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On this date, Sept 22... • in 1888, New York Whyos gang leader Owen Bruen gets nine-plus years in prison for first degree assault. • in 1920, DOJ agents observe as Queens gangster Giacomo Caruso and five other men commit a robbery at a Waterbury CT restaurant. • in 1926, mafioso Nicola Gentile boards the S.S. Roma in Naples for a return to the U.S. • in 1929, a shotgun-wielding gunman in Madison WI wounds bootlegger Joe Gelosi and kills his young son. • in 1965, the beaten and shot body of Buffalo real estate agent Charles Gerass is found in the trunk of his wife's car. • in 1966, police raid the LaStella Restaurant in Queens to discover a meeting of top Mafia leaders Carlo Gambino, Tommy Eboli, Joe Colombo, Joey Gallo, Mike Miranda, Aniello Dellacroce, Santo Trafficante, Carlos Marcello and others. • in 1967, Frank Livorsi passes away in Nassau County NY. • in 2005, Gambino Crime Family lieutenant Dominick Pizzonia is charged with the 1992 murders of Thomas and Rosemarie Uva. Image of Dominick Pizzonia.