On this date, February 28...
• in 1906, Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel is born in New York.
• in 1909, New York Police Lt. Joe Petrosino arrives in Sicily and conducts interviews relating to the Mafia.
• in 1919, Peter Heslin of Manhattan is sentenced to more than 5 years for robbery.
• in 1921, Joseph Longo Granatelli is killed in front of 189 Chrystie Street in Manhattan.
• in 1922, police at Astoria, Queens, arrest Paul Siciliano and members of his gang.
• in 1930, Salvatore 'Charlie Luciano' Lucania is arrested by a Miami area sheriff for operating a gambling game. NY crime boss Joe Masseria and 17 others are also arrested.
• in 1931, U.S. officials order the deportation of Chicago mobster Tony 'Mops' Volpe.
• in 1934, John Lazia is sentenced to a year in prison for misdemeanor failure to file tax returns.
• in 1940, a federal agent takes a small addressbook from prisoner Nicola Gentile.
• in 1967, a source tells the FBI that established rackets bosses at Youngstown OH are angered by Cleveland Mafia attempts to control gambling in the area.
• in 1985, alleged Mafia Commission leaders are arraigned in New York federal court on RICO charges.
Image of Benjamin Siegel.
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