Siegfried Schlagrule
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PROVIDENCE ... WILLIE MARFEO was an independent bookmaker who worked on FEDERAL HILL. He and his brothers refused to kick in to PATRIARCA. He was killed 13 July 1966. source PAGE 186, MY LIFE IN THE MAFIA BY VINCENT TERESA (1973)
PROVIDENCE ... CARLTON O'BRIEN was a bookmaker here. As long as he used their wire service the mob let him operate. When the price went up he bailed out and established his own bootleg wire service. His bookies were robbed and his betting parlors were wrecked as a warning. His runnerS were also robbed and beaten. He still stayed independent and was hit June 1952. source PAGE 48, MY LIFE IN THE MAFIA BY VINCENT TERESA (1973)
PROVIDENCE ... CARLTON O'BRIEN was a bookmaker here. As long as he used their wire service the mob let him operate. When the price went up he bailed out and established his own bootleg wire service. His bookies were robbed and his betting parlors were wrecked as a warning. His runnerS were also robbed and beaten. He still stayed independent and was hit June 1952. source PAGE 48, MY LIFE IN THE MAFIA BY VINCENT TERESA (1973)
