#OTD (Nov 24) in 1981, a federal grand jury indicts Dominick #Napolitano, Benjamin #Ruggiero (shown), John Cerasani and Nicholas #Santora for racketeering and murders of three rival #Bonanno Crime Family leaders.

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« Ruggiero Riding The Hippogriff », c. 1878

by Gustave Doré (French illustrator and painter, 1832-1883)
Engraving for "Orlando Furioso" by Ludovico Ariosto (c. 1516), traduction A.J. Du Pays, Hachette, 1888

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