Philip Kovolick
Philip "The Stick" Kovolick ; also Kovalick alias Joseph Farvel (born September 2, 1908 , † before April 7, 1971 ) was an American mobster of the Kosher Nostra .
He was a close companion of Meyer Lansky and long-time vicarious agent of Louis "Lepke" Buchalter . In particular, Lansky and his brother Jack stood by their side when it came to controlling casinos in Florida ; like in particular the Colonial Inn .
In 1965, he was in a restaurant in Little Italy of New York City arrested for relationship with well-known professional criminals used, for the purpose of illegal activities (on "consorting with known criminals for unlawful purposes").
Before going to trial, Kovolick fled the city because he feared that the investigation into him would also reveal his involvement and involvement in organizing illegal gambling, bribery and corruption . Authorities tried to bring him back to New York, but Kovolick disappeared.
On April 7, 1971, his body was discovered in a steel barrel at the bottom of a rock canyon (am. Modus Operandi : Barrel Murder ) near Hallandale in Florida . John Alvin Baxter , 36, was later arrested and sentenced to death in connection with his apparent murder . The verdict was probably turned into a life sentence.
literature
- Richard Cohen: Tough Jews: Fathers, Sons, and Gangster Dreams . New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. ISBN 0-684-83115-5
- Albert Fried: The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Gangster in America . New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. ISBN 0-231-09683-6
- Burton B. Turkus and Sid Feder: Murder, Inc: The Story of "the Syndicate" . New York: Da Capo Press, 2003. ISBN 0-306-81288-6
Web links
- Mug shots of Phillip Kovolick (high-resolution) in the Lloyd Sealy Library, Digital Collections
- Prisoner's Criminal Record [rap sheet] of Phillip Kovolick in the Lloyd Sealy Library , Digital Collections
Individual evidence
- ↑ Body Of Gangster Reported In South in the New York Times, April 30, 1972; P. 24
- ↑ Man convicted in shooting death: St. Petersburg Times, June 3, 1972
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kovolick, Philip |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kovalick, Philipp; Farvel, Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American mobster |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 2, 1908 |
| DATE OF DEATH | before April 7, 1971 |
| Place of death | Florida , United States |