1919 in organized crime

1919 in organized crime

"See also:"
1918 in organized crime,
other events of 1919,
1920 in organized crime and the
list of 'years in organized crime'.

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Events

*Cleveland Black Hand leader Rosario Borgio along with Paul Chiavaro, Vito Mezzano, and Lorenzo Biondo (Bionde) are convicted of the murder of several Akron police officers and executed.
*Al Capone leaves New York, after an altercation with a member of the White Hand Gang, where he becomes a top lieutenant to Johnny Torrio.
*Recently imprisoned criminal Joe Valachi encounters inmate and future mentor New York mobster Alessandro Vollero.
*Salvatore Sabella becomes leader of the Philadelphia crime syndicate.
*Frank Costello forms a novelty company which makes Kewpie dolls in punchboard games. By the following year Costello had made $80,000 which he used to become a bootlegger at the start of Prohibition.
*July 29 - New York labor slugger Johnny Spanish is killed by three unidentified gunman possibly including rival gangster Nathan Kaplan.

Arts and literature

Births

*Jimmy Brown (James Failla), Gambino crime family Capo and labor union racketeer
*Gennaro J. Angiulo "Jerry", former Patriarca crime family Underboss
*Salvatore Santoro "Tom Mix", Lucchese crime family Underboss
*January 14 - Giulio Andreotti, Italian Prime Minister and mafia associate
*April 21 - Licio Gelli, Italian mason and mafia associate

Deaths

*Lorenzo Biondo (Bionde), Cleveland Black Hand member
*Paul Chiavaro, Cleveland Black Hand member
*Vito Mezzano, Cleveland Black Hand member
*May 22 - Rosario Borgio, Cleveland Black Hand leader
*July 29 - Johnny Spanish, Five Points Gang member and labor racketeer


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