- 1922 in organized crime
"See also:"
1921 in organized crime ,
other events of 1922,1923 in organized crime and the
list of 'years in Organized Crime'.----
Events
*New Orleans crime family leader
Carlo Matranga retires from the organization appointing Sylvestro "Sam" Carolla in his place.
*Moses Annenberg purchases theDaily Racing Form gaining a virtual monopoly over the distribution ofrace track information in theUnited States .
*Louis Buchalter is sent to prison forburglary .
*New York crime family foundersJoseph Profaci andVincent Mangano arrive in theUnited States fromPalermo, Sicily .
*Louis Romano , an associate of Francesco "Frank 'The Enforcer' Nitti" Nitto, is indicted for murder, however is later found acquitted. On Nitti's behalf, Romano would later assume control of the Chicago Bartender and Beverage Dispenser's Union, Local 278.
*May 6 -Pellegrino Scaglia , a member of the Colorado syndicate, is shot to death. Scaglia's death causes Colorado and Kansas City gangsters to hold a conference with representatives from New York to act as mediators.
*May 6 - Timothy D. "Big Tim" Murphy,Cornelius Shea and six other labor leaders are indicted for murdering a Chicago policeman. The state withdraws the indictment in June for lack of evidence, refiles in August, and withdraws a final time in November.
*May 8 -Vincenzo Terranova is killed outside his home, most likely by Rocco Valenti.
*July 9 -Joseph Peter DiCarlo , founder of the present dayBufalino crime family , dies of natural causes and succeeded byStefano Magaddino .
*August 9 -Rocco Valenti , a leading member of theMorello crime family , attempts to assassinateJoe Masseria after killing his twobodyguard s, and upon cornering Masseria in aSecond Avenue millinery shop Masseria manages to escape. Two days later, during peace negotiations with Morrello and Messeria, Valenti is killed byCharles Luciano outside aTwelfth Street restaurant while trying to escape an apparent attempt on his life. During the shootout an eight year old girl and a street cleaner are wounded.
*December 5 -New York gangsterBenjamin Levinski is killed byWilliam Lipshitz .Arts and literature
Births
Deaths
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Richard Croker ,Tammany Hall politician and former member of theFourth Avenue Tunnel Gang
*May 6 -Pellegrino Scaglia , Colorado syndicate member
*May 8 -Vincent Terranova , New York gangster
*July 9 -Joseph Peter DiCarlo , founder of the present dayBufalino crime family
*August 11 -Rocco Valenti , New York gangster and ally of theMorello crime family .
*December 5 -Benjamin Levinski , New York gangster and labor racketeer.
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