#OTD (Feb 23) in 1956, longtime southern #California #Mafia boss Jack #Dragna is found dead in a #LosAngeles hotel room.
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Jack Dragna
#OTD (Dec 08) in 1952, U.S. officials prepare to deport #LosAngeles crime boss Jack #Dragna.
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Louis Tom Dragna
#OTD in 1980, five southern #California #Mafia defendants - Dominic #Brooklier, Louis Tom #Dragna (shown), Michael Rizzitello, Samuel Sciortino and Jack LoCicero - are convicted of #racketeering offenses but acquitted of the murder of informer Frank #Bompensiero.
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Mickey Cohen
#OTD (Nov 14) in 1958, a #California rackets committee orders contempt proceedings against Mickey #Cohen (shown), Louis #Dragna, Nick #Licata and others for refusing to testify in hearings on infiltration of legitimate business.
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Louis Tom Dragna
#OTD (Oct 24) in 1980, at a trial of alleged southern #California #Mafia leaders, #FBI agents testify that defendant Louis Tom #Dragna admitted Mafia membership when interviewed by them.
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Jack Dragna
#OTD (Oct 15) in 1931, #LosAngeles bigshot Joe #Ardizzone disappears and is presumed dead, leaving Jack #Dragna (shown) uncontested leader of the LA mob.
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Dominic Brooklier
#OTD (Oct 14) in 1980, #LosAngeles #Mafia leaders Dominic #Brooklier (shown), Louis #Dragna, Michael Rizzitello, Jack LoCicero and Samuel Sciortino go on trial for murder conspiracy and extortion.
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Image of Jack Dragna. Text reads: On this date, July 23... in 1901, Paolo 'Paul Kelly' Vaccarelli is arrested during a New York prizefight. in 1902, the corpse of Joe 'the Grocer' Catania is found in a potato sack on the Brooklyn shore. in 1921, Manhattan cafe proprietor Silvio Melchiorre is shot and killed in front of his business. in 1934, detectives in Pittsburgh arrest James Capizzi, John LaRocca, Nicola Gentile and Walter Franz for conspiring in an illegal liquor ring. in 1935, Dutch Schultz goes on trial for tax evasion in Malone NY. in 1952, Frank and Anthony Abbatemarco of Brooklyn begin prison sentences for lottery conspiracy. in 1953, Frances Dragna, wife of Los Angeles crime boss Jack Dragna, dies while her husband is in the custody of federal immigration officials. in 2008, Chicago underworld figure Frank Schweihs dies at the age of 78.
#OTD (July 23) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #Brooklyn boys find Sack Murder victim, Melchiorre is fatally shot in #NYC, #Pittsburgh liquor ring is arrested, #Schultz goes to trial, wife of #Dragna passes away while he's in custody, #Chicago mobster Schweihs dies.
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#OTD in 1949, an attack by gunmen of the #Dragna #Mafia organization of #LosAngeles resulted in the wounding of Mickey #Cohen, his aide Neddie Herbert, actress Dee David and state agent Harry Cooper. Neddie Herbert later died of his wounds.
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Image of Paul Castellano. Text reads: On this date, June 26... in 1896, Candelero Bettini is convicted of counterfeiting in New York federal court. in 1915, future New York crime boss Constantino Paul Castellano is born in Brooklyn. in 1929, Al Capone files appeal of his weapons conviction in Philadelphia. in 1947, a brief private funeral service is held for the family of murdered racketeer Ben Siegel. in 1951, a Los Angeles jury convicts Jack Dragna of resorting and lewd behavior. in 1957, a number of mafiosi, including John LaRocca, Patsy Sciortino and Sam, Patsy, Al and Joseph Monachino, register for rooms at the Arlington Hotel in Binghamton NY. in 1962, a federal grand jury at Atlanta indicts Joseph Valachi for committing murder on a government reservation. in 1970, Sylvestro Carollo of New Orleans dies after a heart attack. in 1973, Anthony Spilotro is acquitted of murder by a Chicago jury.
#OTD (June 26) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #Castellano is born, #Capone appeals in #Philadelphia, #Siegel family has private service, #LosAngeles jury convicts #Dragna, #Valachi is indicted for murder, Carollo dies at #NewOrleans, #Spilotro is acquitted in #Chicago.
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Text reads: On this date, June 21... in 1895, still fearful of a vendetta arising from his 1890 testimony against Giuseppe DeLucca, Boston barber Gioacchino Cocchiara becomes suspicious of his friend Antonio Caro Armblissa and shoots him twice. in 1915, A man known as Vincenzo Zenjazo, 26, is arrested in Boston in connection with the shooting death of Girolamo Messina, 40. in 1917, Joseph Aiello and Salvatore LaFata are charged in Utica NY with shooting Antonio Gagliano in 1919, Donato Scarafino of Syracuse NY, facing charges of extortion, is shot and killed by Michael Gallo as he exits a restaurant at midday. in 1931, John Saricelli of the Dutch Schultz mob is killed at his Bronx home. in 1940, Ignazio 'Jack' Dragna files an ultimately unsuccessful naturalization petition in Los Angeles. in 1945, former Kansas City mobster Carl Carramusa is shotgunned to death at Chicago. in 1953, former Cleveland boss Frank Milano is arrested for immigration violation. in 1961, Raymond Patriarca sues the Providence Journal-Bulletin for libel. in 2007, attorneys deliver opening statements in the Chicago 'Family Secrets' trial. in 2010, Bonanno capodecina Joseph Sammartino, believed to be part of the family ruling panel, pleads guilty to federal loansharking charges.
#OTD (June 21) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Aiello is charged in #UticaNY shooting, Schultz gangster is murdered in the #Bronx, #Dragna tries for citizenship, #KansasCity mobster is killed in #Chicago, Patriarca sues #Providence paper, #FamilySecrets trial opens.
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Collection of crime history items from June 5. Image of Carlos Marcello.
#OTD in #OrganizedCrime #History: mobster found dead at #ConeyIsland, #Luciano is caught with drugs, #Tampa leader is murdered, #Dragna enters #LosAngeles jail, #RhodeIsland court orders Patriarca to end interference with biz rival, #Marcello is arrested.
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#OTD in 1956: Jack #Dragna, longtime underworld boss of southern #California, was found dead of an apparent heart attack in a #LosAngeles hotel room.
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Collection of crime history items from December 8.
#OTD (Dec. 8) in #OrganizedCrime #History: a newspaper is ruled obscene, robbers interrupt a #BronxNY dinner, a #bankruptcy racket, deportations planned for #Dragna and #Cammarata, racketeers meet in #WorcesterMA, #Pittsburgh mobsters are prewarned of a raid.
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Collection of crime history items from December 8.
#OTD (Dec. 8) in #OrganizedCrime #History: a newspaper is ruled obscene, robbers interrupt a #BronxNY dinner, a #bankruptcy racket, deportations planned for #Dragna and #Cammarata, racketeers meet in #WorcesterMA, #Pittsburgh mobsters are prewarned of a raid.
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