- 1934 in organized crime
"See also:"
1933 in organized crime ,
other events of 1934,1935 in organized crime and the
list of 'years in Organized Crime'.----
Events
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Phil D'Andrea is elected president of theUnione Siciliana , a Sicilian fraternal organization, in Chicago.
*April 22 -Baby Face Nelson , hiding out withJohn Dillinger , at the Little Bohemia Lodge just outside Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin kills FBI Special Agent W. Carter Baum in a shootout.
*Spring - Headed byMeyer Lansky andJohnny Torrio , organized crime leaders hold a conference at theWaldorf Astoria Hotel in New York to discuss the formation of aNational Crime Syndicate .
*July 2 -Paul Castellano is arrested for the armed robbery of aHartford, Connecticut store. Sentenced to one year imprisonment in theHartford County Jail, Castellano serves three months before being released in December.
*July 22 -John Dillinger killed in Chicago by theFBI .
*October - New York MayorFiorello La Guardia orders a police raid on gambling parlors. This raid damages over 1,000 slot machines owned by mob bossFrank Costello .
*October 9 - Ferdinand "The Shadow" Boccia is abducted byWillie Gallo and Ernest "The Hawk" Rupolo after a dispute withVito Genovese over a fixed card game. Boccia is later murdered.Arts and literature
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When the Kellys Rode " (film) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0122314/]
*"Jimmy the Gent" (film) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025330/] starringJames Cagney .Births
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Americo Petrillo "The Cigar",Patriarca crime family soldier and associate ofWilliam P. Grasso
*Frank Salemme "Cadillac Frank",Patriarca crime family leader and former member of theWinter Hill Gang Deaths
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July 22 -John Dillinger killed by theFBI
*October 9 -Ferdinand Boccia , New York mobster
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