Silvestro Carollo
Silvestro Carollo | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 17, 1896 Metairie, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Other names | Silver Dollar Sam Sam Carollo |
| Occupation | Crime boss |
| Spouse | Catherine Tenie |
| Children | 3, including Anthony Carollo |
| Allegiance | New Orleans crime family |
| Conviction(s) | Murder (1932) |
| Criminal penalty | 2 years' imprisonment |
Silvestro Carollo
Early years
Carollo was born on June 17, 1896, in
Carollo was married to Catherine Tenie Carollo and had three children, Anthony Carollo, Michael Carollo, and Sarah Misuraca.[1] Carollo owned several businesses in the New Orleans area, including the St. Charles Tavern and a cafe in Terrasini.
Height of power
As his power increased, Carollo gained considerable political influence in New Orleans. In February 1928, Al Capone's brother Ralph Capone was trying to force Carollo to supply his brother's Chicago Outfit with imported alcohol and cut off Joe Aiello, a rival bootlegger in Chicago.[2] Arriving by train in New Orleans with several Outfit mobsters to press his case, Capone's party was intercepted, according to local legend, by Carollo and several New Orleans policemen. Carollo's cops reportedly disarmed Capone's henchmen and then broke their fingers. Capone was allegedly forced to immediately board another train back to Chicago without any concessions from Carollo.
In 1930, Carollo was arrested for the near fatal shooting in the face of Federal Bureau of Narcotics agent Clarence Moore, while resisting arrest after an undercover drug buy.
Carollo was also arrested and indicted for ordering the December 1930
Despite testimony by several New Orleans policemen that Carollo was in
Released in 1934, Carollo negotiated a deal with
Giacona died on July 25, 1944, and was succeeded by his underboss Frank Todaro; however he died of natural causes in November of that year, and Carollo became leader of the family. It has been speculated that he had a hand in Todaro's death with a little poison, but there is no concrete evidence to support this theory.[3]
Deportation and later years
In 1938, another narcotics arrest would signal the decline of Carollo's fortunes. In 1940, after Carollo had served two years in the
Arriving in Sicily, Carollo organized an alleged partnership with fellow exile
His son Anthony Carollo remained active in the New Orleans crime family for many years. At the time of his arrest and conviction in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's "Operation Hardcrust" sting related to mob infiltration of the video poker industry in the mid-1990s, Anthony Carollo had become the boss of the family.
References
- ^ "February 2007 Obituaries Orleans Parish Louisiana". USGenWeb Archives Project. February 2007. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
Anthony S. Carollo [...] Brother of the late Sarah C. Misuraca and Michael P. Carollo. [...] Son of the late Silvestro (Sam) and Tenie Carollo.
- ^ "Silver Dollar Sam – Creation of The New Orleans Crime Family (Part 2)". National Crime Syndacate. 10 January 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
- ^ "Where New Orleans Buries it's Dead Mobsters: Metairie Cemetery". National Crime Syndacate. 24 October 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
Some speculation claims Silver Dollar Sam had a hand in his death with a little poison. Not a lot of info out there on Frank.
- Newspapers.com.
Notes
- ^ Also spelled Silvestro Carolla, Sylvestro Carollo and Sylvestro Carolla.
Further reading
- ISBN 0-07-015779-0.
- ISBN 0-520-20519-7.
- Bureau of Narcotics; U.S. Treasury Department (2007). Mafia: the Government's Secret File on Organized Crime. HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN 978-0-06-136385-6.
External links
- May, Allan (December 20, 1999). "Sylvestro Carollo: Will the Real "Silver Dollar Sam" Please Stand Up". Rick Porrello's American Mafia. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
- Graves (May 7, 2012). "Silvestro Carollo". Find a Grave. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
