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Case Description

Raia, Biaggis, 37 years old, shot dead, front of his store, 100 Milton Av., by a gang of five Italians, two of whom were arrested. 38th Prect. George Fiorenzo, Vito Cape, and Colegro Lucicero arrested. Georgio Maggio, Callegro Montalbano and Pietro Merio indicted Dec. 15, 1905. Michael Armato arrested and acquitted by jury in Judge Kavanagh's court. Oct. 31, 1906.

Case Number

2078

Circumstances

Date of offense	November 12, 1905
Date of death	November 12, 1905
Time between offense and death	Immediate - death occurred at the crime scene
Address	100 Milton Ave.
Type of location	Place of business
Type of business	Other place of business
Location description	front of victims store
Type of death	Homicide
Type of homicide	Intentional murder
Method of killing	Other gun, gun unspecified
Weapon	shot dead
Motive	no motive given
Murder/suicide?	Yes
Circumstances description	Gang Killing
Total number of victims	1
Total number of defendants	7
Related to Prohibition?	Yes

Victim

Name	Raia, Biaggis
Age	37 years
Gender	Male
Race	White
Ethnicity	Italian
Employed	Yes
Employment Type	Employed, high white collar (merchant, etc.)
Occupational skill	Store owner, hotel owner

Defendant

Name	Florenzo, George
Gender	Male
Race	White
Ethnicity	Italian
Defendant/victim relationship	Stranger

Police

Precinct	38
Location of arrest	at scene
Date defendant arrested	November 12, 1905
Total number of defendants arrested	7
Time between crime and arrest	Less than 1 day
Arrest made at crime scene	Yes
Allegations of police corruption	No

Legal

Charges against defendant	Murder
Jury verdict	Yes
Type of legal decision recorded	Coroner, trial
Allegations of police corruption	No

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