Word: anastasia
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Since when is crime a laughing matter among supposedly civilized people? I was aghast at the cynical attitude you took at Albert Anastasia's murder-and murder...
...Anastasia. How's the family...
...servants at Anastasia's home seemed unmoved at the news (although a maid did set the dogs on reporters), and Al's family decided not to ask the Roman Catholic Church to bury him (another brother, the Rev. Salvatore Anastasio, is a Bronx priest). He was put away quietly in a plain old $900 coffin-although another brother, Joe, got a $6,000 box when he passed on (of natural causes) last year, and $15,000 worth of flowers to boot...
There were dozens of theories: that it was Al who had ordered Frank Costello shot last spring and that he had paid the price; that a new, young mob was responsible for both the Costello and Anastasia shootings; that Al had declared himself the new "boss" of Manhattan garment-district rackets and doomed himself in the process...
Died. Albert Anastasia (real name: Umberto Anastasio), 55, gangster; by five gangland bullets; in Manhattan (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS...