Record
Hearing
1950-09-28
U.S. Senate Special Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce, via Internet Archive
Kefauver Part 4: testimony of Anthony Gizzo (28 September 1950), pp. 108-139: Lazia and a North Side club
In answer to counsel's questions, Gizzo says at p. 112 that the Glendale Sales Co. soda business 'was started by Lazia' and agrees Lazia was 'pretty well known as king in the gambling world here back in the 1920's and 1930's'; at p. 119 he says 'Lazia ran the club.'
- Date
- 1950-09-28
- Kind
- hearing
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-12
- Rights
- A hearing print of the United States Senate, published by the Government Printing Office. A work of the United States Congress, public domain under 17 U.S.C. § 105. The Internet Archive item marks it not in copyright.
Anthony Gizzo testified on 28 September 1950 (pp. 108-139 of Part 4; pp. 112 and 119 were read). At p. 112 he said he thinks the Glendale Sales Co. soda business “was started by Lazia” and agreed with counsel that Lazia was “pretty well known as king in the gambling world here back in the 1920’s and 1930’s” (“Yes, sir; I think so”). At p. 119, asked about a North Side Democratic Club, he said “Lazia ran the club.”
Gizzo adopts counsel’s characterizations; the descriptions of Lazia are in counsel’s questions. A question about a “big man in the Mafia” and Gizzo’s “Yes, sir” at p. 112 is an allegation by counsel and is not used as a statement of fact.
