Word: bove
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...A.F.L. was satisfied with him. He was eternally troubled by the brass knuckles which labor displayed to the world in years of bitter organizational and inter-union wars. And he tolerated and refused to interfere with the machinations of thugs like Willy Bioff, George Browne, George Scalise, James Bove, et al. Nine months before Scalise, the gangster king of the Building Service Union, was convicted of stealing members' dues, Green blandly asked Franklin Roosevelt to wipe out an earlier conviction for white-slaving so Scalise could apply for citizenship...
...seemed undisturbed 22 months ago when he and Bove were charged with extorting $420,000 from contractors building New York City's 85-mile Delaware Aqueduct. Their attorneys delayed the case for months. When they finally went on trial in Manhattan this month, Joe Fay stayed tough, cold and collected...
...Bills. District Attorney Frank S. Hogan called contractors to the stand. Their stories were similar - they had been summoned to hotel-room meetings with Fay and Bove when the job was begun in 1937, had been asked for big sums to "keep the job running smooth - with out labor troubles." They had paid in big bills, in installments of from...
...Bove did not testify in their own defense, listened calmly as a string of character witnesses went to the stand...
...both began showing signs of nervousness as the jury stayed out, hour after hour. And when the court finally read the verdict, Joe Fay and James Bove looked pale and sick. The verdict: guilty of extortion and conspiracy; maximum possible penalty: 18 years in prison...