Family Affair

306 Pages·2010·2.63 MB·German

Family

Affair

Treachery, Greed,
and Betrayal in
the Chicago Mafi a
SAM GIANCANA
and SCOTT M. BURNSTEIN

No Prayer for the Dying
When Michael reached the bottom of the stairwell, he was
met by Outfit soldier Nicholas “Nicky Breeze” Calabrese,
who shook his hand as part of the ruse that a making cere­
mony was about to commence. Within seconds of the doc­
ile greeting, carnage-strewn chaos erupted. Michael was
tackled by Louie Eboli. Several Outfit hit men converged
on the younger Spilotro and began viciously beating and
stomping him in an aggressive flurry of fists and feet.
Before he could do anything to defend himself, Tony was
grabbed from behind and pushed to the cold and dirty
basement floor. With Tony forced to watch, Michael was
finally put out of his misery, strangled to death with a
strip of electrical cord by Eboli. The murderous thugs then
turned their attention to Tony. Knowing his fate, he asked
his killers for permission to say one last novena before he
met his maker.
They refused.

Family

Affair

Treachery, Greed,
and Betrayal in
the Chicago Mafi a
SAM GIANCANA
and SCOTT M. BURNSTEIN
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To

Alex Frank, Adam Miller, and John Pink,

all great, kind, and talented men gone too soon

And to the memory of Margo Hirschfeld,

the “Godmother” of the North Shore

Acknowledgments
Thanks to Mom, Dad, Butterscotch, Mello, Grampa, Uncles
Bob, David, and Jack; Aunts Sue, Arlene, Eileen, and Miriam;
Jeremy, Jamie, Ian, Amy, Tyler, Ryan, Casey, Elaine; my agent,
Frank Weimann; my editor at Berkley Books, the incomparable
Denise Silvestro; Meredith Giordan, Jaimee Garbacik, and
Elyse Tanzillo; J.R. Davis and the Chicago Crime Commis­
sion, agent Ross Rice at the Chicago FBI, Randall Sanborn
at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, John Scully, Chuck Goudie,
Jim Wagner, Tom Bourgeois, Jack O’Rourke, Wayne Zydron,
Mickey Lombardo, John Binder, Richard Stilling, Antonio
Napoli, Jeremy H., Mac, Eric, Keith and Jeff at the Oak­
land Press, Kristy, Rob, Judd, Andy, Julie, Lauren, Jeff, Al
Profit, Herm Groman, Dennis Arnoldy, Frank Cullotta, Mike
Floyd and Tami, Adam Rafalski, Angelo, Alex, Anne, Jen,
Ara, Morgan, Stephanie, Sara, Laddie, Robert, Tricia, Mikey,
Jason, Ross, Kyle, Mike, Paul, Dave, and Matt.