1876 in organized crime

Events[]

• The NYPD launches its campaign against the river pirates and street gangs along the New York waterfront with the formation of the "Steamboat Squad".^[1]
• Extortion activities by the Black Hand are first reported within Italian-American communities in St. Louis, Missouri.^[2]
• January 16 – John Murray and , members of a burglary gang based on , are arrested in the Bunker Hill district by officers of the First Police Precinct. Among half a dozen burglary and theft charges against them, Briston is additionally charged with breaking and entering in connection to a robbery of Robert's & Webster, a store on , during the night of December 1. Two other members, Young and Manning, had been previously arrested on similar charges and sentenced to eight years at New York State Prison.^[3]

Arts and literature[]

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Births[]

• George Remus, Chicago organized crime figure and bootlegger.
• Paul Kelly (Paul Vaccarelli), New York organized crime figure and founder of the Five Points Gang.

Deaths[]

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