1911 in organized crime
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1910 in organized crime
1910 in organized crime
See also:1909 in organized crime,other events of 1910,1911 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in organized crime'.-----Events:*Rival newspapers William Randolph Hearst's Chicago American and the Chicago Tribune extend contracts though Moses Annenberg to street gangs such as Ragen's Colts,...
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other events of 1911,
1912 in organized crime
1912 in organized crime
See also:1911 in organized crime,other events of 1912,1913 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in organized crime'.-----Events:*Timothy "Big Tim" Sullivan, long time political boss of Tammany Hall, is committed to a sanitarium....
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list of 'years in Organized Crime'
Timeline of organized crime
This is a timeline of the history of organized crime.Note: Sources included are Carl Sifakis's The Mafia Encyclopedia, Herbert Asbury's The Gangs of New York and others. Online references also include Thomas P...
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Events
- Five Points GangFive Points GangFive Points Gang was a 19th-century and early 20th-century criminal organization, primarily of Italian-American origins, based in the Sixth Ward of Manhattan, New York City. Since the early 19th century, the area was first known for gangs of Irish immigrants...
member James T. "Biff" EllisonJames T. EllisonJames T. Ellison , better known as Biff Ellison, was a New York City gangster affiliated with the Five Points Gang and later a leader of the Gopher Gang...
is sentenced to Sing Sing Prison for the attempted murder of gang leader Paul KellyPaul Kelly (criminal)Paul Kelly was an Italian immigrant who founded the Five Points Gang in New York City after starting some brothels with prize monies earned in boxing...
. He dies several years later in an insane asylum. - Jack ZeligJack Zelig"Big" Jack Zelig was a Jewish American New York City gangster and one of the last leaders of the Monk Eastman Gang.-Early years & the Eastmans:...
is arrested for robbing a bordello. The charges are later dropped however, in attempt to gain leadership of the Eastman GangEastman GangThe Eastman Gang was the last of New York's street gangs which dominated the city's underworld during the late 1890s until early 1910s. Along with the Five Points Gang under Paul Kelly, the Eastmans succeeded the long dominant Whyos as the first non-Irish street gang to gain prominence in the...
, lieutenants Jack SiroccoJack SiroccoJack Sirocco was a New York gangster involved in labor racketeering and strikebreaking. Originally a lieutenant in Paul Kelly's Five Points Gang, where he was the immediate boss of Johnny Torrio , Sirocco defected to the rival Eastman Gang, which he led in its last days.-Biography:Sirocco, known...
and Chick TrickerChick TrickerChick Tricker was an early New York gangster who, as a member of the Eastman Gang, served as one of its last leaders alongside Jack Sirocco. A longtime member of the Eastmans, Tricker had made a name for himself as a well known Bowery and Park Row saloonkeeper who first came to prominence in a...
refuse to post bail beginning a gang war between the two. - Nathan KaplanNathan Kaplan"Kid Dropper" Nathan Caplin or Kaplan , also known as Jack the Dropper, was an American gangster controlling labor racketeering and extortion in New York City during the post-World War I period into the early years of Prohibition in the early 1920s.-Biography:One of seven children, Kaplan was born...
severely injures Johnny SpanishJohnny SpanishJohnny Spanish was an American gangster who was a rival of former partner "Kid Dropper" Nathan Kaplan during a garment workers' strike which later become known as the Second Labor Sluggers War in 1919...
in a knife fight before police arrive to break up the fight. Kaplan also fights Jacob OrgenJacob OrgenJacob "Little Augie" Orgen was a New York gangster involved in bootlegging and labor racketeering during Prohibition.-Biography:...
later that year giving a scar across Orgen's face before the fight is stopped. - Filippo "John 'Handsome Johnny' Roselli" SaccoJohn RoselliJohn "Handsome Johnny" Roselli , sometimes spelled John Rosselli, was an influential mobster for the Chicago Outfit who helped them control Hollywood and the Las Vegas Strip. Roselli was also involved with the Central Intelligence Agency plot to kill Cuban leader Fidel Castro in the early 1960s...
arrives with his family in the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, from SicilySicilySicily is a region of Italy, and is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Along with the surrounding minor islands, it constitutes an autonomous region of Italy, the Regione Autonoma Siciliana Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature,...
