1906 in organized crime
Events
- Paul Kelly's nightclub Little Naples is forced to close under pressure from reform movements.
- Louis "Louie the Lump" Pioggi joins the Five Points Gang at age seventeen. Within two years he would become a prominent gunman within the gang.
- Nicola Gentile becomes a member of the Philadelphia crime family.
- Charles "Lucky" Luciano, then nine-years-old, immigrates to New York with his family.
- March 8 - Lupo the Wolf is arrested and charged with kidnapping Tony Bonzuffi, the son of an East Side banker and suspected Black Hand victim.[1]
Arts and literature
- The Story of the Kelly Gang (film)
Births
- February 24 – Anthony Anastasio, New York Waterfront leader for the Gambino crime family
- February 28 – Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, Meyer Lansky associate, Murder, Inc. member, and Las Vegas casino owner
- March 28 – Antonino Joseph "Joe Batters" Accardo, boss of the Chicago Outfit
- October 9 – William "Smokes" Aloisio, Chicago Outfit member and syndicate hitman
References
- "Because of Fear Kidnapped Boy's Memory Fails," The World (Evening Edition), March 8, 1906.
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