1928 in organized crime

1928 in organized crime

"See also:"
1927 in organized crime,
other events of 1928,
1929 in organized crime and the
list of 'years in organized crime'.

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Events

*Louis R. Elfman, a former lieutenant of Philadelphia bootlegger Maxie "Boo-Boo" Hoff, becomes a government witness.
*Mafia associate Samuel Stein is charged with killing Kansas City police officer Happy Smith.
*Cleveland, Ohio bootlegger Joseph Galbo is convicted of bribery and sent to prison.
*April 21 - Illinois gangster Charles Birger is executed for the ordered murder of West City, Illinois Mayor Joe Adams.
*June 26 - Timothy D. "Big Tim" Murphy is gunned down by assassins as he answered the door at his Chicago home.
*July 25 - Salvatore Canale, an associate of Chicago mobster Joe Aiello, is killed outside his home in Chicago.
*September 7 - Unione Siciliane President Antonio Lombardo, an advisor to mob boss Al Capone, is killed by several unidentified gunmen.
*October 10 - Salvatore "Toto" D'Aquila, founder of the present day Gambino crime family and reportedly held the title of "capo de tutti capi" (or "boss of all bosses"), is shot and killed by unidentified gunmen. He is succeeded by Alfred "Al Mineo" Manfredi.
*November 4 - Mob financier Arnold Rothstein is shot by an unidentified gunman while at Manhattan's Park-Central Hotel and dies of his wounds at the Polyclinic Hospital the following day. Rothstein's murder would be attributed to his refusal to pay a $320,000 gambling debt from a three-day poker. Rothstein had refused to pay because he said the game was dishonest. George "Hump" McManus, a participant in the game, would be arrested for Rothstein's murder, but later acquitted due to lack of evidence.
*December 5 - In a meeting known as the Cleveland Conference, over 20 mobsters are arrested while staying at a Cleveland hotel, including Cleveland, Ohio bootlegger Philip Bacino and New York bootlegger Vince Mangano. Of those in attendance, future mob boss Joe Profaci and mobster Joe Magliocco, would attend the 1957 Apalachin Conference in New York.

Arts and literature

Births

*John Riggi, Sr., New Jersey mobster involved in northern and central New Jersey waterfront labor racketeering and ally of Simone DeCavalcante
*January 23 - Salvatore Lima "Salvo", Italian politician and mafia associate
*March 29 - Vincent Gigante, Genovese crime family Don
*July 13 - Tommaso Buscetta, Sicilian mafioso turned government witness

Deaths

*April 21 - Charles Birger, Illinois Prohibition gangster
*July 25 - Salvatore Canale, Joe Aiello Gang member
*September 7 - Antonio Lombardo, Unione Siciliane President and Al Capone consigliere
*November 4 - Arnold Rothstein, New York mobster and gambler
*October 10 - Salvatore D'Aquila "Toto", Gambino crime family founder and "capo de tutti capi"


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