Chapter 14 Section ten

In 1950, Melchor wanted to buy a house and move to the suburbs.When Victor Sinovance found out, he called me aside and taught me earnestly, "Living in the suburbs is very different from living in the city. You have to improve the relationship between neighbors and make everyone like you. Absolutely Don't bully anyone, never harass the girls. Donate appropriately to the Boy Scouts and other charities, and if possible, go to church every week..." Meltrow had a fancy house in Yonkers and asked me to check it out.I said as long as she likes it.She said the house was priced at $28,000, and I gave her $5,000 as a down payment.

At this time, my son graduated from high school.It was one of the best private schools in New York, called St. Michael's Hill High School, and I remember the annual tuition was $1,600-$1,800.Donald lived on campus all the time and only went home during the holidays.I wanted him to live a different life away from the streets of the Bronx, away from the smoky world I lived in. He graduated, I asked him if he still wanted to study, he said no, he wanted to work.First of all, I like to repair cars. After a while, I couldn't do well, so I found him a good job.I don't want to tell you what kind of job it was, but he's got a lifetime of work, and he's been good at it.Donald married early, and I built a three-bedroom house for the young couple in Yonkers.

Willie Murthy, a close friend of "Prime Minister" Frank Costello in the Luciano family, who once helped Joseph Wallach in the lottery, is now Victor Sinovance's confidant. first goal.Willie himself has some problems. Like Alphonse Capri in Chicago, he suffers from tertiary syphilis, which has affected his brain function and often says things he should not say.Victor created public opinion among the members of the "Kosha Nostra" family, saying: "Willie has a brain problem, so he can't blame others. If I fail tomorrow, you can get rid of me." , so as not to ruin 'our cause'." Victor's idea was endorsed by the boss's "committee".

The contract for the execution of Willie Murthy was "open," that is, there was no fixed name and no fixed time.No matter who the family members are, they can kill him as long as they get the chance.As a result, the opportunity fell to John Roberts, Wallach's old friend and then-newcomer to "Kosha Nostra."John had teamed up with Wallach to lend money in the early years, and had just joined the Anastasia family recently. (According to the records of the New Jersey State Police Department: On October 4, 1951, at about 11 a.m., Willie Murthy was found dead in Joseph's Restaurant, 793 Parishage Avenue, Cliffside Park. Cause of death: Head Two gunshot wounds. Before the incident, there were three male Caucasian patrons in the restaurant, one sitting at the bar and the other two at a nearby table. The person sitting at the bar—later identified by witnesses as John Robb -Leaving the restaurant, and soon came in with the victim, Willie Murthy, and introduced the victim to the other two. The only other people on the scene at that time were the proprietress of the restaurant and a waitress, and they went into the kitchen together, where they heard Shots fired, came out to see Willie Murthy had been shot and the other three customers had fled...Witness identifying John Roberts as the waitress, although she was "not particularly sure"...arrased Other witnesses include...Joseph Wallach...In June 1952, John Roberts was indicted for the murder of Willie Murthy...the charges were withdrawn for lack of evidence.)

Six years later, on September 7, 1958, John Roberts died as a result of Anastasia family infighting. Next, Victor Cinovance ordered the murder of Eugenio Ciannini of the Lucchese family, that is, the "Valachi contract" at the beginning of this article.Ciannini's body was still alive, and Valachi received a new contract.This time, it was Victor Jinnovance himself. Just as Victor was firmly seated as the boss, an embarrassing "housework" happened to him. In December 1952, Anna, the wife of Jin Novance, ran away from home, and then filed for divorce.Many years ago, Anna used to be the wife of a column captain of the Luciano family. Victor took a lot of effort and secretly and skillfully killed her husband before he got Anna.Many people in the family knew about it, but they, like the police, had no evidence.To be fair, Victor Sinovance has always been deeply in love with Anna.During his exile in Italy, he entrusted a friend and partner, Steven Francie, to take care of his wife.After Anna filed for divorce, Victor blamed Steven, thinking that because of Steven's lack of dedication, Anna had a quarrel with him.

