By Philip Carlo
Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso, boss of latest York's Lucchese crime kinfolk, used to be a Mafia famous person, liable for greater than 50 murders. Now serving thirteen existence sentences at a federal legal in Colorado, Casso has given journalist and ny instances bestselling writer Philip Carlo the main intimate, own look at the realm of los angeles Cosa Nostra ever noticeable. via natural happenstance, Casso had lived round the corner to the relatives of younger Philip Carlo and the writer used to be capable get into the brain, center, and soul of 1 of the main crafty, ruthless mob bosses within the annals of crime historical past. In Gaspipe, Casso unearths the surprising information at the back of headline-making crimes and crime figures, such as:
-- The mob's selection that John Gotti needed to move after whacking tremendous Paul Castellano with no approval—and how Casso received the order to hit Gotti
--- A fly-on-the-wall view of the Mafia fee sit-down at which John Gotti was once made capo di tutti capi . . . the boss of all bosses - The insidious dating among los angeles Cosa Nostra and the Russian Mafia, and the way the Lucchese kin murdered the main feared murderer within the Russian mob
--- information of mystery sit-downs with mob bosses Vincent "The Chin" Gigante and John Gotti, and the infamous Sammy "The Bull" Gravano
--- How Gravano made fools of the USA Justice division and the FBI
--- the true tale of the Mafia law enforcement officials and the revelations of different legislation enforcement group of workers on Casso's payroll
--- How the Mafia controlled to get a decent stranglehold on such a lot unions in America
--- the reality at the back of the Mafia's genuine function in bringing narcotics into the U.S.
--- How federal criminal officers have been obtained and offered via the Mafia
--- The intimate info of the ladies at the back of the Mafiosi
--- the reality in the back of the assassinations of JFK and RFK
--- Who killed Jimmy Hoffa and the place his physique is
--- Why J. Edgar Hoover secure the Mafia
Chilling and illuminating, unvarnished and exciting, Gaspipe is a rollercoaster journey right into a international few outsiders have ever dared to enter.
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A father could do no more. Anthony’s godfather, Sally Callinbrano, would play a big role in Casso’s future. Sally had moved his headquarters from the Flatbush Avenue Extension Club to Monty’s Bar on Carroll Street. He was more respected and powerful than ever. He would soon be running the Brooklyn docks and hold sway over ILA Local Union 1814. CHAPTER 6 A VERY CLOSE SHAVE INDEED t was now that a bold public murder occurred in the world of La Cosa Nostra that altered and reshaped the American Mafia in a profound way; it shook its very foundations and caused a bloody war that would last some twenty-two years and claim many lives.
He knew that hunters killed prey; that the strong survived; the weak were marginalized and put upon, fed from. It was very much like that in the street—“eat or be eaten,” a South Brooklyn mantra Anthony often heard. Still, the killing of the deer hurt him, and he never shot another one. He felt it was unfair. “If deer had guns, I would’ve been back out there, but of course they didn’t,” he explained. Although Anthony did not do well in school mainly because he didn’t apply himself, since he already knew his future would be on the street, GASPIPE 15 he had a particularly sharp inquisitive intelligence, readily thought out of the box, and saw problems from both points of view.
And his family’s. He well knew O 38 PHILIP CARLO that all his grandparents had left Italy with nothing but what they could carry, hoping and praying for a better life for themselves and their offspring. In the old country they all heard that the streets in America were paved with gold, and they were only too happy to break their backs and endlessly strain their muscles for some of that gold. Casso very much wanted to buy his father and mother a beautiful upstate retreat with a lot of land and running brooks where they could retire, where his dad could fish and hunt and enjoy life to his heart’s content.