Chapter 15 Section Eleven

Four weeks later, the ship arrived.At this time, Sally Silitani was arrested for other matters and was later sentenced to 15 years in prison. When Anthony found out, he told me that he would arrange for Paddy Mercio to take the goods from the ship, so that I should not worry about it.We don't do retail sales. After wholesale the goods, the net profit should be 165,000 US dollars. I said Anthony Bender was a dog.As soon as the goods were in his hands, the dog's face turned upside down.It turned out that we had agreed on half of him, half of me and Pat.Now he said, first, "Old Man" Victor and "Prime Minister" Frank have to be embarrassed, they were both bosses at the time.Second, he also brought in a few people to make everyone "prosperous together." He read out a long list of names, including Paddy Mercio, John Stapley, and so on.

In other words, I had eight partners all at once!But what can I do with this son of a bitch?He is my immediate boss.I didn't even know how to explain it to Pat, who wasn't a member at the time, still waiting in line for approval from the organization.Anthony stuck our necks like this because of drug violations.I'm referring to the "Kosha Nostra" charter. Anthony was babbling on and making a big deal with me, and I interrupted him to say I don't care to listen to your nonsense, just give me and Pat's share when the time comes.Two days later he sent Paddy Mercio to ask me if I wanted money or goods.I talked to Pat about it, and he said that the two "funny kids"—his brother Joseph Pagano and my nephew Fioli Siano—wanted to make some money doing retailing for themselves.I said I wanted the goods, but we were given two kilograms each.

About two months later, I met Victor Sinovance in Yonkers.He said, "Did you pour heroin?" I said: "Yes." He said, "You know it's illegal?" "Know." He looked at me and said, "Well, let's not take this as an example." "OK." I said. Victor wanted to tell me how much he had helped me.This old bastard wants to be a bitch and set up a memorial archway. Then once, I ran into Johann Stampery.I said, "Where did that money go?" He said, "What money?" I said, "Aren't you also a partner in the last shipment?"

He said: "What goods? What partners?" I found that he really didn't know anything, so I stopped asking.You thought I was going to confront Anthony?I know what he will say: "What's the matter, do you still dare to ask me behind my back?" Until 1956, after Jack Rainer and I were arrested, I met Paddy Mercio in prison and talked about it. He said: "You have got at least two kilograms." I said, "You mean, they didn't give you money?" He spread his hands and said "No." "Oh my God!" I was so surprised I didn't know what to do.

He said: "Anthony always has his excuses. He needs to spend money here and then there. At the end of the day, he just told me: I lost a penny!" I said, "You're not kidding, are you?" He spread his hands again. Now you understand what's going on.In fact, there were no eight partners at all. It was Mr. Bender and Mr. Jin Novans who divided up the money. In 1957, "Kosha Nostra" had a bad year. At around 11 o'clock in the evening on May 2, "Prime Minister" Frank Costello had dinner at a restaurant in Manhattan and took a taxi back to his apartment on the west side of Central Park.As he walked into the front hall of the apartment, he heard a voice say, "This is for you, Frank." Frank followed the sound and looked back, and a bullet whistled and grazed his scalp. Frank was rushed to nearby Roosevelt Hospital 10 minutes later with blood on his face.No need to ask, this is one of the steps Victor Jinnovance took to eliminate dissidents.

Wallach said that everyone in "Kosha Nostra" knew that Frank's assassin was Vincent Chegandhi, nicknamed Double Chin because he was so fat.This person was an individual professional killer in the early days, and after joining "Kosha Nostro", he returned to Victor Jinnovans' sect. "Prime Minister" Frank Costello survived the catastrophe, and Victor Sinovance feared that he would be self-defeating.In particular, Frank has a close friend, that is Albert A., the boss of the Anastasia family, the murderous demon known as "The Crazy Man".Strange to say, one of these two people is a smooth businessman, the other is a reckless warrior, maybe they complement each other in character, in short, their relationship is like brothers.

The day after Frank's accident, Joseph Wallach was called to a meeting at a hotel on Manhattan's West Side. More than 30 participants were all "core members" of Anthony Bender's column. "Anthony said that we have to be prepared, and there is likely to be a new war." More than 30 people were sent to guard different locations in the city, and Wallach and his five people were in charge of Harlan East District.At the same time, Victor Jinnovance mobilized more than 40 elite soldiers from his family to guard his residence in Atlantic Heights day and night. Wallach later heard that Victor also called a meeting of the columnists at his home and demanded that each columnist swear an oath of allegiance to him.Victor said at the meeting that he took this "last resort" action because "Prime Minister" Frank tried to murder him.He announced that the "Prime Minister" Frank would be expelled from the house. From now on, no matter who is found to have any dealings with Frank, he must go to him in person to "account for it".

