27-04-2009, 03:56 AM
THE MORGANTOWN POST
Thursday Afternoon. Nov. 6, 1958
Seized Arms Linked to Alleged Racketeer
Arraignment of
Pilot Nabbed Here
Reset for Monday
PITTSBURGH (UPI) —Federal authorities pressed their investigation into a gun - smuggling operation which was broken up when the Border Patrol intercepted a shipment of rifles stolen from a Canton, Ohio, National Guard Armory and apparently was being flown to rebel forces in Cuba. At Fairmont, W. Va., the arraignment of the pilot, Stuart Sutor, 34, Hialeah, Fla., who was arrested when he landed his twin-engine plane at Morgantown, W.Va., Airport Monday to refuel, was postponed until next Monday
to permit appearance of his Florida attorney.
At Pittsburgh, three men, including the son-m-law of reputed New Kensington racket figure Sam Mannanno, were freed on their own recognizance after questioning by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Federal authorities disclosed still another link with the Maunarinos. They said a federal agent and a state policeman had watched the plane being loaded at the Allegheny Valley Airport, near Tarentum, from a truck
registered in the name of the S & S Distributing Co., a firm
owned by Gabriel Mannarino, brother of Sam.
U.S. marshals have been unsuccessful in finding Gabriel to serve subpenas issued by racket-investigating grand juries at Pittsburgh and New York. Also questioned along with Victor Carlucci, Sam Mannarino's son-in-law, were Tony Remich, owner of the Allegheny Valley Airport, and William J. Falter, Creighton, who told police he merely was hunting in the area and stopped to watch the plane load.
The federal agent and state trooper who observed the loading operation radioed to the Butler barracks of the state police for assistance, but the plane had taken off before three automobiles carrying heavily armed trooper arrived. But a Border Patrol plane followed Sutor and his plane to Morgantown, where the pilot was taken into custody and the plane and cargo of 150 stolen rifles and
carbines, plus two machine guns, were seized. The truck seen at the airport
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FBI QUIZZES
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was located at the Ken Iron and Steel Co. in New Kensington.
Sam Mannarino is listed as an owner of the firm, which occupies the same premises as his distributing company.
Sam Mannarino formerly was an owner of the Sans Souci gambling establishment in Cuba, but the property was seized by the government of Gen. Battista, whom the rebels seek to overthrow.
Thursday Afternoon. Nov. 6, 1958
Seized Arms Linked to Alleged Racketeer
Arraignment of
Pilot Nabbed Here
Reset for Monday
PITTSBURGH (UPI) —Federal authorities pressed their investigation into a gun - smuggling operation which was broken up when the Border Patrol intercepted a shipment of rifles stolen from a Canton, Ohio, National Guard Armory and apparently was being flown to rebel forces in Cuba. At Fairmont, W. Va., the arraignment of the pilot, Stuart Sutor, 34, Hialeah, Fla., who was arrested when he landed his twin-engine plane at Morgantown, W.Va., Airport Monday to refuel, was postponed until next Monday
to permit appearance of his Florida attorney.
At Pittsburgh, three men, including the son-m-law of reputed New Kensington racket figure Sam Mannanno, were freed on their own recognizance after questioning by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Federal authorities disclosed still another link with the Maunarinos. They said a federal agent and a state policeman had watched the plane being loaded at the Allegheny Valley Airport, near Tarentum, from a truck
registered in the name of the S & S Distributing Co., a firm
owned by Gabriel Mannarino, brother of Sam.
U.S. marshals have been unsuccessful in finding Gabriel to serve subpenas issued by racket-investigating grand juries at Pittsburgh and New York. Also questioned along with Victor Carlucci, Sam Mannarino's son-in-law, were Tony Remich, owner of the Allegheny Valley Airport, and William J. Falter, Creighton, who told police he merely was hunting in the area and stopped to watch the plane load.
The federal agent and state trooper who observed the loading operation radioed to the Butler barracks of the state police for assistance, but the plane had taken off before three automobiles carrying heavily armed trooper arrived. But a Border Patrol plane followed Sutor and his plane to Morgantown, where the pilot was taken into custody and the plane and cargo of 150 stolen rifles and
carbines, plus two machine guns, were seized. The truck seen at the airport
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FBI QUIZZES
(Continued From Page 1)
was located at the Ken Iron and Steel Co. in New Kensington.
Sam Mannarino is listed as an owner of the firm, which occupies the same premises as his distributing company.
Sam Mannarino formerly was an owner of the Sans Souci gambling establishment in Cuba, but the property was seized by the government of Gen. Battista, whom the rebels seek to overthrow.
"History records that the Money Changers have used every form of abuse, intrigue, deceit and violent means possible to maintain their control over governments by controlling money and its issuance." --James Madison