LOLFriendofHenry wrote: ↑Thu Apr 06, 2023 11:26 amJust a rather humorist piece - Jo Jo had West Virginia licence with only the number 2.Ivan wrote: ↑Thu Apr 06, 2023 9:02 amGlad you like it!Paul1921 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 06, 2023 7:36 am This was a great series. Read it and enjoyed it thoroughly. According to Eggy Prosdocimo and a former law enforcement officer who worked the PG mob, Hankish paid up a portion of his profits to Pecora, Porter and Zottola based on whoever his contact was at the time.
Figured that Pecora would be involved. The Mafia Don of West Virginia!
Joe bitched that he should have the Governors plate number 1.
After all, Jo Jo paid the Governor more than the state did
Long, excellent series on Wheeling mob
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Close enough to call him "Uncle" Joe He invited to his hunting camp, Charlie's Roost for Deer season. That also where I met Michael.Ivan wrote: ↑Thu Apr 06, 2023 12:09 pmYou were friendly with him in real life, right?FriendofHenry wrote: ↑Thu Apr 06, 2023 11:26 amJust a rather humorist piece - Jo Jo had West Virginia licence with only the number 2.Ivan wrote: ↑Thu Apr 06, 2023 9:02 amGlad you like it!Paul1921 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 06, 2023 7:36 am This was a great series. Read it and enjoyed it thoroughly. According to Eggy Prosdocimo and a former law enforcement officer who worked the PG mob, Hankish paid up a portion of his profits to Pecora, Porter and Zottola based on whoever his contact was at the time.
Figured that Pecora would be involved. The Mafia Don of West Virginia!
Joe bitched that he should have the Governors plate number 1.
After all, Jo Jo paid the Governor more than the state did
I met Charlie from Dad taking me for lunch at The Sunrise Inn and I then met Tony Desanter through Charlie who became Uncle Charlie.
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According to Paul1921, your friend Henry was the guy over Hankish at one point. I bet that was toward the end for a couple years after Pecora died but before Hankish went down in 1990.FriendofHenry wrote: ↑Thu Apr 06, 2023 2:14 pm Close enough to call him "Uncle" Joe He invited to his hunting camp, Charlie's Roost for Deer season. That also where I met Michael.
I met Charlie from Dad taking me for lunch at The Sunrise Inn and I then met Tony Desanter through Charlie who became Uncle Charlie.
People make such a big deal about the Strollo takedown and the final destruction of the Youngstown mob that everyone seems to overlook the Hankish bust, but Wheeling was also a big tentacle of Pittsburgh that got cut off by the feds.
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I actually met Paul through Henry. Occasionally we would meet Paul at Ernie's Esquire in Wheeling where Henry brought a "paper bag" for Paul and Paul bought dinner and ladies for later I also got invited to Paul's house. Henry told me not even look at his wife. She was a dynamite lookerIvan wrote: ↑Thu Apr 06, 2023 2:46 pmAccording to Paul1921, your friend Henry was the guy over Hankish at one point. I bet that was toward the end for a couple years after Pecora died but before Hankish went down in 1990.FriendofHenry wrote: ↑Thu Apr 06, 2023 2:14 pm Close enough to call him "Uncle" Joe He invited to his hunting camp, Charlie's Roost for Deer season. That also where I met Michael.
I met Charlie from Dad taking me for lunch at The Sunrise Inn and I then met Tony Desanter through Charlie who became Uncle Charlie.
People make such a big deal about the Strollo takedown and the final destruction of the Youngstown mob that everyone seems to overlook the Hankish bust, but Wheeling was also a big tentacle of Pittsburgh that got cut off by the feds.
Maybe I'm wrong but no one made that much of a big deal over Paul's bust. Lenny, ratting out his friend, Bernie the Jew, was a Big Deal
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Yeah the Hankish bust just kind of quietly happened. The Youngstown meltdown, on the other hand, was national news.FriendofHenry wrote: ↑Thu Apr 06, 2023 3:15 pm Maybe I'm wrong but no one made that much of a big deal over Paul's bust. Lenny, ratting out his friend, Bernie the Jew, was a Big Deal
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