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#OTD (Sep 17)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

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On this date, Sept 17...
• in 1903, Brooklyn merchant Nicolo Cappiello receives a threatening letter signed 'La Mano Nera.'
• in 1917, the Atlanta Federal Prison physician reports that inmate Giuseppe Morello is in poor condition and suffers from heart trouble.
• in 1931, Donata Genovese, wife of Vito Genovese, dies at age 28 after a battle with tuberculosis.
• in 1952, Buffalo gangster Joseph DiCarlo is arrested on suspicion in Cleveland.
• in 1954, William Herlands concludes his investigation of New York Governor Dewey's commutation of Salvatore 'Charlie Luciano' Lucania's prison sentence.
• in 1958, hours after his murdered brother's funeral, the acid-burned remains of western New York mobster Fred Aquino are found in a Tonawanda NY field.
• in 1971, Lucchese Crime Family capodecina James Plumeri is found strangled to death.
• in 1976, the U.S. House of Representatives decides to investigate a possible connection between Mafia-CIA anti-Castro efforts and the assassination of President John Kennedy.
• in 2009, Gambino Crime Family soldier Charles Carneglia is sentenced to life in prison for racketeering and four mob murders.
Image of Charles Carneglia.

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