[13], After a grant of immunity from prosecution, Trafficante testified before the HSCA the following day, September 28, and denied the allegation that he told Aleman that "Kennedy was going to be hit. Involved? Rubys phone records and his behavior tell a lot more that something was going on. She misses him, but. His story of how he got to the scene from where he claimed to be is implausible, and his actions after getting there are strange. Sam is the cousin of Tampa mob boss Santo Trafficante Sr, and the son of old-school Tampa mobster Joseph "Jo-Jo" Cacciatore. No, I cant believe that Tippit getting shot was any part of the conspiracy. A lawyer reviews the forensic evidence and concludes conspiracy. The international narcotics trade was also an important topic on the Apalachin agenda. six months later he told a grand jury about it. Oswald asked about was L.S.D. But by the mid-1960s, Sam Giancana's fate would take a distinct downturn. Specter appeared to drop the ball when he ought to have pressed for more detailed answers to straight forward and basic questions. Whether or not the someone he was looking for was the guy who shot him, or is someone who was associated with the guy he was looking for is unknowable at this time. John McAdams, what is your argument here? Theres even room for country music and barroom brawls. At 7:25 p.m. on January 3, 1953, Florida Mafia boss Santo Trafficante Jr. had just finished dinner with his wife and children at his father-in-law's house in the Ybor City section of Tampa, Florida. Several veterans of the era are astonished that they survived it and some feel protected enough - now . Thats one connection. The record is clear that Dulles and Kennedy despised each other, and that JFK was determined to end the supremacy of the CIA. Let me suggest a reason for the coreection: it was to solidify in the viewing publics mind that Oswald was pro-Castro. Santo Trafficanti Collection: MyHeritage Family Trees Site name: Anselmi Family Website Site manager: Amy Beth Casey (Anselmi) Birth: Nov 15 1914 - Tampa, FL Death: Mar 17 1987 - Houston, TX Parents: Santo Trafficanti, Maria Giuseppa Trafficanti (born Cacciatori) Wife: Josephine Trafficanti (born Marchese) View the Record Meyer Lansky, who led the U.S. mob's exploitation of Cuba in the 1950s, set up a famous meeting . Trafficante admitted his anti-Castro activities to the United States House Select Committee on Assassinations in 1978, and vehemently denied allegations that he had knowledge of a plot to assassinate President John F. Kennedy. What we do know, however, is that Joe Campisi visisted Ruby in jail after his arrest. In broad daylight, with witnesses close by, Oswald fires from the hip (or thereabouts) four or five times and hits Tippit every time with a 2 snub nose revolver that has a hard kick. Tippit failed to carry out the assignment earlier. In the end, the patsy is poisoned in prison just before his trial!!! My own concept is that Oswald was mean to be killed at the theaterwhich is where the whole Mather, Collins Radio mystery impacts. c. 1950. A party in Havana where the mothers chaperone their unmarried daughters. The movie is the OPM for the JFK assassination. We need to access the information that has been denied for over 50 years. By: Gary Revel. New York: Barricade Books. In 1975, the CIA declassified a report stating that Trafficante had been persuaded to poison Castro, an allegation he denied. Jack Ruby was knee deep connected to the mob. There is so much information still classified that could assist a genuine JFK investigation. With a criminal empire that stretched from the Gulf Coast throughout the Caribbean, Trafficante was linked to drug trafficking, plots to kill Fidel Castro, and the assissination of JFK. In 1953 Santo Jr. survived a shooting. Had Oswald been transferred as intended, the circle of control would have been broken. I feel he kept putting off, almost begging to get caught at best or, at the very least, not be in the same place as Oswald on Sunday. On March 17, 1987, Trafficante died at the age of 72 at the Texas Heart Institute in Houston where he had gone for heart surgery. With Lumia eliminated Trafficante took over again. The CIA was associated with some of these individuals and themselves involed in illegal activities like gun running, weapons theft and assassination squads. Maybe certain mobsters and certain cops leaned on him. Loscalzo maintained ties to Mafia families in California, New Jersey, and New York as well as being connected to the Sicilian Mafia. [13] He stated that he was concerned for his safety and was not certain that he had ever correctly heard or understood Trafficante's comment. At the very least, they highlight probable cooperation between CIA and the DC police. The original Malio's on South Dale Mabry was a favorite haunt. Phase 12:Conspiracy to Deceive (Secret Service, FBI, CIA, ONI, DPD, and