The history of Pittsburgh starting from the bootlegging days until the fall of the LaRocca Crime family is illustrious, to say the least, starting with the infamous Gianni "John" Bazzano Sr murder in 1932 in Brooklyn, NY. Here are some articles on some of the key players:

http://newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/prohibition/

http://old.post-gazette.com/regionstate/20001106mobhistory2.asp

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0g5ZAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-mwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7245,2633344&dq=sebastian+john+larocca&hl=en

http://www.post-gazette.com/news/obituar...es/200611020421

http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-E...es/200904190162

As Uncle Charlie used to say, "Never get into pissing matches with skunks."