In early June 1953, when Anthony Bender invited Wallach to a high-end restaurant to taste veal steak, he conveyed Victor's instructions to him.Anthony said that Steven Francie was an "informant" for the police, and said nothing about the "family scandal" of the Jin Novans family. "After closing every night, you stay in the 'Lido' waiting for my call." Anthony said to Wallachi. I've known Steven Francie since the thirties, but he'd never been to the Lido, so the Victors arranged for me to do it.Anthony told me that the other two were Pat Pagano and Fioli Siano, who I used when I executed the Cianini contract.

Every night — 16 nights in all — I was told to “go home” on the phone.On this day, Anthony said on the phone: "Wait." I got up to see if all the doors and windows were bolted from the inside, drew down the curtains, and sat there waiting.Just after four in the morning, I heard a knock on the door. It was Pat and Fioli and Steven Francie.Steven was a little drunk. "Hey Joseph," Pat said, "we're taking Steven to see your store." I mixed a few drinks, talked to them about the Lido, showed them around the store, and ended up in the kitchen, where Steven died.Steven was a little old man, and big Pat put his arms around his neck from behind and held him there.Fior punched him in the mouth and stomach.

………… I was guarding the kitchen door, and when Pat let go, Steven collapsed to the ground, motionless.Two "fur kids" started strangling his neck with chains.Steven twitched and Pat put his foot on his neck.It was only a few minutes in total. After about half an hour, Wallach slipped out of the Lido's front door, looked around for nothing, and got into Steven Francie's car and lit it.Hearing the sound of the engine starting, Pat and Fiore brought Steven out, looking as if the old man was drunk.Wallachi got out of the car and watched as the two "hair boys" put Steven's body in the back seat and drove towards Manhattan.

(According to the records of the New York City Police Department: On June 19, 1953, at 9:55 a.m., an adult male white body was found in the back seat of a car parked in front of No. 164, East 37th Road. The deceased was hanged Died of suffocation. His face, chest and abdomen were injured in multiple places, and his left chest was fractured. According to investigations, the deceased was Steven Francie, 58 years old, and his home address: 1777 Bronx Central Plaza. The vehicle was also registered with the deceased under the name.) One day in mid-November 1953, Anthony Bender told me that Dominic Petrilly—that is, the mouth—had returned from Italy, sent by the Federal Drug Administration to be a mole.I jumped up as soon as I heard it, and said: "I don't care if Huozui is an insider or an outsider, don't come to me for this kind of shit, let the Lu Qisai family handle it by themselves. I don't want to be caught in the middle again. Like the Ciannini contract."

"Nobody said you'd take the contract," Anthony said, "but he's sure to come for you, isn't he? Just let me know when he comes. He's sure to make up some story for you about how he sneaked onto the ship. , How to take advantage of others and jump down. Just remember one thing, be careful when talking to him, he may have a tape recorder. " After Anthony left, I was in a bad mood.I feel like ever since Victor Novance came back to America, we've been having trouble.I used to be able to live at least a few days in peace with Frank Costello.It's good now, rumors come one after another, contracts come one after another.In the blink of an eye, the gaping mouth became a traitor again.To be honest, I dare not talk to people, and I dare not listen to others.There are some things that even if you just know about them, you will get yourself into trouble.

