Joe Engressia

MAMARONECK, NEW YORK – Carlo Gambino approached 12-year old Walter Shaw, Jr. after his father had been grilled that day by Senator John McClellan about his role in the mob's multiple gambling rackets. "You remember one thing about these politicians, these judges, these big corporations", the top boss of New York's five crime families told the impressionable boy. "They have a license to steal," he continued, "but we don’t need one. You remember that. Your dad’s not the bad guy, kid. They are the bad guys".