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POST-REVOLUTION
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| 1792 |
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Coulter's Brewery is errected on the banks of a natural water
source called the Collect Pond, it will soon become the infamous
"Old Brewery" |
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| 1808 |
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A riot erupts in front of city hall when
a crowd, led by unemployed sailors, protest and demand bread
and work. |
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| 1825 |
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The first speakeasy is established in the Five Points by Rosanna
Peers, on Center and Worth (then Anthony) Streets. The Fourty
Theives gang used the back room as its headquarters. |
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| 1830-1869 |
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THE IRISH &
NATIVIST ERA |
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| July 7, 1834 |
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Mobs attack the Chatham Street Chapel and the Bowery Theater.
Violence reached as far as the Brooklyn Bridge. |
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| June 21, 1835 |
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The American Guards and The O'Connel Guards square off at
Grand and Crosby Streets, the fighting spreads to the Five Points.
Dr. W. Caffrey was killed by the blow of a brick bat when he
came to the aid of an injured victim. |
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| 1837 |
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The Old Brewery is so dilapidated, it can no longer function
as a brewery; it is turned into a multi-unit dwelling for the
poorest of the poor, and becomes one of the most infamous tenements
in America. Most occupants were of Irish and African decent. |
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| 1838 |
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The Halls Of Justice (later called The Tombs), is erected,
and will house some of the most famous criminals of its era. |
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| January 12, 1839 |
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One of the original gangsters of the Five
Points, Edward Colman, is executed at The Tombs for murdering
his wife, a "Hot Corn Girl". |
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| July 4, 1857 |
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The Dead Rabbits raid the Bowery Boy's headquarters
at 40-42 Bowery, sparking a two-day war. |
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| October 28, 1857 |
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A group of Dead Rabbits assault a man in the Fourth Ward.
One is apprehended, but another Dead Rabbit attacked the officer
and all gang members fled.
NY
Times Article |
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| December 8, 1857 |
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Three Dead Rabbits attack and rob a man named James Costello
on Canal Street.
NY
Times Article |
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| July 31, 1858 |
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Police try to break up a group of "roughs" on Canal
and Mott Streets; the police are overwhelmed, their clubs are
taken away from them, and police are told to "mind their
own business" and chased away.
NY
Times Article (about 3/4 down) |
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| August 1, 1858 |
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The Dead Rabbits meet the Bowery Boys in a brawl on Centre
and Worth Streets; as the fight was breaking up, the Dead Rabbits
hit an innocent bystander over the head and killed him. All
escaped.
NY
Times Article |
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| February 13, 1859 |
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The Dead Rabbits riot on Mulberry street. Gang member "Fatty"
Welch is shot and several others are injured.
NY
Times Article |
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| October 1866 |
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John Morrissey is nominated for US Congress
NY
Times Article |
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| December 28, 1870 |
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While drinking in a bar on 23rd street, John Morrissey gets
spit on by a patron; both men draw revolvers, but the fight
is quelled by friends.
NY
Times Article |
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| November 1, 1875 |
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John Morrissey is elected to State Senate. He beats John Fox,
a Tammany Hall candidate, by more than 3500 votes.
