title: 1895 in organized crime
text: # 1895 in organized crime
  
  ## Events
  
  * The first barrel murders are discovered in New York.
  * The Unione Siciliana, a fraternal organization providing support for Sicilian immigrants, is officially established in Chicago, Illinois.
  * Sicilian Don Giuseppe Balsamo, supposedly the first American "Godfather", immigrates to the United States arriving in New York from Sicily. He eventually establishes criminal operations in several Italian neighborhoods of Brooklyn.
  * Frank Costello arrives with his family in New York. Settling on 108th Street, his family begins running a small grocery store.
  * James Colosimo immigrates to Chicago, Illinois from Calabria, Italy
  
  ## Births
  
  * Machine Gun Kelly, Prohibition era gangster
  * James Belcastro, Chicago Outfit enforcer
  * Frank Cucchiara (Frank Russo) "Frank Caruso"; "Frank the Spoon", Patriarca crime family member, gambling racketeer and drug trafficker
  * Stephen Franse, NYPD police informant
  * Edward Vogel, "Dutch"; "Five-by-Five", Chicago mobster associated with the Chicago Outfit involved in illegal gambling and slot machine industry in Cook County, Illinois
  