1903 in organized crime

See also: 1902 in organized crime, other events of 1903, 1904 in organized crime and the list of 'years in organized crime'.

Events

• New York Secret Service Chief William Flynn issues a statement regarding the Black Hand as "the most secret and terrible organization in the world".
• April 13 – New York police find a body stuffed in a barrel, similar to the New Orleans "barrel murders" of the previous decade, who was later recognized by a US Secret Service agent as an associate of Black Hand leaders Giuseppe Morello, Tomasso Petto, and "Lupo the Wolf" Ignazio Saietta. This would later lead to an investigation by New York police detective Joseph Petrosino.

Arts and literature

Births

• Joseph Brown Red (Samuel Levine), New York (Brooklyn) Mafia member and Murder Inc. member
• David Berman, Murder Inc. member and Las Vegas Mafia member
• Russell Bufalino, Pennsylvania crime syndicate leader
• Frank Wortman, St. Louis crime syndicate leader and Shelton Gang member

Deaths