Editing Carlo Gambino (section)

=== Apalachin and Genovese's fall ===
Shortly after Anastasia's murder, Genovese took control of [[Genovese crime family|Luciano's crime family]] from Costello. Seeking to legitimize his new power, he called a [[Apalachin meeting|meeting]] in which leaders of both the American and Sicilian crime syndicates would be in attendance.<ref name=Niagara>{{cite news|last=Glynn|first=Don|title=Glynn:Area delegates attended mob convention|url=http://niagara-gazette.com/opinion/x681291359/GLYNN-Area-delegates-attended-mob-convention|access-date=28 May 2012|newspaper=Niagara Gazette|date=November 11, 2007}}</ref> Among the items on the meeting's [[Agenda (meeting)|agenda]] were the Mafia's interests in [[gambling]] and [[drug smuggling|narcotics smuggling]] in pre-revolutionary Cuba, as well as their interests in New York City's garment industry.<ref>{{cite news| title =Narcotic Traffic Called Topic In Apalachin Talks| newspaper =Toledo Blade| pages =1| publisher =Associated Press| date =February 28, 1960| url =https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wggwAAAAIBAJ&pg=6688,4469677&dq=apalachin+meeting&hl=en| access-date =27 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title =Narcotics Agent Calls Racketeers Black-Handers| newspaper =Toledo Blade| pages =2| date =July 1, 1958| url =https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DToxAAAAIBAJ&pg=7143,3653278&dq=apalachin+meeting&hl=en| access-date =27 May 2012}}</ref> The meeting took place on November 14 at the home of mobster [[Joseph Barbara (mobster)|Joseph Barbara]] in [[Apalachin, New York]].<ref>{{Cite news| pages = 1| last1 = Fitchette| first1 = Woodie| first2 = Steve| last2 = Hambalek| title = Top U.S. Hoods Are Run Out of Area After 'Sick Call' on Barbara| work = Binghamton Press| location = Binghamton, NY| date = 1957-11-15| url = http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper4/Binghamton%20NY%20Press%20Grayscale/Binghamton%20NY%20Press%20Grayscale%201957.pdf/Binghamton%20NY%20Press%20Grayscale%201957%20a%20-%204247.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news| pages = 8| last1 = Fitchette| first1 = Woodie|  first2 = Steve| last2 = Hambalek| title = Hoods Run Out of Area--| work = Binghamton Press| location = Binghamton, NY| date = 1957-11-15| url = http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper4/Binghamton%20NY%20Press%20Grayscale/Binghamton%20NY%20Press%20Grayscale%201957.pdf/Binghamton%20NY%20Press%20Grayscale%201957%20a%20-%204258.pdf}}</ref> 

Edgar D. Croswell, a trooper with the [[New York State Police]], had become aware that Barbara's son was reserving rooms in local hotels and that a large quantity of meat from the local butcher was being delivered to the Barbara home.<ref name=Ralph>{{cite news|last=Blumenthal|first=Ralph|title=For Sale, a House WithAcreage.Connections Extra;Site of 1957 Gangland Raid Is Part of Auction on Saturday|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/31/nyregion/for-sale-house-with-acreage-connections-extra-site-1957-gangland-raid-part.html?src=pm|access-date=2 June 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 31, 2002}}</ref><ref name=Croswell>{{cite news|last=Narvaez|first=Alfonso A.|title=Edgar D. Croswell, 77, Sergeant Who Upset '57 Mob Meeting, Dies|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/21/obituaries/edgar-d-croswell-77-sergeant-who-upset-57-mob-meeting-dies.html|access-date=28 May 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 21, 1990}}</ref> Suspicious, Croswell decided to monitor Barbara's house.<ref name=Host>{{cite news| title =Host To Hoodlum Meet Dies Of Heart Attack| newspaper =Ocala Star-Banner| pages =7| agency =Associated Press| date =June 18, 1959| url =https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OcswAAAAIBAJ&pg=4958,4554355&dq=apalachin+meeting | access-date = 27 May 2012}}</ref> When the State Police found numerous luxury cars parked at the estate, they took down the [[license plate]] numbers and discovered the vehicles were registered to known criminals. Police reinforcements came to the scene and a [[roadblock]] was set up.<ref name=Croswell/> 

