Fatally shot. Second in one family victim of Black Hand."
#OTD (Dec 18) in 1917, Pietro #Matranga, #LosAngeles fruit merchant, is shot to death at Eastlake Avenue and Henry Street.
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#OTD (Dec. 18) in 1917: Pietro #Matranga is murdered in #LosAngeles.
Read about it on Writers of Wrongs.
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#OTD (Dec 17) in 1917, Pietro #Matranga provides police with information on southern #California #BlackHand racketeers.
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#OTD (Nov 13) in 1879, Leon Sincino is shot to death in #NewOrleans. Mafioso Tony #Matranga is charged.
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#OTD (Nov 06) in 1917, cousins Michael Biondella and Nick Salvato are arrested in connection with the #LosAngeles killing of Sam #Matranga.
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Clipping from November 5, 1917, Los Angeles Evening Express. Headline: "Police seeking Mafia as alleged slayers." Lede paragraph: "Police detectives today commenced a wide search for the slayers of Sam Matranga, believed to have been a victim of the Mafia."
#OTD (Nov 05) in 1917, Rosario 'Sam' #Matranga is found shot to death in #LosAngeles CA.
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Clipping from the November 2, 1918, Los Angeles Times. Headlines: "Grandson doesn't accuse Matranga. Prosecution's star witness denies seeing gun in his hands."
#OTD (Nov 02) in 1918, witnesses to the shooting of Stephen #Ardizzono in #LosAngeles state that prime suspect, Tony #Matranga, was not Ardizzono's assailant.
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Charlie Matranga
#OTD (Oct 28) in 1943, longtime #NewOrleans #Mafia leader Charlie #Matranga, age 86, dies just after midnight.
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#OTD (Oct 16) in 1918, Tony #Matranga, father of deceased southern #California mafiosi Pietro and Sam Matranga, is arrested for the shooting of Stephen #Ardizzone.
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"None Guilty!" is headline on front page of March 14, 1891, issue of New Orleans Daily Picayune.
Verdicts in 1891 #NewOrleans trial of accused #Mafia killers:
Acquitted - Joseph P. #Macheca, Charlie #Matranga, Bastiano Incardona, Antonio Bagnetto, Antonio Marchesi, Asperi Marchesi;
Mistrial - Manuel Polizzi, Antonio Scaffidi, Pietro Monastero;
Guilty - None.
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