See also:
1928 in organized crime,
other events of 1929,
1930 in organized crime and the
list of 'years in Organized Crime'.
Events
- Al Capone serves a brief sentence on a concealed weapons charge.
- Tony Accardo is made head enforcer for Al Capone's "Chicago Outfit".
- January 8 - Unione Siciliano leader Pasquale Lolordo is killed in his apartment supposedly by Joe Aiello and members of the Bugs Moran's North Side Gang .
- February 14 - Four unidentified men, dressed as Chicago police officers, storm into a North Side Street garage and murder seven members of George Bugs Moran's North Side Gang . Known as the St. Valentines Day Massacre, the attack effectively ends the five year gang war between Al Capone and George Bugs Moran.
- May 9 - Meyer Lansky marries Anna Citron.
- May 27 - Chicago Outfit hitman Albert Anselmi , one of the men suspected in the murder of Dion O'Bannion, is killed by Al Capone after a failed attempt to gain leadership of the Chicago Outfit.
- May 29 - Thomas McElligot , a member of the Westside O'Donnell's , is killed in a Loop saloon in Chicago.
- July 2 - Benjamin Evangelista , a religious leader and real estate tycoon, is killed with his wife and four children in what is belived to be connected to possible dealings with organized crime.
- September 4 - Westside O'Donnell member Frank Cawley is killed.
- December 29 - Chicago bootlegger James Walsh is killed by Charles Baron after a prize fight .
- December 30 - Stephanie St. Clair is arrested by Chicago police and sentenced to eight months in prison.
Arts and literature
Births
Deaths
- January 8 - Pasquale Lolordo , Unione Siciliano leader
- May 27 - Albert Anselmi , Chicago Outfit hitman
- May 29 - Thomas McElligot , Westside O'Donnell member
- September 4 - Frank Cawley , Westside O'Donnell member
- December 29 - James Walsh , Chicago bootlegger
Last updated: 05-30-2005 02:02:23
