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· .1, Memoran. ·aum . . , TO . '·;' ~ . . DATE: :L/31/64 DIRECTOR, _FBI (92-6054) . . FR!J:. 0¥ . : . . . f C) • .. · ·· . s~c ,. ( 92•·-7 48) ., . ·' j ·. , . r .· ~UBJEW/f1 . · Q.LA ·OO~A· · 'NoSTRA~: - ak~ • ...... , "-'' . . !'- I . . ' 1 . \j '' ..· · AR•. .. CONSPIRACY . I ..,' ~.--- . 'l . I . ;/) ·\' ·~ !:. ,.

. & :' . , , , ... i . _ R~ · Cleve1•arid ai~te1 to Bureau dated 1/17/64. ( . <'"\ l .! . "\ ·'-' . · o~ · - Janu?-I'Y 15, · 1964, ·ev 344-c was contaeted by ~A" · ~· ~ l FRANK .G• . D01ID$ and fUr~1she .d the falloWing 1nf.9~a .t1ona .· . . . .:- . . r··..-; . ..: .. . . . ::: -= •.: -:-· . .~...... • : . .• . ·: ·~ . . RB s ·.. P.Jl[W]SBURGH . . 'ORG'ANIZA~ION (... .. ·-:··:··· . 9~l: ·.. . . ·...... /' . . : . .' . ; . cv 344-c advised that·mu'ch ·has been. sa1d·· ab<;>ut the . . '.: ,. ;I~/ (./ • -1eadereh1p/' . in· the "organ~zat1onrr. in new~papers in. the ;. .· · ·>e~ i'.-·.. - ,I · _ l~~\Bu;e~~ (.2 - ~57 -7 42) . · . . . : () r- : V ·· · .... . ' (,2 ....- -. ;L€> ·9 ··~-sub--~ 1"1"')""""'"' · · ·· ~ It ::j 4~C1ne1nnat1 . . ~l !· 8.~New --Yor~c(92-2300) . : . ~ ~ : 8 ...P1tt ·sburgh · · .. ·· ·l o I ; . .. (2 - · 92-534 > ~ 1 · 1 : 29-Cleve1and · . .. · · · . . s. ~ •· ~ : - 92•167 SCA·LIS!l) · . (1 - 92-173 JG.~~f.I ~;BLLO)'- . ! · 1 .<- : FRA~ . lfiLAN0) . · . (1 • ·92-6?1 Crime· Condit1Q~· ~ 1 - ·92-400 ANTHO~ MILANO) . . . . Youngs t .own) . . .·. . 1 : 2 -;- 92-New FRANK • . AUGTJSTDfl) . ·· ... -- ~ --: . . ..~. - .. .. ' 1 -~ 92-280 WHITE.Y ~SASE) (l.- 92"!"7e2 Or~~- Con~1t1one j 1 . ... . 92-.397 JAMES LJICAVOLI) _ · . . Toledo) . . - ... ~ - :; 1· ··- 9·2•87_4 ANGELO PERU) . _ (1 92-6~4 : Criine condition·:·! I ·- 9,2-New GUS DEMA) . _ · .. . , ·. .warren).- . f -~ - ·92-.912 BONES BATTISTA) !1 137-+~l~) - .: . · i . -I - -92-869 LEO MOCERI) .. _ 1 137 -341•S;A.) · ·.I 1· - 92-630 ERNIE LA SALLE) I 92-7~8) · . : · ;l ·- :92-8lEl ANTHONY . DELSAN'IER) . . 1 -... -92-:-768 TONY' MOLLICA) · (1 .- - 137-+0 .. FAT F.BRRUCCIO.} .. .· 1 · ... 92-80$;\DOMINIC MALLAMO )- · ·· ··-· ...... , · . . . . · r . · ·1 ··- · 92•988. JAMES . PRATr< . {~ - ·92-477: Or1m1nar" ·... ._., · . . . . 1 ~ ·92;New MIKE R0!$0 _ .-ll;J '. _· · Intelligence), . ~ _~ · t. .·,:,:w ·- 9~-639 PAUL~ ~OMEO . _ ·· ~t~7 : ~ c;2 _.bo~-:-(j_ ~d~· . _, v 1- ii!CJ.:QY~~;H: .... . · · -~ ~ -, :;;;-- ~ ~ ~t> •. · ~ . . . . (§?5) ... ~ - - · r o F[~ ~~Q~Q/$. .· ,* .. .· · ·1 .· ·.,·, .'li#( . . . .' 196 . . . . . < . -~- . . ,,,:· .. . . : ; . .. __. . . ; : ...... ~ - ~ · - . ------~ . ' .. ! ! NW 45839 Docid:32304668 Page 2 ' ._,

