![]() ![]() However, when Meehan was murdered in 1920, William “Wild Bill” Lovett took over as the gang’s leader, warring with Italian and other Irish gangs alike until his own murder: Lovett was beaten and shot to death in October 1923.īoth Meehan and Lovett were ruthless enemies, but neither of them matched Richard “Peg Leg” Lonergan, who took over after Lovett’s murder. Their chief rivals were Irish gangs, especially Dinny Meehan’s White Hand (so named because it opposed the Italian mobs known as the Black Hand gangs). Before the formation of New York’s five American mafia families, there were simply Italian gangs, but they were not the only criminal organizations to claim the city. ![]()
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