Military); Phase 13: Suppression of Records Campaign(officially ongoing); Phase 13.5: Vilification and Character Assassination of JFK researchers opposed to official whitewash. I couldnt help to think about poor Oswald when I saw this. If your going to discuss Santos dont forget about the night of 11/22/63. Antonio Italiano and Dominic Ferrara reportedly went to New York Mafia bosses with a complaint. OswaldIF he had continued on his path would have been able to ring his doorbell within 2 or 3 minutes. Illegal activities by the mob and CIA were interwovenguns and drugs. Who knows if the conspirators anted up against Oswald by killing a cop? "Junior" Gotti, along with John A. Burke, James V. Cadicamo, David D'Arpino, Michael D. Finnerty and Guy T. Peden on charges of racketeering, kidnapping, conspiracy to commit murder and drug trafficking. HSCA Chairman Louis Stokes, Representatives; L. Richardson Preyer, Walter E. Fauntroy, Christopher Dodd and Stewart B. McKinney heard Santo Trafficante testimony. On July 1, 1989, LoScalzo was indicted on racketeering charges, including grand theft. U.S. Treasury Department documents indicate that law enforcement believed Trafficante's legitimate business interests to include several legal casinos in Cuba; a Havana drive-in movie theater; and shares in several restaurants and bars in Trafficante's hometown of Tampa, Florida. Maybe the mob didnt lean on him. committee. Trafficante was arrested frequently throughout the 1950s on various charges of bribery and of running illegal bolita lotteries in Tampa's Ybor City district. Ruby took orders. In addition, "on January 23, 1958 the Cuban Department of Investigation, Havana, Cuba notified the Bureau of Narcotics that Santo Trafficante was registered in their Alien Office under No. Omerta. [5], Despite numerous unrealized ambitions, he was regarded as one of the most powerful mob bosses of the American Mafia and ruled his family with an iron fist. But Griffin was right on this. Published June 13, 2014 TAMPA The daughter sits on the front porch of a little bungalow in Seminole Heights, her new home since her husband died a few months ago down south. Wasnt Jack Ruby (of Chicago), the same guy mentioned in a letter or memo as assisting Richard Nixon way back? Maybe certain DPD officers did. Meyer Lansky, Charles "Lucky" Luciano, and Santo Trafficante Jr. were among the prominent mafiosi in the United States who had always recognized Cuba as the ideal location for an offshore base of operations. Dulles investigating the JFK Asassination was like Ruby investigating the Oswald killing. HSCA Press Release on organized Crime. After Fidel Castro's revolutionary government seized the assets of Trafficante's Cuban businesses and expelled him from the country as an "undesirable alien," Trafficante came into contact with various US intelligence operatives, and was involved in several unsuccessful plans to assassinate Castro. Rather than look at specific organizations as suspect, look at specific key players in the JFK assassination. Then, when Oswald attempted the call to John Hurt, that was it. We also know he also was involved in running guns to Castro's rebels in the 1950s. FBI Files: Press clippings relating to Trafficante. I just read your page with the assertions that Bobby Kennedy recommended Dulles to the Warren Commission. Local & National Interviews Why did he do this? Thus the difference in emotions. [11] Evidence from the 2004 and 2006 trials of John Alite, Ronald J. Trucchio, and Charles Carneglia connected Gotti Jr. and others to criminal operations in Tampa, Florida. In THE STRENGTH OF THE PACK, a history of the DEA, author Doug Valentine said that he interviewed a DEA special agent who had conducted an internal affairs review of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN, the forerunner of the DEA)involvement in the CIAs MKULTRA program. Peter Janneys book is pretty awful, but it includes some interesting interview material with Toni Shimon, Joes daughter. Who that order came from, Trafficante, Marcello, Giancanna, or through, is questionable. Santo Trafficante Jr Santo Trafficante Jr. (November 15, 1914 - March 17, 1987) was among the most powerful Mafia bosses in the United States. Santo Trafficante Jr. took over for his father and built one of the most powerful Mafia families in America. In the 1940s he joined up with Lucky Luciano, Frank Costello, and Meyer Lansky to set up gambling operations in Cuba. Apparently they didnt press him at all. He wrote a memo to Warren about this. Ruby knew how to keep the customer happy. From Betrayal in Dallas (the conclusions of which I disagree with), sourced there to Dallas Morning News articles. what this shady, sleazy character with over 20 arrests (usually for violent crimes) in his background was doing interrupting the DA in the middle of his press conference, a press conference to which he should never