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Overview of the events of 1920 in organized crime
Events
Paddy "the Bear" Ryan, leader of the Valley Gang , is killed by Walter "The Runt" Quinlan.
February 3 – Chicago labor racketeer Maurice Enright is killed. Timothy D. "Big Tim" Murphy is suspected in his slaying , but is released for lack of evidence . Although suspected by authorities to have involved the Torrio -Capone organization, Chicago labor union racketeer James Vinci is eventually convicted of his murder.
April 15 – The Slater and Morrill Shoe Company in Braintree, Massachusetts is robbed of $15,776 ($0.2 million today) as a paymaster and guard are killed, supposedly by the Morelli Gang of Providence, Rhode Island , however Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are convicted of the robbery and executed in 1927.
May 11 – Chicago gambling racketeer James "Big Jim" Colosimo is killed outside his restaurant, allegedly by Al Capone .
August – In a daring daylight robbery, Timothy D. "Big Tim" Murphy and his gang rob a mail train of $400,000 ($6.1 million today). Murphy is indicted in February 1921, and convicted in November 1922.
December 26 – Monk Eastman is killed by a corrupt Prohibition agent.
Giuseppe Masseria assumes control of the New York City Morello Gang .
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