Arrest report on Philip Alderisio & Charles Nicoletti


On May 2, 1962, the Chicago police received a call that a suspicious automobile was parked in front of 1750 Superior Street, in Chicago. Upon investigation, police officers discovered a 1962 Ford sedan parked at the specified location. Crouched on the floor of the car to avoid detection were two notorious Outfit hoodlums, Philip Alderisio, of 515 Longcommon Road Riverside, ILL, and Charles Nicoletti, of 1638 North 19th Avenue, Melrose Park, ILL. Alderisio and Nicoletti informed the investigating officers that the car did not belong to them and they had no Idea as to the identity of its owner.

They insisted that they were merely sitting on the floor of the automobile waiting for some unidentified person when the police arrived at 1 a.m. Alderisio and Nicoletti were taken into custody and subsequently released on a $1,000 bond. The automobile in which Alderisio and Nicoletti were riding at the time of their arrest was registered in the name of Walter Getz, of 9340 South New England Avenue in Oak Lawn, ILL. This address turned out to be a vacant lot, and the Walter Getz nonexistent.

Under the dashboard of this automobile were concealed three switches. Two of these switches enabled the operators of the car to disconnect the taillights. Without taillights, the police would have difficulty in following the car at night. The third switch turned on an electric motor which opened a hidden compartment in the back rest of the front seat. This compartment was fitted with brackets to hold shotguns and rifles. And by demonstrating this particular opening in the back rest, we found that a machine gun could be secreted in the compartment also.