1882 in organized crime

1882 in organized crime

"See also:"
1881 in organized crime,
other events of 1882,
1883 in organized crime, and the
list of 'years in Organized Crime'.

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Events

*Although various Triad-based groups had been in existence following the California Gold Rush, the first modern day Chinese-American Tongs are formed by Chinese immigrants for mutual protection in response to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.
*Chicago Police Chief William McGarigle, in the pay of Chicago crime lord Michael Cassius McDonald, is indicted for graft later fleeing to Canada.
*Tony Matranga takes control of the New Orleans Black Hand after former leader Giuseppi Esposito is deported in 1881.

Arts and literature

Births

*Arnold Rothstein, Chicago Crime Syndicate leader
*Max Zwerbach "Kid Twist", Eastman Gang leader and New York gangster
*February - Johnny Torrio, Chicago Mafia Don and Chicago syndicate leader

Deaths


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