On this day in 1907 Walter Lamana is killed by his captors after being killed in a Black Hand ransom plot in New Orleans. He was just a few days short of his turning eight. He was born on June 17 1899.
On this day in 1896 Silvestro “Silver Dollar Sam” Carollo is born in Terrasini Sicily. Carollo would act as Street Boss from 1922 until 1944 when he became Boss of New Orleans.