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	SHO NUFF MOB STUDY - MARCH 7, 2006
		From 1933 to 1951, Willie Moretti, the supposed Mafia boss of New Jersey, was the muscle behind Frank Costello, Charlie Lucky Luciano (1897-1962) and Meyer Lansky (1902-1983), the Genovese Cosa Nostra Family founders.
		Moretti saw that Sinatra's prospects were good, and agreed to get the young man released from his contract with Dorsey for a cash payment from Sinatra, plus a percentage of his future earnings.
		Willie Moretti was allied to the losing side of a power struggle between opposing factions in the Luciano Crime Family.
	gangstersinc.tripod.com /ShoMar0706.html (3987 words)

	Moretti
		Willie Moretti (1894- 1951) was an Italian-American gangster who, along with fellow mafiosi Lucky Luciano, Albert Anastasia, Vito Genovese, Al Capone, Joe Adonis, and Frank Costello was working under Joe "The Boss" Masseria during the Castellammarese War.
		Moretti's most recent effort is a multi-volume encyclopedia of the novel, featuring articles by noted experts on the genre..
		Moretti was the only person to talk to Moro during the 54 days of imprisonment, and was responsible for killing Moro.
	www.moretti.eu (1185 words)

	AmericanMafia.com - Feature Articles 184
		After that, Willie became something of a media celebrity, holding spur of the moment press conferences, inviting reporters to make the round with him and giving his opinion about the state of the world and how to curb the growing power of the mob.
		Willie was becoming an embarrassment to Costello and a minor danger to what would become the Genovese family, but nothing to worry about.
		But the real reason Genovese wanted Moretti dead, aside from ruining Costello's position within the family, was to take control of his lucrative gambling assets, a move he had readied for by positioning one of his best men, Jerry Catena, to take over as soon as Moretti was killed.
	www.americanmafia.com /Feature_Articles_184.html (1312 words)

	Willie Moretti
		As a youngster, Willie garnered the favor of New York gangsters by being an efficient goon, and by having an excellent sense of humor.
		Willie and Joe became quite wealthy from these facilities, since the New York mafia cognoscenti liked commuting out to the beach to play craps where the pesky DA's and Manhattan fuzz couldn't touch them.
		Moretti found Dorsey in his dressing room after a show and made him an offer he couldn't refuse: Either he sold Frank's contract for $1 or Willie would blow the band leader's head open with his.38.
	www.rotten.com /library/bio/crime/mafia/willie-moretti (926 words)

	King of the Brooklyn Docks - Anastasia II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		According to legend, Moretti's mind was going (some say it was the result of syphilis), and he was talking too much, about too much, to too many people.
		Moretti's "thing" was gambling (he also dabbled in entertainment, reportedly helping Sinatra become a star), so he was a natural choice.
		Late in the morning, Willie Moretti was killed at that restaurant.
	www.onewal.com /maf-art09b.html (2607 words)

	Genovese Family: Leader of the Pack Part II: High Noon
		Willie was becoming an embarrassment to Frank and a danger to the family with his loose lips, strange behaviour, and propensity to hold ad hoc press conferences where he would ramble on about crime and the state of politics.
		Willie’s death would weaken Costello’s position and the huge gambling concessions that Moretti controlled could move completely into the family’s fold, under the care and control of one of his own men, Jerry Catena.
		This was agreed, and Albert was driven to the hospital.
	www.crimelibrary.com /gangsters_outlaws/family_epics/genovese2/3.html (2362 words)

	DIELAND: Mob: The Genovese Family
		Moretti's crew of soldiers and associates, which numbered to about 60, were responsible for protecting the duos' lucrative casino and were used as muscle for Costello.
		Moretti was also the supposed "godfather" for singing sensation and Hoboken, NJ native Frank Sinatra.
		Morettie died in a pool of blood at the age of 57.
	members.fortunecity.com /sosdie/mob/family/genovese/genovese.htm (3834 words)

	Frank Sinatra and the Mob by J.D. Chandler
		Nancy Barbato, Sinatra's first wife, was a cousin of a ''key member of Willie Moretti's mob,'' as the FBI report put it.
		Moretti controlled gambling and other rackets in Bergen County and northern New Jersey and was a known associate of Frank Costello, the New York Mafia boss.
		Moretti testified openly, maybe too openly, to the Kefauver Committee, admitting that he was a gambler.
	www.crimemagazine.com /sinatra.htm (8479 words)

	Frank Sinatra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Sinatra's first gangster friend appears to have been Willie Moretti, the New Jersey extortionist, narcotics trafficker and murderer.
		Moretti, also known as Willie Moore, took a liking to the young fellow New Jerseyan and helped him get some band dates when he was struggling in local clubs and roadhouses for peanuts.
		Moretti was said to have obtained Sinatra's release from the band leader in convincing Mafia style, jamming a gun in Dorsey's mouth.
	www.carpenoctem.tv /mafia/sinatra.html (1114 words)

