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DiCarlo questioned by Kefauver Committee
On this date in 1951, Joseph DiCarlo, overseer of Mafia gambling rackets in Youngstown, Ohio, was questioned by the U.S. Senate's Kefauver Committee in Cleveland.
Aside from providing personal background information, he refused to answer or insisted that he could not answer many of the committee's questions. DiCarlo claimed not to recall or to understand specific charges that resulted in convictions and imprisonments. His attorney, Russell Mock of Youngstown, frequently objected to questions, noting that they were often related to matters long ago or to offenses that were unrelated to interstate commerce - the stated focus of the Kefauver Committee's attention.
Committee members challenged DiCarlo's right to refuse to answer questions other than those that might expose him to federal prosecution. Following his appearance, DiCarlo was indicted on eight counts of contempt of Congress. He was acquitted in federal court on Feb. 7, 1952.
(From DiCarlo: Buffalo's First Family of Crime - Volume II)
Aside from providing personal background information, he refused to answer or insisted that he could not answer many of the committee's questions. DiCarlo claimed not to recall or to understand specific charges that resulted in convictions and imprisonments. His attorney, Russell Mock of Youngstown, frequently objected to questions, noting that they were often related to matters long ago or to offenses that were unrelated to interstate commerce - the stated focus of the Kefauver Committee's attention.
Committee members challenged DiCarlo's right to refuse to answer questions other than those that might expose him to federal prosecution. Following his appearance, DiCarlo was indicted on eight counts of contempt of Congress. He was acquitted in federal court on Feb. 7, 1952.
(From DiCarlo: Buffalo's First Family of Crime - Volume II)
