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  1. #OTD (Sept. 16) in 1930: When Joseph #Bonanno was arrested in #Brooklyn for illegal weapons possession, police and press linked him with the #Capone gang of #Chicago. Read about it (free) on the MobHistory Substack.

    mobhistory.substack.com/p/abou

    #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

  2. #OTD in 1946, the #Flamingo casino in #LasVegas, financed in large part by underworld investments funneled through racketeer Benjamin "Bugsy" #Siegel, opened its doors for the first time.

    writersofwrongs.com/2019/12/fl

    #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

  3. #OTD (Nov 10) in 1931, police raid a room at the Hotel Franconia in #NewYork and arrest 'Lepke' #Buchalter, 'Gurrah' #Shapiro, 'Bugsy' #Siegel, 'Curly' #Holz and five others believed to be labor racketeers.

    #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

  4. #OTD (Nov 02) in 1949, Gioacchino "Jack" #Parisi is returned under police guard from northeast #Pennsylvania to #BrooklynNY to be charged with the murder of labor official Morris Diamond.

    #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

  5. #OTD (Oct 12) in 1930, Jack 'Legs' #Diamond is shot five times by an unknown gunman in the #NewYork #Monticello Hotel on 64th Street.

    #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory