#OTD (Nov 09) in 1938, interviewed by #FBI, Abner #Zwillman describes the #Prohibition Era operations of #bootlegging gangs in the #NewYork area.

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#OTD (March 8) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Bill the Butcher succumbs in #NYC, #Terranova family arrives in U.S., #Lupo arrested for kidnapping, #Tong leader Mock Duck begins gambling sentence, #Zwillman faces assault charge, #Scarfo is born, court reverses #Lepke anti-trust conviction, jury deadlocks in #SanFrancisco murder trial, Schuster is killed on #Anastasia order.

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#OTD in #OrganizedCrime #History: #NewYork mobsters swear to avenge a murder, #Brooklyn's Lauritano gets 5 years, #Albany grand jury indicts still operators, Anna #Genovese testifies about husband's rackets, jury hangs in #Zwillman tax trial, #KansasCity mobsters arrive in #Miami, #Civella is paroled.

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#OTD in 1959: Abner "Longie" #Zwillman, longtime rackets leader in #NewJersey and close associate of #Mafia big shot Gerardo Catena, was found dead in his #WestOrangeNJ basement. His death was ruled a suicide.

Read about it:
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2019/02/longie-zwillman-takes-his-life.html

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#OTD in #OrganizedCrime #History: #Chicago racketeer faces Mann Act charge, #Harlem gangster gets prison for robbery, Reina is killed in #Bronx, #FBI nabs #Cleveland and #YoungstownOH gangsters for stolen furs, #Patriarca is hit with #IRS liens, #NewJersey big shot #Zwillman takes his life, feds unseal indictment in #Mafia #Commission case.

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#OTD in #OrganizedCrime #History: #Coll blamed for two #Bronx murders, #Patriarca pardon investigated, #Kefauver heard from #Costello, #Zwillman jury bribers arrested, #Valachi and others sentenced for drug conspiracy, #Hoffa testified in #LosAngeles, mafiosi gathered in #SanJoseCA

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