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Writers of Wrongs · @WritersofWrongs
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in 1930: A fish shop is the scene of a double-murder that helps trigger the . Gaspare Milazzo and Rosario Parrino are shot to death, apparently on the orders of Cesare "Chester" LaMare.
Read about it:
writersofwrongs.com/2019/05/de

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Writers of Wrongs · @WritersofWrongs
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in 1931: As the moved toward conclusion, underworld leader Joseph "Joe Baker" was fatally shot on Belmont Avenue. Nephew of Ciro "Artichoke King" and aide to boss of bosses Giuseppe "Joe the Boss" , Catania was a special target of rebel leader Salvatore . Catania was wounded in the head, neck and upper body and died the following morning.
writersofwrongs.com/2020/02/jo

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Thomas Hunt · @tomhunt
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in 1928: Joey Noe, partner of in rackets, died in Bellevue Hospital of gunshot wounds suffered on Oct. 15. Additional killings occurred, as war erupted between Schultz and former gangland associates.

(I continue to wonder if the growth of this conflict, with allies emerging on both sides, sparked what became known as the of 1930-31. )

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