On this date, February 15... • in 1869, New Orleans mafioso Joseph Agnello and others attack Messinian gang leaders at a Chartres Street home. • in 1907, mafiosi Santo Volpe, Stefano LaTorre, Charles Bufalino and others are arrested by the Pennsylvania State Police for conspiracy, extortion, attempted murder and dynamiting. • in 1915, Antonio Cincotta, earlier convicted of attempting to extort money from singer Enrico Caruso, is shot to death in Brooklyn. • in 1918, turncoat camorrist Ralph Daniello testifies for prosecution in the Brooklyn murder trial of Navy Street boss Allessandro Vollero. • in 1926, Orazio Tropea, member of Chicago's Genna gang, is killed by a shotgun blast. • in 1933, Samuel Wichner meets at the Old Forge PA home of Joseph Barbara with mafiosi Santo Volpe and Angelo Polizzi. At Miami, Giuseppe Zangara fails in an attempt to assassinate President-elect Franklin Roosevelt but fatally wounds visiting Chicago mayor Anton Cermak. • in 1936, Jack McGurn is shot to death at a Chicago bowling alley. • in 1947, Frank Costello testifies before the New York State Liquor Authority. • in 1950, Joseph Profaci appears before the Kefauver Committee. • in 1963, Youngstown OH gangster Lenny Strollo and five others are indicted for counterfeiting. Image of Santo Volpe.

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On this date, January 09... • in 1894, Boston police believe a Camorra or Mafia vendetta might have been behind the brutal razor murder of Neapolitan Pasquale Sacco. • in 1905, Black Hander Vincenzo Laposi, arrested in Old Forge PA, is found to be in possession of Mafia credentials from 42 Mott Street, New York City. • in 1910, New York Mafia boss Ignazio 'the Wolf' Lupo is charged with counterfeiting. • in 1926, Sewickley PA gangster Frank Valenzi begins serving a term at Western State Penitentiary for the second-degree murder of Michael Rosato. • in 1930, Governor Roosevelt grants two-week reprieves to convicted underworld murderers Frank Plaia and Michael Sclafani. • in 1946, in preparation for his deportation from the U.S., Salvatore 'Charlie Luciano' Lucania is transferred from Great Meadow Prison to Sing Sing Prison. • in 1948, former Manhattan gangster and Tammany political leader Giovanni 'Jimmy Kelly' DeSalvio dies at a Bronx hospital following a stroke. • in 1958, investigators suggest that Albert Anastasia's recent murder in New York City was due to his intrusion into Cuban gambling rackets. • in 1966, an editorial in the Il Progresso newspaper condemns a plan to publish the memoirs of Joseph Valachi. • in 1975, New England crime boss Raymond Patriarca is paroled from Rhode Island State Prison after serving four years for murder conspiracy. • in 2003, FBI agents arrest Bonanno boss Joseph Massino at his home, charging him with ordering the murder of Dominick 'Sonny Black' Napolitano. Image of Ignazio Lupo.

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On this date, January 05... • in 1874, a Mafia gunman known as Joseph Florda is suspected of killing Joseph Sansoni in New Orleans. • in 1888, Rocco Geraci, member of the New Orleans Stuppagghieri Mafia, shoots and kills Giardinieri Mafia member Anthony Bonora. • in 1905, northeastern Pennsylvania businessmen organize to combat the 'Special Home Society,' a Mafia branch centered in Old Forge, PA. • in 1908, New York Police Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino tells the New York Times that there is no single 'Black Hand' network. • in 1910, printer Antonio Comito confesses his role in creating counterfeit currency and gives the Secret Service a statement implicating Giuseppe Morello, Ignazio Lupo and others. • in 1912, a two-year break in New York's Chinatown 'Tong Wars' ends with the shootings of two leading figures in the Hip Sing Tong. • in 1932, Frank Macaluso, 42-year-old president of New York's Columbia Republican Club, is shot to death on East 14th Street just after midnight. • in 1939, Charles Sberna and Salvatore Gati are executed at Sing Sing Prison for the 1937 killing of Patrolman John Wilson. • in 1946, Frank Quattrocchi is shot to death in Chicago after a night of drinking with Paul Labriola and Lawrence Mangano. • in 1962, a U.S. appeals court awards Chicago crime boss Tony Accardo a new trial on income tax fraud charges. • in 1965, New York Mafia boss Joseph Colombo elevates Carmine Persico to capodecina and places him in charge of the group formerly led by ailing underboss Charles Mineo. Image of Tony Accardo

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