Mob History#OTD (Jan 25) in 1951, 'Dandy Phil' #Kastel testifies from late morning until midnight before the #Kefauver Committee in #NewOrleans.
#OTD (Nov 17) in 1950, #LosAngeles gambling racketeer Mickey #Cohen testifies before the #Kefauver Committee.
#OTD (Sep 28) in 1950, #KansasCity #Mafia leader Joseph #DiGiovanni testifies before the #Kefauver Committee.
Tom Hunt has moved#OTD (June 20) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #Maranzano widow is sued for value of farm, Bellantoni dies in #AlbanyNY, #Bugsy is killed in #BeverlyHills, #Kefauver promises investigation of #NewEngland bosses, immigration agents question Milano, Grasso gets #Connecticut funeral.
#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.
#OTD (Mar 15) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Dellacroce is born in #NYC, Buccola settles in #Massachusetts, #Moretti home in #NewJersey is raided, Virginia Hill testifies before #Kefauver, #LaRocca faces perjury charge, #FBI listens in on #Patriarca calls, #Philadelphia boss Testa is murdered.
#OTD (Mar 13) in #OrganizedCrime #History: none are convicted of #NewOrleans police chief's assassination, #Mafia counterfeiters are guilty in #NewYork, #Buffalo extortionist gets a year, Vitale is removed from #NYC magistrate bench, #Costello talks to #Kefauver panel, Tramunti is guilty on #narcotics charge, boss #Gotti beats rackets charge, Cali is killed at #StatenIsland
#OTD in #OrganizedCrime #History: #mafiosi feud in #NewOrleans, #PittstonPA bosses face charges, extortionist dies in #Brooklyn, Camorrist cooperates in murder case, #Chicago gunmen end Tropea and McGurn, #Kefauver hears #Profaci.
#OTD in #OrganizedCrime #History: #Hoffa is born, #Camorra trial begins in #Brooklyn, #Capone massacres #Chicago rivals, #Sinatra returns from #Cuba, #Kefauver hears from #Lansky, #Genovese dies in prison, Civella of #KansasCity dies on vacation.
#OTD in #OrganizedCrime #History: #Coll blamed for two #Bronx murders, #Patriarca pardon investigated, #Kefauver heard from #Costello, #Zwillman jury bribers arrested, #Valachi and others sentenced for drug conspiracy, #Hoffa testified in #LosAngeles, mafiosi gathered in #SanJoseCA
