Akron Ohio + Italian mafia

[FriendofFamily]

Finally got together with someone in Akron who had the Pictures that I needed so I could share them with everyone:

Dominic J. Papa "Migo" who ran the Akron Sicilian Club with Jimmy LaFatch.

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Also the Pictures that hung over the Bar at the Akron Sicilian Club. Mary M., the Redhead, who hung around with everyone. The Group Picture showing Frank Gorshin the Comedian/Impressionist best known for his Role as the Riddler on the Original Batman Series in the 1960's. Right Group of Pictures and Standing to the Right is Nick Anthe, the Bar/Restaurant Owner, where the Akron Bookmaking people hung out after the Sicilian Club closed.

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[Stroccos]

Finally got together with someone in Akron who had the Pictures that I needed so I could share them with everyone:

Dominic J. Papa "Migo" who ran the Akron Sicilian Club with Jimmy LaFatch.

20190524_174954[1].jpg

Also the Pictures that hung over the Bar at the Akron Sicilian Club. Mary M., the Redhead, who hung around with everyone. The Group Picture showing Frank Gorshin the Comedian/Impressionist best known for his Role as the Riddler on the Original Batman Series in the 1960's. Right Group of Pictures and Standing to the Right is Nick Anthe, the Bar/Restaurant Owner, where the Akron Bookmaking people hung out after the Sicilian Club closed.

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now whose left nunzie destro. its a shame jimmy lafatch kid wasnt willing to donate any photos .

[FriendofFamily]

Finally got together with someone in Akron who had the Pictures that I needed so I could share them with everyone:

Dominic J. Papa "Migo" who ran the Akron Sicilian Club with Jimmy LaFatch.

20190524_174954[1].jpg

Also the Pictures that hung over the Bar at the Akron Sicilian Club. Mary M., the Redhead, who hung around with everyone. The Group Picture showing Frank Gorshin the Comedian/Impressionist best known for his Role as the Riddler on the Original Batman Series in the 1960's. Right Group of Pictures and Standing to the Right is Nick Anthe, the Bar/Restaurant Owner, where the Akron Bookmaking people hung out after the Sicilian Club closed.

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now whose left nunzie destro. its a shame jimmy lafatch kid wasn't willing to donate any photos .

Someone told me this weekend that Joe is living in Youngstown. I didn't pursue it, as I knew you said that someone already contacted the Family about some Pictures.

[Stroccos]

Finally got together with someone in Akron who had the Pictures that I needed so I could share them with everyone:

Dominic J. Papa "Migo" who ran the Akron Sicilian Club with Jimmy LaFatch.

20190524_174954[1].jpg

Also the Pictures that hung over the Bar at the Akron Sicilian Club. Mary M., the Redhead, who hung around with everyone. The Group Picture showing Frank Gorshin the Comedian/Impressionist best known for his Role as the Riddler on the Original Batman Series in the 1960's. Right Group of Pictures and Standing to the Right is Nick Anthe, the Bar/Restaurant Owner, where the Akron Bookmaking people hung out after the Sicilian Club closed.

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now whose left nunzie destro. its a shame jimmy lafatch kid wasn't willing to donate any photos .

Someone told me this weekend that Joe is living in Youngstown. I didn't pursue it, as I knew you said that someone already contacted the Family about some Pictures.

I dunno where they live but Yeah they weren’t to happy about it , it was his daughter.
For example Allot of people don’t believe jack white was a wise guy. They don’t believe the fbi they want to remember the nice old man they knew in the neighborhood . But in reality jack was a ruthless killer if u crossed him

[FriendofFamily]

Finally got together with someone in Akron who had the Pictures that I needed so I could share them with everyone:

Dominic J. Papa "Migo" who ran the Akron Sicilian Club with Jimmy LaFatch.

20190524_174954[1].jpg

Also the Pictures that hung over the Bar at the Akron Sicilian Club. Mary M., the Redhead, who hung around with everyone. The Group Picture showing Frank Gorshin the Comedian/Impressionist best known for his Role as the Riddler on the Original Batman Series in the 1960's. Right Group of Pictures and Standing to the Right is Nick Anthe, the Bar/Restaurant Owner, where the Akron Bookmaking people hung out after the Sicilian Club closed.

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now whose left nunzie destro. its a shame jimmy lafatch kid wasnt willing to donate any photos .

As far as Nuzie Destro - his Pictures along with literally thousands of Pictures ended up in the Dumpster when the Move happened of the person that had them - All that was left was a very very few Pictures which I shared some of them with the Group.

[FriendofFamily]

On a slightly different note JCB1977 shared a picture with me of a Good Picture of Whitey Besase from the Toledo, Ohio faction. I needed the photo to show my wife whether the Whitey that played cards with at the Akron Sicilian Club on Sunday mornings was the same as Whitey Besase.

The answer is NO

My wife began describing the Whitey that played cards with Jimmy Lafatch on Sunday mornings which didn't fit the picture at all. Although she said she seems to remember him (Whitey Besase). From the Old FBI Files from the 1960's Jimmy Lafatch and Whitey Besase were described as being close. So I needed to know whether these were the same guy.