	Sequart.com Columns > Sequential Culture #44: The End of Seduction, Act Three
		Wertham also knew Willie as a troubled but redeemable boy who had taken care of his great-aunt in the absence of his parents, who were separated when he was just an infant.
		In the wake of the shooting, the great-aunt was arrested for gun possession and was held in jail until Willie signed a confession.
		Slowly, and at first reluctantly, I have come to the conclusion that this chronic stimulation, temptation and seduction by comic books, both their content and their alluring advertisements of knives and guns, are contributing factors to many children's maladjustment.
	www.sequart.com /columns/?column=719 (2663 words)

	All about Frank Sinatra and The Mob, by Anthony Bruno
		Moretti had heard the young crooner from Hoboken, and he was impressed with Sinatra’s talent.
		Moretti took him under his wing, hiring him to perform at his casinos, most notably the Riviera on the Jersey palisades overlooking the Hudson River.
		Moretti allegedly jammed the barrel of a gun into the trombonist’s mouth and got him to release Sinatra from his obligations in exchange for one dollar.
	www.crimelibrary.com /gangsters_outlaws/cops_others/frank_sinatra/2.html (1654 words)

	AmericanMafia.com - Feature Articles 183
		It was better to begin his campaign by eliminating one of Frank Costello's closest friends and allies and provoking Costello into a war for control of the family.
		Willie Moretti, and his brother Solly went back to the old days with Costello.
		Costello had been Willie's best man at his wedding and was godfather to one of his children.
	www.americanmafia.com /Feature_Articles_183.html (1325 words)

	Mafia Chronology - Section V (1950-1988)
		Moretti testifies about organized crime to Senate investigators.
		Moretti's mind seems to be slipping, and Syndicate Commission is fearful of what he might accidentally reveal.
		Cohen, who had been a thorn in the side of Dragna (and somehow avoided being killed in Dragna's numerous attempts) since 1947, was jailed for income tax evasion.
	www.onewal.com /maf-chr5.html (2635 words)

	Amazon.com: "Willie Moore": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Willie Moore was a slim youngster of around twenty two or so, clean shaven,...
		Genovese, William (Willie Moore) Moretti, Joseph (Joe Adonis) Doto, and Francesco (Frank Costello) Castiglia.
		Willie Roof, -- Access critical doctor performance information such as certifications and disciplinary actions.
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Willie-Moore (557 words)

	DeCicco Bombing
		Although Moretti was based in New Jersey, he was the underboss of the Genovese Family when he was executed in 1951.
		By 1951, Moretti was known by the mob to be suffering from a disease which impaired his mental capacities.
		At the time, Costello's chief rival was Vito Genovese, who attempted to undermine Costello by expressing concern that Moretti might inadvertently reveal Mafia secrets if he were picked up for questioning.
	www.ganglandnews.com /column50.htm (1363 words)

	TIME.com: Willing Willie -- Dec. 25, 1950 -- Page 1
		From the time he started to work at the age of five, Willie Moretti kept his eyes peeled for the fast buck.
		Later, as a teen-ager with plenty of savvy, big-city cunning and a marked talent for crap-shooting, Willie managed to do a little better—though he did spend a year in the reformatory for assault.
		Willie had quite a few ideas on morality.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,859067,00.html (752 words)

	1950 \| Crime: The People's Chronology
		Many of the bank's employees say that Willie Sutton was among the men who make off with $64,000 (see 1948; 1952).
		Kings County (Brooklyn) District Attorney Miles F. McDonald notes that lower courts rarely impose prison terms in gambling cases and asks in April for a blue-ribbon grand jury to hear testimony regarding police officers found at the scene of a raid on a "policy bank" (gambling den).
		His committee studies testimony by the late Abe "Kid Twist" Reles (see 1941) and when it moves its hearings to Washington, N.J., it hears gambler-racketeer Willie Moretti testify that he never heard the word Mafia in his life.
	history.enotes.com /peoples-chronology/year-1950/crime (539 words)

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		Also in 1951, one of Costello's favorite hit men, Willie Moretti, was losing his marbles due to syphilis, and he had to be put away in a mercy killing.
		That was the year that Anastasia killed Vince Mangano, and one reason he was given the approval of the Commission for his act was that Costello supported him Frank was looking for muscle to replace Moretti, and he and Anastasia were long time old friends anyway.
		All of these men are of the same generation this is not a case of the Young Turks taking aim at the Petes What happened next was the creation of further alliances Genovese won over Anastasia's underboss, Carlo Gambino (sort of).
	www.fsu.edu /~crimdo/faculty/waddell/fourteen.html (1220 words)

	Amazon.com: "Willie Moretti": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Indeed, FBI investigations established that Sinatra associated with members of the Mafia in Hoboken, notably Willie Moretti,...
		In New Jersey another Jew, Abner "Longy" (as in tall) Zwillman, was on almost the same plane with Willie Moretti.
		Willie Moretti, Lil Augie Pisano, Albert Anastasia, Dutch Schultz, Joe Profaci, Vito Genovese, Waxey Gordon, Owney Madden, Legs Diamond, Johnny Torrio, Al...
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Willie-Moretti (481 words)

