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  Michael Spilotro's widow testifies :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Family Secrets
Ann Spilotro, who was married to Michael Spilotro, told jurors Thursday about the conversation as she testified in the Family Secrets mob trial.
Michael Spilotro and his brother, Anthony Spilotro, who oversaw the mob's interests in Las Vegas, were taken to a Bensenville area home on the ruse that they were to be promoted in the mob, according to earlier testimony.
Michelle Spilotro said she was familiar with Jim's voice because he called the house at least twice a month over a period of three to five years.
www.suntimes.com /news/mob/494958,secrets080207.stng   (707 words)

  
  Michael Spilotro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Michael Spilotro (1944 - 1986) was the brother of Anthony Spilotro and was an associate of the Chicago Mafia crime family "The Outfit".
Michael became involved in bookmaking, drugdealing, prostitution, robbery and extortion.
Spilotro was beaten to death and buried with his brother Tony in a Enos, Indiana, cornfield on June 14, 1986.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Michael_Spilotro   (344 words)

  
 Chicago's Man in Vegas: Anthony Spilotro - The American MAFIA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Spilotro's savage tendencies and a string of beatings and killings attributed to him caused him to be revered and feared within the Chicago Outfit.
Spilotro's partnership in a nationwide gambling racket based in Ohio was also discovered, as was his cooperation on gambling ventures with representatives of the Kansas City, Milwaukee and St. Louis crime families.
Michael appeared to believe that his brother's name was all the protection he needed as he became increasingly noteworthy and increasingly hated in the Chicago underworld.
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 Ex-mobster Cullotta weighs in on latest case
Anthony Spilotro tried to have his boyhood friend Frank Cullotta killed, but Cullotta still has a soft spot for the Chicago mob's former Las Vegas godfather -- whose 1986 murder is part of a major indictment unveiled last week.
While acknowledging Anthony Spilotro was facing serious problems, Cullotta suspects the double murder had a lot to do with Michael Spilotro.
"Michael was out in Chicago, and he was flexing his muscles because of his brother, and he figured he had [reputed mob boss Joseph] Lombardo behind him" in Chicago, Cullotta said.
www.ipsn.org /mob_arrests-2005/culotta_weighs_in.htm   (978 words)

  
 Anthony Spilotro FBI Files   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Spilotro was the model for Joe Pesci's character, Nicky Santoro, in the Martin Scorsese film "Casino," starring Robert De Niro and Sharon Stone.
Tony "The Ant" Spilotro was sent to Las Vegas by the Chicago branch of La Cosa Nostra, known as the "Outfit," after proving his skills at conducting mob business.
In June, 1986, he and his brother Michael Spilotro were victims of a gangland-style slaying and were buried in an Indiana cornfield.
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 Anthony Spilotro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Spilotro's boyhood friend and right-hand man, Frank Culotta, had for many years done much of the "muscle work" on his boss's behalf, including the 1962 "MandM Murders" of James Miraglia and Billy McCarthy.
Spilotro is known for his involvement in the murders of Bill McCarthy and James Miraglia, known to the public as the "MandM Murders." There was a 70% increase in murders in Las Vegas following Spilotro's arrival.
Spilotro is further suspected of murdering real estate heiress Tamara Rand; Teamsters Union executive Allen Dorfman, alongside whom Spilotro was indicted in 1984; and the manager of the International Fiber Glass Company, Danny Siefert.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anthony_Spilotro   (2756 words)

  
 AmericanMafia.com - Feature Articles 140
While he was barely out of his teens, the ambitious Spilotro was hand-picked by Sam Giancana to become an enforcer for his old friend "Mad Sam" DeStefano, an insane killer and juice lender.
Spilotro himself was indicted in Nevada for heading a burglary ring within Las Vegas city limits, a serious violation of mob rules and for having an affair with the outfit's man inside the Stardust, Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal.
While it is commonly assumed that Micky Spilotro was in the wrong place at the wrong time, the fact is, that he had been in training under his brother, who was grooming him to take his place in Vegas as the Outside man.
www.americanmafia.com /Feature_Articles_140.html   (404 words)

  
 cbs2chicago.com - 1987: A Look At The Mobster Tony Spilotro's Murder
On June 12, 1987, about a year after the Spilotro brothers’ bodies were found, CBS 2’s John Drummond took a close look at the case and talked with authorities about what they had learned.
They called Tony Spilotro “The Little Guy” or “The Ant.” But although Spliotro was diminutive in size, a stare or sharp word from him had a chilling effect on many people.
The bodies of Tony and Michael Spilotro were discovered buried in a cornfield in Newton County, Ind., about 70 miles south of Chicago.
cbs2chicago.com /homepage/local_story_236141334.html   (724 words)

