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'''Daniel "Danny" O'Leary''' (d. [[August 15]], [[1928]]) was an [[Irish American|Irish]] Philadelphia mobster involved in bootlegging who, a rival of [[Max Hoff|Maxie "Boo Boo" Hoff]] throughout Prohibition, would struggle for dominance among the many gangs of Philadelphia's underworld. His death, only six days after his participation in the gangland slaying of [[Hugh McLoon|Hugh "Hughie" McLoon]], would mark the beginning of gang wars during the late 1920s eventually leading to a Special August Grand Jury investigating corruption and influence of organized crime in the city [http://exhibitions.library.temple.edu/prohibition/mcloon.jsp]. |
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==Further reading== |
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*English, T.J. ''Paddy Whacked: The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster''. New York: HarperCollins, 2005. ISBN 0-06-059002-5 |
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[[Category:Year of birth missing]] |
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[[Category:1928 deaths]] |
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[[Category:Irish-American mobsters]] |
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[[Category:Murdered Irish-American mobsters]] |
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[[Category:Prohibition-era gangsters]] |
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