On this date, January 14... • in 1885, future Chicago underworld leader Johnny Torrio arrives with his mother in New York City. • in 1904, Carbondale PA anti-Mafia crusader Joseph Colandri is mortally wounded at his home by four assailants wielding razors. Colandri was a former Italian police chief. • in 1909, Ignazio Lupo is ordered to appear in bankruptcy court. • in 1924, a Brooklyn court injunction restrains police from interfering with slot machines and punchboards. • in 1954, prosecutors prove that New York gangster Joe Adonis, who asserted that Passaic NJ was his birthplace, was actually born in Italy. He is on trial for making false statements relating to his immigration. • in 1963, Joseph Riccobono, said to have been an Apalachin convention attendee, apparently attempts suicide at the Commodore Hotel in Manhattan. • in 1982, New Orleans underworld leader Carlos Marcello, charged with bribery, puts up his Metairie LA home as bond for his release. • in 2017, Philadelphia mob boss Nicodemo Scarfo, 87, dies in federal custody. He has been imprisoned since 1988. Image of Joe Adonis.
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