Albert Marco, the Black Baron of the underworld

Albert Marco, born Marco Albori, aka the black baron of the underworld, was an Italian born hatmaker in the town of Tyrol along the Austro-Italian border known as the Tyrol before moving to Southern California and becoming a bootlegger during prohibition
Marco worked closely with Charles H. Crawford, who ran city politics along with Kent Kane Parrot, a powerful attorney involved in city politics.
In the 1920s, the two formed a loosely organized crime syndicate called The City Hall Gang.
Author Raymond Chandler would base most of his villainous on Crawford who was eventually assassinated by someone he had crossed.
On the night of June 28, 1928 Marco went to the Ship Cafe, part of The Ship Hotel was the place to go in Venice, California. The restaurant was built on pilings and was designed to be a replica of Juan Cabrillo's Spanish galleon. It was one of the great attractions of the original Venice Pier. High priced cuisine was served in the main dining room as well as in private salons on the second deck. The staff was uniformed like 16th century naval officers. In 1946 the city council voted to tear down the Venice Pier, including the Ship Cafe.
Marco was with a several men and six women when he fell into a drunken fistfight in the men’s room with Dominic Conterno and Harry Judson, an entertainer at the club. Marco pulled out a revolver and shot Conterno in the groin and wounded Judson
Marco was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon and was sentenced to San Quentin for six years He served four years and then in 1933 had himself voluntarily deported
He returned to Los Angeles in 1937 hoping to permanently stay in the United States, but he was denied and ordered to return to Italy.

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