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Costello was also called before the Kefauver Committee, and on March 13, 1951, he reluctantly testified. The ABC television network, which had no daytime programming at this point, broadcast committee sessions to a fascinated public eager to see the faces of the secretive Mafiosi. But Costello's was one face viewers did not see, thanks to the appeals of his attorney. Instead, the camera showed only Costello's hands as he endured a barrage of questioning from the five committee members. Costello, perhaps unwisely, tried to spar with the senators, returning their volleys as hard as they were delivered. In the end he was portrayed as a master manipulator who pulled the strings behind the scenes. His appearance before the committee exposed him for what he was and gradually weakened his effectiveness as a mob leader.
On May 2, 1957, a black Cadillac quietly pulled up to the curb outside Costello's Manhattan apartment building just as he was walking in. A 300-pound man emerged from the car, rushed into the lobby, and hid behind a pillar, a gun in his hand. "This is for you, Frank," the fat man shouted. Costello turned toward the voice just as the gun went off. The fat man ran back to the Cadillac, not realizing that the bullet had only grazed Costello's scalp above his ear. The wound was minor and Costello survived, but the incident convinced him that retirement might be in his best interests. The rotund shooter was alleged to be Vincent "Chin" Gigante who immediately went into hiding and lost a considerable amount of weight before turning himself in. Gigante stood trial for the shooting, but when the prosecutor asked Costello on the stand to identify the man who wounded him, the boss obeyed the rules of omerta, the Mafia vow of secrecy and claimed that he had never set eyes on Gigante. As a result, Gigante was acquitted on all charges.
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