Enoch Johnson
#OTD (Dec 09) in 1968, former bootlegger and #AtlanticCityNJ crime boss Enoch #Nucky Johnson dies of natural causes at age 85.
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Image of Jimmy Hoffa. Text reads: On this date, August 1... in 1907, Giuseppe Masseria and his cousin are charged with threatening the life of relative Calogero Masseria in New York City. in 1919, Attorney General Palmer puts John Edgar Hoover in charge of DOJ General Intelligence Division. in 1920, John Dalla is fatally shot in Detroit. in 1921, Camillo Caiozzo is reported missing by his family in Manhattan. He was last known to be hunting with old friend Bartolomeo Fontana in New Jersey. in 1923, 'Gurrah' Shapiro is arrested in New York for felonious assault. in 1931, a convention of U.S. mafiosi begins at Coney Island's Nuova Villa Tammaro restaurant, where former boss of bosses Giuseppe Masseria was recently murdered. In Brooklyn, Joseph Barbara is stopped at a roadblock intended to snare Vincent Coll and is arrested on weapons charges. Youngstown-area racketeer John Farah is indicted for the second-degree murder of 'Akron Larry' Rubin. in 1935, Dutch Schultz is acquitted of tax evasion by a jury at Malone NY. Judge Frederick Bryant scolds the jury for its verdict. in 1941, following conviction for tax evasion, Atlantic City NJ racketeer 'Nucky' Johnson is sentenced to 10 years in prison, a $20,000 fine and payment of $100,000 in taxes plus interest, penalties and investigative costs. in 1952, New York Mafia leader Tommy Lucchese is questioned in a closed-door session with the New York State Crime Commission. in 1966, FBI learns that Baltimore underworld elder statesman Luigi Morici is in ill health. in 1975, Michigan police announce they are focusing on organized crime figures as suspects in the disappearance of labor leader Jimmy Hoffa.
#OTD in #OrganizedCrime #History: young Masseria is charged in #NYC, #Hoover heads intel division, #Detroit mobster is killed, #Mafia convention begins at #ConeyIsland, #Schultz is acquitted, #Nucky is sentenced, crime figures are suspected in #Hoffa disappearance.
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Image of Vincent Basciano. Text reads: On this date, July 31... in 1886, future U.S. Mafia boss of bosses Salvatore Maranzano is born in Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily. in 1911, just after midnight, Bartholdi Cardinali is shot to death inside his Manhattan home. Pellegrino Scaglia is believed responsible. in 1914, 'Big Frenchy' Jeandemange and John Radice are charged with murder in New York. in 1917, Giuseppe Morello's application for executive clemency is officially filed. in 1931, the Chicago Crime Commission designates Anthony Accardo and others as public enemies. in 1934, a Pittsburgh magistrate frees Nick Gentile, John LaRocca, James Capizzi, Louis Volpe, Hymie Martin and others arrested as part of an illegal alcohol ring. in 1941, one day before he is sentenced to prison for tax evasion, Atlantic City racketeer 'Nucky' Johnson marries former showgirl Florence Osbeck. in 1952, Johnny Robilotto is transported from New York City to Hackensack NJ to be charged with the murder of Willie Moretti. in 1958, AFL-CIO President George Meany calls on 'honest and decent' Teamsters to throw out their president, James R. Hoffa. in 1963, Youngstown OH area racketeer Lenny Strollo and three codefendants are sentenced to prison for counterfeiting U.S. currency. in 1979, wanted in connection with the Carmine Galante murder, Baldo Amato and Cesar Bonventre surrender to the Brooklyn DA. in 1982, gunmen working for Philadelphia Mafia faction leader Harry Riccobene are captured by police after attempting to murder Salvatore Testa. in 2007, already imprisoned on a racketeering conviction, Bonanno Family boss Vincent Basciano is convicted of the February 2001 racketeering-murder of Frank Santoro. in 2010, James P. Flynn, retired FBI agent who was once handler of Joseph Valachi, passes away in Delaware.
#OTD in #OrganizedCrime #History: Maranzano is born, Frenchy faces #NYC murder charge, #Accardo is #Chicago public enemy, #Nucky marries, #Robilotto is charged in #NewJersey, Galante suspects surrender, #Philadelphia gunmen are caught, Basciano is convicted again.
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Image of Frank Yale. Text reads: On this date, July 1... in 1872, the Secret Service arrests a group of Sicilian coin-counterfeiters in New Orleans. in 1893, John C. Montana, future Mafia leader in Buffalo, is born in Montedoro, Sicily. in 1909, Congress makes its first appropriation for the new Bureau of Investigation (BOI) within the Justice Department. in 1915, Monk Eastman pleads guilty to robbing an Albany home and is sentenced to nearly three years in Dannemora prison. in 1922, imprisoned East Harlem gangster John Russomano receives a pardon from Governor Miller. in 1928, Frank Yale is killed in his car while driving in Brooklyn. Murder weapons are traced to Capone men. in 1930, Giuseppe Micello, friend of the late Frankie Yale and Giuseppe Piraino, is shot to death on East 18th Street in Brooklyn. in 1942, a U.S. appeals court upholds the income tax evasion conviction of New Jersey racketeer Enoch 'Nucky' Johnson. in 1962, Youngstown OH racketeer William 'Billy' Naples is killed in a car bombing. in 1963, information from Nicola Gentile's autobiographical manuscript is shared with FBI field offices through a report written by Special Agent James P. Flynn. in 2009, Carmen DiNunzio of Boston pleads guilty to bribery charges related to the Big Dig highway construction project. in 2010, New England mafioso Peter Limone pleads no contest to a dozen charges related to gambling and loansharking.
#OTD (July 1) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #Monk is sentenced, #Russomano of #Harlem is pardoned, #Yale is killed in #Brooklyn, #Nucky tax conviction is upheld, car-bomb gets Billy Naples in #YoungstownOH, #Boston boss pleads guilty.
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Collection of crime history items from January 17.
#OTD (Jan. 17) in #OrganizedCrime #History: births of #Masseria and #Capone, #Volstead enforcement begins, arrests of #Genovese and #Torrio, a photo shows Capone and #Nucky in #AtlanticCity, #LuckyLuciano Lucania is urged to cancel a movie deal, the #Dallas boss dies.
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Collection of crime history items from January 17.
#OTD (Jan. 17) in #OrganizedCrime #History: births of #Masseria and #Capone, #Volstead enforcement begins, arrests of #Genovese and #Torrio, photo shows Capone and #Nucky in #AtlanticCity, #LuckyLuciano Lucania is urged to cancel a movie deal, the #Dallas boss dies.
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A collection of crime history items from December 9.
#OTD in #OrganizedCrime #History: #Adonis and Alo fly from Cuba to U.S., the #Gap is murdered, an #Apalachin attendee escapes a conspiracy charge, #Nucky dies, #Salemme admits extortion.
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A collection of crime history items from December 9.
#OTD in #OrganizedCrime #History: #Adonis and Alo fly from Cuba to U.S., the #Gap is murdered, an #Apalachin attendee escapes a conspiracy charge, #Nucky dies, #Salemme admits extortion.
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Collection of crime history items from December 4.
#OTD (Dec. 4) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #Genovese and #Patriarca arrested for #homicide, killings of #Rothstein and #Anastasia investigated, #Nucky owed taxes, #WaxeyGordon tried for fatally shooting bystander.
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Collection of crime news items from December 4
#OTD (Dec. 4) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #Genovese and #Patriarca arrested for #homicide, killings of #Rothstein and #Anastasia investigated, #Nucky owed taxes, #WaxeyGordon tried for fatally shooting bystander.
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