Hill taught to drive at, 13
F
Facciolo, Bruno, 19, 31, 52, 56
DeSimone murder and, 196
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 50, 103, 142–43
helicopter surveillance by, 212–16
Hill watched by, 211–12
mobsters followed by, 200–02
Federal Hill, Providence, R.I., 34,
Federal Witness Protection Program, 247–59
convictions after Hill’s participation in, 256–57
and documentary evidence of Hill’s existence, 2
Hill as government employee in, 258
Hill children affected by, 247–51
Hill family’s new life after, 258–59
Hill’s decision to join, 1–2
Hill’s lifestyle changed by, 252–53
Karen Hill’s hope for, 250–51
Lufthansa case and, 236, 239, 242, 257
Mrs. Freid and, 247–48, 250
terms of Hill’s agreement with, 251–52
Ferrara, Theresa, 208
52/52 Club, 60
fireworks, illegal trade in, 16, 38
Fischetti, William, Flip, Charlie, 203–05
For Men Only, 183
Fort Bragg, N.C., 37–38, 39
Forty Yards, 192
Fountainblue Florist, 10
Freid, Karen (wife), see Hill, Karen Freid
Freid, Mr. (father-in-law), 60–61, 65–66, 77
Freid, Mrs. (mother-in-law), 2, 60–61, 65, 68, 76–78, 161, 248, 250
front men, 43
Fulton Fish Market, 90
furs, hijacking of, 90
Fusco, Patsy, 79
G
Gallo, Crazy Joey, 20
Gambino, Carlo, 42
Gambino crime family, 115, 117
gambling, 54–56
policy (numbers) racket and, 14–15, 49
on Superfecta races, 55–56 see also bookmaking operations; card and dice games
Genovese, Vito, 60
Germaine, Bobby, 172
arrest of, 228, 236
Hill’s partnership with, 211, 212, 215–17, 228, 236
son of, 240, 244, 255
girlfriend night, 78 “give-ups,” 88 Godfather, The (Puzo), 67
Gotti, Johnny, 115
Gotti crime family, 196–97
Gruenewald, Peter, 209
testimony of, 209
guns, illegal trade in, 172–73, 212–16
Burke as customer of, 172–73, 212–13
and FBI search of Hills’ home, 211–12
helicopter surveillance of, 212–17
Gurino, Vito “Socko,” 31
H
Haiti: slaves imported from, 109–10
stolen cars exported to, 48
“hawks,” 56
hijackings, 120–23
conviction rates for, 92
rip-offs of booty in, 50
as uncodified crime, 92 see also Kennedy Airport hijackings
Hill, Carmela Costa (mother), 6–7, 12, 23
son’s wedding opposed by, 65
Hill, Elizabeth (sister), 61
Hill, Henry: in Air France heist, 96–02
appearance and style of, 15
in army, 28, 36–38, 39
arrests of, 1, 26–27, 72–76, 92–94, 106–07, 112, 211–18
arson jobs of, 25–26, 51
author’s first meeting with, 2–4
in bookmaking operations, 104–07, 153,
bricklaying jobs of, 22–23, 40, 66, 67
in card and dice games, 19–22
cars stolen by, 48
childhood of, 5–28
in cigarette smuggling business, 38, 46–48, 72–76, 90, 96
clothing and jewelry owned by, 125
conversion of, to Judaism, 66, 129
convicted of extortion, 143
in counterfeit money operations, 17–18, 48
courtship and weddings of, 58, 66, 77
driving lessons for, 13
drug dealing of, 156–57, 161–64, 171–72
federal witness program entered by, 1–2, 247–48
feds as viewed by, 240
first arrest of, 26–27
first hijacking job of, 87
first kickback taken by, 20
first shooting victim seen by, 24
first suspended sentence received by, 27
Florida vacation of, 139–43
gambling of, 54–56, 173–79
on getting arrested, 72–75
girlfriends of, 125–38, 172
going-away party for, 148–49
gun business of, 172–73, 212–16
helicopter surveillance of, 212–16
