Scan of a page of the FBI Mafia monograph summary, with the sentence that at least 61 attended the Apalachin meeting. — Open the full imageJPG, 1000 × 1296 px, 0.3 MB

FBI "Mafia" monograph, Part 03: "The largest meeting of Mafiosi known to date," Apalachin, "at least 61"

Summary page of an FBI monograph on the Mafia stating that the largest meeting known to date occurred at Apalachin in November 1957 with "at least 61" in attendance, and that the first important conference was in Cleveland in 1928. The monograph is undated in the pages examined.

Date: undated
Kind: case-file
Source: FBI Records: The Vault
Retrieved: 2026-10-12
Rights: A record of the Federal Bureau of Investigation released under FOIA through the FBI Vault. A work of the United States government, public domain under 17 U.S.C. § 105. Redactions on the page are the FBI's. The page scan is stored here.

Part 03 of the FBI Vault’s “Mafia Monograph,” scan 16 (printed page vi of a summary). The pages examined give no date for the monograph.

The page states that “top Mafia leaders from all parts of the country have met from time to time over a period of years,” that “The first important conference of Sicilian-Italian hoodlums took place in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1928,” and: “The largest meeting of Mafiosi known to date occurred in Apalachin, New York, in November, 1957. At least 61 leading Sicilian-Italian criminals were in attendance at this particular meeting.” The digit in “61” is read from the scan, because the OCR of this page is garbled.

The FBI’s “at least 61” differs from the 58 stopped in the Second Circuit’s account and the 60 in Sergeant Crosswell’s testimony. The court, for its part, found no evidence of the gathering’s purpose. The monograph’s characterizations are the FBI’s and are not a finding.

itemFBI "Mafia" monograph, Part 01: visits to Sicily "viewed with interest" before the Apalachin meetingSummary page of an FBI monograph on the Mafia saying that the visits of Giuseppe Bonanno and Carmine Galante to Palermo shortly before the 14 November 1957 Apalachin gathering "are viewed with interest." The monograph is undated in the pages examined.

itemFBI "Mafia" monograph, Part 04: the 1928 Cleveland meeting and the 1957 Apalachin meeting comparedPage of an FBI monograph whose first legible line names Joseph Magliocco among those present at the 1957 Apalachin meeting (the sentence begins on the preceding page) and which begins a list of "parallels" with the 1928 Cleveland meeting. The monograph is undated in the pages examined.

itemFBI "Mafia" monograph, Part 04: reported earlier meetings and the October 1956 traffic stop near Barbara's homePage of an FBI monograph listing reported closed meetings in the 1950s and stating that in October 1956 a New York State trooper stopped a car with New Jersey plates for speeding near Joseph Barbara's home, the driver being identified as Carmine Galante.itemUnited States v. Bufalino, 285 F.2d 408 (2d Cir. 1960)Second Circuit opinion reversing the convictions of Russell Bufalino and nineteen others for obstructing justice and perjury after the 14 November 1957 gathering at Apalachin, New York. The court says the government offered no evidence of the meeting's purpose.itemTestimony of Sgt. Edgar D. Crosswell, N.Y. State Police, on the Apalachin raid (McClellan Committee, Part 32, pp. 12213-12216)The New York State Police sergeant who led the stop at Joseph Barbara's property describes arriving at 12:40, men running, the roadblock, and the number picked up: "Sixty-two, but that included two characters of Barbara's, so there were 60."