NY
Times Article |
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| 1870-1919 |
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THE JEWISH MOB ERA |
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| 1873 |
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Monk Eastman is born in Brooklyn, NY. |
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| 1876 |
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Paul Kelly is born in Sicily. |
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| 1882 |
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Johnny Torrio is born in Italy. |
| January 17, 1882 |
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Arnold Rothstein is born in NYC |
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| 1884 |
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Max "Kid Twist" Zwerbach is born. |
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| 1887 |
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Joe "The Boss" Masseria is born
in Sicily. |
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| May 13, 1888 |
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Big Jack Zelig is born on the Lower East
Side. |
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| January 17, 1899 |
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Al Capone is born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn,
NY |
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| September 17, 1901 |
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Backed by Tammany Hall, Paul Kelly and 1500
5 Points Gang members took to the streets to block polling
booths and intimidate voters, ensuring the re-election of
incumbent Tom Foley. |
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| December 6, 1901 |
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Paul Kelly is sentenced to 9 months in prison
for assault and robbery. |
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| 1903 |
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Joe "The Boss" Masseria immigrates
to the United States. |
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| September 16, 1903 |
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The Eastman Gang goes on a shooting and
stabbing rampage through the Lower East Side over a 5 hour
period, leaving one man dead and dozens injured. Eastman is
arrested but charges are dropped due to "lack of witnesses". |
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| September 17, 1903 |
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The Rivington Street Gun Battle took place
between the 5 Points Gang and the Eastman Gang. |
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| September 19, 1903 |
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The "Paul Kelly Association" headquarters
on Stanton Street are raided by police. Evidence is confiscated,
and several men are arrested. |
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| February 2, 1904 |
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Monk Eastman and an associate are arrested
for felonious assault and intent to kill, after they rob an
beat a man on the West Side who police were secretly tailing. |
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| April 14, 1904 |
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Monk Eastman is sentenced to Sing Sing prison
where he will serve a 5 year sentence. This is Eastman's first
conviction after dozens of arrests. |
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| November 1, 1904 |
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While negotiating who will take control
of the Eastman Gang, Ritchie Fitzpatrick is gunned down by
a Max Zwerbach associate, giving Zwerbach full reign of the
Gang. |
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| 1905 |
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The James Street Gang is turned into the
5 Points Juniors. |
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| January 9, 1905 |
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"Jimmo" Brennan of the Cherry
Hill Gang is murdered by two members of the Yayey Yake Gang
on Catharine and Madison Streets. |
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| March 27, 1905 |
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Paul Vaccarelli legally changes his name
to "Kelly". |
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| April 5, 1905 |
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Paul Kelly's New Brighton Hall night club
on Great Jones Street is raided by police; Kelly is arrested
but released uncharged. |
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| August 5, 1905 |
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Paul Kelly and his gang go on a two-hour
riot of the Lower East Side, breaking storefront windows,
overturning push carts, beating up bystanders, setting stores
on fire, all as a show of force to the local police precinct.
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| August 7, 1905 |
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Police officer Frye requests his post be
moved after death threats from the Five Points gang. Frye
had just arrested gang member William Windorf two days prior.
He is moved further uptown. |
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| October, 1905 |
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"Waxey" Gordon is arrested for
pickpocketing, and sentenced to Elmira State Reformatory. |
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| October 24, 1905 |
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Benny Fein arrested for assault and robbery;
charges dropped |
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| October 3, 1905 |
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Benny Fein is arrested after complaints
from PS 19 school administrators reported that he was hanging
around recruiting school boys for criminal activity. |
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| January 2, 1906 |
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Benny Fein arrested for Grand Larceny; sentenced
to work detail. |
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| February 28, 1906 |
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Bugsy Siegel is born in Brownsville, Brooklyn. |
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| May 14, 1908 |
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Max Zwerbch and Cyclone Louie are gunned
down in Coney Island by Loius Pioggi. |
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| May 19, 1908 |
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Benny Fein arrested for disorderly conduct;
Pays $3 fine. |
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| July 2, 1908 |
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Benny Fein arrested for assault; paroled. |
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| July 30, 1908 |
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Benny Fein arrested for assault; paroled. |
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| October 29, 1908 |
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Benny Fein arrested for burglary; sentenced
to 3 years and 6 months in Sing Sing prison. |
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| June 1909 |
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Monk Eastman is released from prison on
good behavior after serving a 5-year term. Local authorities
are caught off-guard, because the State did not notify local
police of Eastman's early release. |
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| October 8, 1909 |
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Paul Kelly is arrested, along with several
other men, for committing voter fraud in Hoboken, NJ. |
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| November 23, 1909 |
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James "Biff" Ellison, Razor Reilly
and Jimmy Kelly attempt a failed hit on their 5 Points boss,
Paul Kelly, trying to gain control of the gang. Kelly bodyguard
William Harrington was killed. |
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| September 14, 1910 |
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Paul Kelly legally changes his last name
back to "Vaccarelli", his birth name. |
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| October 23, 1910 |
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2 men are shot, one fatally, in a Billiard Hall on Eldridge
Street, as violence between the Johnny Spanish gang and
locals.