have been admitted. Are you familiar with the fact that someone made calls to the Dallas Sheriff, Dallas PD and FBI early in the morning of November 24 warning that if the plans to transfer Oswald were not changed, We will kill him? Please do Mr. Tucker. [1] Trafficante maintained several residences in New York City and Florida. We can however glean more information about the significant figures who may have been involved in the assassination, and understand more about the lies, deception , and anti American activities of the intelligence agencies who are purportedly representing the interests of the nation. Kantors take on it all was that up to a point Ruby wasnt supposed to kill anyone. The Rosetta Stone reference was David Belins metaphor for the Tippit murder. [6] Trafficante Jr. would frequently meet with Lucchese in New York City for dinner. Apart from Richard Cain exclusion by the testimony of his brother, the other member of the mob team described by Escalante were very old to be selected for an endeavor that requests clear eyes and physical fitness. Let me make the list longer. , good chance he was one. The nephew of former boss Ignazio Italiano, he later fled to Mexico. Regarding Tippit as to how he might have been brought into a conspiracy by Ruby, there was an interesting anecdote in McBrides book about Tippit being stabbed severely by an icepick in the knee in the early fifties, and walked with a noticeable limp afterwards( though he had also been a paratrooper during WW2} Possibly, he relied on drugs supplied by Ruby for free,or a minimal charge as a way to alleviate some intense pain, and owed Ruby quite a bit of money. But he seems to be hinting quite strongly at Trafficante, pointing out the fact (I have no idea if it is so) that Giancana was killed by a gun purchased in Miami. A most distinctive taper cut. In 1987, Vincent LoScalzo became boss of the Trafficante family and Florida was declared an open territory, meaning that the Five Families of New York City could operate in any city in Florida. The drug was SOMA (brand name) Carisoprodol (generic name) a skeletal muscle relaxant. Jim, I know this is slightly off topic, but would you elaborate on the whole Mather, Collins Radio mystery and how you feel it relates to Oswalds failed execution in the Texas Theater? [9] The CIA and the Mafia had a common enemy in Castro, a communist revolutionary who had shut down Cuba's lucrative casino businesses. In the 1960 presidential election, Kennedy family patriarch Joe . 1950. Its no wonder that, after reading Touched by Fire, country music legend, George Jones, wrote Frank Griffin to say: I thoroughly enjoyed the book and former President George H.W. McBrides take on the real one and Belins version explore it in more depth than Ive chanced upon elsewhere (Into the Nightmare). Santo Trafficante Jr. (centro) con autoridades policiales en La Habana. She was born on March 24, 1920. [8] As the new boss LoScalzo maintained control of criminal interests in illegal gambling, prostitution, narcotics, union racketeering, hijacking and fencing stolen goods. Re: Ronnie Wayne, September 7, 2014 @ 11:36pm. Two comments, its amazing that McAdams is still marketing in unqualified terms that LBJ tale about RFK wanting Dulles on the commission. Henry Gonzalez of Tampa, a longtime friend and attorney, said Trafficante died late Tuesday at the Texas Heart Institute in Houston, where he had gone for heart surgery. His brother Sam was. "They told me to go to the draft board and sign up. Doesnt seem too subtle. Werent there dozens of news people at the conference that could have informed Wade? While not a made member of the Italian mafia because of his Jewish heritage he was a life long collaborator/wannabe who understood. Check out Patrick Dean and Kenneth Croy, if you have a few minutes spare time. Testimony of Santos Trafficante. Smart move on Trafficantes part. Trafficante Sr. had always wanted to make it big in Cuban with casinos and dispatched his son, Santo, Jr., to Havana in 1946 to help operate a mob-owned casino. TAMPA, Fla. (AP) _ Santo Trafficante Jr., one of the last of the old-time reputed Mafia dons, has died at at the age of 72. The Tampa mob made a considerable amount of money in Cuba, but never achieved its ambition of making the island part of its territory. Of particular interest is the killers haircut: block cut in the back. Trafficante was born in Tampa, Florida, to Sicilian parents Santo Trafficante Sr. and his wife Maria Giuseppa Cacciatore in 1914. [7], In January 1958, Trafficante was questioned by the Cuban police regarding the Apalachin meeting. Such a series of odd scenarios. Im afraid you cant substitute scoffing at the idea for the actual historical evidence. Yet, interestingly enough, its the one area, as crucial as it is, where I feel the defenders of the official story are at their weakest. Those who argue that Oswald