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EVENTS

Cleveland Black Hand leader Rosario Borgio along with Paul Chiavaro , Vito Mezzano , and Lorenzo Biondo (Bionde) are convicted of the murder of several Akron police officers and executed.

Al Capone leaves New York, after an alterication with a member of the White Hand Gang , where he becomes a top lieutentant to Johnny Torrio .

Recently imprisoned criminal Joe Valachi encounters inmate and future mentor New York mobster Alessandro Vollero .

Salvatore Sabella becomes leader of the Philadelphia crime syndicate.

Frank Costello forms a novelty company which makes Kewpie Dolls in Punchboard games. By the following year Costello had made $80,000 which he used to become a Bootlegger at the start of Prohibition .

July 29 - New York labor slugger Johnny Spanish is killed by three unidentified gunman possibly including rival gangster Nathan Kaplan .

ARTS AND LITERATURE

BIRTHS

Gennaro J. Angiulo "Jerry", former Patriarca Crime Family Capodecina

April 21 - Licio Gelli , Italian Mason and Mafia associate.

DEATHS

Rosario Borgio , Cleveland Black Hand leader

Lorenzo Biondo (Bionde), Cleveland Black Hand member

Paul Chiavaro , Cleveland Black Hand member

Vito Mezzano , Cleveland Black Hand member

July 29 - Johnny Spanish , Five Points Gang member and labor racketeer