	Vito Genovese FBI Files
		In 1945, the key witness in the case, Peter La Tempa, was poisoned while in protective custody and Genovese was released.
		He is reputed to have become "boss of all the bosses" through the murders of several competing bosses including Willie Moretti and Albert Anastasia.
		He is also believed to have made an attempt on the life of Frank Costello in 1957.
	www.paperlessarchives.com /genovese.html (232 words)

	Sammy Opts For the Home Court
		Adonis was also operated many gambling casinos, often in association with his boss Frank Costello, (right) who had succeeded the jailed Luciano.
		Many of these casinos were located in New Jersey, which was a strong hold of Willie Moretti, underboss to Costello and an Adonis protector.
		Willie Moretti had become a liability due to a disease that left him mentally unstable and Moretti was killed.
	www.ganglandnews.com /column54.htm (1293 words)

	Willie Moretti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Willie Moretti during one of his outburts at members of the Kefauver Committee.
		During the 1940's, he (in association with Joe Adonis and Abner Zwillman) ran lucrative gambling dens in New Jersey and Upstate New York from his Monmouth County home.
		While trying to reach him to apologize and explain, they learned of his lunch-time murder from the television news (Lewis 2005).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Willie_Moretti (610 words)

	When Harry Met Blue Eyes: Reid and Sinatra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Gavarante is suspected of having been connected to the organization of Willie Moretti, a Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey mobster linked to New York Mafia boss Frank Costello.
		Moretti helped Sinatra get started in his career, as Morettti admitted to FBI agents on February 6, 1948 and as Sinatra admitted in private testimony to the Kefauver Committee on March 1,1951.
		Sinatra sang at the wedding of Moretti’s daughter, an incident memorialized in the scene with the singing actor Johnny Fontane in The Godfather.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1579142/posts (6088 words)

	John Scarne - Magicians - CardMSG \| MAGIC -- close-up magic at your fingertips! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Scarne lived in what might now be dubbed "Sopranos" country, and he wasn't shy about claiming to know figures like Willie Moretti and Frank Costello.
		Yet Scarne didn't want to shorten his life expectancy by playing cards with mobsters -- even the mighty Rothstein met his end as the result of a high-stakes poker game -- and he bailed out of more than one business venture after his partners brought in unsavory characters.
		The game is rigged; one face of each cube is treated with DDT, and the cubes are rotated so only one pesticided face is exposed.
	www.cardmsg.com /magicians/john-scarne.html (1221 words)

	Francesco "Frank Costello" Castiglia
		Normally, Costello would have been backed by Willie Moretti, a crime boss just over the boarder in New Jersey, who had 50 to 60 buttonmen, to help him keep the balance and peace.
		But Moretti suffered from syphilis and began losing his mind and the syndicate feared that if Moretti should be called in front of the Kefauver Committee, he may let out secrets that protected the entire organization.
		Genovese warned the syndicate that if he should be called to testify that they should dispose of him.
	www.angelfire.com /blog/organizedcrime/genovese/costello.html (1357 words)

	TIME.com: Willie's Million -- Feb. 26, 1951 -- Page 1
		For a mere $3,000 he bought the U.S. Linen Supply Co., Inc in Paterson, N.J. Willie had one handicap; he was an ex-convict.
		Last week Willie proved that he had not lost his golden touch.
		With the proceeds, it was announced, Willie is buying a large Florida hotel for his three daughters.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,814455,00.html (405 words)

	The Castellammarese War
		The Castellammarese War is the name given to a bloody internal power struggle between two factions of the Italian-American mafia that took place in 1930 and 1931.
		It culminated in the brief establishment of Salvatore Maranzano as capo di tutti capi, before he himself was killed and "the Commission" of five mafia families of equal stature was established.
		Their adversaries, who hailed both from elsewhere in Sicily and adjacent of regions of southern Italy such as Calabria and Campania (particularly Naples) were led by Joe "The Boss" Masseria and also included Alphonse Capone, Lucky Luciano, Albert Anastasia, Vito Genovese, Alfred Mineo, Willie Moretti, Joe Adonis, and Frank Costello.
	www.angelfire.com /blog/organizedcrime/castellammarese.html (572 words)

	Vito Genovese (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		After World War II he started a murder campaign to gain new status for himself, with Luciano in exile in Italy.
		He is known to have ordered the deaths of Willie Moretti in 1951, Steve Franse in 1953, and Albert Anastasia in 1957.
		And he was the obvious mastermind behind the attempt on the life of Frank Costello, which eventually led to Costello's retirement.
	www.carpenoctem.tv /mafia/genovese.html (1059 words)

	BlurtIt: Mario Puzo has depicted the life of which singer through the character ...
		Al Martino, a singer, was selected by Coppola to play Fontaine in his movie adaptation of the novel in 1972.
		Frank Sinatra had connections to Willie Moretti, a New Jersey mobster also called Willie Moore.
		It was his godfather Moretti who made Dorsey an offer he couldn’t refuse.
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