- 1935 in organized crime
"See also:"
1934 in organized crime ,
other events of 1935,1936 in organized crime and the
list of 'years in Organized Crime'.----
Events
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Owney Madden , a mob leader and speakeasy owner, leaves New York City. Madden's departure follows several years of police surveillance after the shooting death of renegade mobster Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll. Madden later settles inHot Springs, Arkansas , establishing gambling operations there and forming political attachments through his hotel operation.
*Gunman Joseph "Joey Doves" Aiuppa joins theChicago Outfit to help protect their criminal operations inCicero, Illinois .
*January 30 -Frank Milano , former boss of the Cleveland crime syndicate, flees the United States for Mexico. Milano is succeeded by Alfred "Big Al" Polizzi.
*March -Salvatore Sabella is arrested, convicted, and imprisoned for three months for illegally distilling alcohol inMontgomery County, Pennsylvania .
*April -Tri-State Gang memberFrancis Wiley is convicted of the 1934 kidnap-murder of Philadelphia racketeerWilliam Weiss . Tri-State Gang leadersWalter Legenza andRobert Mais had previously been convicted of murder and executed inRichmond, Virginia in February.
*July 16 - "Lupo the Wolf"Ignazio Saietta is charged with extortion. Saietta had been intimidating Italian bakers into joining a local New York labor union he controlled.
*August 22 -Vincenzo Troia , Sicilian mafiosi and associate of former "boss of all bosses"Salvatore Maranzano , is gunned down. Troia was reportedly conspiring to assume control of the Newark-based New Jersey crime syndicate.
*September 9 -Abraham Weinberg , a lieutenant of Dutch Schultz, disappears and is presumed murdered. Weinberg had been running Shultz's organization since Shultz went into hiding in 1933. Reportedly, Weinberg had been secretly negotiating with syndicate leadersCharles Luciano andLouis Buchalter . Schultz may have murdered Weinberg after returning to power.
*October 23 - After threatening the life of New York State prosecutorThomas Dewey ,Dutch Schultz is murdered along withOtto Berman ,Lulu Rosencrantz andAbraham Landau at the Palace Chophouse inNewark, New Jersey . The hit is reportedly conducted byAlbert Anastasia 's crew on orders fromLucky Luciano 'sNational Crime Syndicate . Shultz's criminal operations are subsequently taken over byVito Genovese with the help of lieutenant Michael "Trigger Mike" Coppola.
*October 23 - Martin "Little Marty" Krompier, premier enforcer and lieutenant ofDutch Schultz 's policy operations inHarlem , is severely wounded by rival gunmen. This attack comes just hours after Schultz and his other associates are gunned down in Newark. Krompier ultimately survives the attack.Arts and literature
*"'G' Men" (film) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026393/] starring
James Cagney .
*"The Petrified Forest " (broadway play written byRobert E. Sherwood ) starringHumphrey Bogart .Births
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Victor Spilotro -Chicago mobster and brother of Anthony andMichael Spilotro .Deaths
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Walter Legenza , co-leader of theTri-State Gang
*Robert Mais , co-leader of theTri-State Gang
*August 22 -Vincenzo Troia , Sicilian mafiosi and associate ofSalvatore Maranzano
*September 9 - Abraham 'Bo' Weinberg, Dutch Schultz lieutenant
*October 23 -Dutch Schultz , New York Prohibition mobster and member of theNational Crime Syndicate
*October 23 -Otto Berman , financial consultant of Dutch Schultz
*October 23 -Abraham Landau , Dutch Schultz gunman
*October 23 -Lulu Rosencrantz , Dutch Schultz gunman
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