On this date, February 20... • in 1893, Lawrence County PA detectives who gathered murder case evidence against Michele Tenora receive threatening letters from the Mafia. • in 1897, future southern California crime boss Nicolo Licata is born. • in 1910, Giuseppe Morello & Ignazio Lupo begin serving their counterfeiting sentences at Atlanta Federal Prison. • in 1913, convicted human traffickers Frank Filasto & Joseph Ribuffo are sentenced in New York federal court to five years and two years, respectively. • in 1914, New York police arrest saloonkeeper Angelo Lasco in connection with the murder of Louis Lazzazara. • in 1926, Chicago mafioso Orazio Tropea is buried without ceremony and only girlfriend Beatrice Gould & her brother present. • in 1930, Dallas Mafia boss Carlo Piranio dies of a spinal tumor and is succeeded by his brother Joseph. • in 1935, Albert Bruno testifies in a Massachusetts court that he fatally shot Annabile Stilo in self-defense. • in 1938, Ciro Terranova, 49, dies at New York's Columbus Hospital days after suffering a paralytic stroke. • in 1965, burglar Raymond Curcio is found dead of gunshot wounds in an abandoned car in Providence RI's North End. • in 1977, the NY Times reports that Carmine 'Lilo' Galante has emerged as dominant over all of New York organized crime. • in 1980, Carmela 'Mildred' Reina Valachi, wife of Mafia turncoat Joseph Valachi and daughter of murdered boss Gaetano Reina, dies at Nanuet NY. Image of Orazio Tropea.
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