its not impossible to get to a government witness before he testifies like some of you are saying /implying... how soon we forget the "canary that could sing but couldnt fly" a.k.a abe 'kid twist' reles
Chickenman, to clarify, Reles had already testified in numerous Brooklyn trials; he was scheduled to appear at the then Lepke Buchalter, Mendy Weiss, Louis Capone murder trial when he went out the window but his previous testimony was more than was sufficient in that case.
What Reles going out the window DID achieve was very convenient excuse not to indict Albert Anastasia for murder, which is a far more complicated story than most people realize.
Also, re: the subject at hand, one correct answer is...
Patrick Pennya small-time Brooklyn criminal who accidentally witnessed Nino Gaggi & Roy DeMeo hit the Jimmy "The Clam" and Jim-Jim Eppolito in Coney Island on October 1, 1979.
