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    Mafia Hit On Little Augie Pisano Queens, New York September 26, 1959
    Mafia Hit On Little Augie Pisano Queens, New York September 26, 1959
    Mafia Hit On Little Augie Pisano Queens, New York September 26, 1959
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    Mafia Hit On Little Augie Pisano Queens, New York September 26, 1959

    By Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr

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    Anthony Carfano, aka Little Augie Pisano, died on the streets of Astoria Heights, Queens on September 26, 1959. He was accompanied by Janice Drake, a former Miss New Jersey, who was married to comedian Allan Drake. Some four years later the murders remained unsolved. Little Augie had grown up with Al Capone in New York and later was a well known gangster in Brooklyn. The year before his death Carfano was instrumental in a major facelift/improvement that was given to Yonkers Raceway. A subsidiary company owned by the mobster and his brother, August, was awarded the Yonkers' remodeling job in early 1958. Additional improvements, i.e. plastering jobs, etc., were awarded to other Mafia figures, most of them affiliated with the Genovese crime family like Little Augie Pisano.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRobert Grey Reynolds, Jr
    Release dateDec 7, 2014
    ISBN9781311235152
    Mafia Hit On Little Augie Pisano Queens, New York September 26, 1959
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    Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr

    I am a soon to be retired Duke Medical Center library researcher, who enjoys writing. I have been writing on Wikipedia for years and have begun to writeebooks. My pastimes include selling books on EBay, genealogical research, baseball (Pittsburgh Pirates), collecting antique furniture and coins, and spending time with Kingsley, my cocker spaniel.

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      I have no read this. However on Page One, free review, there are two major errors, so I'm picking the rest of the story is probably not worth bothering with. The author should check date and location of shooting.

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    Mafia Hit On Little Augie Pisano Queens, New York September 26, 1959 - Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr

    Mafia Hit On

    Al Capone Protégé

    Little Augie Pisano

    Queens, New York

    September 26, 1959

    Robert Grey Reynolds Jr.

    Smashwords Edition 2014

    Anthony Little Augie Pisano Carfano (born November 19, 1895) was shot to death in his sleek black Cadillac in Jackson Heights, Queens on Friday night, September 26, 1959. Carfano, 62, was described as a pudgy former henchman who had worked for Al Capone. He was also a long time close associate of gangster Frank Costello.

    Also murdered was Janice Drake (1927-1959), 32, the married wife of comedian Allan Drake. Carfano and Janice were shot from the rear of Carfano’s stylish 1959 Cadillac. The auto was moving at the time the couple were slain. It had veered into a curb approximately one half mile from LaGuardia Airport. The car was headed south on 94th Street, a main traffic artery near 24th Avenue.

    Figure 1 Interior of 1959 Cadillac Owned By Anthony Carfano

    Carfano was shot twice in the back of his head and one time in his left cheek. Janice Drake, the mother of a 13-year old son, Michael, was shot in the back of her neck and in the right temple. As Janice Hansen she won a Pacific Palisades, New Jersey beauty contest in 1943. She became Miss New Jersey in 1944.

    Figure 2 Beauty Queen Janice Drake

    Neighbors reported seeing two men flee from the Cadillac after they heard shots. The short and potbellied gangster was attired in a dark blue

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