THE ARRESTS
Once the secret service agents had a clear idea of the organization that dealt with the counterfeiting and the sale of fake dollars, they began to plan the capture of the members of the Morello gang. The difficulty of the operation was due to the timing for proceeding with the arrest and searches. In fact, it was necessary to undertake the raids at the same time in several places in order not to benefit the members of the gang not involved in the first instance. The director of intelligence gathered all the men in New York to make as many raids as possible at the same time.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.
23 Syys 20218min
THE SECRET SERVICE'S INVESTIGATIONS
In the summer of 1909, the secret services received complaints from banks and shop owners for the large amount of counterfeit currency injected. initially the investigations did not lead to concrete results. Then a turning point came when William Flynn went to Pittston, Pennsylvania to investigate. It was a very dirty and very violent coal city. There was the presence of many Italians and the flow of counterfeit money was substantial. The investigative activity rewarded the diligent investigators, in fact a Sicilian named Sam Locino was identified.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.
11 Syys 20218min
COUNTERFEIGHT IN HIGHLAND (2° part)
In January 1909, media were procured for printing the counterfeit dollars. Therefore Comito and the men on the farm began printing Canadian $ 5 proof bills. Immediately after obtaining the first Cinà and Cicala prints, with printed proofs, rolled up in a newspaper, they left for New York to have their quality checked. After three days they returned with the new arrangements. The counterfeiters were told to print more tickets in a darker shade. Counterfeiting Canadian banknotes was very complex and tiring.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.
30 Heinä 20218min
COUNTERFEIGHT IN HIGHLAND (1° part)
The character on which this case revolves is Antonio Comito. Born in 1880 in Catanzaro, before emigrating to New York in June 1907, he had worked as a typographer. Once in the United States of America he tells of living at 72 James Street. He found a job as a printer in a printing house on Park Row. Comito, despite being married in Calabria, a New Yorker with a partner named Katrina Pascuzzo.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.
20 Heinä 20219min
THE TWO MURDERS ATTRIBUTED TO THE MORELLO GANG
Music by Syon (Thomas Nicosia) Prelude in Em. The crimes for which the Morello gang was suspected were numerous and varied. Most of these went undiscovered but three murders were initially attributed to New York's first Mafia family. In reality in all three cases the accusations failing to stand in the courts ended up exonerating the members of the coterie.In this podcast we will deal with two of the three bloody facts. The third, that is, what will come down to our days as the "Case of the crime of the barrel" we will deal with in another podcast in a very thorough manner.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.
23 Kesä 20217min
LUPO WOLF
Music by Syon (Thomas Nicosia) Prelude in Em. Ignazio Lupo was born in Palermo in March 1877. His family of origin was part of a Palermo mafia gang and he himself was part of a gang of extortionists. In 1898, following a quarrel in his shop, Salvatore Morello shot and killed a trader competing with him. As a result of this crime, on March 12, 1899, Lupo was sentenced to twenty-one years for premeditated murder. A year before the sentence became enforceable, favored by his family, he illegally expatriated to New York.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.
20 Kesä 202110min
GIUSEPPE MORELLO LEADS THE FIRST MAFIA FAMILY IN AMERICA
Music by Syon (Thomas Nicosia) Prelude in Em. Giuseppe Morello was another and dangerous, he used to wear a .45 caliber pistol on his belt and a knife tied to his left leg, the tip of which was covered with a small cork to avoid injury while walking. He arrived in the United States of America in 1982. He was born in Corleone in 1867. He escaped from Sicily because he was suspected of a murder and abigée and was also convicted of the crime of counterfeiting coins and spending false coins. In the period between 1898 and 1899 Morello most likely resumed the activity of forger. He could make use of a network of small drug dealers and some workers capable of mixing inks and making clichés for printing.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.
14 Touko 202120min
THE FIRST AMERICAN MAFIA FAMILY
Music by Syon (Thomas Nicosia) Prelude in EmThanks to the investigations of the Secret Services aimed at the contrast and the falsification and spending of counterfeit banknotes in New York, the evidence was gathered that it operated "The most secret and terrible organization in the world" as the eminent New York Times wrote defining the mafia.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.
17 Huhti 20214min
