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...stabbings appeared to have resulted from a swordlike instrument rather than a common knife, which at first led to rumors of ritualistic killings, but the apparent frenzy of the murders belied that. No fingerprints were found anywhere, Rumors of a wild drug and liquor spree were set off when police found a small quantity of marijuana and other drugs in Sebring's black Porsche. However, no drug traces were found in any of the five bodies, and none had been drinking except Sebring, who had had the equivalent of a martini and a half. Friends said the group...
...similarities were largely superficial-and perhaps intentional-and that the crimes were probably unconnected except by the publicity given the first one. There were, for example, no sexual overtones to the LaBianca deaths. The lethal weapons, including a meat-carving fork, were left in the LaBianca house. None were found at the scene of the first crime...
...from the bottom up, Valachi's remarkable memory nonetheless provided invaluable insights into its organization. From January 1961 to December 1968, the Government indicted 290 members of Cosa Nostra and obtained 147 convictions, with many cases still pending. Some of the bosses themselves have been jailed, while many have found their activities severely curtailed because of continuous scrutiny...
...when the owner could not pay his debt. Some public officials were acquired in the same manner. Over his head in various business deals, James Marcus, the former Water Commissioner of New York City, took a loan at 104% annual interest. When he was unable to pay, the gangsters found him a willing victim for other schemes, including graft on city projects. In the case of Marcus, as with many other public officials, the loan was almost certainly a come-on for what the Mob really wanted: a good friend in a high place. Marcus, Mobster Anthony ("Tony Ducks") Corallo...
...only ones who yield to temptation. Three days after a report on skimming in Las Vegas was sent to the U.S. Attorney General's office in 1963, a complete copy was in the hands of the criminals cited in the report. The conduit for that leak has never been found...