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Pi ttsburglf ~tea, bu.t · the · most· powerful individual ~n the ·, Pittsburgh are·a. is TONY RIPIPI. He stated there i~ no one. h;tgher in t~e ·· Pittspurgh · are·a a:nd especially in Was}11ngton" or Allegheny Counties. He also ·exerts influence in- west Virginia. He stated altnough "CHJJCK" '.t'BBMim is. .' th~ front man for the R~d .. I)og Club, .. a ··: .. ver:Y-~ elabora~e . gambling cas~no near Chester~· west Virginia, aruf . . was prev1oJI8;l.y at·· ·the Gll:lb 30 and ·the . J_ock~y -- Club; large· ·.-gambling ·;·:;rifpo~ai : in .Ch~ste~i ·west Virginia;' 'IUMER is merely ··tolerated. for h1s · polit1ca~ intl~ence and all the employees of t~e club are working·· for J.roNY RIPEPI~ · . . · . . · · ,·. · cv 344-c stated that he is ·cer·tain-· that RIPBP.I is.. the nboss";· and- a:!ltho~gh FRANK ·'VALENTI al-legedly· attend;d the· Apa~a:ehin meet1ng~ · ·he · fias mere-ly :there as a representative· ·of .. RIPBP.I·~ He stated tha't trom 1rifo;rmation he had obtained,· the .. ~palach1n · .meeting wa·s by no means a meeting of the real bosses of the ·Mat1a., ·but w.as a nie~~ing · of the. represent~t~ves of. the ·real ·· bos.ses·. · ·· J:I• '· .. state.a ·- as an; ~xample · ·.·of this,· JOHN T• SCALISH of .. CteV'elari~.. :wa:s· . at' this meet~ng,· and if he .· wa.~ there·, '· he, the infor'!lan-t·;;-··lfhows. that ·ne is . not .the ··"ooss'': of Cleveland. · lf he at't~nded,. he was ., merely there ~ as an :· emis·sary of ANTHONY. MILANo: · . . .· . - .··...... ; .. . .. - · ··cv·· 344-c advfsea thae·aA:eRIBL .B,nd SAMU'BL:-MANNARIN0 of New · Kinsfngt.9n, Pennsylvania,· were ·unquestionably qtember~ :of the "organizatio~.", but they would come under -the· domination 'of 1 RIPJPI. :~: - · - .. .. ·. ..·::- CV 344~c : · stated : he nad. tleard ·of"sBBAS1I·AN JOHN LA ROCCA

ami ;tf .he is ·in tpe"."or·gani.aion he· weuld ·also be under.. RIPBPI· ~ ... I , I . ·-·--cv 34·4-c - ~d~l~~d : ~~~~ ::· ~~ knbw~ · · Mrm . _ AcQuifio·'·: ~~s : ~ ~emb~~ . i I .o:f the "organization"· ·and· nad beeri·. a. power, but at· present he is I allegedly in' poor he~l t~ ·and :~7~.-n~· .:' ... - :. . -~- ... ~:.-. . .. ~ - ·: · ... __ .... ~ · .. · .. · · H~- stated ·l';ie kribws ANDRBW .. MANGINI, as a Jllember ·of tne · '~ orgariiza,.tiop" and engaged -in numbers acti'vities a~d . other -gambling

1n the · P.~.ttsi:>urgh a::r,ea • . He stated he would des'cripe 'him actual.~f • I as a "no.lodyr in ttre "organization" and · not well t{iought of bee-..uae ! of l?eing·· ~n~ttn · as· a: ":.suckern ia a,.ny gambling gaJ!le · ythich. runs in ·the ·Wheeling, . west 'Vi;l!'ginia, area. · .. ,.. ,. ·· • - , · " .. r... ·4... · . · _ _... , ·• I ... , ...... , . ~ . . ·· cv '344-c advised that the seven :.VOLPB brothers had been ·~· ·p:~~~n~:£;in : th~ ' Pittsbur~ · area in 'the 192(!$ ·~ ·- He· ' s ~at~'d - ~ JOJU{ VOLPB had been· the ~ "boss" -rof· ·the "family" and was later killed w1th two of his orothrrs. . Cjl.t .Gianni Brazzano 1 s Bar ·in PittSbl.,l rgh.. . : He st~ted

