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Killing a Rat #203317 09/11/05 11:30 PM 09/11/05 11:30 PM
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 4,246 MistaMista Tom Hagen OP Underboss
MistaMista Tom Hagen OP Underboss Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 4,246	The recent conviction of Peter Gotti for plotting to kill Sammy Gravano after he became a government witness made me wonder, has there ever been a case where an informant who testified in court and then entered the witness protection program (or not in the case of Gravano), was then found by his former mafia cohorts and killed? I know active rats working behind the scenes have been killed before they fully flipped and testified, but has there ever been a high profile case where a publicly known rat was later found and killed? I dream in widescreen.

Re: Killing a Rat #203318 09/12/05 12:43 AM 09/12/05 12:43 AM
Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 19,544 AZ Turnbull
Turnbull Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 19,544 AZ	Plenty of rats paid the price. One that you might be familiar with was Willie Boy Johnson, an associate of Gotti's. He was an FBI informant, and at Gotti's RICO trial, the prosecutor, Diane Giacalone, exposed him as an informant. Gotti told him he would get a pass, but three years after the trial, Gotti arranged to have him whacked outside his home. Ntra la porta tua lu sangu ï¿½ sparsu, E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu... E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.

Re: Killing a Rat #203319 09/14/05 08:51 AM 09/14/05 08:51 AM
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 73 Mr.Gribbs Button
Mr.Gribbs Button Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 73	Even though i don't like rats,i thought the Willy Johnson case was tragical.Giacalone shouldn't have exposed him,the way she did... Chi dorme,non piglia pesce...

Re: Killing a Rat #203320 09/14/05 09:09 AM 09/14/05 09:09 AM
Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 18,238 The Ravenite Social Club Don Cardi Caporegime
Don Cardi Caporegime Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 18,238 The Ravenite Social Club	Before there was a Sammy Gravano there was Abe "Kid Twist" Reles. Abe Reles was arrested on a murder charge. He was accused of being involved in a whole bunch of murders. When he was convinced that he would be sent to Sing Sing Prison, he decided to become an informant. The information that Reles gave led to the arrest and electrocution of one of his bosses, Louis "Lepke" Buchalter. On November 12th 1941, Abe "Kid Twist" Reles, under the protection of six police detectives, mysteriously flew from the window of room 623 of the Half Moon Hotel, in Coney Island, Brooklyn. Don Cardi Don Cardi Five - ten years from now, they're gonna wish there was American Cosa Nostra. Five - ten years from now, they're gonna miss John Gotti.

Re: Killing a Rat #203321 09/14/05 10:57 AM 09/14/05 10:57 AM
Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 19,544 AZ Turnbull
Turnbull Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 19,544 AZ	That flight earned him the sobriquet: "The canary who could sing but couldn't fly." Ntra la porta tua lu sangu ï¿½ sparsu, E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu... E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.

Re: Killing a Rat #203322 09/14/05 10:58 AM 09/14/05 10:58 AM
Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 19,544 AZ Turnbull
Turnbull Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 19,544 AZ	Quote: Originally posted by Mr.Gribbs: Even though i don't like rats,i thought the Willy Johnson case was tragical.Giacalone shouldn't have exposed him,the way she did... ..no indeed. She took a lot of flack for that tragic miscue, and some others that made many believe that she practically handed the victory to her adversary, Bruce Cutler, Gotti's lawyer. Ntra la porta tua lu sangu ï¿½ sparsu, E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu... E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.

Re: Killing a Rat #203323 09/14/05 05:44 PM 09/14/05 05:44 PM
Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 330 Warsaw Joe Batters Capo
Joe Batters Capo Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 330 Warsaw	Was it not the Abe "Kid Twist" Reeles who "jumped" out of a window to his death while in police custody? Joe Batters Aspanu summon the all of the chiefs DEATH TO ALL WHO BETRAY GIULIANO!

Re: Killing a Rat #203324 09/14/05 06:19 PM 09/14/05 06:19 PM
Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 22,902 New York SC Consigliere
SC Consigliere Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 22,902 New York	Quote: Originally posted by Joe Batters: Was it not the Abe "Kid Twist" Reeles who "jumped" out of a window to his death while in police custody? See above. See below. Abe Reles, after his flight .

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