# Hearing of October 2, 1963: Valachi's testimony and police records

Canonical: https://mobfiles.org/items/valachi-hearing-1963-10-02/

Valachi continued his account of the 1930 to 1931 gang war. Police witnesses from Hartford and New York testified to records the subcommittee set beside his statements.

The proceedings of October 2, 1963 begin at printed page 201 of Part 1 and run to page 244, which are NCJRS PDF pages 215 to 259. Valachi continued his account of the gang war of 1930 and 1931. Lieutenant John Roach of the Hartford police (printed pages 203 to 205) and Sergeant Ralph Salerno of the New York Police Department (printed pages 212 and 232 to 233) testified to police records that the subcommittee set beside his statements. Those records include the police account that Maranzano was killed by four men posing as policemen.

Asked who could become a member, Valachi answered: "For instance, I am a soldier. I introduce this man ..." (printed page 238, NCJRS PDF page 252). Exhibits 11 and 12 were filed with the subcommittee and not printed.

## Sources

- National Criminal Justice Reference Service, scan of the printed hearings (NCJ 119303): https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/119303NCJRS.pdf
- NCJRS catalog record (NCJ 119303): https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/organized-crime-and-illicit-traffic-narcotics-hearing-us-senate