1906 in organized crime

See also: 1905 in organized crime, other events of 1906, 1907 in organized crime and the list of 'years in organized crime'.

Events

• Lupo the Wolf is arrested and charged with kidnapping Tony Bonzuffi, the son of an East Side banker and suspected Black Hand victim.
• Paul Kelly's nightclub Little Naples is forced to close under pressure from reform movements.
• Louis "Louie the Lump" Pioggi joins the Five Points Gang at age seventeen. Within two years he would become a prominent gunman within the gang.
• Nicola Gentile becomes a member of the Philadelphia crime family.
• Charles "Lucky" Luciano, then nine-years-old, immigrates to New York with his family.

Arts and literature

• The Story of the Kelly Gang (film) [1]

Births

• February 24 - Anthony Anastasio, New York Waterfront leader for the Gambino crime family
• February 28 - Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, Meyer Lansky associate, Murder, Inc. member, and Las Vegas casino owner
• March 28 - Antonino Joseph "Joe Batters" Accardo, boss of the Chicago Outfit
• October 9 - William "Smokes" Aloisio, Chicago Outfit member and syndicate hitman