When the mobsters discovered the police presence, they started fleeing the gathering by car or by foot. Many ''mafiosi'' escaped through the woods surrounding the Barbara estate; Gambino is thought to have attended the meeting, but was not one of the mobsters apprehended.<ref name="mafia-news1">[http://www.mafia-news.com/apalachin-raid-on-mafia-reverberates-50-years-later/ "Apalachin Raid on Mafia Reverberates 50 Years Later"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212065600/http://www.mafia-news.com/apalachin-raid-on-mafia-reverberates-50-years-later/ |date=2010-02-12 }} Mafia News</ref><ref name=bail/> The police stopped a car driven by Pennsylvania boss [[Russell Bufalino]], whose passengers included Genovese and three other men. Bufalino said that Genovese had come to visit a sick Barbara,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/285/408/161203/|title=United States of America, Appellee, v. Russell A. Bufalino, Ignatius Cannone, Paul C. Castellano, Joseph F. Civello, Frank A. Desimone, Natale Evola, Louis A.larasso, Carmine Lombardozzi, Joseph Magliocco, Frank T.majuri, Michele Miranda, John C. Montana, John Ormento, James Osticco, Joseph Profaci, Anthony P. Riela, John T.scalish, Angelo J. Sciandra, Simone Scozzari and Pasquale Turrigiano, Defendants-appellants, 285 F.2d 408 (2d Cir. 1960)|website=Justia Law}}</ref> while Genovese himself said he had come to attend a barbecue. The police let him go.<ref name="apalachin visit">{{cite news|last=Perlmutter|first=Emanuel|title=Genovese Depicts Apalchin Visit|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1959/06/17/80584854.pdf|access-date=14 January 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 17, 1959}}</ref>

Gambino and Luciano allegedly helped pay part of $100,000 to a [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] drug dealer to falsely implicate Genovese in a drug deal.<ref>Sifakis, p. 186</ref> On April 17, 1959, Genovese was sentenced to fifteen years in prison for drug offenses;<ref name="15 years">{{cite news|last=Feinberg|first=Alexander|title=Genovese is Given 15 Years in Prison in Narcotics Case|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1959/04/18/80770381.pdf|access-date=15 January 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 18, 1959}}</ref><ref name="jersey mafia">{{cite news|last=Grutzner|first=Charles|title=Jersey Mafia Guided From Prison by Genovese|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1968/12/25/76924531.pdf|access-date=June 25, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 25, 1968}}</ref> he died in custody on February 14, 1969.<ref name="genovese dies">{{cite news|last=Grutzner|first=Charles|title=Ruled 'Family' of 450. Genovese Dies in Prison at 71. 'Boss of Bosses' of Mafia Here|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1969/02/15/archives/ruled-family-of-450-genovese-dies-in-prison-at-71-boss-of-bosses-of.html?sq=%2522Vito%2520Genovese%2522&scp=6&st=cse|access-date=30 November 2011|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| quote=Vito Genovese's throne, from which he ruled as "Boss of All Bosses" of the Mafia in the New York area, rested on the coffins of several predecessors -- in whose murders he is believed to have conspired. ... |date=February 16, 1959}}</ref>

On January 26, 1962, Luciano died of a heart attack at [[Naples Airport|Naples International Airport]].<ref name="luciano dies">{{cite news|title=Luciano Dies at 65. Was Facing Arrest in Naples|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1962/01/27/90129087.pdf|quote=Lucky Luciano died of an apparent heart attack at Capodichino airport today as United States and Italian authorities prepared to arrest him in a crackdown on an international narcotics ring.|access-date=June 17, 2012|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 27, 1962}}</ref> Three days later, 300 people attended a funeral service for Luciano in [[Naples]], during which his body was conveyed along the streets in a horse-drawn black [[hearse]].<ref name="service naples">{{cite news|title=300 Attend Rites for Lucky Luciano|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1962/01/30/90132724.pdf|access-date=June 17, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 30, 1962}}</ref> With the permission of the U.S. government, Luciano's relatives took his body back to New York for burial at [[Saint John's Cemetery, Queens|St. John's Cemetery]] in [[Middle Village, Queens|Middle Village]], [[Queens, New York|Queens]]. More than 2,000 mourners attended his funeral. Gambino, Luciano's longtime friend, gave his [[eulogy]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zTetDwAAQBAJ&q=lucky+luciano+2000+mourners&pg=PT48|title=The World's Most Evil Gangs|author=Nigel Blundell|year=2013|publisher=Kings Road |isbn=9781782198031}}</ref>