The Mob and the City (61 page)

31
.
United States v. Bufalino
, 285 F.2d 408, 412 (2d Cir. 1960); testimony of Russell (1959), in Box 9, COI (NYSA).

32
. Report of Trooper Vincent Vasisko, November 23, 1957, in Box 1, COI (NYSA); testimony of Rao (1959), in Box 7, COI (NYSA);
New York Times
, November 15, 1957;
Binghamton Press
, December 21, 1959.

33
. Interview with Croswell, in Box 1, COI (NYSA);
United States v. Bufalino
(S.D.N.Y. 1959) (testimony of Vincent Vasisko) (NARA NY).

34
.
Hearings on Organized Crime: 25 Years after Valachi
, 389 (testimony of Valachi);
Bufalino
, 285 F.2d at 412.

35
.
United States v. Bufalino
(S.D.N.Y. 1959) (testimony of Croswell) (NARA NY); testimony of Croswell (NYSA). In contrast, Gil Reavill asserts that “Croswell had done a sly thing,” consciously trying to “lull those at the estate into a false sense of confidence, that they could leave the estate without being stopped.” Gil Reavill,
Mafia Summit: J. Edgar Hoover, the Kennedy Brothers, and the Meeting That Unmasked the Mob
(New York: St. Martin's Press, 2013), p. 95. This is one of multiple points in which
Mafia Summit
is at variance with the eyewitness statements or investigative records of the State Commission of Investigation and
United States v. Bufalino
(S.D.N.Y. 1959).

36
. Interview with Croswell, in Box 1, COI (NYSA);
United States v. Bufalino
(S.D.N.Y. 1959) (testimony of Croswell) (NARA NY).

37
. Report of Vincent Vasisko, November 23, 1957, in Box 1, COI (NYSA);
United States v. Bufalino
(S.D.N.Y. 1959) (testimony of Croswell) (NARA NY).

38
. Report of Lt. K. E. Weidenborner, November 16, 1957, in Box 1, COI (NYSA).

39
. Report to Governor Harriman, November 27, 1957, and Report of Trooper Cohen, November 15, 1957, both in Box 1, COI (NYSA).

40
.
Hearings on Organized Crime: 25 Years after Valachi
, 350 (testimony of Valachi);
New York Times
, November 22, 1957.

41
.
United States v. Bufalino
(S.D.N.Y. 1959) (testimony of Croswell) (NARA NY);
Hearings on Organized Crime: 25 Years after Valachi
, 308 (testimony of John Shanley).

42
. Report to Governor Harriman, November 27, 1957, in Box 1, COI (NYSA).

43
. Reuter Report, p. 16 and appendix.

44
. Rocco Morelli,
Forgetta ‘bout It: From Mafia to Ministry
(, FL: Bridge-Logos, 2007), p. 74; Report to Governor Harriman, November 27, 1957, in Box 1, COI (NYSA).

45
. FBI Report, Joseph Civello, August 31, 1961, in Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Record Group 65, National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD (“NARA College Park”).

46
. Report to Governor Harriman, November 27, 1957, in Box 1, COI (NYSA);
United States v. Bufalino
(S.D.N.Y. 1959) (testimony of Croswell) (NARA NY).

47
.
United States v. Bufalino
(S.D.N.Y. 1959) (testimony of Croswell) (NARA NY).

48
. Also in the Falcone car were Dominick D'Agostino and Samuel Lagattuta of Buffalo. Ibid.

49
.
Hearings on Organized Crime: 25 Years after Valachi
, 386 (testimony of Valachi);
Utica Press
, July 2, 1958.

50
.
Utica Press
, February 8, 1958; May 20, 1959; May 24, 1963.

51
.
United States v. Bufalino
(S.D.N.Y. 1959) (testimonies of Kenneth Brown and Arthur Ruston); Report of Vasisko, November 23, 1957 (NYSA).

52
. Report of B. Muthig, November 15, 1957, in Box 1, COI (NYSA);
United States v. Bufalino
(S.D.N.Y. 1959) (testimony of Brown) (NY NARA).

53
. Reuter Report, p. 41 and App. C;
New York Times
, November 3, 1959.

54
. Testimony of Kenneth Brown, in Box 1, COI (NYSA); Reuter Report, appendix C, p. 6a; Report of Trooper B. Muthig, November 15, 1957, in Box 1, COI (NYSA).

55
. Bonanno,
Man of Honor
, p. 216.

56
. Report to Governor Harriman, November 27, 1957, in Box 1, COI (NYSA). This matches Bonanno's number in the Social Security Death Index,
http://ssdmf.info/
(accessed July 25, 2013).

57
.
Binghamton Press
, November 14, 1984.

58
.
United States v. Bufalino
(S.D.N.Y. 1959) (joint stipulation on Trafficante airline tickets) (NARA NY); Report of Trooper F. A. Tiffany, November 15, 1957, in Box 1, COI (NYSA).

59
. Report on Discharge of Firearms by Trooper F. A. Tiffany, November 15, 1957, in Box 1, COI (NYSA).

60
.
United States v. Bufalino
(S.D.N.Y. 1959) (testimony of Glenn Craig) (NARA NY); Report of Trooper T. G. Sackel, November 14, 1957, in Box 1, COI (NYSA).

61
. Testimony of Croswell, in Box 1, COI (NYSA); Appellee's Brief,
United States v. Bufalino
(2d Cir. 1960), in RG 65 (NARA College Park).

62
. Report to Governor Harriman, November 27, 1957, in Box 1, COI (NYSA).

63
. United States Census Bureau,
1920 Federal Population Census
, James Colletti, District 133, Ouray, CO; United States Census Bureau,
1920 Federal Population Census
, Frank Zito, District 174, Springfield, IL.

