‘Pretty Italian woman’ was ‘genius’ of Mafia-linked phony coin ring On this date in 1902... Paterson NJ Morning Call U.S. Secret Service a...

On this date in 1905... A recent arrival to the mining community of Browntown, in Pennsylvania's Pittston Township, Luciano Parrino...

Zagone had conflicts with in-laws, phony-money gangsters On this date in 1909: Decatur Daily Review Mariano Zagone, wealthy cigar ma...

Avoided the bullets of mob wars but suffered disgrace, financial ruin On this date in 1938... Ciro "Artichoke King" Terranov...

Investigation by Brooklyn police stalls, Secret Service links killing to Mafia (Return to Part 3) Just a few days into the investigatio...

In Wrongly Executed? I outlined connections between the anarchist movement and the early Mafia in the United States. I drew special attenti...

Chicago Tribune illustration Feared California Mafia leader  killed in Chicago barber chair Chicago Tribune May 14, 1922 May ...

New York Evening World, April 14, 1903. On this date in 1903 - Agents of the United States Secret Service were called upon to help New...

On this date in 1909, Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino is assassinated while on assignment for the New York Police Department in Palermo, Sicily....

Sing Sing Warden Lewis Lawes had no doubt on the evening of January 5, 1939: He had just presided over the electric-chair-execution of an in...