After about three weeks, when the doors were about to close one night, Huozui came to the "Lido".He was drunk, or pretended to be.He saw how happy I was, and hugged me yelling.I was so flustered that I quietly asked him how he dared to walk around so swaggeringly. "I'm not wandering around," said Gozui. "I came to meet you as soon as I got off the boat, didn't I? You're my buddy, aren't you? I can't stay in Italy anymore, I have to come back. I 27 days on that wreck, 27 oh my god! That's not human life, just like that, and they knocked $3,000." Huo Zui said that he had already made an appointment to meet with two members of the Luciano family. "I'll make you rich," he said in my ear. "I've got a way to get tons of it. You, Joseph, come with me to Cuba to get it." When Huo Zui said these words, I have been afraid to speak.After finally seeing an opportunity, I lifted his coat and said, "Hey, you've lost weight." Taking advantage of the situation, I groped on him.There is no tape recorder.I whispered to him, "Listen to me, Kozui, this place is dangerous for you. If you're going to Cuba, get out of here." Huo Zui didn't seem to hear me at all, he ordered another glass of wine and drank it slowly.Before leaving, he said to me: "Don't forget our appointment. I will contact you in two days." That was the last time I saw Gu Zui. I waited an hour before calling Anthony Bender: "He's here." "Still in 'Lido'?" "No, let's go." "Why didn't you notify me earlier?" "As I said, I don't want to have anything to do with it." "Did he say where he went?" "No." "What did you guys talk about?" "That's what you told me he was going to say." One night in December, when business was light, we closed early and headed home.At 5:30 in the morning, Melzo woke me up, and there were two detectives standing beside her.One said: "Your wife told us it was 3 o'clock when you got home. Why did you come back so early?" "No guests. What's the matter?" "Your friend Pat Leary was murdered. Do you know what happened?" (According to the records of the New York City Police Department: On December 9, 1953, at 3:50 in the morning, three unidentified white men wearing sunglasses suddenly broke into a barbecue restaurant located at 634 East 183 Avenue in the Bronx , shot and killed Dominic Petrily on the spot, nicknamed "Kuozui", male, white, 44 years old.) Wallach later heard that it was a poker game in a barbecue restaurant that night.He had won more than $1,300 when the three killers went in.Huo Zui looked up and ran towards the bathroom, probably trying to get out of the window there, but was cornered by the three gunmen, "the brains were blown out."Others said that the players fled in all directions immediately.One of them actually risked his life by running back and taking the money from Kuozui's pocket. The three killers were all members of the Lu Qisai family. "Although I finally believed that Gouzui was indeed an 'informant,'" Wallachi said, "I would never have attacked him. On the day of Salvador Maranjano's accident, if he hadn't dragged me to Brooklyn, I'm afraid I'm done. "I've never been so miserable. I didn't do anything all Christmas and got myself drunk all day long." In fact, the upper echelon of "Kosha Nostra" strictly forbids its members to participate in drug smuggling. strict. "Kesa Nostro" internally collects a "poll tax", each person pays $25 per month, which is used for hiring lawyers and supporting family members after their members are arrested.There are more than 450 people in the Luciano family to which Valacchi belongs, and the annual "poll tax" is quite considerable, reaching more than 100,000 US dollars.According to the internal drug ban, those arrested for drug trafficking are not allowed to enjoy this "public money".However, the huge profits brought by drugs often make people stunned. Although some bosses have repeated orders not to allow their subordinates to smuggle drugs, as long as they are asked to raise a few points, they will turn a blind eye. Among the five big families in New York, the Qisai family is the most popular in drug trafficking. In early 1956, Joseph Wallach was sentenced to five years in prison for smuggling heroin with Melchor's younger brother, Jack Rainer, a member of the Luciese family.Interestingly, this batch of heroin was still contacted by Eugenio Ciannini when he went to Europe.This is not the first time Wallachi has been arrested for drug trafficking, but it is the first time he has been sentenced after joining "Kosha Nostra".However, the brother-in-law and brother-in-law did not spend long in prison before being released on bail. According to Valacci himself, he got involved in drug dealing in 1952, the year he executed the Ciannini contract.He evaded the FDA and the police on his first deal, but "it was such a fucking crappy deal, I can't even tell anyone. I want all the 'Kosha Nostra's" Know how those greedy bosses ruined 'our business'." Wallachi obtained the name and address of a Corsican drug lord from Sally Silitani, who joined him in the same year, so Te Pagano went to Marseille, France to find this Dominique—they did not Don't know his last name.The secret code for the joint was half a dollar bill, and Sally had already sent the other half to Dominic.Pat came back to say that everything was in order, and all that was left was to pay for the goods on delivery. Pat called to tell me that Dominique's wife had come to New York and was staying in some hotel in Manhattan.After he went there, he went directly to the "Lido" to meet me and said that it was a total of 15 kilograms of goods, and she wanted a down payment of 8,000 US dollars.You may not know how much a kilogram is, it is equivalent to 35 ounces. Having reached this point, I have to say hello to the top.I understand what will happen if Daoteng is caught.I found Anthony Bender, and I knew he was always involved in these sorts of things, and I thought it would be all right if I gave him a little credit. He was really interested.To make a long story short, before he left, he offered me $9,000, saying $8,000 for the down payment, and another $1,000 for Pat to play around with that woman. …………