Now I have to look up Carlo Tresca :)
i’m used to that at FR and enjoy it.
i’m 47, and thought it seems old to me, it seems a number of FReepers have info from the 30’s on. It’s Great!
I just turned 60 (don’t tell my FRenemies that!)
Carlo was an anarchist and political fixer - an Italian-American who outed Sacco and Vanzetti as liars and killers which kind of ruined his relationship with the commies. My friend was a member of OAS during WWII and was assigned along with Tresca to help the Mafia orchestrate the American invasion of Sicily and then, of course, the mainland.
We now think Carmine Galante assassinated Tresca on Fifth Avenue after a meal at a local Italian restaurant. My friend was first suspected as his killer. His Wikipedia page reveals none of this - I think his wife wrote it!