was a lone assassin frequently take facts out of context, and this is a prime example. [9], As of November 25, 2007, Vincent LoScalzo was in his 70's and considered a semi-retired mobster and just a "regular Joe" according to Scott Deitche, author of Cigar City Mafia. "Sam Gold" was Sam Giancana; "Joe" was Trafficante. After that point during the weekend, he was. TRAFFICANTE, Josephine Marchese 95, died peacefully in her sleep, Wednesday morning at her home. [Watch the Italian foreign film Segreti Di Stato about a post-war massacre in Sicily which reads like the blue print for the murder of Oswald. Not so strange w/r/t Rubys correction of Wade. The transcript of Rubys Warren Commission testimony reveals Ruby was anxious, most anxious. He thought the plan was for he, Tippit, to blame Oswald for wounding him. The other guys are two doctors, who say they'll testify if they're summoned to court. Probably by Civello or Campisi or one of their underlings he trusted. Santo Trafficante Sr. was a Florida mobster who survived a series of vicious gang wars to become the leader of a powerful Mafia crime family based in Tampa. Salcines was observed at the properties the weekend of June 9, 1967. Some suggest organized crime enjoyed protection by law enforcement during this period in Dallas history. Jack Ruby, Santos Trafficante, Carlos Marcello, David Ferrie, Sergio Aracha Smith, Osantos, Rose Cheramie, Barney Ross.Heroin, Houston and Havana. Ruby said he wanted his lawyer to leave as well, but Warren denied Rubys request. A native and lifelong resident of Tampa, Mr. Traffi-cante is survived by his loving family, wife, Ger He tells a vague tale, linking Trafficante, among others, to the assassination. Couldnt remember who the owner whose estate he was guarding; said he got the job from a fellow officer, a motorcycle cop who worked the Oaklawn area, but couldnt remember his name; couldnt remember the address of the place he was guarding and the WC let him get away with those answers. Victoria was the daughter of the Squire of The Plas in Llandyrnog , and life was idyllic until an exorbitant increase in property taxes . Newfield believes Trafficante and Marcello eventually will be shown to be the missing pieces to the "30-year jigsaw puzzle" about the assassination. The real plan was deeper and darker. Wall controlled his organization from the Tampa neighborhood of Ybor City, and employed Italians, Cubans and men of other ethnicities in his organization. We need to review the fact of the cop-car with the two horn sounds as LHO was leaving his boarding house. Yepfar-fetched reasoningbut succeeds in countering the coincidental nonsense of a chance meeting. Tippits Dad was told he was hunting O. In the event that he wasnt, Id expect that one of the investigators present would have corrected him. Salvatore "Sam" Cacciatore (1916-1981) was a member of the Trafficante Crime Family. [1] Author Scott Deitche reported that Santo Jr. was involved with the CIA to plot assassination attempts on . Because Ruby idolized McWillie.he would be managable, a rare feat in Rubys case. Why, as a trained law enforcement officer didnt Leavelle lurch forward to impede Ruby or at least attempt to pull or push Oswald out of harms way? Ruby killed Oswald because J.D. Santos, Carlos or Momo would not have given such an order without some Government backing (and cover) IMHO. Seth Kantor had a good take on Rubys roller coaster weekend. I believe that Ruby may have been a witness (possibly under an assumed name) for the McClellan (?) [1] After the death of Santo Jr. in 1987, the Tampa Mafia family has been controlled by Vincent LoScalzo. I know its covered in Unspeakable and in greater depth more recently in Into the Nightmare but Id love to hear Mr. Ds take on it too. If O would have been killed in the theater none of us would have ever heard of Ruby. He was asked to leave the dept., however. Interesting to get immediate reactions like that before the BS sets in. Because in that same film, you can see him hiding behind an officer. Read the Russ Shearer transcripts of the DPD Channel 1 radio transmissions here, http://www.billdrenas.com/articles/policeTranscript.html. Trafficante remained the boss of Tampa until he died of natural causes in 1954. They approached the store owner behind the counter and fired five bullets into him before fleeing. [3] His wife, Josephine, died in 2015 at the age of 95; he is survived by two of his daughters. [4] During the late 1940s, Trafficante Sr. came under constant police surveillance and attempted to avoid the unwanted attention by making Salvatore "Red" Italiano his acting boss. The most notable boss was Santo Trafficante, Jr. who ruled Tampa and the crime family with an iron fist. Especially since Fritz reaction to the shooting is later than everyone elses. Dean failed his: EVEN THOUGH HE WROTE HIS OWN QUESTIONS! With 10 Precincts in Dallas County