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#REDIRECT [[1890s in organized crime#1898]]
''See also:''
[[1898 in organized crime]],
[[1899|other events of 1899]],
[[1900 in organized crime]] and the
[[Timeline of organized crime|list of 'years in 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]]'s [[Chinatown]].
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*New York [[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.
*[[Ignazio Saietta]], known as "Lupo the Wolf", arrives in [[New York]].
*[[Charles Umbriaco]] arrives in New York later joining the Black Hand under Giuseppe Morello and Ignazio Saietta.

==Arts and literature==


==Births==
*[[Frank Abbatemarco]], [[Profaci crime family]] member
*[[Louis Amberg]], New York ([[Brooklyn]]) gangster
*[[Anthony Carfano]], [[Florida]] gambling racketeer
*[[Joseph J. DiCarlo]] "Jerry the Wolf"; "Joe the Gyp", Stefano Magaddino gunman and Miami gambling racketeer
*[[Murray Humphreys]], Chicago Outfit member
*[[Jacob Shapiro]], [[Labor union]] racketeer
*[[Abner Zwillman]], [[New Jersey]] [[Prohibition]] gangster
*[[January 17]] - [[Al Capone]], Chicago Mafia leader
*[[December 1]] - [[Thomas Lucchese|Gaetano Luchese]], [[Lucchese crime family]] founder

==Deaths==

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[[Category:Years in organized crime]]

Latest revision as of 22:45, 4 December 2023