The fact that he had mud stuffed in his mouth and mud all over his clothing led police to believe that Camello Licarti, age given as 41, was shot through the head out in the boonies somewhere and his corpse carted back to Cleveland's East Side, on this date in 1930, and dumped in the gutter.
Licarti was a long time gangster who was sent to prison for killing a cop in 1917. After serving about ten years, he was released and deported to Italy, but somehow managed to get back into the States.
Papers found on his person showed that he was acquainted with Anthony and Joseph Borsellino, who were bumped off about a week prior. Since their deaths were so close, police took a guess that Licarti was killed in retaliation for the Borsellino murders. One suspects that they could have just as easily guessed that Licarti was knocked off because he was involved with the Borsellinos.
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