imprisoned at Allenwood, 165–71
imprisoned at Lewisburg, 145–67
Las Vegas vacation of, 104
legal expertise of, 92–93
lifestyle of, 57–58
in loan-sharking operations, 22, 37
local childhood heroes of, 30–31
in Lufthansa heist, 181–85
as maître d’hotel at Azores, 42–44
mob life entered by, 5–17
in numbers racket, 14–15, 22
obscene phone caller and, 110–12
plans to murder, 2
in point-shaving scheme, 173–79
restaurant and hotel management degree of, 153
restaurant tabs run up by, 51–52
Sicilian heritage of, 6, 11
as silent partner in The Suite, 107–09
social life of, 57–58
spending habits of, 57–58
in stolen credit-card racket, 18, 26–27, 45–46, 48, 109
stolen jewelry fenced by, 173
truancy of, 23
veteran’s benefits -received by, 153, 160
youthful ambition of, 12
Hill, Henry, narcotics case against, 212–45
arraignment in, 256–57
arrest in, 212–18
Burke and, 234, 235, 237–45
danger in, 233–35, 239
evidence in, 233, 238–39
feds’ ineptitude in, 240,
feds’ questioning in, 236–37, 239
Germaine’s arrest and, 228
Hill’s associates implicated in, 226
Hill’s cooperation in, 240–41
Hill’s disappearance in, 237–39, 240
informant in, 219–23, 240
Karen Hill’s role in, 215–18, 232–35, 247–48
lawyer in, 232–34
Mann’s report in, 226–27
mob protocol in, 224
Vario in, 221, 233, 234–35
wiretap used in, 222–23,
Hill, Henry, Sr. (father), 6, 71
anger of, 7
guns owned by, 27–28
poverty of, 14
son beaten by, 14, 23
son’s bricklaying job and, 40
son’s driving and, 13
son’s enlistment and, 28
son’s truancy and, 23
son’s wedding opposed by, 61, 65
Hill, Judy (daughter), 2, 107, 132, 135, 159, 232, 247–50
Hill, Karen Freid (wife), 2, 59–79, 104, 109–112, 125, 181
background of, 60, 61
on cigarette smuggling business, 72
courtship and weddings of, 57–66
first pregnancy of, 76
on girlfriend night, 78
gun hidden by, 64–65
husband’s arrests and, 75
husband’s drug dealing and, 152, 162, 163–64, 214–18, 231–35, 247–48
husband’s infidelity and, 126–38
husband’s life threatened by, 134
husband’s nights out and, 76–78, 128
husband’s prison sentence and, 145, 147, 152–64, 165, 166, 167, 169–70
husband’s takeover of The Suite and, 107
Linda discovered by, 132–33
Linda’s opinion of, 133
luxury items purch
ased by, 125–26
on mobsters’ frequent jail terms, 69, 71
mob world entered by, 67–79
neighbor’s assault on, 62–65
obscene phone calls received by, 110–12
physical appearance of, 60
possible indictment of, 247
Riker’s Island visited by, 136–38
slave purchased for, 109–10
on wiseguys’ wives, 68–70
Hill, Michael (brother), 67, 212, 214–15
Hill, Ruth (daughter), 2, 107, 131, 132, 159–61, 172, 232, 247–50
holidays, money-making schemes for, 17–18
Hoover, J. Edgar, 36
horse races, 30
betting on, 55, 56
hostess parties, of wiseguys’ wives, 67–70
I
Idlewild Golf Course, 30, 81
IDs, fake, 45
Inglese, Fat Gigi, 237
insurance scams, 53, 54, 87, 92
arson in, 51
J
Jade East Motel, 99
Jamaica Raceway, 29
jewelry, stolen, fencing of, 173
Joint New York State Legislative Committee on Crime, study by (1960s), 92
Judaism: at Allenwood, 167–68
Hill’s conversion to, 66, 129
Junior Chamber of Commerce (Allenwood, Pa.), 168
Junior High School, New York, N.Y., 19
Justice Department, U.S., 1
witness program of, see Federal Witness Protection Program