NY
Times article
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| March 18, 1911 |
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Johnny "Spanish" and two associates
hold up a saloon at 170 Norfolk Street. |
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| March 22, 1911 |
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Johnny"Spanish" is arrested for
the murder of Saddie Kaplan, rival Nathan Kaplan's relative.
NY
Times Article
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| June 8, 1911 |
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James "Biff" Ellison is convicted
of first degree manslaughter for the murder of William Harrington. |
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| July 15, 1911 |
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Samuel Harris, a Johnny "Spanish" gang member, tries
to commit suicide by slitting his wrists will in police custody.
He was release from prison just 10 days prior to this arrest
for burglary.
NY
Times Article (bottom) |
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| December 2, 1911 |
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Jack Zelig shoots and kills Jules Morello
on a dance floor on 2nd Ave. |
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| June 3, 1912 |
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Jack Zelig is shot in the neck d by Charles
Torti on the steps of the Criminal Courts building downtown. |
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| June 8, 1912 |
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Lt. Charles Becker leads a series of raids on known gang-hang
outs; 19 men are arrested for weapons and drug possesion. Becker
will later be executed on murder charges related to Jack Zelig.
NY
Times Article |
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| July 23, 1912 |
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Two gangs meet at 12th Street and avenue A and exchange gun
fire, a 15 year old boy was killed, and a 12 year old girl injured
in the cross-fire.
NY
Times Article |
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| July 23, 1912 |
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Police officer Francis Reilly obtains a fractured skull from
a selzter bottle, at the hands of the Pansy Gang on Avenue A.
NY
Times Article (second story) |
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| July 30, 1912 |
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During the Charles Becker murder trial, a witness declares
that the local gangs paid the police department $2.4 million
a year for protection.
NY
Times Article |
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| August 1, 1912 |
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Benny Fein arrested for grand larceny; case
dismissed. |
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| August 3, 1912 |
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"Lefty Loiue" Rosenberg, a Zelig gang member, is
tracked down and captured in upstate New York, and arrested
for the murder of Herman Rosenthal.
(NY
Times Article) |
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| August 15, 1912 |
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"Big" Jack Zelig is arrested in Rhode Island for
robbing $65 from a man who was "stepping off an electric
car".
NY
Times article |
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| August 21, 1912 |
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"Big" Jack Zelig slips out of Rhode Island police
custody by giving a fake name and posting bail, while he was
being sought for the murder of Herman Rosenthal.
NY
Times Article |
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| October 5, 1912 |
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Jack Zelig is shot and killed by Phil Davidson
while riding a street car. |
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| October 6, 1912 |
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Jack Zelig's body is identified by his wife
and sister, then moved to his home on Broome St.
NY
Times Article (last paragraph) |
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| October 7, 1912 |
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Trial begins today for crooked-cop, Let.
Charles Becker; accused of hiring Jack Zelig's gang to kill
businessman Herman Rosenthal. The trial goes on despite the
key witness in the case, Jack Zelig, murdered two days prior.
NY
Times Article |
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| November 6, 1912 |
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Phil Davidson is sentenced to a minimum
of 20 years for the murder of Jack Zelig on October 5. |
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| February 27, 1913 |
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Jack Zelig's widowed wife of ten years,
Henrietta Zelig, wins a $600 settlement from the courts. She
contended that she posted bail for her husband that was never
returned, months before he was killed.
