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The Philadelphia poison ring was a murder for hire gang led by Italian immigrant cousins, Herman and Paul Petrillo, in 1930s Philadelphia, where the Italian community had more than doubled in 20 years from 76,734 in 1910 (the year the Petrillos arrived in the country) to over 155,000 by 1930 - just before the murder ring began operations.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 20 relations: Antimony, Arsenic, Autopsy, Contract killing, Counterfeit, Covert operation, District attorney, Double indemnity, Electric chair, English language, Homicide, Immigration, Informant, Italy, Legal tender, List of serial killers in the United States, Modus operandi, Philadelphia, Raymond Pace Alexander, Upholstery.

  2. Crimes in Philadelphia
  3. Italian-American gangs
  4. Secret societies related to organized crime

Antimony

Antimony is a chemical element; it has symbol Sb and atomic number 51.

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Arsenic

Arsenic is a chemical element with the symbol As and the atomic number 33.

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Autopsy

An autopsy (also referred to as post-mortem examination, obduction, necropsy, or autopsia cadaverum) is a surgical procedure that consists of a thorough examination of a corpse by dissection to determine the cause, mode, and manner of death; or the exam may be performed to evaluate any disease or injury that may be present for research or educational purposes.

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Contract killing

Contract killing (also known as murder-for-hire) is a form of murder or assassination in which one party hires another party to kill a targeted person or people.

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Counterfeit

To counterfeit means to imitate something authentic, with the intent to steal, destroy, or replace the original, for use in illegal transactions, or otherwise to deceive individuals into believing that the fake is of equal or greater value than the real product.

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Covert operation

A covert operation or undercover operation is a military or police operation involving a covert agent or troops acting under an assumed cover to conceal the identity of the party responsible.

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District attorney

In the United States, a district attorney (DA), county attorney, county prosecutor, state's attorney, prosecuting attorney, commonwealth's attorney, state attorney or solicitor is the chief prosecutor or chief law enforcement officer representing a U.S. state in a local government area, typically a county or a group of counties.

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Double indemnity

Double indemnity is a clause or provision in a life insurance or accident policy whereby the company agrees to pay the stated multiple (e.g., double, triple) of the face amount in the contract in cases of death caused by accidental means.

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Electric chair

The electric chair is a specialized device used for capital punishment through electrocution.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.

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Homicide

Homicide is an act in which a human causes the death of another human.

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Immigration

Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not usual residents or where they do not possess nationality in order to settle as permanent residents.

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Informant

An informant (also called an informer or, as a slang term, a "snitch", "rat", "canary", "stool pigeon", "stoolie" or "grass", among other terms) is a person who provides privileged information, or (usually damaging) information intended to be intimate, concealed, or secret, about a person or organization to an agency, often a government or law enforcement agency.

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Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

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Legal tender is a form of money that courts of law are required to recognize as satisfactory payment for any monetary debt.

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List of serial killers in the United States

A serial killer is typically a person who kills three or more people, with the murders taking place over more than a month and including a significant period of time between them.

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Modus operandi

A modus operandi (often shortened to M.O. or MO) is an individual’s habits of working, particularly in the context of business or criminal investigations, but also generally.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the nation, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census.

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Raymond Pace Alexander

Raymond Pace Alexander (October 13, 1897 – November 24, 1974) was an American civil rights leader, lawyer, politician, and the first African American judge appointed to the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas.

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Upholstery

Upholstery is the work of providing furniture, especially seats, with padding, springs, webbing, and fabric or leather covers.

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See also

Crimes in Philadelphia

Italian-American gangs

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_poison_ring

Also known as Arsenic ring, Herman Petrillo, Morris Bolber, Paul Petrillo, Philadelphia arsenic poison ring, Philadelphia's Poison Ring.