Down for the Count , by Allan May . Tommy Eboli ran the Genovese crime family for nine years, and some thought he nearly ran it into the ground. Angina From The Grave , by Allan May . The murder of Jake Lingle, a reporter for the Chicago Tribune, caused a firestorm of publicity and fatal problems for Zuta, so unlovely a hoodlum that his fellow Chicago gangsters despised him. Murder on the Day the Pope Came to Town , by Allan Ma y .
Few writers get to tell about mob hits made on members of their own family.
One writer who had the opportunity was Detective Louie Eppolito of the New York City Police Department. Whacked by the Good Guys , by Allan May . An Italian, he headed a gang that was dominated by Irish, German and Polish criminals. A mob rarity, he was given a 21-gun salute at his funeral. But most notably, he may have been the only mob boss ever to be killed by a law enforcement officer.