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Writers of Wrongs<p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OTD</span></a> in 1962: &quot;Tony Bender&quot; <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Strollo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Strollo</span></a>, a top figure in the <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Genovese" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Genovese</span></a> Crime Family, left his home in <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/FortLeeNJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FortLeeNJ</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NewJersey" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NewJersey</span></a> and never returned.</p><p>Read about it:<br /><a href="https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2020/04/going-out-for-few-minutes.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">writersofwrongs.com/2020/04/go</span><span class="invisible">ing-out-for-few-minutes.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MafiaHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MafiaHistory</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Histodons</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mafiahistory" class="u-url mention">@<span>mafiahistory</span></a></span></p>
Tom Hunt<p><a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> (Apr 8) in <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/OrganizedCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OrganizedCrime</span></a> <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a>: <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYC</span></a> area coin counterfeiters are convicted, mobster Luigi Marciante kills himself, seventeen in <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a> and <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewYork</span></a> are accused of drug crimes, <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Strollo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Strollo</span></a> disappears in <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/FortLeeNJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FortLeeNJ</span></a>, <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Spilotro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spilotro</span></a> case ends in mistrial, <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/RhodeIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RhodeIsland</span></a> racketeer is charged with planning murder.</p><p><a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/MafiaHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaHistory</span></a> <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Histodons</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mafiahistory" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mafiahistory</span></a></span></p>
Tom Hunt<p>Arthur Train devoted an entire chapter of his 1922 book to the 1905 <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Torsiello" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Torsiello</span></a> murder, the investigation by <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Petrosino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Petrosino</span></a> and the trial and punishment of Antonio <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Strollo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Strollo</span></a>. The book included a photo of an alleged <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/BlackHand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHand</span></a> letter Strollo used in his defense.<br><a href="https://mobhistory.substack.com/p/sharing-a-forgotten-source?r=12oapz" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mobhistory.substack.com/p/shar</span><span class="invisible">ing-a-forgotten-source?r=12oapz</span></a><br><a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/CrimeHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrimeHistory</span></a></p>
Thomas HuntWhen brought to trial in 1905 for the <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/BronxNY?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BronxNY</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/murder?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#murder</a> of a fellow Italian immigrant, defendant Antonio <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Strollo?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Strollo</a> introduced this "<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/BlackHand?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlackHand</a>" note as evidence, saying it was written by the real killer. Prosecutors proved the handwriting was Strollo's.<br> Prosecutor Arthur Train's account of this murder case (published in a 1922 book) can now be read online:<br> <a href="https://mafiahistory.us/a053/f_strollo.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://mafiahistory.us/a053/f_strollo.html</a><br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/CrimeHistory?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CrimeHistory</a>
Tom Hunt<p><a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> (Dec. 11) in <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/OrganizedCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OrganizedCrime</span></a> <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a>: <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Manhattan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Manhattan</span></a> mobsters swear a vendetta, <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Genovese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genovese</span></a> won't talk to grand jury, Cuban cops arrest <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Cammarata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cammarata</span></a>, <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Dio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dio</span></a> gets five years for bankruptcy fraud, <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Gambino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gambino</span></a> chiefs charged, <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Strollo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Strollo</span></a> indictments in <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/YoungstownOH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YoungstownOH</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/MafiaHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaHistory</span></a> <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Histodons</span></a></p>
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