Events

• March 14 - After the acquittal/mistrial of Charles Matranga and 8 of his associates in the murder of New Orleans Police Chief David C. Hennessy, a lynch mob enters the jail and murders 11 of the 17 individuals suspected in the murder. Matranga himself is spared on orders from the lynch mob's leader. Hennessey had been investigating a gang war between rival Mafia
  Mafia
  The Mafia is a criminal syndicate that emerged in the mid-nineteenth century in Sicily, Italy. It is a loose association of criminal groups that share a common organizational structure and code of conduct, and whose common enterprise is protection racketeering...
  
   groups Matranga and Provenzano groups (eventually bringing Joseph Provenzano to trial in 1890
  1890 in organized crime
  See also:1889 in organized crime,other events of 1890,1891 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----China:*The Catholic Church in Lungshui of the Szechuan province is attacked by a mob of 30,000 people...
  
  ), however, while leaders of the criminal gang including Charles Matranga are acquitted, many suspects were still awaiting trial. For the first time the possibility of an Italian secret criminal organization operating in New Orleans is discussed in the United States
  United States
  The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
  
  . A New Orleans grand jury investigating the incident would later report:

"..our research has developed the existence of the secret organization styled 'Mafia'.... Officers of the Mafia and many of its members were not known. Among them are men born in this city of Italian origin.... The larger number of the society is composed of Italians and Sicilians." http://www.nevadaobserver.com/Chronological%20History%20of%20La%20Cosa%20Nostra%20(1988).htm

Births

• Joe Aiello
  Joe Aiello
  Giuseppe "Joe" Aiello was a Chicago bootlegger during the 1920s and early 1930s who had a longstanding, bloody feud with Chicago Outfit boss Al Capone.-Arrival in America:...
  
   (Giuseppe Aiello), Chicago
  Chicago
  Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
  
   and New York
  New York
  New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
  
   mobster and president of the Unione Siciliane
  Unione Siciliane
  The Unione Siciliana was a Sicilian-American fraternal organization which eventually was rumored to have controlled much of the Italian American vote within the United States during the early twentieth century...
  
  .
• Ruggiero Boiardo (Richie Boiardo), Genovese crime family leader (Capo) (New Jersey) and Abner Zwillman
  Abner Zwillman
  Abner "Longie" Zwillman , known as the "Al Capone of New Jersey," was an early Prohibition gangster, founding member of the "Big Seven" Ruling Commission and a member of the National Crime Syndicate, who was also associated with Murder Incorporated.-Biography:According to the Social Security Death...
  
   associate.
• Jack Dragna
  Jack Dragna
  Jack Ignatius Dragna was an American Mafia member and Black Hander who was active in both Italy and the United States in the 1900s. He was active in bootlegging in California during the Prohibition Era in the United States...
  
  , Los Angeles
  Los Ángeles
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   Mafia Don
  Crime boss
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  .
• Owney "The Killer" Madden
  Owney Madden
  Owney "The Killer" Madden was a leading underworld figure in Manhattan, most notable for his involvement in organized crime during Prohibition. He also ran the famous Cotton Club and was a leading boxing promoter in the 1930s.-Early life:Owen Vincent Madden was born at 25 Somerset Street, in...
  
  , New York
  New York
  New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
  
   Prohibition
  Prohibition
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   gangster
• Stefano Magaddino
  Stefano Magaddino
  Stefano Magaddino was an Sicilian mafioso who became the boss of the Buffalo crime family in western New York. His underworld influence stretched from Ohio and Southern Ontario as far north as Montreal, Quebec...
  
  , "The Undertaker" Buffalo
  Buffalo, New York
  Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the...
  
   Mafia Don.
• January 26 - Frank Costello
  Frank Costello
  Frank Costello was an Italian New York City gangster who rose to the top of America's underworld, controlled a vast gambling empire across the United States and enjoyed political influence.Nicknamed the "Prime Minister of the Underworld", he became one of the most powerful and influential Mafia...
  
   (Francesco Castiglia) "The Prime Minister", National Crime Syndicate
  National Crime Syndicate
  The National Crime Syndicate was the name given by the press to a loosely-organized multi-ethnic organized crime syndicate. Its origins are uncertain....
  
   and later Cosa Nostra member.

Deaths

• March 14 - Manuel Polizzi, New Orleans mafiosi and lynch victim
• March 14 - Rocco Geraci, New Orleans mafiosi and lynch victim
• March 14 - James Caruso, New Orleans mafiosi and lynch victim
• March 14 - Pietro Monasterio, New Orleans mafiosi and lynch victim
• March 14 - Frank Romero, New Orleans mafiosi and lynch victim
• March 14 - Loreto Comitis, New Orleans mafiosi and lynch victim
• March 14 - Charles Traina, New Orleans mafiosi and lynch victim
• March 14 - Antonio Bagnetto, New Orleans mafiosi and lynch victim
• March 14 - Antonio Scaffidi, New Orleans mafiosi and lynch victim
• March 14 - Antonio Marchesi, New Orleans mafiosi and lynch victim
• March 14 - Joseph P. Macheca, New Orleans mafiosi and lynch victim