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·that BJV.ZZAJ'TO was murdered at a . later date for his siispeeted part 1ri the VOLPB . C.V 344.;;c stated BRAZZANO has a son still oTHER 4 residing in.' the Pi·ttsburgh area,· .namely 'JOHN BRAZZANO who is extremely e~ose to young MIKE RO~o:--or Gampbell,. Qhio~ ·who is the · · . son of PAuL· ROME~~ · 'PAYL ROMBO )ias retired, but· neJ.d ·in· high l'eapect . by the. .norg~n+zation" ~nd · formerly a power in Campbell, . Youngstown, · · anq Mah0nin~ County, ~hio. ·

. . cv 344-·c stateq tnere are a couple of the VOLPB brothers = . : ,. still residing ·in P.ittsburSh, but he does not know them personally. . : . . . ' ...... - .. ·,-: CV 344-c stated he had :known GUY VOLPE, · ~ho la·ter died · · . of pneumonia ·at Pittsburgfl, Pennsylvania, · and at · one time when he was wanted · ~y the· .local authorities ori some charge: ·around ,Pittsburgh, Penpsylva.hia·,·.. · h~ ·- had hidden out· ih the home of a. GUISSBPPI·· .. ·. PINDILLI,· a !member ·of t:Pe "organization" ·who was later deportea ·'to ; PINliiLLI was at that. t1me ."res1ding 1n the· area of Scotts. dale~· Penn~ylvania,; "where"he was ·later ar.rested . on· a narcotics .. charge. Th1's ·arpest had taken place abol..lt 1~27. ·: · , CV: 344-!'c · advise~ cpnce'~ning ·the 'killing of. the V0LPB bro.ther·s in ·Pittsburgh;: .he had"' learn$d from GUISSEPPI PINDIIJ..I. · tha·t; - one of. the alleged.. 1{1llers :or .·the VOLPE ' broth~rs was a " n,uih · nan1ed (FmJ) ~PINELL:I, and· he had fled · to Italy to !as cape reprisals and· was :eith¢r . apprehended there by authorities or' ~they" the · organization. . ' Gaught. . . h1marid. . killed ·him in Italy. ·

. • • • •• ~ • .. • J' . .. . . ' ' ' ' .. . . cv.J44..i.C advised a member off the "organizat;toil" who had been ·a · power. .. at ·qne time "w~s one PASQl:JALB NAPOLI, · who coritrolle~ the loligs:Por~men in Brooklyn for many years. He stated he }lad . · die(} about . one · y~ar ago. . He · was known personally py the informa~t • ...... J ' . • ~ • • •• ••• •' . _._ .. ·· .· -- cv 344.;;.c ·adv1sed "the ·"organi,zation". at. C;Leveland, ., w~s .. at orie . t~me under .the. :contr'oJ,. · of"CICCI0 (FRANK) MILANO~ · ' · A.. Calabrese, · MILANO· fled to·-Mexico owing . the -a great deal of nion.ey for· the evasion of ·income ta.xe· ~. · · · · · . : " · . . .•: \ cv 344-c s~ated CICCIO 1-ULANO, presently ... in ill 'h$alth, · I · w~s su6cee· a~9. by. his l"'fD:rothep ANT~ONY .MILANO~· . He . sta:ted that his ' . word is "law!'· at .. present even with· the . Sic:111,an gr9up in Toledo., · Akron, Cahtop/ Sandusky, Warret1 anq Youngstown, . Ohio. ~ .t r . .. j . . . ;

