On this date, April 5... • in 1869, S.H. Pansa, a witness to an earlier New Orleans Mafia gunfight, is shot and wounded near his home. • in 1884, the body of shooting victim Camillo Farach is found in a field on Staten Island. • in 1906, young John 'Bum' Rodgers is sentenced to the New York House of Refuge as an incorrigible juvenile. • in 1913, East Harlem gangster Amadeo Buonomo is shot and mortally wounded. • in 1914, mafioso Nicola Gentile leaves Palermo to return to New York. • in 1921, U.S. mafiosi hold a convention in Buffalo NY. • in 1926, New York gangster Peter Heslin is charged with the murder of Police Officer Charles Reilly. • in 1932, a Youngstown Ohio judge rules against the extradition to Pennsylvania of 'Happy' Marino and other accused robbers. • in 1945, a man's body, later identified as Onofrio Vitale, is found in a sewer catch basin in Chicago. • in 1956, racketeer Johnny 'Dio' Dioguardi is suspected in the acid blinding of crusading journalist Victor Riesel. • in 1961, a lawsuit accuses DOJ of illegally deporting Carlos Marcello to Guatemala. Image of John Dioguardi.
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