NY
Times Article |
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| July 10, 1913 |
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Reich, a small time criminal better known
as "Moshe the Strong Man" is shot and stabbed to
death by two men in the middle of the street on Avenue B. |
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| July 21, 1913 |
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Benny Fein arrested for Interfering with
an officer; case suspended. |
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| September 19, 1913 |
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Benny Fein arrested for felonious assault;
released on $2000 bail. |
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| August 29, 1913 |
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Merchants and residents of the Lower East Side who are fed
up with being extorted and bullied meet at a Synagogue on Rivington
Street to discuss the formation of an anti-gang Vigilance Committee.
NY
Times Article |
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| October 9, 1913 |
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Benny Fein arrested for assault; case dismissed. |
| October 16, 1913 |
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Benny Fein arrested for for violation of
the Sullivan Law; released on $5000 bail. |
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| November 29, 1914 |
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Benny Fein's gang meets Jack Sirocco's gang
during a labor dispute at a hat factory on Greene Street.
Max Green is killed in the gun fire. |
| January 9, 1914 |
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Jack Sirocco and his gang survive an ambush
by the Benny Fein gang at 21-25 St. Marks Place.
NY
Times Article |
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| July 1, 1915 |
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Monk Eastman is sentenced to 2 years in
prison on grand larceny charges. |
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| October 27, 1915 |
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Police break up human-slavery ring based on the Lower east
Side, where women were being sold for $10 a piece. 3 men are
arrested.
NY
Times Article |
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| 1917 |
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Monk Eastman volunteers for service in the
US Army during WWII. |
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| 1919 |
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Monk Eastman is discharged from the US Army
after WWI where he fought with the 106th Infantry Regiment
of the U.S. 27th Division in Europe. |
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| 1919 |
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Arnold Rothstien faces a Grand Jury on charges
that he paid the Chicago White Sox to throw the 1919 World
Series. |
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| July 19, 1919 |
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Johnny "Spanish" is gunned down
in front of his headquarters at 19 2nd Avenue by rival Nathan
Kaplan gang.
NY
Time Article |
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| 1920-1949 |
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THE ITALIAN MOB
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| 1920 |
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"Waxey" Gordon and Arnold Rothstein form a bootlegging
partnership which will last for about a year before Gordon makes
enough money and connections to branch out on his own. |
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| December 26, 1920 |
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Monk Eastman is shot and killed on 14th
Street by business partner Jerry Bohan. |
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| August 8, 1922 |
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Rocco Valenti thugs fail hit attempt on
Joe "The Boss" Masseria outside of his own home
on 2nd Avenue. "The Boss" escapes, but 6 people
are shot in the ensuing getaway, 2 are killed.
NY
Times Article |
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| April 10, 1925, |
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F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel The
Great Gatsby is published, featuring a character (Meyer Wolfsheim)
based on Arnold Rothstein. |
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| 1927 |
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Sal Maranzano arrives in NYC from Sicily. |
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| 1928 |
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Johnny Torrio flees Chicago with his family and returns to
NYC; here he begins consulting East coast mob families. |
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| October 1928 |
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Salvatore D'Aquila, first boss of the Gambino Crime Family
is murdered in Brooklyn, NY. He was succeeded by Frank Scalise. |
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| November 4, 1928 |
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Arnold Rothstein is murdered at a midtown
hotel. |
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| 1930 |
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The Castellammarese War begins between the Joe Masseria and
Sal Maranzano clans. It will last over one year and claim dozens
of lives, including Masseria's. |
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| 1930 |
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Gaetano Gagliano replaces Gaetano Reina, and becomes the second
boss of the Luchese Crime Family, where he lasts until 1953. |
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| 1931 |
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"Lucky" Luciano and Meyer Lansky feed information
to the IRS which leads to the arrest and conviction of rival,
"Waxey" Gordon. |
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| 1931 |
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Vincent Mangano takes over as Gambino Crime Family boss, where
he will last for 20 years. |
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| April 15, 1931
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Joe "The Boss" Masseria is gunned
down by Bugsy Siegel, Vito Genovese, and Joe Adonis, as orchestrated
by Lucky Luciano, on the orders of Sal Maranzano. |
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| December 1, 1933 |
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"Waxey" Gordon is sent to prison for tax evasion.