When the police finally identified the culprit in Frank's case, Vincent with the double chin disappeared for no reason.At first, everyone thought that this 300-pound fat man had been killed, but it was not. "The double chin was secretly sent to the countryside to lose weight." Wallach said, "His figure is so special that it is easy to be remembered. The old janitor at Frank's apartment has bad eyesight. Victor hopes that after the double chin is lost No one else would recognize him." About a month later, Double Chin ran back to New York from the countryside and voluntarily surrendered to the police station, saying that he had just learned that the police were looking for him.During the trial, the prosecution summoned the victim to testify in court, but "Prime Minister" Frank said he never saw who the shooter was, and he didn't know who might harm him.The defendant's lawyer easily proved that the only eyewitness at the scene, the old janitor, had poor eyesight.The result was predictable: double-chinned Vincent Chegandhi was acquitted.

Frank Costello's compromising attitude convinced Victor Genovance to let him go. Not long after Frank was injured, another boss of "Kossa Nostra" was assassinated.Although it was later found out that this matter had nothing to do with the power struggle provoked by Victor Jinnovance, it made the bosses and column leaders, big and small, feel like a bird of fright, and everyone was in danger. (According to the records of the New York City Police Department: On the afternoon of June 17, 1957, when Frank Scalise was picking peaches at a roadside fruit shop in the Bronx, he was suddenly attacked by two unidentified white men. The gunman immediately Fleeing the scene by car. Frank Scalisse, nicknamed Chichi Noble, male, white, 63 years old, cause of death: four gunshot wounds to the head and neck. The Federal Drug Administration believes that this case is caused by the uneven distribution of smuggled heroin related to internal strife.)

However, according to Wallach, Frank Scalise was the second boss of the Anastasia family at the time. He was arrested by the family boss Al Bert A ordered it to be done. "We were all taken aback when we heard," Wallach said, "that Frank Scaliser was the first to sell the 'Kosha Nostro' license. Believe it or not, there are others now as well." Doing this kind of business... We all had to go through certain tests when we joined. At least half of the people who applied for it automatically quit as soon as they received the contract." The murder of Frank Scalisse also leads to a small sequel.His younger brother, Joseph Scalise, vowed to avenge his elder brother at first, but later found that he had also become a "target" to be hunted down, so he went underground.At this time, Albert A spread the word that he had forgiven Joseph Scalise, and that as long as Joseph could return to the family, he would definitely let go of the past.As a result, on September 7, 1957, Joseph's family reported him missing to the police.According to Wallach's testimony, Joseph Scalise was tricked into the home of Vincent Squillanti, a column captain of the Anastasia family, where he was secretly murdered and his body was mutilated. "Vincent Squillanti has no trouble disposing of a dead body. He handles the trash of all the hotels, restaurants and nightclubs in New York."