64
. FBI Report, James Colletti, June 8, 1959, and FBI Report, Frank Zito, June 5, 1959, both in RG 65 (NARA College Park).

65
. Reuter Report, appendix C, pp. 15, 62; Report to Governor Harriman, November 27, 1957, in Box 1, COI (NYSA); Report of Trooper Smith, November 15, 1957, in Box 1, COI (NYSA);
United States v. Bufalino
(S.D.N.Y. 1959) (testimony of Joseph Smith) (NARA NY).

66
. David Witwer,
Corruption and Reform in the Teamsters Union
(Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2008), p. 171.

67
. Report of Muthig, November 15, 1957, and Report to Governor Harriman, November 27, 1957, both in Box 1, COI (NYSA).

68
. Report of Trooper C. F. Erway, November 14, 1957, Report of Trooper C. M. Dobbs, November 15, 1957, Report of Trooper M. Capozzi, November 15, 1957, all in Box 1, COI (NYSA).

69
. Testimony of Croswell (1957), in Box 1, COI (NYSA); Report of Erway, November 14, 1957, in Box 1, COI (NYSA).

70
. Memorandum of Eliot Lumbard to Edward Kirk, December 4, 1958, in Box 5, COI (NYSA); Report of Special Agent Patrick Collins, New Orleans Field Office, La Cosa Nostra, July 11, 1967, in RG 65 (NARA College Park).

71
. Testimony of Russell, in Box 9, COI (NYSA).

72
. Testimony of Joseph Benenati (1959), in Box 7, COI (NYSA).

73
. Memorandum of Lumbard to Kirk, December 4, 1958, in Box 5, COI (NYSA).

74
. FBI Memorandum, Subject: Samuel M. Giancana, January 18, 1966, in RG 65 (NARA College Park).

75
. William F. Roemer Jr.,
Accardo: The Genuine Godfather
(New York: Ballantine Books, 1995), pp. 166–67, 194–96; William F. Roemer Jr.,
Roemer: Man against the Mob
(New York: Ballantine Books, 1989), pp. 114–19; Antoinette Giancana,
Mafia Princess: Growing up in Sam Giancana's Family
(New York: William Morrow, 1984), pp. 156–57.

76
. Memorandum of Agent Skinner, Re: Neil Migliore, September 18, 1958, in Box 5, COI (NYSA); Reuter Report, appendix A–3. The driver of the other car told police that he saw two passengers in Migliore's car. To settle the case, Neil Migliore and his father Americo Migliore signed a release saying they were passengers in the car, and Neil forged the signature of Peter Valenti, as the third passenger. None of these three men was likely to have been invited to attend the Apalachin meeting. FBI Report of Albany Field Office, August 14, 1959, in RG 65 (NARA College Park);
Binghamton Press
, July 24, 1959.

77
. Memorandum, Suspected Attendees, March 19, 1959, in Box 5, COI (NYSA). Joe Bonanno claimed “Lucchese, I later learned from my own sources, had avoided police detection by…grabbing a ride with a soda delivery truck.” Bonanno,
Man of Honor
, p. 215. This may be another face-saving story by Bonanno.

78
. Testimony of Croswell, in Box 1, COI (NYSA).

79
. Despite speculation, there is no reliable proof for the attendance of Milwaukee boss Frank Balistrieri; New England boss Raymond Patriarca; St. Louis boss John Vitale; former Boston boss Philip Buccola; Rockford, Illinois, underboss Joseph Zammuto; Detroit
caporegime
Anthony Giacalone; the Controni brothers of Montreal; or Giuseppe Settacase of Sicily.

80
. The FBI investigated allegations that other Floridians were present at Apalachin. However, they discovered that Bartola Failla of Miami had traveled to New Jersey for a denaturalization proceeding. FBI Memorandum, Meeting of Hoodlums, December 12, 1958, in RG 65 (NARA College Park). Although an informant reported Joe Silesi, Trafficante's gambling partner, was present, the FBI found no corroborating evidence. FBI Report, Activities of Top Hoodlums, September 14, 1959, in RG 65 (NARA College Park). The Commission and the FBI also investigated two associates of Northeastern Pennsylvania boss Russell Bufalino. They suspected Modesto “Murph” Loquasto, but an FBI informant saw him operating a craps game in Pittston, Pennsylvania, on the evening of November 14, 1957. FBI Report on Russell Bufalino, May 16, 1958, in RG 65 (NARA College Park). They also looked hard at William Medico of Pittston, but uncovered only a summer trip to Apalachin. FBI Memorandum, William Medico, June 24, 1959, in RG 65 (NARA College Park).

81
. Reavill,
Mafia Summit
, pp. 5, 146.

82
. Testimony of Russell, in Box 9, COI (NYSA). At most, Russell conceded, it could “possibly” have been more, but she gave no higher numbers. Ibid.

83
.
Binghamton Press
, August 5, 1963.

84
. Report of Trooper Greer, November 15, 1957, and Report of Trooper Cohen, November 15, 1957, both in Box 1, COI (NYSA).

85
. Interview with Croswell, in Box 1, COI (NYSA);
United States v. Bufalino
(S.D.N.Y. 1959) (testimony of Croswell) (NARA NY).

86
. Testimony of Croswell, in Box 1, COI (NYSA).

87
. Interview with Croswell, in Box 1, COI (NYSA).

88
.
Chicago Tribune
, November 15, 1957;
San Francisco Chronicle
, November 15, 1957;
New York Times
, November 15, 1957;
New York Daily News
, November 15, 1957.

89
.
Binghamton Press
, November 18 and 21, 1957;
New York Times
, November 26, 1957.

90
.
Life
, December 9, 1957.

91
. Bonanno,
Man of Honor
, p. 211.