On this date, February 6... • in 1897, future rackets leader Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter is born in New York City. • in 1910, Carlos Marcello is born Calogero Minacore to Sicilian parents in Tunis, North Africa. • in 1921, Milwaukee boss Vito Guardalabene dies of natural causes and is succeeded by his son Peter. In a Manhattan gunfight, Brooklyn gangster Frankie Yale is wounded in the chest, companion Michael Demosci is killed. • in 1934, a witness in John Lazia's tax evasion trial in Kansas City federal court testifies that he delivered payments from Lazia to law enforcement figures to protect Lazia's illegal casino business. • in 1936, Joseph 'Piney' Armone begins a sentence at Sing Sing Prison for feloniously aiding the escape of a murderer. • in 1938, Anthony Colombo Sr. and Christina Oliveri are found strangled to death inside a car on Shore Road in Brooklyn. • in 1948, in an interview with FBI agents, New Jersey racketeer Willie Moretti acknowledges an association with performer Frank Sinatra. • in 1959, fearful of being caught by the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, Joseph Valachi flees New York City. • in 1962, the remains of Salvatore 'Charlie Luciano' Lucania are transported by plane from Italy to New York for burial in Queens. • in 1970, Bonanno Crime Family leaders Philip Rastelli and John J. Morale are jailed for refusing to testify before a Nassau County NY grand jury investigating organized crime. Image of Louis Buchalter.
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