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Friday, February 10, 2012
Gotta pay your dues if you wanna...
Eighty- four years ago today, Joe Galas aka John Romano, an ex-convict who had served time for larceny, was found on the street with a couple of extra holes in his head. Shaking the magic eight ball, the police determined he was a victim of a bootleggers feud.
I am the author of:
Legs Diamond: Gangster.
Gangster City: The History of the New York Underworld 1900-1935.
Bad Seeds in the Big Apple: Bandits, Killers & Chaos in New York 1920-1940.
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