K
Kannon, Jackie, 67
Kennedy Airport, 30, 42, 81–104
Air Cargo Center at, 95
airline ticket racket at, 82–109
mobsters’ people working for, 86
security at, 95–96
value of goods stolen from, 95 see also Air France heist; Lufthansa heist
Kennedy Airport hijackings, 81–94
customers for goods in, 88
fencing of booty from, 88, 89, 90
Hill arrested and tried for, 92–94
Hill’s first participation in, 87
inside information in, 81–82
and items most in demand, 90–91
murders related to, 82, 89, 123
order taken before, 88
pay for workers in, 88–89
police corruptions and, 82
standard procedures in, 89
truck drivers’ collusion in, 88
union pressure in, 86–87, 121–23
unloading in, 89–90
Kew Motor Inn, 148
Krugman, Fran, 181, 191, 197–98
husband’s disappearance reported by,
Krugman, Marty, 108
Burke’s hatred of, 183
money demanded by, 192, 198
murder of, 191–92, 197–99
rigged basketball games and, 175, 191
Werner’s tip to, 181–82
Kuhn, Rick, 174–79
Hill’s testimony against, 256, 258
L
LaGuardia Airport, 42
Lansky, Meyer, 30
Las Vegas, Nev., 30
Hill’s trip to, 104
Lauder, Estée, 173
lawyers, mob-connected, 51, 93–94
Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary, 145–67
bookmaking operations in, 153–54
chosen by Hill, 146
daily schedule in, 152
drug dealing in, 156–57, 162–63
educational programs in, 153
food smuggled into, 151–52, 162
Hill family’s visits to, 159–64
Hill’s arrival at, 149
Hill’s entry into, delayed by two years, 145–46
Hill’s transfer out of, 165–67
honor dorm in, 151–52, 154
organized-crime members in, 147, 150–52
parole eligibility rules in, 147
rehabilitation programs in, 147
riot in, 154
tennis playing in, 153
Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary farm, 154–67
description of, 155
Hill assigned to, 154–55
Hill’s privileges in, 165
Karen Hill’s secret visits to, 156, 163–64
lack of supervision at, 155–56
LiCastri, Paolo, 184
murder of, 235
Liddy, G. Gordon, 165–66
Linda (Hill’s girlfriend), 126–38
Bahamas vacation of, 133
Bridal Land job of, 127–28
Hill’s break with, 146
Hill’s fights with, 130, 136, 138
Hill’s first meeting with, 126, 129
Karen Hill as viewed by, 129, 133
Karen Hill’s discovery of, 131–33
Karen Hill’s reactions to, 132–38
lonely for Hill, on holidays, 130–31
Riker’s Island visited by, 136, 137
suspected as undercover cop, 126–28
wiseguys as viewed by, 130
liquor, hijacking of, 90
liquor-distribution routes, 30–31, 41–42
loan-sharking, 10, 22, 37–38, 107
Lucchese, Gaetano “Three Fingers Brown” (Tommy Brown), 30–31, 41–42
Azores owned by, 41
power of, 41–42
Lucchese crime family, 37, 84
Hill’s testimony against members of, 257
strong-arm work in, 30–31
Vario’s role in, 10
Luciano, Lucky, 11
Lufthansa heist, 1, 2, 181–210
alarm system in, 185, 187
booty in, 181, 182
Burke briefed on, 183–84
Burke’s cut in, 213
crew chosen for, 184–85
Edwards murdered after, 193–95
employees detained in, 185–88
eyewitness accounts of, 200–01
Hill as informant in, 235–36, 240–41, 256–58
Hill’s arrest after, 211–18
Hill’s discovery of, 189
Hill’s role in, 181–84
Krugman murdered after, 190–90, 197–98
McMahon murdered after, 210
Manri murdered after, 210
media coverage of, 199
police surveillance after, 195, 200, 201, 212–19
