Word: castiglia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Even after he became Tammany's top tiger, De Sapio was plagued by his Italo-Americanism. When Racketeer Frank Costello (born Castiglia) casually told the Kefauver committee that he knew De Sapio "very well," the public assumed the worst. After all, weren't both men Italians? "What do I have to do?" asks De Sapio. "Send a special scout ahead all day everywhere I go to case a joint before I step inside? About a week ago, I was having lunch with some friends at one of the best restaurants in town.† We're all having...
That old frog-throated scofflaw, Gambler Frank Costello (né Castiglia), still at large on $50,000 bail after appealing a five-year jail sentence for dodging 1947-49 income taxes, stood in grave danger of having his wings further clipped. Because he refused to testify about his activities in the U.S. before 1925 (when he became a U.S. citizen), a federal district attorney asked a U.S. court to denaturalize Italian-born Costello immediately...
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