What Bifano was up to following the death of both Diamonds is unknown but he was well dressed and the recent recipient of a manicure. It was assumed that the foes of Diamond finally caught up with him.
"He must have done something. They don't kill you for nothing." - Chicago Gangster Ted Newberry. Rubbed out January 7, 1933
Showing posts with label Eddie Diamond. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eddie Diamond. Show all posts
Monday, October 21, 2019
Its in the Bag
One time Legs Diamond associate Dominick "Wicky" Bifano was found trussed up in a burlap sack in the back seat of a car on this date back in 1932. Prior to his bagging he was shot through the head. Bifano was with Eddie Diamond in Denver back in 1928 when gunmen Joe Piteo and Gene Moran were sent by Dutch Schultz to kill Eddie. Both men nearly escaped being machine gunned.
What Bifano was up to following the death of both Diamonds is unknown but he was well dressed and the recent recipient of a manicure. It was assumed that the foes of Diamond finally caught up with him.
What Bifano was up to following the death of both Diamonds is unknown but he was well dressed and the recent recipient of a manicure. It was assumed that the foes of Diamond finally caught up with him.
Saturday, March 5, 2016
The Jersey Devlin
On this date back in 1929 a man was walking in a field near what was
known as the
Somerville-Clinton Highway in Whitehouse, New Jersey when he saw what
he thought to be a pile of clothes near a clump of pine trees. [Long
time readers of DGIS have probably already figured out what it was].
Investigating, he made the grisly discovery that it was a frozen DGIS
who had been shot in the left temple three times.
Police identified the dead man as Frank "Blubber" Devlin and figured that he had been "taken for a ride" roughly forty-eight hours earlier. The condition of his pants and coat showed that he had been dumped from a car and dragged to his resting spot by the pine trees.
"Legs" Diamond was credited with killing Devlin although it was never proved. Revenge was given as the reason because Devlin, supposedly on orders from Arnold Rothstein, was sent to Denver, Colorado with fellow gangsters Eugene Moran and Joe Piteo, to kill Legs' brother Eddie who was convalescing there from with tuberculosis. [Moran and Piteo were definitely on the hit team. There was a third man but as of yet he hasn't been positively identified]
Devlin had an extensive record dating back to the September 6,1921 murder of Walter Vogel with whom he shot it out with at the Transfer saloon. Since that time police said that he had been involved with Owney Madden's gang as well as keeping busy as a robber. When he left his home for the last time on February 6, he had three indictments against him from the previous year, one for assault and robbery, one for robbery and one for grand larceny. Where he was going that February 6, is unknown but after he said good-bye to his mother and brother he went to the bank, withdrew $1000 and disappeared.
Police identified the dead man as Frank "Blubber" Devlin and figured that he had been "taken for a ride" roughly forty-eight hours earlier. The condition of his pants and coat showed that he had been dumped from a car and dragged to his resting spot by the pine trees.
"Legs" Diamond was credited with killing Devlin although it was never proved. Revenge was given as the reason because Devlin, supposedly on orders from Arnold Rothstein, was sent to Denver, Colorado with fellow gangsters Eugene Moran and Joe Piteo, to kill Legs' brother Eddie who was convalescing there from with tuberculosis. [Moran and Piteo were definitely on the hit team. There was a third man but as of yet he hasn't been positively identified]
Devlin had an extensive record dating back to the September 6,1921 murder of Walter Vogel with whom he shot it out with at the Transfer saloon. Since that time police said that he had been involved with Owney Madden's gang as well as keeping busy as a robber. When he left his home for the last time on February 6, he had three indictments against him from the previous year, one for assault and robbery, one for robbery and one for grand larceny. Where he was going that February 6, is unknown but after he said good-bye to his mother and brother he went to the bank, withdrew $1000 and disappeared.
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