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Post by Snakeyes on Nov 24, 2003 17:54:22 GMT -5
A little story about Anastasia... In 1952, a guy named Arnold Schuster informed the cops he had seen escaped bank robber Willie "The Actor" Sutton on the subway. Sutton was arrested, and Schuster was interviewed on TV Anastasia was watching, and jumped to his feet screaming: "I hate squealers! Hit that guy!" Schuster was shot in the head while walking down the street. Quite a price to pay for his "15 minutes of fame" "Snakeyes"
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Post by Sammy on Nov 28, 2003 9:08:41 GMT -5
A little story about Anastasia... In 1952, a guy named Arnold Schuster informed the cops he had seen escaped bank robber Willie "The Actor" Sutton on the subway. Sutton was arrested, and Schuster was interviewed on TV Anastasia was watching, and jumped to his feet screaming: "I hate squealers! Hit that guy!" Schuster was shot in the head while walking down the street. Quite a price to pay for his "15 minutes of fame" "Snakeyes" ........ Dam lol
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Post by ~$iciliano~ on Dec 2, 2003 5:00:29 GMT -5
Rocco Perri Roco Perri, was also known as the “King of the Bootleggers.” Perri lived in poor area of Toronto, Canada. Although he came from a humble background, he worked his way to riches. He met a Bessie Starkman, a woman who left her husband and two children to be with Perri, and the two were on the run from the police. They, however, were able to open a grocery store and sell booze under the table. And they sold a whole lot of booze. It is said that they made so much money it is still being spent today. ~Siciliano~
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Post by ~Snaps~ on Dec 8, 2003 14:44:46 GMT -5
[glow=Blue,2,300]Joseph Valachi Joseph Valachi worked as a contract killer for then mob boss Vito Genovese for over 30 years. While incarcerated for drug trafficking, Joseph allegedly received the “kiss of death” by Vito because he thought that Joseph agreed to be an informant for the Federal Government. After three failed attempts were made on his life, Joseph decided to provide the FBI and the DEA with insider information.[/glow]
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Post by ~$iciliano~ on Jan 5, 2004 22:29:11 GMT -5
Machine Gun Kelly Machine Gun Kelly George “Machine Gun” Kelly had one of the baddest reputations of all the gangsters of the 1920’s, but it was all a fabrication of his wife, Kathryn. Kelly was really a sensitive, good-natured guy, but was not above making up stories about being a tough-guy gangster. His fiancé at that time bought his stories hook line and sinker, then set about making them a reality. She bought him his first machine gun, and made him practice with it shooting walnuts until he was proficient, and became the machine gunner in a gang she introduced him to. She also convinced him that kidnapping for ransom was the crime of the future, so they kidnapped millionaire oil tycoon Charles Urschel, and almost made off with the $200,000 ransom, but were caught. Machine Gun Kelly spent his last years on Alcatraz, where he was renamed “Pop-Gun Kelly” when inmates got to know him. ~$iciliano~
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Post by ~$iciliano~ on Jan 17, 2004 1:31:11 GMT -5
I would be more then happy to take requests on MugShots. If i can find a pic and some info on the gangsta u requested I will post it up ASAP.
Or you can post up a gangsta if you have the pic and info.
~Siciliano~
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Post by Turi on Jan 24, 2004 14:30:22 GMT -5
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Post by ~Snaps~ on Jan 24, 2004 16:34:57 GMT -5
[glow=green,2,300]Now I know where I've heard that name... The Mario Puzo book, The Sicilian. I didn't realize it was true. He was killed by his second in command, best friend, and cousin, "Aspanu" Pisciotta I think.[/glow]
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Post by Turi on Jan 25, 2004 6:02:26 GMT -5
Exactly right Snaps. That's how I learned of him years ago and i've been intrigued by him since. The Puzo novel is quite accurate but some of it is changed for artistic purposes. Have you read it? It's probably Puzo's best, better than the Godfather.
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Post by ~Snaps~ on Jan 26, 2004 12:18:04 GMT -5
Exactly right Snaps. That's how I learned of him years ago and i've been intrigued by him since. The Puzo novel is quite accurate but some of it is changed for artistic purposes. Have you read it? It's probably Puzo's best, better than the Godfather. [glow=purple,2,300]I just finished reading it this last week, I got it for Christmas. Now that I know it's based on actual events, I'm more intrigued. Where is a good english site to get information?? All the ones I've found are in Italian, and unfortunatly, I don't speak Italian.[/glow]
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Post by Turi on Jan 26, 2004 19:31:15 GMT -5
You've posted a good website in the other forum of a detailed history of Giuliano. That website is a Uni students assignment using the book King of the Mountain as a resource. It was written by Billy J Chandler and I couldn't recommend it enough for Giuliano fans.
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Post by Turi on Jan 28, 2004 10:24:27 GMT -5
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Post by ~Snaps~ on Jan 30, 2004 2:56:46 GMT -5
[glow=grey,2,300]Bugsy Siegel Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel was one of the hit men for Lucky Luciano. Fearing the feds were getting too close to home, he left New York and ran a crime ring in Hollywood, then later fled to Las Vegas to escape criminal charges where he and his partners laid the foundation for Vegas’ gambling empire. [/glow]
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Post by ~Snaps~ on Jan 30, 2004 2:58:12 GMT -5
[glow=grey,2,300]Vito Genovese Vito Genovese, a gangster who fled to Italy in 1937 to escape murder charges in the U.S. Conveniently the witness testifying against him was murdered and Vito returned to the states. But because a fool doesn’t learn his lesson, he was arrested and charged with smuggling and selling drugs in 1958. Vito was found guilty and sentenced to 15 years in prison where he eventually died of a heart attack in 1969. [/glow]
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Post by ~Snaps~ on Jan 30, 2004 3:00:22 GMT -5
[glow=grey,2,300]Joe Masseria Giuseppe Masseria a.k.a. “Joe the Boss” headed the American Mafia in the late 1920’s, but it was nothing new for him because before he came to the U.S. from Sicily, Masseria was a Sicilian Mafia enforcer. Masseria experienced a suspended sentence in 1907 after he was arrested and convicted of burglary and extortion. With another brush of luck, Masseria was charged with murder however the case never went to trial…go figure! Masseria was assassinated in April of 1931 at a restaurant. That sounds to clichéd. Yeah, this post made me a Piciotto!! [/glow]
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