In 1966, thirteen members of organized crime were arrested at the Italian restaurant "La Stella".
The thirteen men arrested were, from New York; Carlo Gambino, head of the crime family that bears his name; Thomas Eboli and Mike Miranda, co-acting bosses (along with Jerry Catena) of the Genovese Family; Joseph Colombo, newly appointed boss of the crime family that carried his name; Aniello Delacroce, underboss of the Gambino Family; Joseph N. Gallo, the Gambino Family’s future consigliere; Dominick Alongi, Eboli’s driver; and Anthony Cirillo, a Genovese soldier. From Florida, Santo Trafficante, Jr. The other four men were from New Orleans. Family boss Carlos Marcello; his brother Joseph Marcello, Jr.; Anthony Carolla, the son of former New Orleans boss Sam “Silver Dollar” Carolla; and Frank Gagliano, the son of another deported mobster and the cousin of Eboli’s driver, Alongi. In addition, the owners of the restaurant, Joseph and Jack Taliercio, were arrested.
No weapons were found on the men and police transported them “without handcuffs” according to the article. It was noted that the check was left unpaid. Taken to the Maspeth station house, police claimed to have had a hard time questioning the men because the hoods were not sure of their names, ages, or address.
The arrested were read their constitutional rights at the station and ushered into a waiting room and called in one at a time for questioning, which went on until 3:00 a.m. the following morning. In addition, each of the men were later stripped searched down to their underwear and finger printed.
Hentel, the Queens district attorney, instead of booking them on the “consorting” charges, named each of them a material witnesses in a grand jury investigation and asked that individual $100,000 bails be set. Hentel explained that in previous cases the arrested party usually was freed after a relatively low bail was set, and later won dismissal of the “consorting” charge. The high bail was set by New York Supreme Court Justice Joseph M. Conroy, who Hentel had gotten out of bed and driven to the police station to hold court before sunrise.
Inspector Garelik, who had quickly notified the FBI and the Treasury Department, of his catch, briefed reporters, “All of the men had large amounts of cash on them. The least amount anyone was carrying was $600…All (were wearing) $300 suits, and they are all well-fed.”
One detective told reporters, “These raids are good because we can see who is boss, not because they tell us, but because of the way they act toward one another. We can judge a Mafia boss’s importance by the respect or deference the other men show him.”
By Friday night, all of the mobsters had been freed on $1.3 million in bail.

source: http://allanrmay.com

Good post TooDoped. Where did you get it?

Great find... this meeting doesn't get a lot of press. I love the damming evidence:

“All of the men had large amounts of cash on them. The least amount anyone was carrying was $600…All (were wearing) $300 suits, and they are all well-fed.”

Love when eating well is suspicious behavior...LOL

Yeah that "well-fed"statement is hilarious...i think that after the arrest Santo Trafficante and C.Marcello went back to the restaurant with their lawyers and theres a famous picture of it were Santo holds up a glass of wine

Nice post Toodoped, some head people there.

Thanx abc123..heres another version of the photo i was talkin about earlier with Carolla down/right...

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/mob-bigs-met-crown-king-run-roaches-article-1.1243347

Never get away with that now days.

interesting they had guys out of NY

I dont wanna start an argument but i think that Santo and Marcello were waaaay bigger than C.Gambino at that time

No argument here, because thats about as stupid as your "I wish lightning was much bigger comment" Carlo Gambino was second to none the ENTIRE time he wore the hat! Nobody even close. And I got no skin in that game. Its a fact.

I once found a seating chart for this meal and Marcello was seated at the head of the table and it was interpreted as his meeting.

Here's a nice link about the story:

http://www.americanmafia.com/Allan_May_9-27-99.html

i never said that he wasnt "first among equals" but i've noticed that you belive in Santa Claus so....fuck it

No you just said Santo and Carlos were "way way" bigger

i never said that he wasnt "first among equals" but i've noticed that you belive in Santa Claus so....fuck it [/quote]

No you just said Santo and Carlo were "way way" bigger. [/quote]


Yeah cuz Carlo was big in NY not the whole country!What?!You wanna tell me that Carlo controled Miami Florida or Havana?!?!Or murdered Kenedy?!

No, I never said Carlo controled Miami or Havana! Neither did Carlos or Santo, Santo was thier but didnt "control" Havana, Carlos had a large area, but again neither were "way way" bigger than Carlo like you stated

What about Kennedy?

What about him?

Listen here,after Luciano was kicked out of Havana,the main players in Havana were Santo and Lansky and the Chi Outfit.My opinion is that the only player for the NY crew in Havana was Lansky representin Luciano and the Genovese family.One of the reasons Anastasia got whacked was Havana,cuz he wanted a piece of the pie.Carlo saw the situation and took over as head of the Gambino family and was one of the major player in NY.What about Kennedy?!?!?Well you can read about Carlos Marcello!You will find the answer!Theres no C.G. around that story

Listen here? You serious! You've mistaken me for someone that gives a fuck. More importantly no "I dont buy Mafia books or bury my head in Wiki all day. I have something more important a life. And give me NYC during Carlo's prime over Havana any day. Santo died a sick, broke old man. Carlo rich for generations and "in a state of grace"

Save the listen here routine for someone who actually bugs some of the crazy your selling.

Damn im talkin to a kid ova here!Some1 should put some cameras so i can see who am i talkin to....go away kid....go and smoke some weed and imagine that youre havin sex with Carlo Gambino Youre ignored kid.bye bye

You dont want a camera on me, trust me. You'll feel like less of a man.
Anyways, you made a stupid comment and wouldnt correct yourself, its ok even this child knows your low self esteem and ego made that decision.
Ignore button for quiters and athiests!

And FYI, my Fat Tony doll takes up most of my time. Carlo was a little guy. My doll has girth!

LMAO!!!!!!!

Btw-toodeped, theres nothing wrong tugging away while listening to the godfather theme on ur ipod. Weed is the devils plant tho.

Hahaahaha! You guys are crazy.

Back to at hand, this meeting was in the mid 60's and I'm sure Carlo was smart enough to listen twice as often as he spoke. Why not blend into the middle rather than strut yourself as the boss of bosses.

I'm sure Marcello and Santo were at the top of their game in the mid 60's and carried just as much weight as Carlo, if not more because they were older...

Dang, I wish I could find that seating chart...it was great...some bright eyed PO decided it maybe helpful and roughly sketched out were everyone had been sitting.

I also read once that many believe a larger more formal meeting had been held the night before, with a larger group, and this was more of a fair well lunch before they all went their separate ways...

How cool is that chart !! Thanks HK !!

Would have loved to be a fly on that wall...some vino, pasta and solving the worlds problems...

Yeah, cool! Thanks!

I have been collecting some photos of the La Stella arrests, which I plan to post. Hopefully the names are all accurate.

La Stella arrests photos

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