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The Museum of the American Gangster was a two-room museum located at 80 St. Mark's Place in the East Village, Manhattan New York City. Opened in 2010, it was located upstairs from a former speakeasy in a neighborhood once frequented by Al Capone, Lucky Luciano, and John Gotti. [1]
Capone with his mother. Alphonse Gabriel Capone was born in Brooklyn, a borough of New York City, on January 17, 1899. [3] His parents were Italian immigrants Teresa (née Raiola; 1867–1952) and Gabriele Capone (1865–1920), [4] both born in Angri, a small municipality outside of Naples in the province of Salerno.
The Commission consisted of seven family bosses: the leaders of New York's Five Families: Charlie "Lucky" Luciano, Vincent Mangano, Tommy Gagliano, Joseph Bonanno, and Joe Profaci; Chicago Outfit boss Al Capone; and Buffalo family boss Stefano Magaddino. [19] [22] Charlie Luciano was appointed chairman of the Commission. The Commission agreed ...
May 25 - Antonio "Tony" Torchio, New York gangster and hitman hired by the Aiello Brothers to kill Al Capone; May 30 - Joseph Zanghi, member of the Philadelphia crime family; May 30 - Vincent Cocozza, member of the Philadelphia crime family; June 4/5 - Giovanni Gaspari, Chicago gangster; June 11 - Michael McNamara, New York City bootlegger
The DOE refused to explain or comment on Pagen’s invoice because she filed a lawsuit against the city, alleging $10 million in damages for violating her rights, wrongful termination and fraud.
Al Capone leaves New York, after an altercation with a member of the White Hand Gang, going to Chicago, 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.
The Wicked City: Chicago from Kenna to Capone. New York: Da Capo Press, 1998. ISBN 0-306-80821-8; Parr, Amanda Jayne. The True and Complete Story of Machine Gun Jack McGurn: Chief Bodyguard and Hit Man to Chicago's Most Infamous Crime Czar Al Capone and Mastermind of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. Leicester: Troubador Publishing Ltd., 2005.
The Making of the Mob is an American television docu-series detailing the emergence of organized crime in 20th-century America.The series premiered on June 15, 2015, on AMC, and is narrated by actor Ray Liotta.