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- Wed, Oct 24, 2018, 4:44 pm
- Forum: 1920-1933: Prohibition Era
- Topic: Al Capone - Chicago Outfit
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Al Capone - Chicago Outfit
On this date in 1931... Federal Judge James H. Wilkerson on October 24, 1931, sentenced Chicago Outfit leader Al Capone to eleven years in prison and a $50,000 fine for evading income taxes. Capone also needed to pay $215,000 in back taxes plus interest. https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XTaIG7u2oqs/W9BVuz...
- Tue, Oct 23, 2018, 2:33 pm
- Forum: Books and Periodicals
- Topic: November 2018 issue of Informer
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- Views: 17129
November 2018 issue of Informer
The November 2018 issue of Informer: The History of American Crime and Law Enforcement is now available in print and electronic editions. To preview/purchase this issue, visit Informer on the MagCloud service using this link: http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/1510369 https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DK...
- Tue, Oct 23, 2018, 2:25 pm
- Forum: 1950-1957: Kefauver thru Apalachin
- Topic: FBI Top Hoodlum Program
- Replies: 1
- Views: 30780
FBI Top Hoodlum Program
Over on the Yahoo! discussion group recently, author Gavin Schmitt noted that FBI had some sort of Top Hoodlum designation before the Mafia convention at Apalachin. This seems to contradict the decades-old assertion that FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover created the Top Hoodlum Program after Apalachin in...
- Thu, Oct 18, 2018, 2:56 pm
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: Welcome *PLEASE READ*
- Replies: 1
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Welcome *PLEASE READ*
Welcome to the American Mafia history forum of the Mafiahistory.us website. It is our hope that this forum will encourage the courteous exchange of ideas relating to the history of traditional organized crime in the United States, will foster greater understanding of that history and will aid those...
- Thu, Oct 18, 2018, 2:04 pm
- Forum: 1920-1933: Prohibition Era
- Topic: When 'Lucky' was found beaten and bleeding on Staten Island
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When 'Lucky' was found beaten and bleeding on Staten Island
Charles "Lucky" Lucania (later known as Charlie Luciano) was staggering along Hylan Boulevard at Prince's Bay just outside Tottenville, Staten Island, on the morning of October 17, 1929. Patrolman Blanke of the Tottenville Police Station took notice. Blanke saw that Lucania, a known Manhattan racket...
- Mon, Oct 15, 2018, 3:19 pm
- Forum: 1860-1900: Early Years
- Topic: Hennessy assassination, Oct. 15, 1890.
- Replies: 0
- Views: 13908
Hennessy assassination, Oct. 15, 1890.
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SAEr-wPXBm4/WeMyY7HP6gI/AAAAAAAAJ3o/NIybcfmcJkgFIv3bZTuC9NGsQNN2InH-QCLcBGAs/s1600/HennessySceneOfTheAssassination.gif New Orleans Police Chief David Hennessy was fatally shot Oct. 15, 1890, by several Mafia assassins a short distance from his home. He succumbed to his wo...
- Tue, Oct 9, 2018, 8:23 am
- Forum: Books and Periodicals
- Topic: Informer: November 2018 preview
- Replies: 0
- Views: 17039
Informer: November 2018 preview
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rF7OCOjxljI/W6t-L0yCAbI/AAAAAAAAKfE/PNgtBWVnNI87oIm3ZWwFJ0YzGhl8BIYpQCLcBGAs/s400/inf11-2018.png The next issue of Informer: The History of American Crime and Law Enforcement will be released in late October, 2018. Its cover story is Baby Face Nelson and the 'Tape Bandits...
- Tue, Oct 9, 2018, 8:20 am
- Forum: 1970-1986: Modern thru Commission Trial
- Topic: Commission Trial jury selection
- Replies: 0
- Views: 12363
Commission Trial jury selection
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PDPHLIQEq00/W5PUNjveX5I/AAAAAAAAKbw/5Lte8yJeqp8Hcx6VfMTiqVf2ktXmhubFACLcBGAs/s1600/giuliani.png Jury selection began September 8, 1986, in the federal trial of alleged Mafia Commission members in New York City. The Commission Case was set in motion years earlier by Rudolp...
- Tue, Oct 9, 2018, 8:17 am
- Forum: 1986-Current: Recent Events
- Topic: Zottola murdered at McD's in Bronx NY
- Replies: 0
- Views: 14311
Zottola murdered at McD's in Bronx NY
http://mafiahistory.us/a035/mcd.png Sylvester "Sally Daz" Zottola, 71, was shot and killed Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018, while waiting at a McDonald's drive-thru lane in the Bronx. Zottola, a reputed associate of the Bonanno Crime Family and once a trusted friend of former Bonanno boss Vincent J. "Vinny ...
- Tue, Oct 9, 2018, 8:15 am
- Forum: 1963-1970: Post-Valachi
- Topic: Some JFK files remain secret
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- Views: 14761
Some JFK files remain secret
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WWOOnSb-4Wc/WuQ-NALobxI/AAAAAAAAKKk/ZKFj-1ou-lI1IC-A2aF894L-DvmbglnSACLcBGAs/s1600/kennedya.png Due to lingering "national security, law enforcement and foreign affairs concerns," many documents relating to the November 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy will...