Chapter Twelve
1 Sam Giancana served time for many offenses, including a stretch in the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana. However, wiretaps of Giancana speaking with fellow Mob boss Stefano Magaddino of Buffalo, New York, capture him bragging about the number of police chiefs on his payroll. Those bribes, along with the Mob practice of insulating bosses from crimes, are the reasons Giancana is a free man in 1959.
2 Little Al will remain in operation until July 11, 1965, when it will go dead after years of continuous use. The Outfit never knew of its existence. On one occasion, the mobsters swept the room for bugs to ensure they were not being overheard. The FBI was listening in on that conversation and successfully broke into the building once again, turned off Little Al to conceal its location, then returned to reactivate the microphone once the sweep was finished. It’s worth noting that although the Outfit was unaware that Roemer was recording them, they were well aware that he was the agent assigned to investigate them. Upon learning that Roemer coached his son’s Little League team, the mobsters arranged that Mob meetings take place during the team’s practices.