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Showing posts with label Luciano. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Luciano. Show all posts
02 February 2020

'Lucky' out of prison, held at Ellis Island

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Authorities prepare to deport NY Mafia boss On this date in 1946: New York Mafia boss Salvatore "Charlie Lucky Luciano" Lucani...
25 November 2019

Bringing Joe Valachi's memoirs to the Web

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The 1000-plus page memoirs of Mafia turncoat Joseph Valachi are valuable source material for organized crime historians. The manuscript, e...
22 August 2019

Why Maranzano? Why now?

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Print and electronic journal editions can be previewed and purchased through MagCloud Kindle e-book edition can be ordered through Ama...
27 June 2019

Lucky's 1916 narcotics conviction

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On this date in 1916... Eighteen-year-old Salvatore Lucania (later known as Charlie "Lucky" Luciano) was convicted June 27, 1916...
24 June 2019

Peers salute Genovese after murder acquittal

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On this date in 1946... Leaders of Mafia crime families based in the eastern U.S.  assembled at Midtown Manhattan's Hotel Diplomat, ...
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04 October 2018

Pals' pistols quiet garrulous gangster

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On this date in 1951... Asbury Park NJ Press Guarino "Willie Moore" Moretti, 57, was shot to death, Oct. 4, 1951, at Joe...
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10 September 2018

Valachi recalls assassination of boss of bosses

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On this date in 1931... Reigning Mafia boss of bosses Salvatore Maranzano was shot and stabbed to death in his Park Avenue, Manhattan, off...
12 May 2018

'Lucky' transferred at request of spy agencies

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On this date in 1942... The Mafia boss widely known as Charlie "Lucky" Luciano was transferred between prisons in New York State...
30 January 2018

When 'Lucky' was locked up

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Salvatore Lucania, widely known as Charlie "Lucky" Luciano, late in 1931 became the most powerful crime boss in the U.S. He pers...
11 August 2017

Live by the sword...

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Mafia assassin Valente  killed in East Village shooting On this date in 1922: Mafia assassin Umberto Valente was gunned down in a bold day...
20 June 2017

1947: The end of 'Bugsy' Siegel

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On this date in 1947, Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was killed at the home of his girlfriend, Virginia Hill, 810 North Linden Drive in B...
17 June 2017

Fruits, vegetables may be hazardous to your health

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Police restrain John and Philip Scalise after they view the body of their murdered brother. On this date in 1957 - Frank "Don Cicci...
16 May 2017

1929: Capone meets City of Brotherly Love

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Arrested with concealed weapon on his way home from Atlantic City peace conference May 16, 1929 - Chicago crime lord Al Capone and h...
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