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EVENTS

New York fence Marm Mandelbaum is charged with several counts of grand larceny and receiving stolen goods by the recently appointed District Attorney. While the trial was scheduled in December, Mandelbaum skipped bail fleeing to Canada where she would reside for the rest of her life.

"Yellow" Henry Stewart and three gang members are convicted of armed robbery and imprisoned. Stewart later dies in prison of malaria in 1886 .

Johnny Torrio immigrates with his mother Maria Carlucci Torrio to the United States arriving in New York from Osara , Italy .

June 4 - The body of George Leonidas Leslie , former leader of the Leslie Gang , is found by a NYPD Mounted Patrolman at the bottom of Tramps' Rock on the border of Westchester County and the Bronx River .

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BIRTHS

Frank Nitti (Francesco Nitti), Chicago Outfit Enforcer

October 1 - Damon Runyon (Alfred Damon Runyon), Organized crime writer

DEATHS