success of, 188, 189
van used in, 194
Werner convicted after, 209
Werner implicated in, 202–06
Werner’s lead in, 181–82, 184, 195
witnesses murdered after, 206–10
M
McConnach, Angelo (Sonny Bamboo), 91
McDonald, Edward A., 199–210, 231, 235–37
DeSimone murder and, 206–07
Eaton murder and, 207
Edwards murder and, 206
eyewitnesses and, 200
family of, 199–200
Hill as prime witness for, 235–37, 240–41
Hill’s cooperation with, 247–53
inside job detected by, 202
Karen Hill threatened by, 247
Mann’s deal with, 231
rigged basketball games, 255–56
surveillance methods of, 200–01
Werner’s conviction and, 208–10
Werner tracked by, 202–06
McMahon, Bobby “Frenchy”: in Air France heist, 96–102
in Lufthansa heist, 185
murder of, 210
Mafia, first acknowledged by Hoover, 36
Manhattan Foundling Home, 84
Mann, Danny, 219–29
Germaine arrested by, 228
informant and, 219–22, 228, 240
McDonald’s deal with, 231
on mob hierarchy, 223–24
report prepared by, 226
wiretaps ordered by, 222, 225–26
Manri, Joe “Buddha,” 184
murder of, 209
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p; Manzo, Frank “Frankie the Wop,” 31, 52
Hill’s testimony against, 257
newspaper account of, 70
Marcantonio, Vito, 42
Maxwell’s Plum, 148
Mazzei, Paul: drug dealing of, 156, 171, 217, 226–28
Hill’s testimony against, 256
in Lewisburg, 153, 156
Mazzolla, Johnny: counterfeit bills cashed by, 17–18
Mazzolla, Johnny (cont.) hit on son of, 113
Mele, Angelo, 151
Menna, Frank, 205
Michael’s Steak Pub, 126
Midnight Rose’s (candy store), 30
mob, see organized crime Montemurro, Monte, 97
Montemurro, Raymond, 97, 98, 132
Moo Moo Vedda’s (dress factory), 191
Morton, Tommy, 43–44
Mother’s Day, as big-money holiday, 17
Mount Loretto Reformatory, 85
“Muldoons,” 18
Murder Incorporated, 8, 30
murders, 113–23
of Batts, 115–18, 196
of Burke’s best friend, 114
enjoyed by wiseguys, 115
everyone kept in line by, 113–14
first, by Burke’s son, 113
Kennedy Airport hijackings and, 82, 89, 120–23
after Lufthansa heist, 190–95, 197, 206–10, 257
of Mazzolla’s son, 113–14
of Mickey Burke’s ex-boyfriend, 83–84
of Spider, 119
Murray, John, 186
N
Nalo, Bobby, 173
Nassau County jail, 71
neighborhoods, mob-controlled: street crime in, 34–36
wiseguys protected in, 33 see also Brownsville–East New York, N.Y.
Newman, Al, 106, 112
Hill’s bond carried by, 148
New York Daily News, 70, 103
New York Times, 30, 103
New York Times Magazine, 48
New York Tribune, 29
numbers racket, 14–15, 49
O
Oddo, Richie, 232–33, 240
Off-Track Betting (OTB), 56
Orena, Little Vic, 108
organized crime: first acknowledged by Hoover, 36
first multiethnic alliances in, 30
government investigations into, 36, 67
protocol in, 223–24
Organized Crime Strike Force, 1
P
Palm Shore Club, 60
Pantaleone, Santa, 7
Perla, Rocco, 174–79, 256
Perla, Tony, 173–79
Hill’s testimony against, 256
Perry, Rich, 55
Pine, Joe, 151
plainclothesmen, 19, 107
point-shaving schemes, see Boston College basketball point-shaving scheme
police: arbitrary beatings by, 32
cigarette smuggling business and, 47
gambling and, 11, 19–20
payoffs to, 8, 50–51, 82, 106
unnecessary violence and, 8
Wekar’s bookmaking operation and, 105–06
wiseguys as viewed by, 106–07
policy racket, 14, 49
politicians, 53, 154–55