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Authors: Eric Ferrara
95
. Bernstein,
Greatest Menace
.
96
.
New York Times
, “L
UCANIA
I
S
C
ALLED
S
HALLOW
P
ARASITE
,” June 19, 1936
97
.
Calgary Herald
, “Luciano Role Brings Actor Death Threats,” February 26, 1962
98
. The FBN cites Mari’s birth as September 3, 1926; however, other documents, including his death index, state he was born on July 27.
99
.
New York Times
, “Club Pleads Guilty,” May 22, 1957.
100
.
Anthony Mirra, Petitioner-Appellant v. United States of America, Respondent-Appellee
, 379 F.2d 782 (2
nd
Cir. 1967).
101
.
New York Times
, “13 Are Sentenced in Narcotics Case,” July 11, 1962.
102
.
New York Times
, “A Nightclub Owner Says He Has Woes—The Mafia,” October 10, 1974.
103
. According to Dash,
First Family
, Bernardo Terranova lived at 123 East Fourth Street as late as 1900.
104
. His last name was actually Lupo; it was not a nickname as is regularly reported. His father’s last name was Lupo, and his mother’s maiden name was Saietta.
105
.
New York Times
, “Black Hand Block Raided by Flynn,” January 8, 1911.
106
. Several sources, including the FBN, cite Petillo’s mother as “Mary Lomberdi”; however, original source documents, like census records and passport applications, contradict this.
107
. Federal Bureau of Investigation FOIA report on David Petillo.
108
.
Asbury
[NJ]
Park Press
, “Mobster Living in Home Owned by a Police Chief,” January 9, 1975.
109
.
United States of America, Appellee v. Alfredo Aviles, Charles Barcellona, Jean Capece, Charles Di Palermo, Joseph Di Palermo, Natale Evola, Vito Genovese, Vincent Gigante, Daniel Lessa, Nicholas Lessa, Rocco Mazzie, Carmine Polizzano, Ralph Polizzano, Benjamin Rodriquez, and Salvatore Santora, Appellants
, 274 F.2d 179 (2
nd
Cir. 1960).
110
.
United States of America, Appellee v. Giacomo Reina, Joseph Valachi, Pasquale Moccio, Pasquale Pagano and Larry Quartiero, Appellants
, 242 F.2d 302 (2
nd
Cir. 1957).
111
.
Syracuse
[NY]
Herald Journal
, “Harness Race Fixing Charges Dismissed,” October 28, 1983.
112
.
Time
, “Crime: Most Damnably Outrageous,” August 10, 1931.
113
.
New York Times
, “C
OSTELLO ON
L
IST OF
150 R
ACKETEERS IN
U.S. C
RIME
Q
UEST
,” May 9, 1950.
114
.
New York Times
, “Five Get Long Terms in Narcotics Cases,” November 30, 1954.
115
.
Idaho State Journal
, “Luciano Linked to Crime Play,” July 1, 1968.
116
.
Corpus Christi
[TX]
Times
, “17 Top Mafia-Cosa Nostra Bosses on Trial in Sicily,” March 14, 1968.
117
.
New York Times
, “Two Men Held As Robbers,” March 22, 1926.
118
.
Telegraph-Herald
[IA], “Blonde Dancer Plunges to Death,” April 19, 1938.
119
.
Portsmouth
[OH]
Times
, “Holdup Heroin Leaps to Death; Blow Blamed,” April 15, 1938.
120
.
Youngstown
[OH]
Vindicator
, “Crime City Racketeer Found Beaten on the Docks,” July 6, 1952.
121
.
Reading
[PA]
Eagle
, “Valachi Puts Finger on Vito Genovese as Crime Overlord,” September 27, 1963.
122
.
Chicago Daily Tribune
, “Names Chicago Gangsters Who Face Tax Quiz,” March 21, 1951.
123
. Tuminaro may have been born on February 22, 1909.
124
. Valentine,
Strength of the Wolf
.
125
. Ibid.
126
. Internal FBI files on the JFK assassination, written August 23, 1968, released October 3, 1996 (NARA Record Number: 124-10288-10422).
II. S
OCIAL
C
LUBS AND
H
ANGOUTS
127
. Cole and Hinckley,
Sh-Boom!
.
128
.
Indiana
[PA]
Gazette
, “New Yorkers’ $12 Billion Gambling Tab Tops in Nation,” February 14, 1993.
129
. Breslin,
Good Rat
.
130
. Bonanno, Pistone and Fisher,
Good Guys
.
III. G
ANGLAND
H
ITS
131
.
Bulletin
[Bend, OR], “Gunman’s Poor Aim Saves Defendant,” February 15, 1987.
132
.
Chicago Tribune
, “Mafia Case Witness to Tell More,” December 24, 1987.
133
.
New York Times
, “Shot by Shot, an Ex-Aide to Gotti Describes the Killing of Castellano,” March 4, 1992.
134
.
Times Daily
[Florence, AL], “Vincent Coll Gets His Lead From Gangdom,” February 8, 1932.
135
.
New York Times
, “Three Slay Man in Street and Flee,” October 11, 1928.
136
.
New York Post
, “Mafia’s Whacks & Pacts,” February 8, 2008.
137
.
New York Times
, “Ex-Assistant Prosecutor for Hogan Shot to Death in ‘Village’ Ambush,” November 5, 1977.
138
.
New York Times
, “Eight Sicilians Held For Barrel Murder,” April 16, 1903.
139
.
Meriden
[CT]
Daily Journal
, “Mafia Leader Iron-Nerved,” April 23, 1903.
140
.
Nashua
[NH]
Daily Telegraph
, “From Buffalo,” April 21, 1903.
141
.
Boston Evening Transcript
, “Suspected Italian Discharged,” April 22, 1903.
142
.
Pittsburgh Press
, “Slaying Opens Mystery of Man’s True Identity,” August 16, 1987.
143
.
New York Times
, “Tapes Tell How Schiff Was Murdered,” April 16, 1989.
144
.
New York Times
, “T
APED
M
EETINGS
D
ETAIL
M
OB
P
LOT TO
K
ILL
2 G
OTTIS
,” July 2, 1988.
145
.
New York Newsday
, “Schiff, Victim of `Crime Hit,’ Described as FBI Informant,” August 12, 1987.
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