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Albert Anastasia — Part 2

55 pages · May 08, 2026 · Document date: Feb 25, 1954 · Broad topic: Organized Crime · Topic: Albert Anastasia · 54 pages OCR'd
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Vb "The twin probes involve three mysteries of the kind that have marked the career of Anastasia through t he years - a murcer and the baffling disappearances of three other persons who were important potential witnesses against the gangland czar. oo "The exact nature of the new evidence that has revived interest in Anastasia wesn't clear, but Miami authorities did say they want to question Willie Pep, the former featherweight boxing champion, as quickly as possible. Pep is fizhting in Tampa tonight and isto be brought in for guestioning as soon as he can be subpoenaed. "Priend of Guarda" ‘Pe; was a close acaquaintence of Vincent Macri, former Angestasie bodyguard who was bumped off in April, 195. About the seme time his brother, Benecicto Macri, garment center figure aquitted in the William Lurye murder case and an associate of Anastasia, mysteriously disappeared, "A year leter, in Mey, 1955, a retired Fort Lee plumbing contractor anc his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Cherles Ferri, vanished from their home leaving only. bloodstains . behind them. Mr. Ferri had been a key witness in a pending income tex evesion case against Anastesia. tanestesie is the common denominator in all of these cases,' Assistant U. S. Attorney Altert Blinder declared in Miami today. "Checking Leads." "ir. Blinder said Pep had been questioned in New York because of his close acaueintence with the Macris, but he added that the fishter was wanted for further questioning in Florida because ‘we also have some confidential information. ' "Plorida sources seic that Eronx Assistant LTistrict Attorney Fred Baroni had spent from Feb. 21 to 25 checking out new leads in the case in Miami, sane Miami authorities sent Chief Investigator Fred Jones Jr. to the Eronx to work on the cese here,
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