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...have been murdered because of his role in the Donovan probe. Furino flunked a lie-detector test on April 27, when he claimed that he had never collected any payoffs from Donovan. He later made two appearances before the grand jury investigating Donovan. On June 2 Silverman subpoenaed John DiGilio, Furino's superior in the Genovese family, to appear before the grand jury as well. The next day Furino vanished. Silverman's report calls for an investigation into whether Furino's slaying was an obstruction of justice...
Gallina's closed-door testimony concerned four top Genovese family gangsters: New Jersey's Vincent Gigante, John DiGilio, Salvatore Briguglio and Tommy Principe. The FBI considers all four to be prime suspects in ordering .22-cal. murders. Gallina told the grand jury how the Genovese leaders moved racket money into real estate in upstate New York...
...small-time gambler and loan shark slain in Hoboken, N.J., in August 1976 while his Cadillac was stopped for a red light. Two killers hit him with 15 shots. He was reportedly about to turn state's evidence in an investigation of New Jersey Mobster John DiGilio...
...Frank Chin, 48, professional wiretapper gunned down with six bullets to the head in a New York City apartment building Jan. 20. Also a potential state's witness against the Mob, Chin (TIME, Feb. 21) had been hired by DiGilio to screen the gangster's offices for police eavesdropping devices...
...Miami sporting-goods store that went out of business a few months ago. FBI lab tests show that the .22-cal slugs that killed Capone and Chin came from the same weapon -which has not been found. But both men were also linked through their mutual connection with DiGilio. The New Jersey gangster is currently appealing a prison sentence for conspiracy to rifle the files of the FBI's Newark field office -files that some officials think may have tipped off the Mob that Bompensiero and Maniaci were informants...
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