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CV 344-G stated that FRANK DB AUGUSTINI 1 Owner of the Roman Gardens, Mayfield Road, section of Clevelan.d, is the second in command in Cleveland under MILANO~ He stated he ' did not know · FRANK BRANCATO well but· ne believed .that he would be next in command in the Calabrese group in Clev~land and under MILANO and DB AUGUSTINI~ \ ·· cv 344~c state~ tha~ there would be two 4istinct gr6up~ i~ in the organization the Cleveland area or· in Northeastern ·ohio . : and· as far west as Toledo . He stated'the set ·up is unusual in .. that the Calabrese group . is· more. hignly respected than the Sicilian g;roup in the ·. geographical area. He stated his opinion comes fr.om reactins to . ~iffereftt . arguments which have arisen· and would"have later been s~ttled by· meetings . He stated the Sic~lian group operates its own ~n~r ises and there is apparently a pact that o~her•s . enterpris~s. they and the Calabrese will not encroach on each. . . .. In this geographicai· area, the Sicilian group inclues JAMES ' LICAVOLI 1 ak;a Jack White,. Cleveland; 'rWHITEY" BESASE of Toledo.urider. LICAVOI.I and .ANGELO PERNA of Toledo under BESASE. He · stated they l:lave 'enterprises operating in Toledo.

Informant .·, stated LICAVO~I has GUS DIMA as the representa ~ tive at Sandusky, Ohio, who has his sources of income. there. ,.Informant· stated' PAT FBRRUCCI0 ·was .the-- representative, for .LICAVOLI·· ror years, but· lost out for some reason. FERRUCCIO still a member is not in good standing at .. pf.eSent. · ·cv 34"4..;.c ~· stated he ·has heard that a "B0NES'' BATTISTA" of Canton,· Ohio 1 . is niore or less in control in that eity at ·pres¢nt. He had s~pported the right candidate in a locai election the~e and was able to operate, but needed a "bank roll'r for his operation. He sought· outside . help· ·and, ... therefore., LEO MOCERI 1 ERNlE. -LA . ·sALLE and . ANTHONY . D.ELSANTBR became his partners in a bookie and numbers operation . . : , .. At Warren,· Ohio, .. CV 344- C adv:ised .. ANTHONY : DELSANTER-- ' became 'rboss" of the area when -MIKE .FARAH, a Syriap~ · : wa.s · murdered (6/10/61)·. "The organization had ~ put .up with ~ARAH as long as he had influenc·e ·and had the politicians in his pocket. When: he bec8.lJ'le .. obstr~perous and uncontrolable, the "organizat ion!~ 'tiumped'·r.. . him. --He ala<;> stated th~t .cHARLES IMBURGIA; operator-of ·the · · Sunrise Inn; ·. East MarRet Street,. Warren, Ohio, may' ..how be affiliated . with the Sicilian group of LICAVOLI, but at one ti~e several ye~rs · ago he was part of the Pittsburgh group headed by ~IPBPI : ... - 4 -

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At Akron, Ohio, the territory is controled by tRa S~cilian- ·group operating in Toledo, Canton, Warren, . and Youngstown, Ohio. · cv· 344-c advised that JAMBS "LA FATCH seemed to be the represenative of LICAVOLI in that area·tog~ther with his b?other, TONY, and would be under the· direct· supervision of ''WHITEY" BESASE of Toledo and ·LICAV0LI in Cleveland, Ohio. At . Mansfield, Ohio; CV 344- C advised TONY MOLLICA is an "organization'r representat~ve and although · a ~al~brese, will ,. ·· "hustle" with. the Calabrese and Sicilian groups; I I:lformant does not consider him· a power, but stated he is a: member <;>f the "organiza­ tion" and operates the Ritz Bar in Mansfi~ld , Ohio. - ~ ~ . . At Youngstown, Ohio; the informant advised there .. are the same two groups ·rn the 'rorganization11 as in Clevelfl,nd, Ohio. The Calabrese has;· some action and the· ·sicilian-group under L·ICAVOLI have their own. ventur.es. Both have respect for one -another's .·. -1 enterprises. · The Calabrese · in Youngstown are run .. by·: DOMINIC MALLAMO who is more. or. .· J:ess the · successor to PAUL ROMEO, bro"ther-of MIKE · ROMBO ' and· "MALLAMO ·is close -to· ANTHONY .. MILANO- iri Cleve.land. MALLAMO "is in a semi ~ retired "positiop, but _e;acts tribu~from t nose ·under him. · Second in command, ~ aktng.· a more ac·tive -, part and soon ·t o be the -leading· representative of the Calabrese·,"· ur·· JAMES. PRATO, aka 'rTwo· Gun -Jirfuriy" of Poland, Ohi o, who is a nephew of MALLAMO~ · The informant ·stated when the. : o~rbut game moved · to· Struthers, Ohio, from yquhgsto'Wn,·· qhio , _ followin~f"the . death of .VINCE DE N!R0 .. (7/17/61), the"Y moved the game in. the property ·of the· CARABBIA brothers _and . only put up" wi th them sin·ce they controled the city· administration ih Struthers, · ohio, to the e~tent they would be all6wed to · operate without in_~erf~ren~~ .·. _ .. __· ___ .·- He stated t ha·t ybung···MIKE ROMEO~ · the son-· of -PAUL ROMEO, . camppell, Ohio, ·has some . influence tnere as .pointed out pr~viously, · and is very close to . JOHN BRAZZANO, the ·son··ot. GIANNA· BRAZZAN0, deceased,· who · was mvol~ed in t~e V~~P~ murders in -1;'1 tteburgh: . . · Regarding the Sicilian gr:oup of · tne . rrorganizatlon" in YoungStown; cv. . 344-c :stated he courd·:n.ot ·say ;tf VINCE .. J. DB '. NIRO, bombing · ·victim· of "7 /17/61, was a member of the ·rrorganization'r or· not. He stated, however~ that .DE NIRO ' s . caused great · . .. . concern among all members of the "o~ganizat10n." . H~ stated -that . of all the mufders co~itted , in the Youngstown area, this ·was the ·only murder where. ... members of"" the rrorganization".· made _active ·· efforts to . determine the persons responsible for same. · ·He .. citad inquiry made by JAMES PRATO, JAMES TRIPODI, Steubenville, and TONY RIPEPI

