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...Chinatown loft to make a phone call. Traffic was heavy in the building and nobody noticed anything wrong until the man at the cigar stand saw Willie come out of the booth, walk with painful erectness toward the door, call out "Tony" in a strangled voice. Tony was Tony Milletti, another organizer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Funeral for Willie | 5/23/1949 | See Source »

Blood spread in a widening stain across the front of Willie's shirt, and ran between the fingers clutched to his belly. In the telephone booth he had been worked over by three men and stabbed. The three hoodlums had raced out of the building, fought off Milletti and got away. At the hospital, Willie's wife, Beatrice, sat beside him until, around midnight, he was ready for the operating room. Then Willie managed a thin grin and said: "Why don't you put some lipstick on and quit crying? You better go home and take care...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Funeral for Willie | 5/23/1949 | See Source »

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