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- Events
- Births
- References
{{One source|date=December 2009}}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.[1]
- 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
References1. ^{{cite book|last1=Ferrara|first1=Eric|title=Manhattan Mafia Guide: Hits, Homes & Headquarters|date=2011|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=9781614233510|page=97|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jfqMCQAAQBAJ&pg=PT97|language=en}}
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