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{{Year nav topic5|1899|organized crime}} |
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==Events== |
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*A gang war breaks out between the [[Hip Sing]] and [[On Leong]] Tongs over [[illegal gambling]] in [[New York City|New York]]'s [[Chinatown]]. |
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*New York [[Black Hand (extortion)|Black Hand]] leader [[Giuseppe Morello]] is arrested for [[counterfeiting]] and sentenced to three years. Released in [[1902 in organized crime|1902]], Morello establishes a system where counterfeit $5 US dollar bills would be printed in [[Sicily]] and smuggled into the United States. |
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*[[Ignazio Lupo]], known as "Lupo the Wolf", arrives in [[New York City|New York]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ferrara|first1=Eric|title=Manhattan Mafia Guide: Hits, Homes & Headquarters|date=2011|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=9781614233510|page=97|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jfqMCQAAQBAJ&pg=PT97|language=en}}</ref> |
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*[[Charles Umbriaco]] arrives in New York later joining the Black Hand under Giuseppe Morello and Ignazio Lupo. |
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==Births== |
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*[[Samson Melvin]] "Samoots", Chicago leader of Unione Siciliana |
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*[[Louis Amberg]], New York ([[Brooklyn]]) gangster |
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*[[Anthony Carfano]] "Little Augie Pisano", [[Florida]] gambling racketeer |
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*[[Joseph J. DiCarlo]] "Jerry the Wolf"; "Joe the Gyp", Stefano Magaddino gunman and Miami gambling racketeer |
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*[[Murray Humphreys]], [[Chicago Outfit]] member |
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*[[Vincent John Rao]] ([[Frank Arra]]; Nunzio), [[Lucchese crime family]] consiglieri and associate of [[Willie Moretti]] |
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*[[Jacob Shapiro]], "Gurrah" [[Labor union]] racketeer |
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*[[Abner Zwillman]], "Longie" [[New Jersey]] [[Prohibition]] gangster |
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*January 17 – [[Al Capone]] "Scarface", Chicago Mafia leader |
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*December 1 – [[Thomas Lucchese|Gaetano Lucchese]], [[Lucchese crime family]] founder |
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*December 24 – [[Moe Dalitz]] ['''Morris Barney Dalitz'''], Cleveland mobster and [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]] casino owner |
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==References== |
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[[Category:1899 in law|Organized crime]] |
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