1929 in organized crime

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1 Events
2 Arts and literature
3 Births
4 Deaths

[edit] Events

Tony Accardo is made head enforcer for Al Capone's "Chicago Outfit".
Danny Stanton, a former member of the Valley and Sheldon Gangs, assumes control as interim leader of arch rivals Saltis-McErlane organization.
January - James Alderman, a prominent Florida bootlegger, is sentenced to hang by US District Court Judge Henry D. Clayton for the 1927 murders of a Secret Service agent and two Coast Guard crew members. Despite appeals to the US Supreme Court and President Herbert Hoover, Alderman was hanged later that year on a Coast Guard base near Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
January 8 - Unione Siciliane leader Pasquale Lolordo is killed in his apartment supposedly by Joe Aiello and members of the Bugs Moran's North Side Gang.
February 14 - Four unidentified men, dressed as Chicago police officers, storm into a North Side Street garage and murder seven members of George Bugs Moran's North Side Gang (among them optomitrist Rheinhart Schwimmer and mechanic John May). Known as the St. Valentines Day Massacre, the attack effectively ends the five year gang war between Al Capone and George Bugs Moran.
March 15 - William J. Vercoe, a colorful Chicago criminal noted for reciting poetry, is shot and killed by Westside O'Donnell member George Clifford while at Cicero's Pony Inn.
April 14 - George Clifford is gunned down along with former Westside O'Donnall's gunman Michael Reiley.
May 9 - Meyer Lansky marries Anna Citron.
May 13-15 - The Atlantic Conference is held by East Coast and Midwest organized crime leaders from which the National Crime Syndicate will later be formed.
May 16 - Shortly after leaving the Atlantic City meeting, Al Capone is arrested by Philadelphia police and charged with carrying a concealed weapon.
May 27 - Chicago Outfit hitman Albert Anselmi, one of the men suspected in the murder of Dion O'Bannion, is killed by Al Capone after a failed attempt to gain leadership of the Chicago Outfit.
May 29 - Thomas McElligot, a member of the Westside O'Donnell's, is killed in a Loop saloon in Chicago.
June 11 - Salvatore "Black Sam" Todaro, leader of the Cleveland crime family, was shot and killed while approaching a parked car. Todaro is succeeded by Joe Porello.
July 2 - Benjamin Evangelista, a religious leader and real estate tycoon, is killed with his wife and four children in what is believed to be connected to possible dealings with organized crime.
August 6 - Pittsburgh mobster Steve Monastero is shot to death at the entrance of Allegheny General Hospital. Following Monastero's death, he is succeeded by Joseph Siragusa.
September 4 - Westside O'Donnell member Frank Cawley is killed.
November 17 - John "Bilikens" Rito, a former bootlegger for the Genna Brothers, is killed shortly after forming a partnership with North Side Gang member Ted Newberry.
December 29 - Chicago bootlegger James Walsh is killed by Charles Baron after a prize fight.
December 30 - Stephanie St. Clair, Harlem numbers queen is arrested by N.Y. police and sentenced to eight months in prison.

[edit] Arts and literature

Little Caesar (novel) by R.W. Burnett.

[edit] Births

Donald Angelini (Don Angel) "The Wizard of Odds", Syndicate gambling racketeer
Frank Chin, Chinese-American author and playwright
Joseph Lombardo (Joe Padula), Chicago Outfit Capo
Louis Manna "Bobby", Genovese crime family Capo involved in the New Jersey construction industry, illegal gambling and loansharking
Frank A. Pugliano "Frankie Pugs", Patriarca crime family associate and West Springfield gambling club owner
Joseph Ullo, New York mobster and suspected ".22 caliber" hitman
April 7 - Joe Gallo (Joseph Gallo), New York Mafia leader
March 8 - Nicky Scarfo (Nicodemo Scarfo), Philadelphia and Atlantic City Mafia Don
August 9 - Albert Caesar Tocco, Chicago Outfit member involved in extortion and racketeering in Chicago's South Suburbs

[edit] Deaths

January - James Alderman, Florida bootlegger
January 8 - Pasquale Lolordo, Unione Siciliane leader
March 15 - William J. Vercoe "Clown for the Hoodlums", Chicago criminal
February 14 - James Clark, North Side Gang member involved in bootlegging, bank robbery and victim of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre
February 14 - Frank Gusenberg, North Side Gang gunman and victim of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre
February 14 - Peter Gusenberg, North Side Gang gunman and victim of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre
February 14 - Adam Hyer, North Side Gang member, owner of the S-M-C Cartage Company garage and victim of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre
February 14 - John May, North Side Gang associate and victim of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre
February 14 - Rheinhart Schwimmer, North Side Gang associate and victim of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre
February 14 - Albert Weinshank, North Side Gang bookkeeper, speakeasy owner and victim of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre
April 14 - George Clifford, Westside O'Donnells member
May 27 - Albert Anselmi, Chicago Outfit hitman
May 29 - Thomas McElligot, Westside O'Donnell member
June 11 - Salvatore Todaro "Black Sam", Cleveland crime family leader
July 2 - Benjamin Evangelista, Illinois religious leader and real estate tycoon
August 6 - Steve Monastero, Philadelphia crime family leader
September 4 - Frank Cawley, Westside O'Donnell member
November 17 - John Rito "Bilikens", bootlegger for the Genna Brothers and associate of Ted Newberry
December 29 - James Walsh, Chicago bootlegger