The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-28

mark about Galluccio's sisted and
Galluccio carved Capone's face with
a knife. Capone admired Galluccio's
work so much thta he hired him on
the spot for $40 week to be his
bodyguard.
Made AwesOme Pair
They made an aweSome pair for a
while and were questioned about
and long suspected of the murders
of Peg Leg Lonergan and three
others in a Brooklyn speakeasy on
Christmas night, 1925, but nothing
was prvoed on them. When Capone
went to Chicago Galluccio joined
the gang of Little Augie Pisano and
Joe Adonis who, incidentally, have
been missing from their Brooklyn
haunts since the murder ring in
vestigation started, and went on to
greater heights.
Galluccio, In his first major ap-
pearance since prohibition days, re-
sembled somewhat successful
business man. He was soberly but
neatly dressed and wore horn-rim-
med glasses. His hair had turned
gray. Magistrate Frank Giorgio set
the bond at 5000 over the protests
of defense lawyers, who said
Brooklyn District Attorney Will
liam O'Dwyer had nothing on either
Galluccio or Sprizzo, and was mere
ly on fishing expedition"
ODwyer confirmed that he want
ed to question the two about MUIR
der, Inc, which is estimated to
have done 80 killings on a contract
basis.
O'Dwyer said there was evidence
that the murder gang was raising
defense fund in downtown Man.
haitian borough to hire high-priced
lawyers and provide bail for its men
who were icing picked up in all
endless sequence.
Two More Murders
Two more murders were drawn
into the investigation yesterday.
One was that of Sam muddy
Kassoff, who wac bound, blind
folded and executed behind a sign
board in Island Park. N. Y,
March 10, 1884. It was understood
that Kassoff had been trying to
muscle into the narcotics racket Of
Charles lucky Luciano and that
Luciano, now involved for the first
time in the investigation, had hired
the Brooklyn mob to do away with
him. Luciano Is serving a 50-year
term In Dannenora, N. Y, prison
for operating prostitution racket.
He was the first of the big time
gangsters sr1ashed by District At
torney Thomas E. Dewey.
The other was that of John F..
OHara, an accountant, slain IN
gangland fashion, apparently by
mistake, on Nov. 10, 1888. 1t was be-
lieved he was mistaken for MAJ
thew Kane, an ex-convict, who was
being questioned about the $427 900
Brooklyn armored car holdup.
O'Dwyer said he was watching
carefully for evidence that the
Brooklyn mob killed O'Hara.
District Attorney Samuel J..
Foley of the Bronx questioned four
principals in the murder ring yes
terday about a series of killings in
his borough. They were Anthony
(The Duke) Maffetore and Abra-
ham pretty Levine, whose confess
sionS started the investigation;
Seymour Magoon, suspected ring
leader, and Louis Ono relation to
AID Capone, who is under 1O0,-
600 bond as a material witness.
Evidence On Three
District Attorney O'Dwyer an
nounced today he had obtained evil
dence that three members of Muir
der, Inc, had killed a man to pro-
vide an object lesson to prospective
witnesses in a racket investigation
O'Dwyer named the three men as
Frank (the Dasher) Abbadando,
Harry pittsburgh PhiD Strauss and
Harry (Happy) Malone. He said
Rudnick had been picked as the
victim only to warn others who
might "sing" in Manhattan District
Attorney Thomas E. Dewey's racket
inquiry. There was no evidence Rud-
nick had intended to tell Dewey any
thing.
Rudnick, O'Dwyer said, was
stabbed 81 times. A forged note pur-
porting to come from one of Dewey's
investigators was found In his pock-
ct. 1t said:
Thanks for the information you
gave me-"
ODwyer has information that the
note was the idea Of Louis (Lepke)
Buchalter, one time $l.000,OOO year
industrial racketeer now serving a
long term for narcotics smuggling.
Another Is Singing"
Meanwhile. reports were current
that Martin (Buggsy) Goldstein, one
Of the leading strongarm men Of
Murder, Inc. was talking and that
his story might become as signifi-
cant as the conviction Of Tommany
District Leader James J. Hines for
Ial.nfacfilafr tina Dutch Schultz. le.tta,.s.