On this date, April 8... • in 1869, Salvatore Rosa of New Orleans is charged with attempting to shoot and murder Michael McGill. • in 1895, Salvatore Clemente, Salvatore Frauto, Raffaele Frederico and James Merendino are convicted of counterfeiting U.S. coins. • in 1924, Daniel Iamascia is arrested in the Bronx for burglary. • in 1926, an arrest warrant is issued for Pittsburgh bootlegger Luigi Lamendola. • in 1932, Joseph Cohen of Brooklyn, convicted killer who spent years in Sing Sing Prison, is shot to death in the doorway of his home. • in 1937, Luigi Marciante dies in Staten Island NY of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. • in 1942, Frank Livorsi, Charles Albero and fifteen others are indicted for conducting an opium trafficking raing. • in 1956, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bonanno of Tucson AZ host a party to announce the engagement of son Salvatore 'Bill' to Rosalie Profaci. • in 1962, New York mobster Anthony 'Tony Bender' Strollo disappears after leaving his Fort Lee NJ home. • in 1986, government racketeering case against Anthony Spilotro and his Hole in the Wall Gang of burglars ends in a mistrial and an investigation of juror misconduct. • in 1991, jury selection begins for the New York City 'window case' involving members of the Gambino, Genovese, Colombo and Lucchese crime families. • in 2009, a federal grand jury indicts Rhode Island racketeer Anthony St. Laurent Sr. for plotting to murder an underworld colleague. Image of Anthony Strollo.
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