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Sep 2, 2021
Underworld Feud Led to Near-Strangling of Gallo
Sept. 2, 1961 - An underworld feud led to the attempted murder last month of Lawrence Gallo, Brooklyn hoodlum, the police disclosed...
Aug 24, 2021
Two Brooklyn Racketeers Indicted for Assault on Cop
Aug. 24, 1961 - Anthony (Tony Shots) Abbatemarco, 39, and Giovanni Seimone, 48, were indicted today for felonious assault with intent to...
Aug 21, 2021
Six Arraigned as Witnesses in Shooting of Cop, Attempted Strangling of Racketeer
Aug. 21, 1961 - In Brooklyn today, six men were arraigned as material witnesses in the critical shooting of a policeman and the attempted...
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