Coast Guard while being arrested. Alderman is later convicted of murder and hanged in 1929. October 13 – Joseph "Big Joe" Lonardo, founder and boss of the Cleveland crime family, is killed in a local barber shop, along with his brother John. Family underboss Salvatore Todaro, who planned the killings with the large Porrello brothers faction (owners of the barber shop), becomes the new boss. October 16 – New York labor union racketeer Jacob Orgen is killed by Louis Buchalter and Jacob Shapiro. Orgen's bodyguard Jack Diamond is severely wounded but survives. October 26 – A shootout between rival Australian razor gang leaders Joseph 'Squizzy' Taylor of Melbourne and John "Snowy" Cutmore of Sydney results in the deaths of both men (Taylor succumbed on the 27th). Arts and literature Josef von Sternberg's Underworld is released starring George Bancroft, Evelyn Brent, Clive Brook, Fred Kohler and Helen Lynch. Births James LaPietra, Chicago Outfit member January 2 – Vincent Meli, Detroit Partnership boss March 16 – Joseph Ferriola (Joe Nagall), Chicago Outfit member March 29 – Michael Rizzitello, Los Angeles crime family captain April 30 – Christopher "Christie Tick" Furnari, Lucchese crime family consiglieri November 13 – George Cornell, Richardson Gang member December 26 – Louis R. Failla, Patriarca crime family soldier Deaths Norman Bruhn, Sydney gangster Sam Valante, member of Joe Aiello's gang January – John Costanaro, Chicago saloon owner and associate of the Sheldon Gang January 6 – Theodore Anton, Chicago Outfit associate April 4 – Vincent Drucci, North Side Gang member March 11 – Charles "Big Hayes" Hubacek, Saltis-McErlane gunman March 11 – Frank "Lefty" Koncil, Saltis-McErlane gunman March 28 – Joseph Amato, boss of Milwaukee crime family June 10 – James DeAmato, Chicago Outfit gunman October 13 – Joseph Lonardo, founder and boss of Cleveland crime family October 13 – John Lonardo, brother of Joseph Lonardo October 16 – Jacob Orgen, New York labor union racketeer October 26 – John "Snowy" Cutmore, Sydney gangster October 27 – Joseph "Squizzy" Taylor, Melbourne gangster Organized crime Years in organized crime