It never occurred to the Wallachs that this was the last murder planned by Albert Anastasia. "Prime Minister" Frank Costello retreated, but Albert A refused to let it go, and he publicly threatened to seek justice for his good friend. Victor Sinovance begins a secret relationship with Carlo Gambino, an ambitious columnist of the Anastasia family.This person is Carlo Gambino, who was mistakenly injured by Walachi and his partner Steven Gennelli during the Battle of Castleland more than 20 years ago.On the one hand, Victor made a promise that he would support Gambino to ascend the throne of the family boss after the event was completed; First, Albert broke his promise to Joseph Scalisse, making all those who persuaded Joseph come back to be blamed. Second, during that time, Albert lost a lot of betting on horse races, not only spending every day at the racetrack , and has a very bad temper, and abuse of subordinates has occurred from time to time. Not to mention that in 1951 Albert A plotted to commit crimes, murdered the former boss Mangano brothers and declared himself king." (According to the records of the New York City Police Department: On the afternoon of October 25, 1957, Albert Anastasia was shot and killed by two masked gunmen in Seat 4 of the Pike-Hilton Hotel Barbershop in Manhattan... According to the testimony of the deceased's brother Anthony Anastasia to the U.S. Department of Justice, the two shooters, Carlo Gambino and Joseph Biondo, removed the deceased's bodyguards before the shooting.) Due to this series of major "personnel changes", the boss committee of "Kosha Nostra" decided to hold a national congress.More than 100 bosses, second bosses and their bodyguards representing more than 30 families from all over the United States, Italy, Cuba, Puerto Rico and other countries will gather in a small town called Apalachin in upstate New York. On November 14, 1957, before the participants arrived, the black concierge cars that came one after another caught the attention of the local police and quickly alerted the state police station, resulting in the arrest of more than 20 top mafia figures. "Let me tell you what our lower-level people think about this incident." Wallach said, "If some soldiers encountered such a thing, you can imagine what kind of sarcastic remarks those officials would say As for themselves, it is said that one by one ran around in the woods like rabbits, and the banknotes were thrown everywhere, because they didn't want the police to find out that they had so much money on them, and some people threw away their guns It’s just a bunch of cowards and cowards who teach us to respect them like dogs on weekdays. What a joke!” 1957 was equally unfavorable for Joseph Wallach. The first was that the Lido's liquor license was revoked.According to Anthony Bender's sources, since 1954, the Federal Drug Administration has repeatedly urged the New York State Bureau of Alcohol and Tobacco to review Lido's liquor license.By the beginning of 1957, the registered owner of the license, Anthony Luciano, was summoned by the police, and the "Lido" lost its liquor license.After being converted into a pizza house, the turnover has been declining all the way, making ends meet, and soon it was listed for cheap sale.To use a sentence that Wallach always hangs on his lips to describe: "Without a liquor license, it is worthless." Immediately afterwards, Marty, the executive boss of Zhanwang Garment Factory, passed away. When auditing the accounts and cleaning up the properties, it was discovered that Marty had evaded a lot of taxes during his lifetime. As a result, the factory buildings and machines were seized by the tax bureau. "Fortunately none of the tax forms have my name on it," Wallach later recalled. "You all say we mobsters are outlaws. Look at what the non-mafia Martys have done!" Cut off from the two most important sources of income at once, Walachi panicked and ventured into the business of drug lords.He bought heroin in bulk from others in the family and distributed it wholesale to various organized street dealers outside the family.The boy who delivered the goods for him was Raof Wagner, who later slept next to him in the Federal Prison in Atlanta. "An acquaintance in New Jersey introduced him to me, said he was a good boy, hard-working, and I liked him very much. He found time to help me with a lot of work, painting and so on. He especially wanted to resell drugs, so I Just gave him errands. And he really wanted to join 'Kosha Nostra,' but couldn't because he's half-Italian, half-Germanic." Wallach was so engrossed in growing his business that he didn't even notice the arrest and sentencing of Victor Genovance.He had heard the news because someone had given him instructions to find and kill a potential witness for the prosecution.The witness, Nathan Candrop, was closely guarded by the police and successfully charged Victor Jinnovance with "conspiracy for drug trafficking" in court. In 1965, Nathan voluntarily asked to leave the police protection location, and soon died in a bar for no apparent reason. One evening in May 1959, I happened to be home. Around 8 o'clock, John Foreman's wife called, and she told me in code words that their home had been raided by the Narcotics Bureau.John Foreman is the leader of a black gang, my next family.I later learned that John's son had sold three pounds of the goods to an undercover Narcotics Bureau in a daze. I grabbed some clothes or something and drove into a mistress' apartment in the Bronx.As soon as I left, the people from the Narcotics Bureau arrived. Since then, Wallachi has been in exile and hid in Tibet, and finally settled in Simpsonville in the New York State countryside. "One day in mid-November, Sally, the guy who did the jukebox for me, said Rabwa Wagner was looking for me everywhere. I gave Sally the number of a public phone booth and asked Rabf to call at 11 o'clock on Friday night." "Friday." At night, while I was waiting for a call, a few policemen suddenly appeared in the dark..." In April 1960, Joseph Michael Wallach was sentenced to 15 years in prison for multiple crimes of drug smuggling.Prior to this, he had arranged to transfer all the house and other private property to the name of his wife Melzhuo, and he had no contact with his family since then. Four months later, the Federal Drug Administration took him back to New York again from the Atlanta federal prison, and several new drug trafficking charges awaited him.