This is the first high profile case for Special Prosecutor Thomas
E. Dewey. |
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| December 31, 1933 |
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A new mayor of New York, Fiorello LaGuardia, is sworn in.
One of the very first things he does is order the arrest of
Lucky Luciano. |
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| January 31, 1936 |
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Special Prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey begins making raids and
arrests on New York City’s houses of prostitution. |
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| March 1936 |
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Thomas E. Dewey introduces a 90-count indictment against "Lucky"
Luciano and others. Luciano flees New York and hides out in
Arkasas. |
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| April 1, 1936 |
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"Lucky" Luciano is arrested in an Arkansas hideout.
He is extradited to New York City. |
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| June 7, 1936 |
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"Lucky" Luciano is found guilty on 62 out of 90
counts of compulsory prostitution. He is sentenced to a 30-to-50
years in prison. |
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| 1937 |
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Vito Genovese flees America to setle in Italy. |
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| 1939 |
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Johnny Torrio is sent to Levenworth State Prison for 23 months. |
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| 1940 |
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"Waxey" Gordon is released fron prison. He moves
to California to become a "salesman". |
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| April 14, 1941 |
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Johnny Torrio is released from prison after serving 23 months
at Leavenworth penitentiary. |
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| 1942 |
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While the country was rationing during WWII, "Waxey"
Gordon is arrested and convicted of selling sugar illegally.
He spends one year in prison. |
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| June 1, 1945 |
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Vito Genovese is extradited back to the United States, after
being caught hiding out in Italy. |
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| February 2, 1946 |
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"Lucky" Luciano is released from Great Meadow Prison.
He is taken to Ellis Island where he is deported to Italy, a
condition of his release. |
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| October 1946 |
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"Lucky" Luciano flies to Cuba to meet with meyer
Lansky to discuss casinos and other interests. |
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| Dec. 22, 1946 |
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The "Havana Conference" takes place in Cuba; Luciano
invites major mobsters from America and Italy, who attend this
historic meeting. |
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| Feb. 23, 1947 |
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"Lucky" Luciano is arrested by the Cuban governmant
after pressure from Harry S. Truman, and held under house arrest
until he is deported back to Italy two months later. |
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| June 20, 1947 |
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Bugsy Siegel is shot through the eye in
his Beverly Hills home. The murder remains unsolved. |
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| March 17, 1948 |
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The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club is founded in San Bernardino,
California. |
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| 1950-Present |
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CONTEMPORARY CRIME
ERA |
| December 1950 |
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The Cherry Hill Gang (a name which refers to the original
Cherry Hill Gang), loot the Hamilton House, a community center
on Market St. They rob children, vandalize the place, and stab
the manager.
NY
Times Article (subscription) |
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| 1951 |
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Albert Anastasia takes over as head of the Gambino Crime Family,
and is responsible for an estimated 400 deaths during his tenure
as boss. |
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| August 2, 1951 |
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"Waxey" Gordon is arrested for drug trafficking
(heroin) in an FBI sting and sentenced to 25 years to life in
Sing Sing, then Attica, then Alcatraz. |
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| 1952 |
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"Waxey" Gordon dies of a heart attack while locked
up for life in Alcatraz. |
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| 1953 |
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Thomas Luchese replaces Gaetano Gagliano to become the third
boss of the Luchese Crime Family, where he lasts until 1967. |
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| August 14, 1956 |
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4 Lower East Side street gangs agree to a three-week truce,
after months of violence. At least one dozen gang leaders and
members are asked to leave the city for a few weeks until things
cool down. Violence erupts again after the truce was over.
