#OTD (Nov 11) in 1960, Anthony #Accardo of #Chicago is convicted of tax evasion.
#OTD (May 29) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Counterfeiter dies in prison, letter tells of #NYC Black Hand leader, #Chicago says goodbye to Genna, prosecution rests in Luciano trial, Ricca is convicted of tax crime, F.P. Balistrieri of #Milwaukee goes to prison claiming to know nothing of #Mafia, #Accardo is buried after small service.
#OTD in 1992: Longtime #Chicago Outfit boss Anthony #Accardo succumbed to lung and heart ailments at the age of eighty-six.
Read about this:
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2020/05/heart-lung-ailments-take-joe-batters.html
#OTD (May 27) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #Chicago bosses #Torrio & O'Banion are indicted for bootlegging, Naval Intelligence officer tells #NewYork that #Luciano aided U.S. war effort, #Patriarca #Massachusetts pardon files are missing, ex-boss #Accardo dies at 86.
#OTD (Apr 26) in #OrganizedCrime #History: a condemned #NewOrleans prisoner threatens to reveal #Mafia secrets, #NYC boss D'Aquila calls meeting, #Costello appears before #Kefauver, #Accardo of #Chicago faces tax charges, deported U.S. mobster dies in Italy.
Il commence fort le nouveau @mdiplo, avec un très vif article d'Alain #Accardo :
« On redécouvre aujourd'hui avec consternation ce que la critique marxiste mettait en évidence dès 1844 : que le discours humaniste abstrait, idéaliste et grandiloquent sur l'essence de l'Homme universel et son aptitude à dominer le monde a une fâcheuse tendance à s'aveugler sur le sort concret des hommes réels et sur la soumission des masses aux oligarchies. »