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Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Pharaoh's curse
On this date in 1929 twenty-six year old James Rocco was hanging out with four other guys at a joint in Queens known as the Pharaoh Social Club. While the
five men were discussing whatever it was that men inside the Pharaoh
Social Club discussed, three other fellows entered and asked if any of them knew
the address of a guy named James Marino. None of the men had heard of
Marino so the trio left. The question about Marino was just a ruse
however because the men were just checking to see if Rocco was on the
premises. Once they knew their target was inside each man drew a gun and
the trio re-entered the club with guns-a-blazing in Herr Rocco's direction. Rocco
dropped dead with three bullets in him as the gunmen ran out to a
waiting car and sped off.
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