NY
Times Article (subscription) |
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| October 3, 1956 |
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A 14-year old member of the Lower East Side Dragons is stabbed
by assailant who followed him into Metropolitan High School. |
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| April 16, 1957 |
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Johnny Torrio dies after suffering a heart
attack while in getting a haircut |
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| May 2, 1957 |
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A hit attempt on Frank Costello's life, in front of his NYC
apartment, fails. Costello is only wounded. The shooter: Vincent
"The Chin" Gigante. |
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| May 7, 1957 |
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Frank Costello is to thirty days in the workhouse for refusing
to answer questions before a grand jury investigating the attempt
to kill him. He pleaded the 5th amendment on questions about
a $651,284 memo found in his pocket upon arrest.
NY
Times Article (subscription) |
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| October 25, 1957 |
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Albert Anastasia is gunned down in a barbershop in midtown
by Larry and Joe Gallo. Carlo Gambino takes over as boss of
the Gambino Crime Family, which he runs until 1976. |
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| 1959 |
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Vito Genovese is sentenced to 15 years in prison for drugs.
He will die ten years later behind bars. |
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| September 1, 1959 |
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The NY Times reports that there are nearly 150 street gangs
on the Lower East Side, totaling over 6,500 members.
NY
Times Article (subscription) |
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| March 11, 1960 |
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2 members of the Forsyth Boys, a local youth street gang,
are convicted of murdering a 15 year old girl during a rumble
with another gang.
NY
Times Article (subscription) |
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| May 21, 1960 |
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An 18 year old is convicted of second degree murder in the
fatal stabbing of 14-year-old Julio Rosario during a gang fight
on August 3rd.
NY
Times Article (subscription) |
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| January 26, 1962 |
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"Lucky" Luciano dies of a heart attack in Naples,
Italy. His body is sent to the US and buried in Queens, NY. |
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| November 10, 1964 |
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15 street gang members are arrested after an anonymous caller
tipped police off to an impending gang fight on 3rd Street and
Avenue D.
NY
Times Article (subscription) |
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| 1967 |
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The Black Panther Party and The Young Lords Party occupy the
Christadora house on 9th Street and Avenue B. Both organizations
held meetings at St. Marks Church. |
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| July 13, 1967 |
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Thomas Luchese dies of a brain tumor, Carmine Tramunti takes
over as head of the Luchese Crime Family. |
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| February 8, 1969 |
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7 members of the Poisoners street gang are rounded up and
arrested. They are charged with committing over 30 robberies
and at least one murder.
NY
Times Article (subscription) |
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| February 14 1969 |
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Vito Genovese suffers a heart attack while serving a 15 year
sentence in a Missouri prison. |
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| March 18, 1969 |
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19 local motorcycle gang members are arrested for tying up
and torching a man to death in their East Village apartment,
which was also the target of a fire-bombing.
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Times Article) |
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| December 5, 1969 |
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The New York City chapter of the Hells Angels
is chartered; founding member is Sandy Alexander. The club
sets up headquarters on E.3rd Street. |
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| October 26, 1970 |
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Santos Bermudez, leader of a local robbery gang, is sentenced
25 years to life for the murder-robbery of a 27-year-old man
on Feb. 7, 1969. The man was killed for $14.
NY
Times Article |
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| January 29, 1971 |
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A gang of 8 gunmen tied up 17 employees and robbed a tobacco
warehouse on Eldrige Street
Ny
Times Article (subscription) |
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| March 11, 1971 |
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8 members of the Hells Angels are arrested and charged with
raping a 17 year old girl in an East Village leather goods shop.
All charges were dropped a week later.
NY
Times Article |
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| January 27, 1972 |
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Two rookie police officers, Gregory Foster and Rocco Laurie,
were ambushed and gunned down by the Black Liberation Army while
on beat patrol on 11th Street and Avenue B.
