1899 in organized crime

See also: 1898 in organized crime, other events of 1899, 1900 in organized crime and the list of 'years in organized crime'.

Events

• A gang war breaks out between the Hip Sing and On Leong Tongs over illegal gambling in New York's Chinatown.
• New York Black Hand leader Giuseppe Morello is arrested for counterfeiting and sentenced to three years. Released in 1902, Morello establishes a system where counterfeit $5 US dollar bills would be printed in Sicily and smuggled into the United States.
• Ignazio Lupo, known as "Lupo the Wolf", arrives in New York.
• Charles Umbriaco arrives in New York later joining the Black Hand under Giuseppe Morello and Ignazio Lupo.

Births

• Samson Melvin "Samoots", Chicago leader of Unione Siciliana
• Louis Amberg, New York (Brooklyn) gangster
• Anthony Carfano "Little Augie Pisano", Florida gambling racketeer
• Joseph J. DiCarlo "Jerry the Wolf"; "Joe the Gyp", Stefano Magaddino gunman and Miami gambling racketeer
• Murray Humphreys, Chicago Outfit member
• Vincent John Rao (Frank Arra; Nunzio), Lucchese crime family consiglieri and associate of Willie Moretti
• Jacob Shapiro, "Gurrah" Labor union racketeer
• Abner Zwillman, "Longie" New Jersey Prohibition gangster
• January 17 - Al Capone "Scarface", Chicago Mafia leader
• December 1 - Gaetano Lucchese, Lucchese crime family founder
• December 24 - Moe Dalitz [Morris Barney Dalitz], Cleveland mobster and Las Vegas casino owner