Picture of Whitey Besase Toledo, Ohio courtesy of JCB1977:

To answer the Question: Who was Whitey that played cards with Jimmy LaFatch on Sunday mornings? I have that answer: It is Whitey Thompson a Construction Worker that did Street Work. That is all I know - now it's time to figure out who Whitey Thompson was/is and his Background...

[FriendofFamily]

Freindoffamily any chance you have any photos Tony arnone ?

I forgot to Post a Picture for you - this is July 2018 (two months before his 90th Birthday) that I took - I have taken subsequent pictures - but hey - don't need to share all of them just yet.

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[FriendofFamily]

Here is the "Big Time Bust" lol

from 1981 about Arnone Gallo and others excerpted from Beacon Journal raw data

Akron Beacon Journal Fran Murphey Obituaries Classified 01 J ODomi ZJ vV v; Tuesday, December 22. 1981 Grey Gambling house trial goes to jury Anthe's Restaurant on North Main Street, where gambling club proceeds allegedly were split up. "The only thing he is guilty of is having lunch at Anthe's," Murty said. James Burdon, lawyer for Gallo, also said there was no evidence to link Gallo to the Tuesday meetings. Citing the eight months of surveillance and FBI wiretaps that were installed in Gallo's office in December 1980, Burdon said Gallo was seen only once with money in his hand. He said the taps were in Gallo's office for five Tuesdays, and that none of the bugged conversations revealed anyone money go through the checking account? "It's a front." Defense witness Howard Allison, an Akron lawyer, described the club as a "poor man's country club" in testimony Thursday. Allison was the lawyer for one of the defendants, Joseph Leanza, 51, of Maple Heights, when the club was operating. Other defendants are Joseph C. "Joey" Gallo, 43, of Pepper Pike; Anthony Arnone, 52, of Akron; Richard Craven, 32, and Anthony Leanza, 33, of Parma; and Anthony Liuzzo, 51, of Mayfield Heights. Samuel Manich, lawyer for Liuzzo, cited the fact that sheriff's deputies who conducted undercover surveillance of de By Richard McBane Beacon Journal staff writer Lawyers for six men accused of grand theft and operating gambling houses in Summit and Cuyahoga counties made pleas to a Summit County Common Pleas Court jury Monday to acquit the defendants because the prosecution had produced no evidence of their guilt. But assistant prosecutor Robert Bul-ford told the jury of eight women and four men to use their reason and common sense in sifting the evidence. Referring to the West Side Social Club on South Main Street in Green Township, one of the alleged gambling club locations, Bulford said, "If this is a poor man's country club, why doesn't all the fendants for eight months were unable to make an in-court identification of Liuzzo. He said there was no evidence to link Liuzzo to any crime only evidence of overzealous police work. James Walters, lawyer for Anthony Leanza and Craven, argued that there was no evidence linking the men to any crime, although they were seen at the West Side Social Club. Referring to Anthony Leanza, Walters said, "He's here simply because his last name is Leanza." James Murty, lawyer for Arnone, referred to prosecution testimony and undercover photographs that linked Arnone to alleged Tuesday meetings at Nick H "

The article the next day about who was convicted

Tony Arnone is NOT Guilty

Akron Beacon Journal Fran Murphey Obituaries Classified n OH J JJ V vV v.- Wednesday. December 23, 1981 Goty me Gallo, 3 others guilty of gambling I" ? Steve Lovo tuL-L By Richard McBaoe Beacon Journal staff writer Four of six men charged with grand theft and operating gambling houses in Summit and Cuyahoga counties were found guilty by a Summit Common Pleas jury Tuesday. Convicted were Joseph C. "Joey" Gal-lo, 43, of Pepper Pike; Joseph Leanza, 51, of Maple Heights; Richard Craven, 33, of Parma; and Anthony Liuzzo, 52, of May-field Heights. The jury returned innocent verdicts for Anthony Arnone, 52, of Akron, and Anthony Leanza, 33, of Parma. Arnone was acquitted on one count of grand theft and one count of operating a gambling house in connection with the West Side Social Club on South Main Street in Green Township. Judge William Baird earlier dismissed charges against Arnone in connection with the Randall Social Club in Cleveland. Anthony Leanza was acquitted on one count of complicity in grand theft in connection with the Randall club and one count of complicity in grand theft and one count of operating a gambling house in connection with the West Side Club. The jury also acquitted Anthony Liuzzo on one count of operating a gambling club in connection with the Randall club and acquitted Gallo on one count of grand theft and one count of operating a gambling club in connection with the West Side Social Club. Gallo, reputed head of the Cleveland Mafia, was convicted earlier this year in Baird's court on an arson charge. Baird Tuesday sentenced Gallo to two to five years for grand theft and six months for the misdemeanor charge of operating a gambling house. The grand theft sentence is consecutive with the seven-to-25-year arson sentence. Joseph Leanza was sentenced to four to 10 years on two counts of grand theft, one in connection with the Randall club and one in connection with the West Side Social Club, plus concurrent sentences of six months on misdemeanor charges of operating a gambling house in connection with each club. Craven was sentenced to four to 10 See FOUR, page D2

You will have to get the actual newspaper articles for the pictures and the entire story.

These are the Stories that came up when Stroccos was asking about Tony Arnone's Picture. He was found NOT Guilty. A lot of others were convicted.