 His brother Louis "Louie the Lump" Poggi, a well-known gunman and member of the Five Points Gang, was responsible for the murders of Max "Kid Twist" Zwerbach and his bodyguard Vach "Cyclone Louie" Lewis in 1908.On the morning of June 3, 1912, Poggi became involved in a gang fight when several gangsters attempted to force their way into the rear entrance of Poggi's cafe.An argument over a woman, Wanda Murphy, started at Coney Island earlier that morning and resulted in a gunfight in Chinatown then ending outside the Criminal Courts Building where one of the men, Charlie Torti, shot Jack Zelig.