  
 ABC7Chicago.com: Reputed mob boss linked to multiple hits
The Spilotro's bodies were found buried in an Indiana field 19 years ago.
Calabrese claims James Marcello was present at, or orchestrated, at least four mob hits, including the infamous killings of Anthony and Michael Spilotro.
The feds now believe the brothers Spilotro were killed near the intersection of Route 83 and Irving Park Road, and then transported in the trunk to the Hoosier State.
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 Memorandum and Order for Trusteeship-Chicago District Council
Michael Corbitt considered himself a "very close associate" of Pat Marcy, and, over a period of six to seven years, he delivered large sums of money from the Chicago Outfit to Marcy as part of the First Ward machine at Counselor's Row.
Michael Corbitt testified that, from the late 1960s to early 1980s on Wednesday nights, Anthony Accardo and Joseph Aiuppa, then the highest-ranking members of the Chicago Outfit, met regularly in the private dining room at a restaurant in Norwood, Illinois, which was named in the record.
Michael Palermo is the brother of Dominick Palermo.
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 The Deaths of Tony and Michael Spilotro (news) with Dennis N. Griffin on AuthorsDen
Spilotro had tried to blow up a mob associate without Outfit permission, had slept with that associate's wife and had committed unauthorized murders, according to evidence at trial.
Mob officials lured the men to the basement on the promise that Tony Spilotro was to be promoted to a capo position in the mob, and Michael Spilotro was to be a “made” member of the Outfit.
The forensic pathologist testified that he found abrasions around the neck of Michael Spilotro that could have come from a rope, but noted that the corpses had decomposed after being buried for at least a week in the cornfield, and it was difficult to find markings.
www.authorsden.com /visit/viewnews.asp?AuthorID=5648&id=19072   (672 words)

  
 Laborers-LIUNA's Memorandum and Order for Trusteeship of the Chicago District Council of Laborers
Michael Corbitt testified that, from the 1960s to 1987 as a police officer working for the Chicago Outfit, he used garbage bags to deliver large amounts of cash to several top Chicago Outfit bosses, including Solano.
Michael Corbitt saw Kumerow in the private dining room of a restaurant with Anthony Accardo and Joseph Aiuppa on at least three or four occasions from the early 1970s to the early 1980s.
Michael Corbitt corroborated Eto's testimony, saying that he had known DeMonte for 25 years and identifying him as a juice loan collector.
www.angelfire.com /sc/Centner/corbitt2.html   (15554 words)

  
 Feds Indict 11 Reputed Chicago Mob Figures   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Spilotro, a Chicago mob enforcer, ruled Las Vegas in the 1970s and early 1980s, and Joe Pesci played a character based on him in the 1995 Martin Scorsese movie "Casino."
The badly beaten bodies of Spilotro, 48, and his brother Michael, 41, were found buried in an Indiana cornfield in 1986.
It has been reported for years that the Spilotro brothers were buried alive in the field, but Fitzgerald said Monday they were killed elsewhere before being dumped.
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 Anthony And Michael Spilotro pictures from history photos on webshots
Spilotro family plot marker which includes brothers Anthony and Michael Spilotro.
Anthony "The Ant" Spilotro was a protoge' of, and one of the murderers of, "Mad" Sam DeStefano.
After falling out of favor with the Chicago mob, the brothers were murdered in the basement of a suburban Chicago home, and buried in a shallow grave in an Indiana cornfield.
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 New Details Released In Infamous Spilotro Hit - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Prosecutors argued that Jimmy Marcello and his brother Michael should stay in jail as they await trial, and outlined how Jimmy Marcello was allegedly the driver in a number of mob hits, including those of Tony and Michael Spilotro in 1986.
The Spilotro brothers were beaten to death and then buried in an Indiana cornfield.
FBI Agent Michael Maseth testified that it was Jimmy Marcello who drove Tony Spilotro and his brother to a Bensenville house under the pretense that Tony was to become a Capo in the Chicago mob -- and his brother a made man, NBC5's Charlie Wojciechowski reported.
www.nbc5.com /news/4433403/detail.html   (466 words)

  
 DIELAND: Mob: The Chicago Outfit
Victor Spilotro was the older brother of Las Vegas mobster Tony Spilotro.
Spilotro, fifty-two, was found Guilty but received a light penalty from a judge who commented, "It is a troublesome case.
He was a suspect in the murders of Anthony and Michael Spilotro in 1986, Charles English in 1985, Allen Dorfman in 1983, Richard Cain in 1973, Sam Giancana in 1975, Sam DeStefano in 1973, and Chuck Nicoletti in 1977.
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 Supernova Entertainment - Canada's Premier Online Music Network
So they started jamming together for about two weeks when they said they needed a bassist and a vocalist so the next day at school Jordan remembered that Michael's friend Andrew played bass so they asked him and one of there other friends Axl was a good vocalist so they took him.
Then after the rest of them realized Michael wanted to do it, and he was better they kicked Axl out and put Michael in and came up with the name Low Profile.
We were all discusing a new name because Michael had hated the name Poss.
www.supernova.com /bands/profile.php?band_id=15076   (337 words)

