RemisciAtifia Chief Slain in Brooklyn NEW YORK, July 16 (UPI) Eboli, heir to the crime em- of Colombo at an Italian- numbers rackets. He also was — Reputed Mafia chieftain pire of the late Vito Genovese, American unity day, rally in said to be moving in on organ- as Eboll, a one-time fight who died in prison in 1989, June, 1971, and his own mur- ized crime operations at the manage o rose to become a was found sprawled face up in New York docks with three kingpin in the East Coast front of a private residence. der was motiviated by re- other reputed mobsters, r- rackets, was killed gangland- He had been shot at least five venge. mine (the eak style early today on a quiet times in the head moments Eboll's body was found by c ae •men c and residential street in Brooklyn. earlier, police said. two radio car policemen on es on the water- The 61-year-old Eboll, who Detectives said they were routine patrol who were oPtiric1711 also was known as Tommy planning to bring in organized flagged down by an unidenti- Detectives from the police }Ina, was the latest to crime figures for questioning. fied passerby after hearing department's Organized Crime sliaish of gangland murders But a source in the Brooklyn shots and seeing Eboli's body Task Force said Eboli also that began with the April 7 district attorney's office de- on the pavement. held interests in several legiti- shooting death of scribed it as an 'oddball kill- Eboli, known to law officers mate enterprises, including (Crazy Joe Gallo in Laltitt ing," and said no Mafia family as a dapper dresser, was wear- two record companies and a lower Man- immediately could be singled ing a blue juthp suit, a blue- bagel bakery. hattan. out for suspicion. and-white checked shirt, a The Sicilian-horn Eboll was Since Gallo was killed, the In the Gallo shooting, "alt- three-stone diamond ring and once- a boxing manager but in prophecy of his sister that ers" of the Joseph Colombo an expensive watch when his 1952 the New York State Ath- "the streets are going to run family were suspected by body was found. A gold cruci- letic Commission revoked• his red with blood," has been fol- uthorities. Police believed fix was around his neck. license after he slugged a ref- lowed by at least eight more that Gallo. may have engi- Eboli allegedly had interests underworld assassinations. neered the near-fatal shooting in gambling, narcotics and See EBOLL AS, Cal. 2 EBOLI, From Al eree and a boxing promoter in Madison Square Garden. Eboll was arrested nine times between 1933 and 1966 on charges ranging from va- grancy to assault. All but two, the assault charge stemming from the incident at Madison Square Garden and a $5 fine for disorderly conduct In'1945, were thrown out of court. Ebel collapsed of a re- ported heart attack In the wit- ness chair in 1969 while testi- fying before a New York State investigation commission hear- ing in Manhattan. Both New York and New Jersey Investi- gative units have sought to question him since, but he claimed that his heart would not hold out .