Before there was Capone, there was Johnny Torrio, an Italian-American mobster who is credited with beginning the Chicago gangster scene in the early 1920s. Torrio hired Capone back in New York ...

According to a new documentary, “Secrets of the Dead: Gangster’s Gold,” it is believed that 1930s gangster Dutch Schultz prepared for a legal takedown by burying money, bonds and diamonds ...

In May 1919, New York Gov. Al Smith pardoned Eastman. Given a second chance, Eastman didn't take advantage of it. He went to work for a mob boss and died on Dec. 26, 1920, when he was shot to ...

Gangster Dutch Schultz treasure, buried in upstate New York in the Catskills and worth $50 to $150 million in cash, diamonds, and other jewels.

By the 1920s, when Herbert Asner wrote the book that inspired Gangs of New York, the Sixth Ward had changed. The swampy land on which the Five Points was built was filled in. Homes had indoor ...

The original book details various confrontations between rival New York gangs during the mid-to-late 1800s before the Italian-American Mafia began to dominate in the 1920s.

When Prohibition went into effect in 1920, ... "He was making a lot of money, even by illicit gangster standards. By all estimates, he was one of the wealthiest gangsters in New York at the time." ...

Taking readers into the world of New York's rival gangs in the mid-to-late-1800s, prior to the Italian-American Mafia taking control during Prohibition in the 1920s, here's a look at the overview ...

Asbury’s book details the confrontations between rival gangs in New York in the mid- to late-1800s, prior to the domination of the Italian-American Mafia during Prohibition in the 1920s.