Events
- Richie Fitzpatrick is killed by "Kid Twist" Max Zwerbach during peace negotiations between the two rival factions of the Eastman Gang. Several weeks later the remaining men of Fitzpatrick's gang are killed by Zwerbach lieutenant Vach "Cyclone Louie" Lewis.
- Salvatore Sabella murders a local butcher after he reportedly violently beat the young Sabella.
- June 2 - Teamsters President Cornelius Shea is accused of taking bribes in order to call his members out on strike during the 1905 Chicago Teamsters' strike. He is acquitted in two trials in January and February 1907.
- October - A Morello Black Hand member, Giuseppe de Priemo, is released from Sing Sing Prison after serving a sentence for counterfeiting. Several weeks later, de Priemo and restaurant owner Pietro Inzarillo are gunned down by several unidentified gunman.
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