. - Frank Tieri emigrates to the United States from Castel GandolfoCastel GandolfoCastel Gandolfo is a small Italian town or comune in Lazio that occupies a height overlooking Lake Albano about 15 miles south-east of Rome, on the Alban Hills. It is best known as the summer residence of the Pope. It is an Italian town with the population of 8834...
, ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. - Salvatore SabellaSalvatore SabellaSalvatore Sabella was the Sicilian Mafia boss of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the 1920s. Sabella built the future Bruno crime family and trained its leaders.-Early life:...
lands in the US and soon takes control of the Philadelphia Mafia. - December 1 - "Big" Jim O'LearyJames Patrick O'LearyJames Patrick O'Leary was a gambling boss and saloon owner in Chicago. His parents were Patrick and Catherine O'Leary, in whose barn the Great Chicago Fire is believed to have begun.-Biography:...
sells off his gambling operations and other business interests and goes into retirement. - December 2 - Julie MorrellJulie MorrellJulie Morrell or Jules Morello was a freelance gunman associated with the Eastman Gang during the turn of the century. Hired by Jack Sirocco and Chick Tricker to murder Eastman leader Jack Zelig, who had been engaged in a gang war over control of the Eastmans...
, an assassin hired by Sirocco and Tricker to murder Zelig, is lured to a Second Avenue nightclub and killed.
Births
- Leonard Calamia, Drug traffiker and syndicate gunman
- George Gordon (George C. Berslem), Cleveland mobster
- Philip LombardoPhilip LombardoPhilip Lombardo also known as "Benny Squint" and "Cockeyed Phil", was the boss of the Genovese crime family from the late 1960s until the beginning of the 1980s....
, (Miami) Genovese crime familyGenovese crime familyThe Genovese crime family , is one of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia . The Genovese crime family has been nicknamed the "Ivy League" and "Rolls Royce" of organized crime...
leader - Frank Joseph Valenti, New York syndicate (Rochester) leader and gambling racketeer
- Armand Rava, Gambino crime familyGambino crime familyThe Gambino crime family is one of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia . The group is named after Carlo Gambino, boss of the family at the time of the McClellan hearings in 1963...
member, high ranking lieutenant to Aniello DellacroceAniello DellacroceAniello John "Mr. Neil" Dellacroce , also known as "Father O'Neil" and "The Tall Guy", was an Italian-American gangster and underboss of the Gambino crime family. A capo of his own crew for many years he rose to the position of underboss when Carlo Gambino moved Joseph Biondo aside.-Early...
and syndicate gambling racketeer - Joseph Zingara, Westchester County mobster and Gambino crime familyGambino crime familyThe Gambino crime family is one of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia . The group is named after Carlo Gambino, boss of the family at the time of the McClellan hearings in 1963...
member - March 27 - Rocco Salvatore, Chicago Outfit member involved in North Side's illegal gambling and former chauffeur of Sam BattagliaSam BattagliaSamuel "Teets" Battaglia was a Chicago mobster and high-level member of the Chicago Outfit criminal organization.-Early career:...
- May 1 - Anthony SalernoAnthony SalernoAnthony "Fat Tony" Salerno was a New York mobster who served as front boss of the Genovese crime family to family boss Vincent "The Chin" Gigante from the 1970s until his conviction in 1986...
"Fat Tony", Genovese crime familyGenovese crime familyThe Genovese crime family , is one of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia . The Genovese crime family has been nicknamed the "Ivy League" and "Rolls Royce" of organized crime...
DonCrime bossA crime boss or boss is a person in charge of a criminal organization. A boss typically has absolute or near-absolute control over his subordinates, is greatly feared by his subordinates for his ruthlessness and willingness to take lives in order to exert his influence, and profits come from the... - September 9 - Dominic Blasi (Joe Bantone), bodyguard for Sam GiancanaSam GiancanaSalvatore Giancana , better known as Sam Giancana, was a Sicilian-American mobster and boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1957-1966...
- November 4 - James NapoliJames NapoliJames "Jimmy Nap" Napoli was a New York mobster who was a Caporegime in the Genovese crime family. From the 1950s to the 1980s, he controlled one of the largest illegal gambling operations in the United States....
"Jimmy Nap", Genovese crime familyGenovese crime familyThe Genovese crime family , is one of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia . The Genovese crime family has been nicknamed the "Ivy League" and "Rolls Royce" of organized crime...
member involved in illegal gambling and loansharking