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#OTD (Sep 23)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

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On this date, Sept 23...
• in 1910, New York gangster Kid Dropper is shot and seriously wounded by Johnny Spanish.
• in 1919, Antonio 'Little Cooch' Deluca is fatally shot outside his father's saloon on Second Avenue in Manhattan.
• in 1931, an unidentified male murder victim is found shot through the head and burned near Arthursburg NY.
• in 1932, Raymond L.S. Patriarca and two others are charged in Worcester MA with armed bank robbery.
• in 1936, Buffalo gangster Joseph DiCarlo is arrested for assaulting Roman Kroll.
• in 1937, New York Police Officer John Wilson is shot to death after interrupting the burglary of Rudisch Refining Company on Fulton Street.
• in 1960, Gambino Crime Family capodecina Vincent Squillante disappears.
• in 1966, the 13 mafiosi arrested in a raid at La Stella Restaurant on Sept 22 are released on bail totaling $1.3 million.
• in 1982, Eugene Smaldone of Denver is charged with federal racketeering, weapons and tax evasion offenses.
• in 1986, former Cleveland Mafia underboss Angelo Lonardo testifies in the Mafia Commission trial in New York.
Image of Angelo Lonardo.

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