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Numbers game — Cut number redirects here; cut number also refers to the codes used to identify pasta varieties. Numbers game, also known as a numbers racket, policy racket or Italian lottery, is an illegal lottery played mostly in poor neighborhoods in the… … Wikipedia
Charlie Wall — Born March 10, 1880(1880 03 10) Died April 18, 1955(1955 04 18) (aged 75) … Wikipedia
Bumpy Johnson — Ellsworth Raymond Johnson Ellsworth Bumpy Johnson Narcotics On Alcatraz 1954 1958 and 1959/1963 Born October 31, 1905 Charleston, South Carolina Died July 7, 1968 … Wikipedia
Casper Holstein — (December 7, 1876 April 5, 1944) was a prominent New York philanthropist and mobster involved in the Harlem numbers rackets during Prohibition. He, along with his occasional rival Stephanie St. Clair, were responsible for bringing back illegal… … Wikipedia
African-American organized crime — Although a minority during the 19th and early 20th centuries, African American organized crime first began to emerge following large scale migrations of Caribbean and African Americans to major cities of the Northeast and Midwest. In many of… … Wikipedia
Force of Evil — Infobox Film name = Force of Evil caption = Theatrical Poster director = Abraham Polonsky producer = Bob Roberts writer = Abraham Polonsky Ira Wolfert starring = John Garfield Thomas Gomez Marie Windsor music = David Raksin cinematography =… … Wikipedia
1940 in organized crime — See also: 1939 in organized crime, other events of 1940, 1941 in organized crime and the list of years in Organized Crime .Events*James J. Hines, the leader of Tammany Hall, the New York City Democratic organization, goes to prison for arranging… … Wikipedia
John Sebastian Larocca — (December 19, 1901 December 3, 1984) was a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania mobster who controlled illegal gambling in Southwestern Pennsylvania from the 1950s until his death in 1984. Born in Sicily, Larocca and his family immigrated to the United… … Wikipedia
Valachi, Joseph — ▪ American gangster in full Joseph Michael Valachi born Sept. 22, 1903, New York, N.Y., U.S. died April 3, 1971, La Tuna Federal Correctional Institution, Texas American gangster, member of Lucky Luciano s mob family, who turned informer … Universalium
Atlantic City Conference — The Atlantic City Conference of 1929 is considered by most crime historians as the earliest organized crime summit held in the United States and held a major impact on the future direction of the underworld, it held more importance and… … Wikipedia
Dutch Schultz — Not to be confused with a former professional wrestler who used the ring names Dutch Savage and Dutch Schultz. Dutch Schultz Born August 6, 1902 USA Died October 24, 1935 … Wikipedia
