On this date, February 1... • in 1904, Secret Service agents trail recently freed Barrel Murder suspect Tommaso Petto from Port Chester NY back to Manhattan. • in 1913, a federal jury convicts Frank Filasto of New York City and Joseph Ribuffo of Paterson NJ of human trafficking. • in 1917, Frank Yale of Brooklyn and two other men are arrested at a New Utrecht Avenue cafe for illegal possession of handguns. • in 1921, following the Bronx shooting of Angelo Lagattuta, mafioso Saverio Pollaccia is arrested for possession of a revolver. • in 1930, Jack McGurn and Tony Accardo are arrested in connection with the murder of Chicago Crime Commission investigator Julius Rosenheim. • in 1932, two gunmen kill three and wound three at a Bronx apartment linked with Vincent Coll, who is not present. • in 1936, Special Prosecutor Thomas Dewey orders dozens of simultaneous raids against New York brothels. • in 1951, gangster Edward Coco shoots and kills a car-washer in Miami Beach FL. • in 1959, Meyer Lansky is admitted to a Hollywood FL hospital with pericarditis. • in 1966, a delegation of Italian Americans, including four congressmen, meet with the U.S. attorney general to object to the planned publication of Joseph Valachi's memoirs. • in 2002, John J. Gotti is taken from a federal prison hospital to receive further cancer treatment at St. John's Regional Health Center in Springfield MO. Image of Tony Accardo
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Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
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