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| April 6, 1972 |
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Joe Gallo, a Colombo gang member, was gunned
down while celebrating his 43rd birthday at a Little Italy
restaurant. |
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Anthony "Tony Ducks" Corallo takes over for Carmine
Tramunti, who was incarcerated for murder, as head of the Luchese
Crime Family. |
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| March 4, 1973 |
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9 members of a local street gang called the Dynamite Brothers
were arrest on an East Village rooftop, armed with home made
explosives. They were preparing for a fight with a Bronx gang
called the Royal Javelins.
NY
Times Article |
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| August 16, 1973 |
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3 bystanders and 2 gang members are shot by a rival Asian
gang in Chinatown.
NY
Times Article (subscription) |
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| March 21, 1974 |
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Henry S. Brown, one of the men charged with the murder of
Police Officers Gregory P. Foster and Rocco W. Laurie in 1972,
is acquitted of all charges.
NY
Times Article (subscription) |
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| June 3, 1974 |
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John Gotti is arrested for the murder of James McBratney in
a Staten Island bar; Gotti pleads guilty to a reduced charge
of attempted manslaughter and was sent to Green Haven Correctional
Facility. |
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| September 24, 1974 |
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A local extortionist gang holds an undercover informant hostage
for 3 hours, until police secure their release.
NY
Times Article (subscription) |
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| 1976 |
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Carlo Gambino passes away, and Paul Castellano takes over
as boss of the Gambino Crime Family. |
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| November 7, 1977 |
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Meyer Lansky is arrested by the FBI at a Maimi airport. |
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| September 21, 1977 |
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Hells Angel member "Big Vinny" Girolamo throws 32-year
old Mary Cambell to her death from the roof of the Hells Angels
club house during a party. |
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| 1979 |
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NYC Hells Angels member, "Big Vinny" Girolamo, dies
in a knife fight with an Oakland Hells Angels member. |
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| January 15, 1983 |
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Meyer Lansky dies at 83 years old in NYC after a battle with
lung cancer. |
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| 1985 |
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Paul Castellano and his bodyguard, Tommy Bilotti, are gunned
down at a steak house in NYC. The hit is orchestrated by John
Gotti, who took over as boss of the Gambino Crime Family. |
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| May 2,1985 |
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The Hells Angels NYC club house is raided by the FBI. Founding
member Sandy Alexander and club president Brendan Manning, among
others, were arrested and convicted of drug and other charges
and sentence up to 16 years in prison. |
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| December 16, 1985 |
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Tommy Bilotti and Paul Castelano are gunned down by John Gotti
gunmen. |
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Anthony "Tony Ducks" Corallo is sentenced to prison,
where he will die 15 years later; Vittorio Amuso takes over
as head of the Luchese Crime Family. |
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| 1988 |
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"The Rock", a building on 11th Street, headquarters
of local drug kingpin Alejandro "The Man" Lopez, is
shut down. Lopez made more than $4 million a year selling cocaine
out of the Lower East Side. The building was modified with steel
doors, secret tunnels, and a night club. |
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| July 4, 1990 |
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Fireworks set off in front of the Hells Angels club house
on E.3rd Street accidentally kill a 14-year old neighbor and
injure 3 others.
NY
Times Article |
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| June 1993 |
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Government court documents state that the Hells Angels are
responsible for the car-boming death of Lee Carter, a government
informant. No one is ever convicted. |
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| January 3, 1994 |
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Jury selection begins today in Federal District Court, in
a case against the hells Angels which will decide wether the
government can seize their club house on 3rd Street, based on
drug arrests during the raid of 1985.
NY
Times Article |
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| June 5, 1997 |
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48 members of the Avenue C-based Champion Crew heroin gang
are indicted in a major drug bust. The Champion Crew made over
$10 million a year selling heroin and cocaine out of the Lower
East Side.
NY
Times Article |
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| January 29, 2007 |
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Local and federal authorities raid the Hells Angels club house
using helicopters, snipers, and SWAT teams. Club members are
apprehended, but released.
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