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EVENTS

Paul Di Christina ( Paulo Marchese ), leader of the New Orleans Black Hand, is killed by an Italian grocer Pietro Pepitone during an extortion attempt while attacking on Pepitone's store. Pepitone is charged with Manslaughter and sentenced to twenty years however he later serves six.

Humpty Jackson is arrested and sent to prison for Attempted Murder where he remains until his death in 1914 .

March 12 - New York police detective Joseph Petrosino is killed in Palermo, Sicily by Sicilian Mafia Don Vito Cascio Ferro while investigating the '' Le Mano Nera '' ( The Black Hand ).

June - Monk Eastman is released from Sing Sing Prison by the State Board Of Parole . However upon his return to the East Side, Eastman finds the reminance of his gang had broken apart since Max Zweibach 's death as various factions fought among each other over what was left of the former Eastman territory.

August - A violent Tong war begins after Low Hee Tong , a member of the New York Four Brothers Tong , purchases a rival Tong slave girl Bow Kum who is later murdered.

December 30 - Ah Hoon , a comedian and member of the On Leong Tong, is killed in his home by rival Hip Song members.

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BIRTHS

Vincent Mad Dog Coll , New York bootlegger and hitman

January 12 - Charles Binaggio , Kansas City mobster

July 28 - Harry Strauss , Murder, Inc. hitman

September 13 - Sam DeStefano, Chicago Outfit enforcer

DEATHS

Bow Kum , Tong slave girl

March 12 - Joseph Petrosino , New York police detective