- 1929 in organized crime
"See also:"
1928 in organized crime ,
other events of 1929,1930 in organized crime and the
list of 'years in Organized Crime'.----
Events
*Mobster Antonino "Tony," "Joe Batters" Accardo becomes head
enforcer forAl Capone 's "Chicago Outfit ".
*Danny Stanton , a former member of the Valley andSheldon Gang s, assumes control as interim leader of arch rivals Saltis-McErlane organization.
*January -James Alderman , a prominent Florida bootlegger, is sentenced to hang byUS District Court JudgeHenry D. Clayton for the 1927 murders of aUS Secret Service agent and twoUS Coast Guard crew members during an arrest at sea. Despite appeals to theUS Supreme Court and PresidentHerbert Hoover , Alderman would be hanged later that year on a Coast Guard base nearFort Lauderdale, Florida .
*January 8 -Unione Siciliane leaderPasquale Lolordo is killed in his Chicago apartment, supposedly by mobsterJoe Aiello and members of theNorth Side Gang .
*January 12 - Laborracketeer Cornelius Shea died in a hospital in Chicago after an operation for gallstones.
*February 14 - Four unidentified men, two of them dressed as Chicago police officers, storm into a Chicago garage and murder seven members of theNorth Side Gang , (among themoptometrist Rheinhart Schwimmer and mechanicJohn May ). Their primary target, gang leader George "Bugs" Moran, is not there. However, theSt. Valentines Day Massacre effectively ends the five-year gang war betweenThe Chicago Outfit and theNorth Side Gang .
*March 15 -William J. Vercoe , a colorful Chicago criminal noted for reciting poetry, is shot and killed by Westside O'Donnell gamg memberGeorge Clifford while at the "Pony Inn " inCicero, Illinois .
*April 14 - George Clifford is gunned down along with formerWestside O'Donnall's gang gunmanMichael Reiley .
*May 9 - Prominent New York mob associateMeyer Lansky marries Anna Citron.
*May 13 -15 - TheAtlantic Conference is held inAtlantic City, New Jersey by American East Coast andMidwest organized crime leaders. This conference would later result in the formation of theNational Crime Syndicate of all Italian-American gangs.
*May 16 - Shortly after leaving theAtlantic City, New Jersey meeting, Chicago mob bossAl Capone is arrested byPhiladelphia police and charged with carrying a concealed weapon.
*May 27 -Chicago Outfit hitmanAlbert Anselmi , one of the men suspected in the murder ofNorth Side Gang leaderDean O'Banion , is killed by mob bossAl Capone after a failed attempt to gain leadership of theChicago Outfit .
*May 29 -Thomas McElligot , a member of theWestside O'Donnell's gang, is killed in a Loop saloon in Chicago.
*June 11 - Salvatore "Black Sam" Todaro, leader of theCleveland, Ohio , crime family, is shot and killed while approaching a parked car. Todaro would be succeeded byJoe Porello .
*July 2 -Benjamin Evangelista , a religious leader and real estate tycoon, is killed with his wife and four children. It is believed that the killings are related to possible dealings with organized crime.
*August 6 - Pittsburgh mobsterSteve Monastero is shot to death at the entrance ofAllegheny General Hospital . Following Monastero's death, he would be succeeded byJoseph Siragusa .
*September 4 - Westside O'Donnell gang memberFrank Cawley is killed.
*November 17 - John "Bilikens" Rito, a former bootlegger for the ChicagoGenna Brothers , is killed shortly after forming a partnership withNorth Side Gang memberTed Newberry .
*December 29 - Chicago bootleggerJames Walsh is killed byCharles Baron after aprize fight .
*December 30 -Stephanie St. Clair , theHarlem, New York numbers game queen, is arrested by New York City police. She would later be sentenced to eight months in prison.Arts and literature
*"Little Caesar" (novel) by
William R. Burnett .Births
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Donald Angelini (Don Angel) "The Wizard of Odds", Syndicate gambling racketeer
*Frank Chin , Chinese-American author and playwright
*Joseph Lombardo (Joe Padula), Chicago Outfit Capo
*Louis Manna "Bobby",Genovese crime family Capo involved in the New Jersey construction industry, illegal gambling and loansharking
*Frank A. Pugliano "Frankie Pugs",Patriarca crime family associate and West Springfield gambling club owner
*Joseph Ullo , New York mobster and suspected ".22 caliber" hitman
*April 7 -Joe Gallo (Joseph Gallo),New York Mafia leader
*March 8 -Nicky Scarfo (Nicodemo Scarfo), Philadelphia andAtlantic City Mafia Don
*August 9 -Albert Caesar Tocco ,Chicago Outfit member involved in extortion and racketeering in Chicago's South SuburbsDeaths
*January -
James Alderman , Florida bootlegger
*January 8 -Pasquale Lolordo ,Unione Siciliane leader
*March 15 -William J. Vercoe "Clown for the Hoodlums", Chicago criminal
*February 14 -James Clark ,North Side Gang member involved in bootlegging, bank robbery and victim of theSt. Valentine's Day Massacre
*February 14 -Frank Gusenberg ,North Side Gang gunman and victim of theSt. Valentine's Day Massacre
*February 14 -Peter Gusenberg ,North Side Gang gunman and victim of theSt. Valentine's Day Massacre
*February 14 -Adam Hyer ,North Side Gang member, owner of the S-M-C Cartage Company garage and victim of theSt. Valentine's Day Massacre
*February 14 -John May ,North Side Gang associate and victim of theSt. Valentine's Day Massacre
*February 14 -Rheinhart Schwimmer ,North Side Gang associate and victim of theSt. Valentine's Day Massacre
*February 14 -Albert Weinshank ,North Side Gang bookkeeper, speakeasy owner and victim of theSt. Valentine's Day Massacre
*April 14 -George Clifford ,Westside O'Donnells member
*May 27 -Albert Anselmi , Chicago Outfit hitman
*May 29 -Thomas McElligot , Westside O'Donnell member
*June 11 -Salvatore Todaro "Black Sam", Cleveland crime family leader
*July 2 -Benjamin Evangelista , Illinois religious leader and real estate tycoon
*August 6 -Steve Monastero , Philadelphia crime family leader
*September 4 -Frank Cawley , Westside O'Donnell member
*November 17 -John Rito "Bilikens", bootlegger for theGenna Brothers and associate ofTed Newberry
*December 29 -James Walsh , Chicago bootlegger
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