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#OTD (Oct. 6) in 1928, "Mike Schatz" #Abbatemarco, underworld boss in the #Gowanus area of #Brooklyn, was found shot to death in his car.

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'Schatz' follows Yale to wealth, influence, grave
On this date in 1928... New York Daily News   Michael "Mike Schatz" Abbatemarco, a top lieutenant in Frankie Yale's Broo...
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October 6, 2026 at 11:14 AM
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#OTD (Oct 04) in 1951, Guarino "Willie Moore" #Moretti is shot to death during a friendly chat with underworld colleagues at a #CliffsideParkNJ restaurant.

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Pals' pistols quiet garrulous gangster
On this date in 1951... Asbury Park NJ Press Guarino "Willie Moore" Moretti, 57, was shot to death, Oct. 4, 1951, at Joe...
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October 4, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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#OTD (Sep 28) in 1920, a Cook County IL grand jury indicts eight #Chicago #WhiteSox players for conspiring with gangsters to throw the 1919 #WorldSeries.

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White Sox players indicted for throwing Series
On this date (Sept. 28) in 1920, eight players on the Chicago White Sox baseball team were indicted by a Cook County, Illinois, grand jury f...
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September 28, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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On this date (Sep 14) in 1874, a militia company led by Joseph #Macheca played a critical role in the momentarily successful #WhiteLeague rebellion in #NewOrleans.

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1874 White League revolt in New Orleans
J.P. Macheca, later linked with local Mafia, played key role in Reconstruction Era battle Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper ...
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September 14, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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#OTD (Sep 12) in 1931, bootlegger Joseph #Manino is shot to death in a #Brooklyn neighborhood known as Death Valley.

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'Death Valley' end for ambitious gangster
Old pal of 'Clutching Hand' put on the spot in Brooklyn New York Daily News On this date in 1931... Scores of afternoon prod...
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September 12, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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#OTD (Sep 10) in 1931, #Mafia boss of bosses Salvatore #Maranzano was shot and stabbed to death. Joseph #Valachi later provided authorities with background on the assassination.

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Valachi recalls assassination of boss of bosses
On this date in 1931... Reigning Mafia boss of bosses Salvatore Maranzano was shot and stabbed to death in his Park Avenue, Manhattan, off...
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September 10, 2026 at 11:10 AM
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#OTD (Sep 09) in 1874, #NewOrleans produce merchant J.P. #Macheca organizes a white supremacist paramilitary group called the Cosmopolitan Democratic Club.

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Macheca organizes paramilitary 'club'
Group of 'white citizens' backs overthrow of Republican government in Louisiana On this date in 1874... Joseph P. Macheca, a pro...
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September 9, 2026 at 11:28 AM
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#OTD (Sep 08) in 1986, the #Commission Trial of eight #Mafia leaders begins with jury selection in #NewYork City.

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Jury selected as Mafia bosses head to trial
On this date in 1986... Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Jury selection began September 8, 1986, in the federal trial of alleged Ma...
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September 8, 2026 at 11:14 AM
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#OTD (Aug. 29) in 1900, #anarchist Gaetano #Bresci is convicted of the assassination of King Umberto I of #Italy.

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Trial of king's killer takes just one day
On this date in 1900... Bresci Gaetano Bresci, accused assassin of Italy's King Umberto I, stood trial August 29, 1900, in Milan...
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August 29, 2026 at 1:42 PM
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#OTD (Aug. 28) in 1863, Joseph #Macheca of #NewOrleans is convicted in Union military occupation court of conspiring in the theft and resale of U.S. Army food.

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Macheca and the Civil War black market
On this date (Aug. 28) in 1863, Joseph Macheca of New Orleans was tried and convicted in a Union military occupation court in connection wit...
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August 28, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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#OTD (Aug. 17) in 1936, #Mafia leader John #Avena was murdered in a drive-by shooting at the "Bloody Angle" intersection in South #Philadelphia.

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Mafia boss shot down at Philly's 'Bloody Angle'
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August 17, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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Longtime #NewOrleans gambling #racketeer "Dandy Phil" #Kastel, recently diagnosed with cancer, took his own life on this date (Aug. 16) in 1962.

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'Dandy Phil' exits in his pajamas
On this date in 1962... Shreveport Times Nancy Kemp, a private nurse caring for aging gambling racketeer Philip F. "Dandy Phil...
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August 16, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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#NewYork #Mafia assassin Umberto Valente was murdered in a daylight shooting #OTD (Aug. 11) in 1922.

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Live by the sword...
Mafia assassin Valente  killed in East Village shooting On this date in 1922: Mafia assassin Umberto Valente was gunned down in a bold day...
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August 11, 2026 at 11:52 AM
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Warren Diamond, #Dallas TX gambling racketeer, ended his own life #OTD (Aug. 10) in 1932.

