Archive Record
Metadata
Accession # |
A2007.81 |
Title |
Legends of the Morgeti, Volume One, 1900 - 1922., 2007. |
Date |
2007 |
Description |
Booklet outlining the growth and history of organized crime / mafia connections in Guelph, Ontario's Italian community, covering the year's 1900 - 1922. Most of the individuals and families discussed lived on Alice Street and Morris Street in Guelph, and originally hailed from San Giorgio Morgeto in Calabria, Italy. The book attempts to establish Italian family connections, and offers information about their relation to each other, and to crimes such as bootlegging, theft, murder and assault. It is paper bound, 80 pages, with black and white illustrations [poor quality], and index. The book has not been edited for spelling or grammar. The book is broken down as follows: - Preface - Introduction - Giuseppe Musolino - 'Mike' Silvestro - Joe Moselino and Toronto - The House of Carere - The Murder of Frank Sciaroni - 1912: the Veronis and Rocco Perri - 1914: War and Murder - Tony Legato & the Murder of Fortunato Tedesco - Jimmy Giovinazzo & Alex Dutki - The Fall of the 'Big Oakes' - Epilogue Appendices: - Meet the Morgeti - Guelph v. Ghibelene - The Ward - Morgezio and His People - Three Spanish Knights - The Silvestros - Frank Griro - Meme Spataro and 1911 - Crime Family Law Volume: one |
Creator \ Maker |
Prager, Jerry [Author] |
Creator \ Maker |
Mad River Publishing [Publisher] |
Item Name |
Book |
Person \ Organization |
Addario Agostino Albanese Barr Calarco Capra Carbonari Carcagnosso Carere Checkley Cipolla Cordi Durso Dutki Fazzari Ferraro Fonti Furfaro Garibaldi Giovinazzo Griro Guelph Police Force Laberto Legato Longo Mafia, The Magaddino Mammoliti Miller Morabito Moselino Nasso Perri, Rocco Portatelli, Rocco Sciarroni Silvestro Sorbara Spataro Starkman, Bessie Tantardini Tedesco Valeriote Verni |
Place |
Alice Street Buffalo Calabria Guelph Hamilton Italy Morris Street New York Niagara Ontario San Giorgio Morgeto The Ward Thorold Twp. Toronto Welland |
Subject |
Commercial Crime Immigration Police Temperance |
Year Range from |
2007 |
Year Range to |
2007 |
Collection |
Local History Book Collection |
Accession # |
A2007.81 |
Containers |
STACKS |