-Caveat Lector- > http://www.latimes.com/obituary/20010223/tCB00V0591.html > > Friday, February 23, 2001 > > Mafioso Anthony Giacalone, 82, Dies > > By LISA M. COLLINS, Associated Press Writer > > DETROIT--Anthony "Tony Jack" Giacalone, a reputed mafia captain who > many believe knew the secret behind the disappearance of Teamsters > boss Jimmy Hoffa, died Friday. He was 82. > > Giacalone died after being hospitalized with heart and kidney > problems, the FBI said. St. John Hospital refused to release details > at the request of family. > > With Giacalone's death may have gone the secret to Hoffa's presumed > death on June 30, 1975. > > Struggling to regain power of the corruption-plagued Teamsters, Hoffa > had arranged to meet that day with Giacalone and New Jersey Teamster > boss Anthony Provenzano. Instead, he vanished from the parking lot of > the Machus Red Fox Restaurant in suburban Detroit. > > When told of the Teamsters leader's disappearance, Giacalone said: > "Maybe he took a little trip." Provenzano has since died. > > At the time of his death, Giacalone was under a 21 -count federal > racketeering indictment, said John Bell Jr., special agent in charge > of the FBI's Detroit branch. He said Giacalone was investigated along > with several others about Hoffa's disappearance. > > Agents have said they think they know what happened to Hoffa, but lack > the evidence to press charges. Keith Corbett, lead prosecutor for a > federal mafia strike force in Detroit, said there was never any > indication Giacalone would talk. > > Impeccably dressed and icy-eyed, Giacalone was a familiar figure > striding through reporters and photographers who gathered to record > his court appearances. > > His heart and kidney problems kept him from trial on a 1996 indictment > on charges including bombings, conspiracy to commit murder, extortion, > bookmaking, loan-sharking, and attempting to gain a hidden interest in > Nevada casinos. > > Giacalone, who raised show horses on a Michigan farm, served time on a > 10 -year conviction for tax evasion in 1976. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