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of Pittsburgh as examples of "organization'' members attempt ing to determine his killer. He stated if 1lE NIRO was not a member, he was- a big ·source of income for the organization and had been cooperativ~ aft~r having_ _been ''shaken down'' by the "organization." CV 344-c stated the "organization" made no inquiry of him following the bombing murder of CAVALLARO and 'for his reason· he believed CAVALLARO was Rilled for getting out of line. He stated if he had been ~il~ed without the sanction· of the· "organization'', they would have inquired as to who was responsible for the killing . of ohe ··of t fl.eir members. . He ·stated that in his opinion; CAVALLARO had a portion of DB NIRO'' ;s operat~on and apparently tried to "hog" the entir~ operation after his death. Regarding JASPER ·ttFATS'r A·IBLLO, jR., aka, the informant advised he is no longer held 'ih high respect because he has "gotten out of line"'. by .. bad publicity . and 'by enga:girig Hi" armed ·robbery arid burglary. He stated t hat AIELLO had formerly been well thought qf and in Youngs t'Own, ·· he occupied about the same posi tiori -a:t ·· one time as TONY DELSAN~R occupies ·at 'pre~erit · in Warren. He noteq tha~ nELSANTER and AIELLO ~re still close associates. · cv '344;..c · advised ·wiLLIAM -NAPLES bombing murqer victim killed on 7/1/ 62, was killed because the ''organization" learned ·· he was responsible for killing DB : NIRG: According 'to the information he ·received, the NAPLES brotherff were·· not ·part of either . the c.alabrese .. or sicilian groups and did not contribute to e ith~r and especially Cleveland. · ·

cv · 344~c · stated · regard1ng the killing of DOMIN~C M0IO, Canton, Ohio, whose body was found stuffed in the trunk of hi s car at Canton, Ohio, on 9/3/63, the "organization" mad.e · no inquiry about hisdeath or the parties ·responsible,. This a,gain"wou ld. mean to him )that· MOIO "had · gotten out of line.,, .. MOIO, had ·somehow · ootained employment with the·· NAPLES b;roethers and "unquest i onably "set tip"· BILLY .NAPLES for his murder·. GV 344~c stated MO:to· may have been eliminated whetl it .- was, learned thr.ough the newepape:r.s that fie had -admittea to t he 'FBI that· he had- driven BILLY NAPLES to his rrJoe· Blow" car just before it blew up, killing him. ·.· INFLUENcE AND STATURE OF -.- CALABRESE GROUP. ·.lN ·cLEvELAND ·oR.GAN:IZATI'ON ·.

cv' 344·sc 'advlsJct the :Calabre·se ~roup .at Clevelarict definitely I dominates the Sici).ian when argu!Ti~r).ts and misunderstanding arise.

