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	GANGSTERS INCORPORATED - SAM 'MAD SAM' DESTEFANO
		Tony Spilotro and the DeStefano brothers Mario and Sam were indicted for the murder of Leo Forman on the evidence given by Crimaldi.
		Mario and Tony went to Sam telling him that they had located the safe house where Chuckie Crimaldi was being held by the authorities.
		Spilotro fired both barrels in quick succession, the first shot removed Mad Sam's arm and the second hit him with full force in the chest.
	gangstersinc.tripod.com /MadSam.html (1531 words)

	Who Rules Las Vegas/1994
		The pint-sized Tony Spilotro, who had been sent out to Las Vegas to oversee and assure Chicago's interests, was indicted through Justice Department's efforts in Strawman II but he had suffered a heart attack and had to be severed from the case, only to be placed on trial at a later time.
		Spilotro was allegedly linked to at least 25 mob hits over his blossoming career, including the viciously notorious rub-out of William "Action" Jackson, a 340-pound juice man who was impaled on a meat hook while being slowly tortured to death.
		For Tony Spilotro, it was a fitting, if not ironic, ending for he had inspired so much terror in the hearts of mob juice customers by the simply-stated reminder: "If you don't get the money you owe me, I will put you in the ground!" He foretold his fate.
	www.ipsn.org /vegas.html (3063 words)

	Las Vegas SUN: Spilotro played the role of feared mobster in Vegas
		Spilotro was really only a "soldier" in the Chicago family but, because his money-making territory here was so rich and dynamic, his status within the underworld was elevated.
		Spilotro lived with his wife, Nancy, and son, Vincent, in a modest home in southeast Las Vegas, where he was said to be generous with his neighbors around Christmas time.
		Spilotro had brought Cullotta to Las Vegas from Chicago in the late 1970s to serve as a trusted lieutenant on the streets.
	www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/text/2005/apr/29/518683680.html (2014 words)

	Chicago's Man in Vegas: Anthony Spilotro - The American MAFIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		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 and Mario DeStefano succeeded in separating their trial from "Mad Sam's." But there was still concern throughout the Chicago underworld about what Sam might do and say when he was brought to trial.
		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.
	www.onewal.com /maf-art11.html (2799 words)

	LasVegasNOW.com \| News for Las Vegas, Nevada - New Book to Reveal Las Vegas Mob Secrets
		Tony and his brother Michael disappeared from Chicago and were found later buried in a cornfield.
		"People thought Tony Spilotro was a punk and a hood and a murderer and the FBI won't look into his murder, and yet we did," said retired FBI agent Gary Magnesen, who was one of the agents who tried to put Spilotro and his bosses behind bars.
		They have a much different take on Tony Spilotro's life and they point out he was never convicted of any murder or any other felony, although he was under indictment at the time of his death and might have been considered expendable by the mob.
	www.klas-tv.com /Global/story.asp?S=4574861&nav=menu102_1_4 (781 words)

	Turning Point by Dennis N. Griffin
		Tony was a made man of the Outfit and a childhood friend of Rosenthal's.
		It was alleged that on one occasion Tony forced a man to provide information he didn't want to give up by placing the guy's head in a vise and squeezing until one of the victim's eyeballs popped out.
		Spilotro was an ambitious sort, and quickly recognized that there were other criminal opportunities in his new hometown besides skimming from the casinos.
	crimemagazine.com /05/turningpoint,0915-5.htm (5136 words)

	GCA ON DSLANSKY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Tony Spilotro (also known as Tony Stewart, and a figure who was portrayed in the movie "Casino") was a member of the Mafia, and Mike O'Connor (also known as Mike O) ran a team for him.
		You must know that, as a Mafia member, Tony Spilotro was not someone to disagree with; however, this matter was far too important to simply give in.
		After Tony Spilotro was killed and the mob moved out of Vegas, David progressed to slot machines and made a lot of money running teams that played progressive jackpots.
	www.talkaboutgambling.com /group/rec.gambling.poker/messages/649218.html (728 words)

	Tony Spilotro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Anthony John Spilotro was born the fourth of six sons of honest Italian immigrants.
		In the early 60's, Tony came to the attention of "Mad Sam" DeStefano, a loan shark for the Outfit.
		Tony and his brother, Michael, were called for a meeting on June 14, 1986.
	www.angelfire.com /sc/Centner/The_Pissant.html (321 words)

