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Organized crime in 1908 in the U.S.: ==Events== *A gang war breaks out between Paul Kelly's Five Points Gang and "Kid Twist" Max Zwerbach's Eastman Gang. *By the end of the year Johnny Torrio's two dozen Brooklyn brothels earn over $5,000 a week. *Frankie Yale is allowed to join Johnny Torrio's Black Hand organization in New York. *Hymie Weiss is first arrested for burglary. It is this incident that, while caught robbing a perfume store, he is dubbed the "Perfume Burglar" by Chicago reporters. *Joseph Petrosino arrests Neapolitan camorrista Enrico Costabili where he is later deported to Italy. *Sicilian mafiosi Raffaele Palizzolo, wanted for murder, escapes Sicily and arrives in New York. He later leaves the city before Joseph Petrosino can arrest him. *Salvatore Sabella is sentenced to three years imprisonment for the murder of a local butcher, of which he was an apprentice, in 1905. *April 25 - Frank Costello is arrested for assault and robbery but is released. *May 14 - Eastman Gang leader Max Zwerbach and lieutenant Vach Lewis are killed in an ambush by members of the Five Points Gang after an argument between Zwerbach and Louis Pioggi over a Coney Island dance hall girl Carrol Terry. *July 23 - Labor racketeer Cornelius Shea is sentenced to six months in prison for abandoning his wife and two young children. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1908 in organized crime」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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