1899 in organized crime

1899 in organized crime

"See also:"
1898 in organized crime,
other events of 1899,
1900 in organized crime and the
list of 'years in organized crime'.

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Events

*A gang war breaks out between the Hip Sing and On Leong Tongs over illegal gambling in New York's Chinatown.
*New York Black Hand leader Giuseppe Morello is arrested for counterfeiting and sentenced to three years. Released in 1902, Morello establishes a system where counterfeit $5 US dollar bills would be printed in Sicily and smuggled into the United States.
*Ignazio Saietta, known as "Lupo the Wolf", arrives in New York.
*Charles Umbriaco arrives in New York later joining the Black Hand under Giuseppe Morello and Ignazio Saietta.

Arts and literature

Births

*Frank Abbatemarco, Profaci crime family member
*Louis Amberg, New York (Brooklyn) gangster
*Anthony Carfano, Florida gambling racketeer
*Joseph J. DiCarlo "Jerry the Wolf"; "Joe the Gyp", Stefano Magaddino gunman and Miami gambling racketeer
*Murray Humphreys, Chicago Outfit member
*Vincent John Rao (Frank Arra; Nunzio), Lucchese crime family consiglieri and associate of Willie Moretti
*Jacob Shapiro, Labor union racketeer
*Abner Zwillman, New Jersey Prohibition gangster
*January 17 - Al Capone, Chicago Mafia leader
*December 1 - Gaetano Luchese, Lucchese crime family founder
*December 24 - Moe Dalitz [Morris Barney Dalitz] , Cleveland mobster and Las Vegas casino owner

Deaths


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