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Page 54
And early on the morning of April 11 , 1966 , he ripped out the electric cord of his radio , stepped into his shower stall ostensibly to bathe , knotted one end of the cord to the shower head , and tried to hang himself .
And early on the morning of April 11 , 1966 , he ripped out the electric cord of his radio , stepped into his shower stall ostensibly to bathe , knotted one end of the cord to the shower head , and tried to hang himself .
Page 94
Already you could see he wasn't right in the head , " Valachi says . “ I didn't tell him anything I was doing . He wouldn't have understood it anyway . All he talked about was how I was to blame for all his troubles . I don't know why .
Already you could see he wasn't right in the head , " Valachi says . “ I didn't tell him anything I was doing . He wouldn't have understood it anyway . All he talked about was how I was to blame for all his troubles . I don't know why .
Page 246
... identified by Valachi as the number two man in the Albert Anastasia Family . Four bullets smashed through his neck and head , the New York police report reads , " fired by two unknown white males who fled in an ...
... identified by Valachi as the number two man in the Albert Anastasia Family . Four bullets smashed through his neck and head , the New York police report reads , " fired by two unknown white males who fled in an ...
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| Title | The Valachi Papers Bantam books |
| Author | Peter Maas |
| Edition | 9 |
| Publisher | Putnam, 1968 |
| ISBN | 0399108327, 9780399108327 |
| Length | 285 pages |
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