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The Black Hand led by Sam Cardinelli begin years of setting off over eight hundred bombs, killing over twenty people and wounding hundreds more until 1918 when they are convicted of murder and hanged.
Steve Wallace, with his brothers Frank and Jimmy Wallace of the Gustin Gang, begin hijacking and looting trucks in Southie often stripping cargo from the rear of the truck while stopped at intersections. The brothers are soon known by the press as the "Tailboard Thieves".
March 12 – Frank Costello is arrested for carrying a concealed weapons after detectives receive information from an informant. Costello is sentenced to one year in Welfare Island prison by Judge Edward Swann and is released after ten months.
May 17 – Giosue Gallucci, also known as the undisputed King of Little Italy who controlled the policy game in Italian Harlem (New York City) is shot together with his son. He died four days later.
