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EVENTS

February 2 - Chicago labor racketeer Maurice Enright is killed.

April 15 - The Slater And Morrill Shoe Company is robbed of $15,776 as a paymaster and guard are killed, supposedly by the Morelli Gang , however Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are convicted of the robbery and are later executed.

May 11 - Chicago gambling racketeer Jim Colosimo is killed, supposedly by Al Capone , outside his restaurant.

December 26 - Monk Eastman is killed by a corrupt Prohibition agent.

Giuseppe Masseria assumes control of the Morello Gang .

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BIRTHS

September 27 - Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa , Italian Carabinieri general

DEATHS

February 2 - Maurice Enright , Chicago labor racketeer

May 11 - Jim Colosimo , Chicago gambling racketeer

December 26 - Monk Eastman (Edward Osterman), Eastman Gang founder