several whose Justices of the Peace would have been in a more favorabl position (both logistical and political) to serve the events of 112263 why were Johnston and Ward the two justices available within minutes of the assassination? http://jfk.hood.edu/Weisberg-Commission%20Documents/Ruby-Cuba/Cuba%2001.pdf A car registered to former state attorney and current state appellate judge E.J. In the 1940s he joined up with Lucky Luciano, Frank Costello, and Meyer Lansky to set up gambling operations in Cuba. Tourists and Cubans gamble at the casino in the Hotel Nacional in Havana, 1957. Maybe Ruby got someone else to shoot Tippit? He would assign that to a lower level guy who he knew he could trust and knew could influence Ruby. No Jonathan, it does not necessarily follow that the mob had a hand in the murder of JFK simply because McWillie or Civello made a call to Ruby. And further once one incorporates that fact as one views the film and the photo one can contemplate that Leavelle actually knew on some level, consciously or not, what was about to come down. Mob Lawyer Frank Ragano Says He Knows Who Killed JFK", "Book alleges plot to kill JFK in Tampa, cover-up", "At Santo Trafficante auction, a chance to buy a piece of Tampa's mob history", Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia, Associated Press report on Trafficante's death, "Little Man: Meyer Lansky and the Gangster Life" By Robert Lacy, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santo_Trafficante_Jr.&oldid=1150614690, This page was last edited on 19 April 2023, at 03:37. Remember the sandwiches for the late-night folks at KLIF. I believe that Ruby was trying to keep on top of anything Oswald may have revealed through his contacts in the DPD et al. If one looks at the actual film of Oswald being killed in the fine Evidence of Revision series, you will see something odd. I also think that some were tied up with some nasty extremist types, whether by word or deed or both; the Klan or the Birch Society for example. In this manner, one can digest that certain events were part and parcel of the whole, yet each player was not informed of the other players parts. In February 2016, many of Trafficante's personal belongings were sold at an auction in St. Petersburg, Florida. My view. With reports of ejected automatic shells and a standard description for Oswald floating about from sources unknown, one wonders if the Tippit murder was just to set up Oswald as the patsy. Shimon shows up under his own name in Andersons 1989 TV doc, which posits the ridiculous Castro-AND-the-Mob-did-it theory that Anderson had been peddling for some time. In a highly sophisticated cover-up operation, Rubys emotional response at that news conference would have been a key element. I imagine it had several compartmentalized operations with unique sets of players at each interlocking level. \\][//, Santos Trafficante, latter 1962 just after LBJs Miami address. Check the account at the top of this page: Trying to be helpful. Yes, DAs love to be corrected by people they know to be mob-connected thugs. This from a guy with no known practice with firearms. He sprints out about 12-15 feet, leaving the space for Ruby to frontally assault Oswald. Especially in light of his not being able to explain the sighting of his car with Oswald in it on about 2:00 on 11/22/63. Santos Trafficante called in the mobs chits with Ruby and ordered him to kill Oswald, Anderson wrote in his 2000 memoir, Peace War and Politics. (p. DPD had a bad reputation back then, as I understand. He cheerfully said he killed Oswald to allow Jackie to avoid having to testify. Jack had bosses, just like everyone else, http://jfk.hood.edu/Weisberg-Commission%20Documents/Ruby-Cuba/Cuba%2001.pdf, http://jfk.hood.edu/Weisberg-Commission%20Documents/Ruby-Cuba/Cuba%2002.pdf, http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/Sylvia%20Meagher%20Clips/Sylvia%20Meagher%20Images/SM-015.pdf, http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=ruby+shoots+oswald&FORM=VIRE2#view=detail&mid=90A76130EDBD7C0E6FB390A76130EDBD7C0E6FB3. [2][1], Santo Trafficante, Jr. was born in the United States on November 15, 1914, as one of five sons of Mafia boss Santo Trafficante. http://jfk.hood.edu/Weisberg-Commission%20Documents/Ruby-Cuba/Cuba%2002.pdf, Ruby Case Death Sifted In Florida (NY Times 2/23/67) There are still some male Trafficante nephews and grandchildren in Tampa, and though a few have had some scrapes with the law though none are active in the remnants of the crime family as far as I know. Dusty, toss Laredo and Mexico into your post and it will be near perfect. Very ballsy and unsubtle. From Admin Folder L-4. Interestingly, all that Oswald had to do was walk all the way down Zang to get to the Texas Theater yet, and obviously, he detoured TOWARD Jack Rubys Apartment (on S. Ewing).

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