- 1904 in organized crime
"See also:"
1903 in organized crime ,
other events of 1904,1905 in organized crime and the
list of 'years in organized crime'.----
Events
*The headquarters of the
On Leong Merchant Association is moved to N.Y,New York .
*Johnny Torrio , under the alias J.T. McCarthy, opens a saloon on New York's James Street andWalker Street which operates as a bordello. Hiring several formerJames Street Gang members, of which he was a member as a teenager, as protection he becomes involved in Paul Kelly'sFive Points Gang becoming a top lieutenant by the following year.
*Emil Roeski , an associate of theCarn Barn Bandits , is sentenced to life imprisonment.
*February 2 -Monk Eastman is arrested after fleeing from a failed robbery. Without protection fromTammany Hall , he is later sentenced to ten years inSing Sing Prison .
*March 1 -Harvey Van Dine , a co-leader of theCar Barn Bandits , is executed.
*April 22 -Gustave Marx , yet another of the four co-leaders of theCar Barn Bandits , is executed for a crime spree including robbery and murder the previous year.
*November 4 -Hip Sing Tong leaderMock Duck is wounded in a gunfight by three On Leong hatchet men near hisPell Street home during theNew York Tong war.Arts and literature
Births
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Michael Coppola ,Luciano crime family Capo
*Joseph Lanza ,New York Fulton Fish Market waterfront leader
*James V. LaSala , New York (Brooklyn) mobster and Northern California drug trafficker
*James T. Licavoli ,Cleveland Mafia leader
*Joseph Rosato ,Lucchese crime family Capodecina , labor racketeer and drug trafficker
*Ettore Zappi (aka Tony Russo),Gambino crime family Capo,Anthony Anastasio bodyguard, and New York (Brooklyn ) racketeer
*Frank Tieri,Genovese crime family Don.
*Irving Vine - associate ofEdward Vogel andRalph Pierce
*February 4 -Frankie Carbo , boxing promoter andMurder, Inc. member
*September 22 -Joseph Valachi ,Genovese crime family soldier, and government informant.Deaths
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March 1 -Harvey Van Dine , a co-leader of theCar Barn Bandits
*April 22 -Gustave Marx , co-leader of theCar Barn Bandits
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