Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-21
Skl NH
! Hoodlum Indictments Bosed on Quiz
/ And $4,000 Pages Of Testimony

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eIety spawned in Sicily many
years ago.
Participants In the gathering
either refused TO talk about 1t
or claimed It was nothing more
than an expression Of friend
ship for the host, III with q
heart ailment.
Il First Arrest Made
ssWithin q few hours after the
roundup got underway, these
defendants had been arrested:
Joseph Bonanza, Russell A.
HAfalino. Ienatius Cannone,
Paul c. Castellano. Joseph F.
Ciyello, John A. DeMarco,
Frank A. DeSimone, Natalie
Eovla, Louis A. Larasso and
Cargnine Lombardozzi,
Also Joseph MagIiocco, Frank
T. Majuri. Michele Miranda,
John c. Montana. John Or
mento. James Osticco, Joseph
Profaci, Anthony p. Riela, An
eeio J. Sciandra. Simone Scoz-
zart and Pasquale Turrigiano.
5Pyofaci. Magliocco and Tur-
yigiano were the three defend
ants accused Of perjury as well
asnoonspiracy.
sfStill being hunted were these
defendants:
Frank Cucchiara, Salvatore
Falcone, Joseph Ida, James v.
LsDuca, Antonio Magaddino
and John T. Scalish.
Named as co-conspirat0rs,
but not defendants, were DOM
inic j. Alamo. Joseph Bar
bara. jr.; Barbara. ST.; Gio-
vanIi Bonventre, Roy Carlisi,
Gefarde v. Catona, Charles
Chiri. Nicholas Civello, James
Colletti, Dominic D'Agistino,
Joseph Falcone and Joseph
Eilirdo.
ALSO Carlo Gambino, Michael
JEGGenovese, Vito Genovese,
Anthony M. Guaradieri. Bar
tolo Guccia. Sam Lagattuta.
John s. Larocca. Russell v.
Mainsuso, Gabriel Mannarino.
Patsy Monachino, Sam Mona
chino. Vincent Rae, Dominick
OliYete, Armand T. Rava, JOS
eph Riccobono, Joseph RoSate,
Paul Scarcelli, Patsy Sciortino,
Salvatore Ternabo, Santo Traf-
ficanti. jr.; Frank j. Valenti.
Stanley P. Valenti, Emanuel
Zicari and Frank Zite.
"a Federal spokesman said a
person named a co-conspirator
but. not a defendant is some
oneswho had a connection with
one sor more defendants IL a
casa but whose activities did
note warrant an indictment.
Such persons are not arrested.
Occasionally co-conspirators
agree to aid or testify in behalf
Of the prosecution. There was
no comment on this score from
authorities.
Indictment Kept Secret
The indictment was kept
sealfi until today because one
of the alleged co-conspirators, |
Alaime, was on trial at Scran-
ton, Pa, charged with violation
of the Taft-Hartley Act. Alaime,
an official of the United Mine |
Workers Of America, was found
guilty last Tuesday of receive
ing $30,755 over a flve-year
period from the Knox Coal Co.
and two Of its officials.
Genovese is under q Is
year prison sentence as the
master mind Of an interna-
tional dope ring.
According to the indictment
the defendants sought to OBJ
struct justice by giving false,
fictitious and evasive testi-
mony" to New York police, the
district attorneys Office of
Nassau County. N. Y, investi-
eating committees of the New
York State Legislature, county
courts in New Jersey and grand |
juries in New York and Cali
fornia investigating the Apa-
lachin meeting.
Stiff Sentence Possible
Maximum penalty on the con-
spiracy count is $1,000 and five
years imprisonment. Perjury
entails a maximum penalty of
9 $4,000 fine and two years in
prison.
The true bill alleged that the
defendants and co-conspirators
knew that a Federal grand jury
in New York had begun a spe-
eial investigation in March,
1856. into racketeering and
criminal syndicateS, with stress
on their Vaccinations in the
ladies garment and ladies'
garment trucking industry,
labor-management, and mar
cotics.
In connection with this,
grand juries in New York and
other areas extending to the
West Coast began investigating
the circumstances of the Apa-
lachin meeting.
ConceaIment Alleged
But, it was charged. the
defendants and the Cocoon
spirators sought to conceal the
fact that the meeting had oc-
Cured. the purpose of the meet
ing, the number and identity
Of those who attended and
other pertinent information.
Milton r. Vessel, special as
sistant to the Attorney Cen
eral, who headed the special
crime task force, was in charge
of presenting the evi1ence to
the grand Jury and is sched-
uled to be chief Government
counsel at the trial. He COM
mended law-enforcement off,
Gals from throughout the Ma
ton for their aid with special
emphasis on the Federal Rl.