Marcello Giuseppe Caifano

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Marshall Joseph Caifano better known as Marshall Joseph Caifano , John Caifano or John Marshall , (* 19th July 1911 ; † 6. September 2003 ) was a high-ranking American Mobster of the Chicago Outfit and was for his role in the control of the casinos in Las Vegas known.

Life

Early years

During the 1920s, Caifano was a member of the " 42 Gang, " a street gang in Chicago to which other high-ranking members of the Outfit had belonged.

By 1929 he had many crimes - including murder - committed and followed other 42ern the outfit . He was z. B. suspected of murdering the player Frank Quotrocci because the police at the scene of the crime wore a hat with the initials M.C. found. However, Matt Capone was arrested first . Al Capone is said to have commissioned this murder.

Caifano is said to have achieved a certain degree of autonomy for its gambling activities in the north of Chicago. He is also implicated in about ten murders. So he should z. B. Richard Cain murdered a corrupt investigator for the Cook County, Illinois sheriff , oil tycoon Raymond J. Ryan and cocktail waitress Estelle Carey . The latter had to die because it was assumed that she was the friend of Nick Circella involved in the investigation into the outfit regarding the infiltration of the studios in Hollywood . She was handcuffed to a chair in her home, beaten to death, and then burned.

Las Vegas

When his brother Leonard "Fat Lennie" Caifano died in 1951 , he became the unofficial superintendent of the casinos in Las Vegas , which were under control of the outfit . Caifano had married a handsome blonde with Darlene Caifano and there are rumors that he left his wife to his childhood friend Sam Giancana - the boss of the outfit - so that he could become boss in Las Vegas. Caifano is said to have committed other murders, including that of the Russian Louie Strauss in 1953.

As "enforcer" (on: "enforcer") and "outside man" for the outfit in Las Vegas, he had to solve the problems on the spot through violence and even murder. As an outside “problem solver” - even if he had been convicted - nobody could prosecute the associates within a casino. Originally, Johnny Roselli had performed this task. When Gus Greenbaum became a problem for La Cosa Nostra , it was probably Caifano who had to act accordingly. On December 3, 1958, Greenbaum was discovered in his bedroom with his throat cut. His wife was found with a broken skull and her throat also cut.

In 1960 , the Black Book was introduced by Grant Sawyer , the governor of Nevada , to curb the criminal influence on the Las Vegas Strip . Caifano was added to this list, against which he sued in October 1960, since the entry meant a restriction of his rights; but the 9th Chamber of the Civil Court dismissed his action.

Caifano then officially ran the gift shop in the Circus Circus . Caifano's lawsuit had deserved too much attention from the point of view of the Cosa Nostra bosses , as Civella's contacts with organized crime had become an issue. Caifaro was therefore practically withdrawn from Las Vegas in 1963 and presumably Johnny Roselli took over the position again; at least until a suitable successor was found. In 1971, Anthony Spilotro came to Las Vegas to take over the Caifano gift shop.

descent

The absence from Las Vegas has fueled speculation to this day that Caifano may have been involved in the November 1963 assassination attempt on John F. Kennedy , insofar as the theory that La Cosa Nostra was involved.

In principle, however, Caifano was sidelined; He worked from 1965 in a subordinate position as a bookmaker in the west side of Chicago, which he was guaranteed at least a profitable income.

In March 1980, Caifano was convicted and imprisoned in West Palm Beach , Florida for being caught with stolen securities in 1975. These were 2,000 shares in Westinghouse Electric , valued at $ 2 million, that were stolen from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport in 1968 . On May 23, 1980, the sentence was set to 20 years, which he was to serve in Sandstone Prison, Minnesota . In 1990 he was released. Caifano died of natural causes in 2003.

literature

  • Lee Bernstein: The Greatest Menace: Organized Crime in Cold War America . University of Massachusetts Press, Boston 2002, ISBN 1-55849-345-X
  • Stephen Fox: Blood and Power: Organized Crime in Twentieth-Century America . William Morrow and Company, New York 1989, ISBN 0-688-04350-X
  • Sam and Chuck Giancana: Double Cross: The Explosive, Inside Story of the Mobster Who Controlled America . Warner Books, New York 1992, ISBN 0-446-51624-4
  • Robert J. Kelly: Encyclopedia of Organized Crime in the United States . Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut 2000, ISBN 0-313-30653-2
  • Demaris Ovid: Captive City: Chicago in Chains . Lyle Stuart, New York 1969
  • Ed Reid: The Grim Reapers, The Anatomy of Organized Crime in America . Henry Regnery, Chicago 1969
  • Ed Reid and Ovid Demaris : The Green Felt Jungle . Pocket Books, Montreal 1964
  • Carl Sifakis:
  • Michael J. Zuckerman: Vengeance is Mine . Macmillan, New York 1987

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nevada's Black Book by James Barrow (English)
  2. ↑ Marshal Caifan: The Outside Man by William Tuohy in July 2002 at www.americanmafia.com (English)
personal data
SURNAME Caifano, Marcello Giuseppe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Caifano, Marshall Joseph; Caifano, John; Marshall, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian-American mobster
DATE OF BIRTH July 19, 1911
DATE OF DEATH September 6, 2003