	Las Vegas and the Mob : Tony Spilotro's Chicago bosses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Tony had already participated in nearly every racket and was a prime candidate for advancement.
		Tony was one of Capone’s bodyguards on September 20, 1926, when eleven cars occupied by members of Bugs Moran’s rival North Side Gang attacked Capone’s Cicero headquarters, the Hawthorne Inn.
		Tony’s actions that day earned him a position as one of Capone’s regular protectors, and he soon began taking on more important assignments for the Outfit.
	free-blog-site.com /las_vegas_and_the_mob/comments/89604.aspx (1565 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 /vault/local_story_236141334.html (701 words)

	reviewjournal.com -- News: JANE ANN MORRISON: Cats and cocktails stand out a...
		Spilotro, arrested that January day on charges he murdered and tortured two men in Chicago 21 years earlier, seemed simultaneously annoyed and amused.
		Tony Spilotro went missing in June 1986, between his first racketeering trial, which ended in a mistrial, and the start of the retrial.
		Spilotro's pals were convicted of this and that.
	www.reviewjournal.com /lvrj_home/2004/Nov-27-Sat-2004/news/25324793.html (712 words)

	DIELAND: Mob: The Chicago Outfit
		Tony Accardo would dodge one of many bullets in 1984 when he wasn't charged with perjury when he refused to answer questions for the Senate Subcommittee.
		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.
	members.fortunecity.com /sosdie/mob/family/chicago/chicago.htm (5475 words)

	washingtonpost.com: 14 Alleged Chicago Mobsters Indicted (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Those indicted included James Marcello, 63, who the FBI says is the head of the Chicago mob, and Joey "The Clown" Lombardo, 75, long alleged to be one of the top leaders of organized crime in the city.
		Spilotro, a Chicago mob enforcer, ruled Las Vegas in the 1970s and early 1980s.
		The badly beaten bodies of Spilotro, 48, and his brother Michael, 41, were found buried in an Indiana field.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A16429-2005Apr26?language=printer (255 words)

	[CTRL] [13] Interference
		Planted along with Spilotro was his younger brother, Michael, who was also under indictment in Chicago for extortion.
		Spilotro was planning to mount a challenge against him.
		Meantime, even after the murders of the Spilotro brothers, Lefty Rosenthal, the brains of the outlaw line, continued his self-imposed exile-but moved from Laguna Niguel in Southern California to Boca Raton, Florida.
	www.mail-archive.com /ctrl@listserv.aol.com/msg28294.html (2873 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)

	reviewjournal.com -- News: JOHN L. SMITH: 'Tony the Ant' was tadpole in big ...
		Tony Spilotro was a little man with a big reputation for violence in Las Vegas.
		Although Spilotro's legend has grown into a colossus thanks to the news media and Hollywood, on his best day "Tony the Ant" was still a diminutive cog in a big wheel of organized crime.
		Spilotro had enough cases working against him to keep a team of attorneys busy, but Goodman handled every motion.
	www.reviewjournal.com /lvrj_home/2005/Apr-26-Tue-2005/news/26376620.html (724 words)

	Spilotro's Vegas
		Spilotro's early background, his family dealings, and personal insights are given only cursory treatment by the author.
		Part One begins with the arrival of Spilotro's father, Pasqialie, at Ellis Island in 1914, then jumps all the way ahead to 1953, the year Tony begins high school.
		At the age of 34, Tony was stationed in Vegas overseeing all the activity of the Chicago mob in the west.
	www.ipsn.org /antcol.html (732 words)

	05/16/2006 - The end of 'the Ant' - VIEW NEWS: A Neighborhood Newspaper
		Spilotro was killed in 1986, but his case has taken on new life even as Griffin's book is being published.
		Griffin said that he first became interested in Spilotro when he was working on his last book "Policing Las Vegas," and realized he had to cover some aspects of the mob's activity here.
		A first effort to convict the six ended in a mistrial, but Spilotro, represented by now-Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, must have known that although he was not at the burglary scene, turncoats like Culotta could testify to his involvement and help put him away.
	www.viewnews.com /2006/VIEW-May-16-Tue-2006/East/7359371.html (1290 words)

	reviewjournal.com -- Living -- LAS VEGAS MOB MAP
		It has been 60 years since Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel opened the Flamingo, and 25 since Tony Spilotro's Hole in the Wall Gang was busted during a burglary, the domino that would eventually topple the last organized-crime regime to rule the Strip.
		Spilotro, his relationship with Rosenthal on the decline, was the prime suspect.
		Tony Spilotro purchased this modest house in 1974, three years after arriving from Chicago.
	www.coreylevitan.com /features/mobmap.html (1298 words)