  
 FBI Rounds Up 14 Reputed Mob Members   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The alleged murders include the June 1986 hit on Tony "The Ant" Spilotro, the mob's man in Las Vegas for two decades.
He and his brother, Michael, were beaten to death and buried in a cornfield.
Among others, the indictment charged Paul Schiro, 67, of Phoenix, who pleaded guilty in 2001 in a federal investigation of a $5 million jewel theft ring headed by William Hanhardt, the former chief of detectives for Chicago police.
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Another retired CPD officer, Michael Ricci, is accused of passing messages from Calabrese to other Chicago Outfit members and of collecting alleged extortion payments for the mob boss.
The charges in the indictment stem from 17 Chicago-area murders and one in Arizona that occurred between 1970 and 1986, including the 1974 murder of Daniel Seifert, who was scheduled to testify against Lombardo and other Outfit members in a Teamsters pension fraud case.
The Spilotro brothers were found in a shallow grave in Indiana in 1986.
www.officer.com /news/IBS/wmaq/news-2685700.html   (780 words)

  
 Casino (film) Summary
The story is based on Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal, who ran the Stardust, Fremont and the Hacienda casinos in Las Vegas for The Mob from the 1970s until the early 1980s.
Rothstein is entrusted by the leaders of the Chicago outfit, led by Gaggi from Chicago, Illinois, to manage a Las Vegas casino (the Tangiers) they have financed and send them skimmed profits.
In reality, Frank Culotta was not present at the beating of the Spilotro brothers (on whom the Santoro brothers were based), and only betrayed them by testifying against them about the M and M murders.
www.bookrags.com /Casino_(film)   (2796 words)

  
 Mob-News
Calabrese was convicted of seven murders: the 1980 shotgun deaths of William and Charlotte Dauber, the 1981 car-bombing of Michael Cagnoni, and the slayings of John Fecarotta, Michael Albergo, Richard Ortiz and Arthur Morawski.
Marcello was convicted of participating in the June 1986 beating deaths of brothers Anthony and Michael Spilotro.
The panel's responsibilities are expected to continue tomorrow, when they will hear arguments relating to 18 gang murders - including the 1986 slayings of brothers Anthony and Michael Spilotro - charged to the defendants.
mob-news.blogspot.com   (2070 words)

  
 The Cranky Consumer: April 2005 Archives
The killings were some of Chicago's most notorious, including the 1986 beating deaths of Anthony and Michael Spilotro, whose bodies were found in a shallow grave in an Indiana field.
Instead of driving rapid increases in speed, the chipmaker is now focusing on adding performance by stuffing additional processor cores into each of its chips, as well as building in new features such as virtualization, which helps carve a PC into different partitions to simultaneously tackle different jobs.
Just when you though that it was annoying enough that everybody and their mother is constantly on the phone inappropriatly shouting at the top of their lungs in quiet places...
www.crankyconsumer.org /archives/2005/04   (7011 words)

  
 Review: Pentax 67 6x7 SLR
Michael Suppinger, August 28, 1999; 06:31 A.M. I bought my Pentax 6x7 15 years ago.
Michael Spilotro, May 12, 2001; 07:11 P.M. The Pentax 6x7 II is a really great camera if it fits YOUR NEEDS!!
I would be willing to bet that most professionals could not differentiate between photographs made by any of the more modern medium format cameras if they were asked to compare them without knowing which photo had been made by which camera.
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 Differing Opinions: Chapter Summaries and Cases Covered
Organized crime in Nevada reared it's ugly head in the case against Anthony and Michael Spilotro and seventeen defendants, known as the Hole in the Wall Gang.
The jury was sequestered for their protection and insulation from outside influence, but possibly the close confinement lead to a mistrial that ended not only the trial, but also the lives of the brother defendants.
The publicity generated by the trial and mistrial may have been instrumental in the gang style murder of the Spilotros.
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 Amazon.com: Dennis N. Griffin's Blog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
It is the biography of a man who worked as a trusted lieutenant to Tony Spilotro in both the Windy City and Sin City.
That killing actually took place in Chicago in 1962 and was a part of what became known as the MandM murders.
Two other events are also scheduled to occur around May. First, the trials of the men indicted for the 1986 murders of Tony and Michael Spilotro are scheduled to begin in Chicago.
www.amazon.com /gp/blog/id/A2CC71H5RVPUGN   (756 words)

  
 Common Ground Common Sense
He and his brother were not released on bond, but the others were, including long retired Chicago cop Michael Ricci who's accused of passing messages to imprisoned outfit members.
Some of the crimes police believe they have solved include Bill Dauber, alleged mob hit man, who was murdered 25 years ago, Michael Hambone Albergo, alleged outfit enforcer, who disappeared and the Spilotros -- Michael and Anthony -- who wound up being buried in an Indiana cornfield in 1986.
Besides Lombardo and James Marcello, those charged in the latest indictment are: Michael Marcello, 55, of Schaumburg; Nicholas Ferriola, 29, of Westchester; Joseph Venezia, 62, of Hillside; Thomas Johnson, 49, of Willow Springs; Dennis Johnson, 34, of Lombard; Frank Saladino, 59, of Hampshire and Michael Ricci, 75, of Streamwood.
www.commongroundcommonsense.org /forums/index.php?showtopic=27486   (1652 words)

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