The German Engraver and the Curious Wife
5 February 1932 police find a counterfeiting plant in Flushing with 25000 notes of fake 5-dollar notes and enough paper to print for a million dollars of fakes. Cesar Contino, 32 of 1525 Benson Avenue, the alleged associate who works for Reggione in the malt shop. 7 April 1932 Louis Reggione of 174 Thompson Street loses his $20,000 dollar bail when he doesn't appear at his trial.
Genovese and murder of Michael Reggione
24 November 1932 Valachi had Peter Mione and John De Bellis murder at the orders of Tony Bender youngster Michael " Little Apples" Reggione in the hallway of 340 East 110th street. Lucky Luciano and Vito Genovese had him killed because they were afraid he would avenge his brothers, they had been killed some years earlier at their orders after a conflict.
The Payoff is Death
23 February 1950, "The Payoff is Death"was the headline in the NY Daily News as his lifelong activities landed Pasquale in and out of trouble and finally lead to his demise on the floor of a Manhattan Pastry shop.
Shooting at the Traingle club
19 March 1930 Thomas does time for a fatal shooting at the famous Triangle Club at 29 Carmine Street. Considered by many as New York's last great mafia social club, the Triangle certainly left behind a legacy. Geneovese crime family boss Vincent "the Chin" Gigante reportedly allegedly owned it.
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25 May 1935, As reported as far away as in the Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham, England, James' last act is to push his niece, Marie, a child of 12, out of the line of fire, as he is gunned doown by an assailant stepping out of a doorway on Houston Street in lower Manhattan....
Shoe Swap in the Tombs
30 July 1914, John visits his brother James is residing at the Tombs Detention Center in Lower Manhattan. He enters with one pair of shoes and leaves with another. Detectives posing as prison guards discover why...
It's hard to shoot a man on a rainy night
27 August 1940, Joseph side steps fate as his brother Louis is gunned down on Mulberry Street New York. Joseph is able to avoid the assailants' bullets on that dark rain swept night on Mulberry Street.