	Tony Spilotro Article II by Dennis N. Griffin (article) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Spilotro then decided whacking a prosecutor might not be his brightest idea, or at least that's what his buddy Frank Cullotta told authorities after he turned government witness against Spilotro.
		Former federal prosecutor Stan Hunterton remembered Spilotro planted himself in front of the door to the grand jury room during one scheduled proceeding.
		Spilotro wasn't there when Parsons and two other agents first entered the pizza joint and demanded their equipment back.
	ww.authorsden.com /visit/viewarticle.asp?id=18153 (918 words)

	New Criminologist (Print version): Mafia Men Charged With 18 Counts Of Plotting Murder, Including Tony 'The Ant' ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Tony Spilotro, who was believed to be the mafia boss of Las Vegas, was immortalised in the 1995 Martin Scorsese movie 'Casino', where he was played by Joe Pesci.
		Pint-sized psychopath, Spilotro and his brother were ruthlessly beaten and buried alive in a cornfield in Indiana in 1986.
		Oscar Goodman, the current mayor of Las Vegas, was Spilotro's lawer and was quoted at the time as saying that he did not believe the FBI was doing enough to hunt down and capture the killers.
	www.newcriminologist.co.uk /print.asp?id=1923773407 (423 words)

	nwi.com: Feds link reputed head of Chicago mob to 3 killings
		Tony "The Ant" Spilotro, 48, was the Chicago mob's top man in Las Vegas when he and his brother Michael, 41, were last seen alive on June 14, 1986.
		Maseth testified that Calabrese told him James Marcello had brought the Spilotro brothers to a basement near Bensenville, by Route 83 and Irving Park Road, under the ruse that they were to be elevated in rank within the mob.
		In the basement, the Spilotros were jumped by "a number of individuals," beaten, strangled and killed, Maseth said Calabrese told him.
	www.thetimesonline.com /articles/2005/04/30/news/illiana/fff86f3db0d2a79086256ff3001073a6.prt (697 words)

	Deconstructing Lefty: The trickster meets Oedipus
		In 1986 Tony was beaten to death and buried in an Indiana cornfield.
		Unlike his friend Tony Spilotro, a “made” guy from Chicago who was not allowed to enter casinos, Lefty could be the messenger of the gods.
		Tony and Lefty worked together in Vegas “to produce the skim and make sure it was huge [and].
	cbae.nmsu.edu /~dboje/wtwo/AlexisDeconVegas.html (4650 words)

	Las Vegas Mercury: Knappster: New leads in Spilotro murder mystery?
		The feds always believed Spilotro's top priority was the protection of the skim, the millions of dollars in cash being stolen from local casinos, money that was then funneled back to Midwestern mob bosses.
		Spilotro's fearsome reputation and high profile eventually attracted considerable law enforcement attention, bringing indictments and heat.
		Tony and his brother Michael left for a meeting and never came back.
	www.lasvegasmercury.com /2003/MERC-Aug-07-Thu-2003/21879905.html (1362 words)

	When Corruption was King - Robert Cooley with Hillel Levin
		Tony was a little guy, with the face of a bulldog and a well-known vicious temper.
		Tony pointed to Moe and said, “He says you lost some money and you owe him some money.”
		I tried to explain, but Tony cut me right off and barked, “I don’t want to hear that nonsense.
	www.whencorruptionwasking.com /characters_spilotro.html (249 words)

	Print Version (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Tony "The Ant" Spilotro, 48, was the Chicago mob's top man in Las Vegas when he and his brother Michael, 41, were last seen alive on June 14, 1986.
		Their badly beaten bodies were found buried in an Indiana field eight days later.
		Joe Pesci played a character based on Tony Spilotro in the movie "Casino," but the slaying didn't occur the way the movie played out, according to the FBI agents' testimony Friday.
	www.beloitdailynews.com /articles/2005/04/30/illinois/043005illinois01.prt (452 words)

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