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He st~ted about 1958, a Warren, Oh i o, pimp named·BENJAMIN PANDELLI·, · not considered a member of the " org~ilizat 1 on " because of h1s inean.S of liveliho9d whic_h is froWRed upori by the "organization", backed a sheriff· in his candiciiacy· ·for tpe ·offi ce at Mansfie ld, Ohio. AS a result . of· t his bac·k , he wa s a llowed by the successful candidate to 6t)en a house of prostl.tution-· i n Mansfield, Ohio . · ·The sheriff was not backed by TONY MOLLICA, a member of the •rorganization" :· ,. at Mansfield, Ohio·. · · CV 344-C stated-· when MOLLICA n·oted that PANDELLI' s operatlon,was a money ma~er, he -approached PANDELLI ·and told hiiri .that ·people in to.wn were talking" arid s aying that he, MOLLICA# was responsi ble for · the ·hou·se being able. to op er~;te . He said it .. was giving him a "bad· narrie . . ·cv 34~-C adviseGi PANDELLI _realized that MOLLICA ·was ri.ot ·concerhed about . h is bad name and that' MOLLICA was attempting to m~ve in and ~u s cle him. When PANDBLLI -was not receptive to the . attempts ·of MOLLICA~ - - MOLLICA then sought the ala·· of MIKE ROMEO, Poland; Ohi_o, who · approached P ANDELLI wl th the sanie story. ROMEO-- told PANDELLI-, according to CV 344-c, that he · should close down for ·a couple of months so that--thiflgs could be "cleared up . rr ROMEO told PANDELLI that· ]:le · was a · friend or "h is father~ · .. · GUISSIPP! PINDILLI~ - PANDELLI refuse·a to-- clo-se a nd ·cv 344- C advlsed· according to--what PANDBLLI:.lat.er told him, he . wrote a letter explain­ ing the sittiat1ori." t6 his father in Buenos Aires. : · cV. 344- c s=cated PANDELLI then received a letter fnom his father 'whic'h .. inst!'ucted him· to ·taRe this letter to -ANTHONY ~NO, i n Cleveland; - whi ch · · apparently PANDELLI did: ... A. little later PANDELLI · received-.- a - call from "'WHITEY'' --BESASE,· .. Toledo, Ohio , who i nstructed h im to . appear with MOLLICA at 'the home :_ of J;I:MMIE . LA FATCH in Akron, Ohio .• o - -·· 0 .. -· 0 00 0 0 0 .... MO O.. .. o oo

CV 344- C -advised P,ANDELLI . refused fear1ng··:·t'hat · h~ - would be "'dumped" .'en· ·route --or" at the meeting. PANDELLI . called ANTHONY MILANO .at Cleveland iii the, .presence of -- MOLLICA ·and MILANO talked ­ t6 MOLLICA' at this, .time,. · He -t_old. him he was· i n structing PAND.'ELLI to accompany h i m 'to-· the-'meetfrig out that if a · •rnair on the head of PANDBLLI" was harmed, he would see that the whole bunch was taken care of. . . . ;· ·cv 344;.;c · stated PANDELLI ·wen·t ·-·to .Akrori, Ohio~ - ·with MOLLICA for ' the mee_tiQg · at JAMES-;LA FATCH's ·hom·e : - There were about-- 20... 'persons present.·· After ~C dinner, all except PANDBLLI ,"'·not a fu.emoer, retired to the bas~ment where MOLLICA and MIKE ROMEO. were interrogated.

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cv-344,.c ·.stated that several years .. back ~n "organization" ma~ber i! s ,restaurant · known ·a:s .the ·Baron Restaurant ·owned by· GO&Mo·. QUA TRONE was -held up by some armed r0bbers from -the- Cley.eland ar.~a. The group _i nc 1ud ed. DAVE . TIBERZIO, THOMAS "LA'QGHING ·rroMMY rr . RTJI1ELICK~ VI NCENT INNOCENZI' and DOMINICK' .. MAFRICI'." ·Tne "' thieves .. had"n0t checked with TRIPODI and· as a ·r esult·; . MAFRICI · although · the. s on.:.in-law of .FRANK DB AUGUSTI~I, Cleveland member was Killed i n .Buffalo about 3/15/57, · while -out on oond . -I NNOCBNZI was shot several times and found near Canton, Ohi o, i n the summer of 1960 .

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