THE BLACK HAND FORUM

Ed wrote: ↑Wed Mar 15, 2023 4:06 am Angelo, Nash, I really appreciate the kind feedback.

David, Yes, Isabella talked before Scarpa. How much Isabella revealed is unclear. Although Villano wrote that he shared enough confidential information that the Bureau should have looked into it further but didn't for reasons unknown.

JoelTurner wrote: ↑Fri Mar 17, 2023 5:31 am George White wasn’t just a random FBN agent. He was the man behind the government’s infamous LSD mind control program. In 1943, he administered his first dose to August Del Gracio, described as a notorious NYC gangster.

Also, early in 1943, Willie Moretti had a strange illness. They symptoms were described vaguely: he was talking big, making big bets, and having big ideas. Frank Costello sent him to California (he stayed at 23021 8th St, Newhall, CA) to recuperate even discouraging him from coming back later that summer.

I don’t know if White was connected to Moretti’s weird illness; it’s often stated as being syphilis but I feel like that was well known by the late ‘40s.

B. wrote: ↑Wed Mar 15, 2023 12:43 pm

thekiduknow wrote: ↑Wed Mar 15, 2023 12:35 pm

B. wrote: ↑Tue Mar 14, 2023 5:20 pm According to Bompensiero, Moretti was killed in part because the US Treasury agent Moretti was close to congratulated Bomp on his promotion to capodecina just a few days after it happened and both Bomp and Dragna suspected the info was given to him by Moretti. They contacted their avugad the Lucchese Family who initiated an investigation into Moretti w/ the Commission and the rest is history.

I recently received some of George White, the FBN agent Moretti was close to, papers and in a letter he says that Moretti did in fact tell him he was in the Mafia after his Kefauver testimony:

Nice job. I personally believe Bomp's story that the original spark came from LA's suspicion that Moretti was giving info, not just his testimony and Valachi's belief that Genovese masterminded it. Bomp essentially implicated himself in the murder conspiracy by providing that intel which gives it weight.

Moretti had a lot of high-level friendships so maybe the lines got blurred rather than him "informing". The ex-Carabinieri Calabrian CI in Philly told the FBI that he went to a gathering at Moretti's house and the governor of New Jersey was there. He probably saw White as a peer.

thekiduknow wrote: ↑Wed Mar 15, 2023 12:35 pm

B. wrote: ↑Tue Mar 14, 2023 5:20 pm According to Bompensiero, Moretti was killed in part because the US Treasury agent Moretti was close to congratulated Bomp on his promotion to capodecina just a few days after it happened and both Bomp and Dragna suspected the info was given to him by Moretti. They contacted their avugad the Lucchese Family who initiated an investigation into Moretti w/ the Commission and the rest is history.

I recently received some of George White, the FBN agent Moretti was close to, papers and in a letter he says that Moretti did in fact tell him he was in the Mafia after his Kefauver testimony:

B. wrote: ↑Tue Mar 14, 2023 5:20 pm According to Bompensiero, Moretti was killed in part because the US Treasury agent Moretti was close to congratulated Bomp on his promotion to capodecina just a few days after it happened and both Bomp and Dragna suspected the info was given to him by Moretti. They contacted their avugad the Lucchese Family who initiated an investigation into Moretti w/ the Commission and the rest is history.