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Dallas gambling chief ends his own life
On this date in 1932... Warren Diamond, fifty-five-year-old Prohibition-Era gambling czar of Dallas, Texas, ended his own life at his Hi...
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August 10, 2026 at 11:34 AM
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Two different #Pittsburgh underworld leaders lost their lives #OTD (Aug. 6): Stefano #Monastero in 1929 and John #Bazzano in 1932.

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Unlucky date for Steel City underworld bosses
August 6 has been a bad date to be a Pittsburgh Mafia boss. On that date in 1929, thirty-nine-year-old underworld chief Stefano Monaste...
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August 6, 2026 at 11:49 AM
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#OTD (Aug 03) in 1921, #MLB Commissioner Landis announces a lifetime ban against eight #Chicago #WhiteSox players accused of conspiring with gamblers to throw the 1919 World Series.

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Eight "Black Sox" players banned from baseball
On this date in 1921... Landis (center) as he is appointed commissioner Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis announced on Au...
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August 3, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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#OTD in 1921, following the orders of the #GoodKillers #Mafia group, Bartolomeo Fontana murdered his friend Camillo Caiozzo in #NeptuneCityNJ.

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#Brooklyn #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Skystorians
Murders his pal on "Good Killers" orders
On this date in 1921... Asbury Park Press Aug. 19, 1921 Two old friends from Sicily, recently reacquainted in New York City, went out ...
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July 30, 2026 at 11:18 AM
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#OTD (July 26) in 1908, a group of detectives, later known as the Bureau of Investigation, is formed within the Department of Justice.

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Embryo of the FBI
On this date in 1908: Former U.S. Secret Service operatives were assigned to serve under Chief Examiner Stanley Wellington Finch of the Just...
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July 26, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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Available now: Part 4 of our MobHistory Substack series on John #Jacapraro and the #Bronx gang of Vincent #Coll.

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Bronx gang arrested, linked to Yonkers holdup
Jacapraro, Coll, others held for weeks during Christmas season 1928
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July 24, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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#OTD (July 23) in 1902, #BayRidge #Brooklyn boys taking a summer evening swim discover the victim of the #Mafia #SackMurder.

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Brooklyn's 1902 'Sack Murder' (1 of 4)
Bay Ridge boys, taking summer evening swim, were first to encounter sack's grisly contents (Jump to Part 2) Joseph Donahue, Robert...
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July 23, 2026 at 10:08 AM
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#OTD (July 22) in 1869, two Sicilian underworld leaders are murdered outside the French Market in #NewOrleans.

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Vendetta killings at New Orleans' French Market
On this date in 1869... French Market, New Orleans Two leaders of a Sicilian underworld faction were murdered on the morning of July ...
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July 22, 2026 at 11:48 AM
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#OTD (July 20) in 1949, #LosAngeles #Mafia gunmen attempt (again) to murder Mickey #Cohen. They succeed in wounding Cohen, aide Edward Herbert (who later dies), state agent Harry Cooper and actress Dee David.

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SoCal Mafia tries (again) to take out Cohen
On this date in 1949... Los Angeles Times Los Angeles area gambling czar Mickey Cohen, a frequent target of Mafia assassination attem...
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July 20, 2026 at 11:04 AM
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#OTD (July 17) in 1961, a car-bomb explodes just after midnight, taking the life of #YoungstownOH rackets leader Vincent #DeNiro.

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#Ohio #MafiaHistory #History #Skystorians
Car-bomb takes Youngstown rackets chief
On this date in 1961... Minutes after midnight on Monday, July 17, 1961, the "Uptown" (South Side) business district of Youngstow...
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July 17, 2026 at 10:57 AM
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#OTD (July 10) in 1934, two gunmen shot and killed John #Lazia, gangland leader and Little Italy political boss, in front of his #KansasCity apartment building.

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#Missouri #MafiaHistory #History #Skystorians
KC's Lazia is gunned down at his home
On this date in 1934... Sedalia Democrat Two gunmen fatally shot John Lazia, underworld-connected political boss of Kansas City'...
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July 10, 2026 at 10:29 AM
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#OTD (July 5) in 1881, #NewOrleans detectives David and Michael #Hennessy capture an escaped Sicilian brigand who goes by the names Esposito, Randazzo and Rebello.

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Hennessys capture Sicilian brigand in New Orleans
On this date in 1881: Cousins David and Michael Hennessy, members of the New Orleans detective (or "aides") force, capture fugitiv...
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July 5, 2026 at 1:49 PM