This Date in Buffalo Mob History

February 14

DiCarlo

On this date in 1955:

Vincinetta S. "Vinnie" DiCarlo, daughter of Joseph DiCarlo, is married to John W. "Jack" Johnson, a salesman from Peoria, Illinois. The wedding reception, reportedly a $40,000 affair held at Ciro's at Miami Beach, Florida, becomes a legal problem for Joseph DiCarlo. Noting the expensive party, the IRS demands to know why he still owes $4,000 of a $5,000 income tax fine imposed three decades earlier.


DiCarlo

On this date in 1938:

Buffalo Mafioso Joseph DiCarlo is arrested and charged with coercion in connection with his cigarette vending machine business. At the time of his arrest, DiCarlo comments, "Coercion! What's coercion?" After his arraignment, DiCarlo was approached by newspaper reporters looking for comment. He told them, "I can't make any statement about anything. How can I? I don't know what this is all about."