Anthony Milano
Testified to the Kefauver Committee in 1951 that he ran the Brotherhood Loan Co. and the Mayfield Importing Co., had served about fifty-four months at Leavenworth for counterfeiting in 1911-1912, and did not know 'what Mafia mean'; Angelo Lonardo's 1988 statement calls him 'the underboss' at a 1940s initiation.
- Aliases
- Tony Milano
- Role
- "the underboss" at Angelo Lonardo's 1940s initiation (Lonardo's prepared statement to the Senate, 1988)
- Rights
- Biography on this page is limited to what the cited federal records and the filed newspaper pages state.
On the record
- 1911/1912 — Kefauver Committee (1951): arrested "For counterfeit" in "1911 and 1912"; served "Fifty-four months, fifty-five months" at Leavenworth. A Cleveland police record printed as exhibit 35 lists the counterfeiting case with "6 yrs., Leavenworth, Kans."
- 1940s — Angelo Lonardo's 1988 prepared statement: at his initiation at the Statler Hotel, "Present were John Scalish, the acting boss; Tony Milano, the underboss; John Demarco, a capo; and Frank Brancato." Testimony.
- 1951-01 — Kefauver Committee: Sutton said "Tony Milano has the Brotherhood Loan Co. out here on Mayfield Road." Youngstown's police chief listed "Anthony Milano (Cleveland)" in the Cleveland box of his chart (exhibit 61).
- 1951-01-19 — Kefauver Committee: "I am in charge of the loan company and Mayfield Importing Co." Asked "Did you ever hear of the Mafia?" he said, "Mafia? Well, I don't know what Mafia mean."
The role line quotes Lonardo’s 1988 statement about the 1940s and is labelled as testimony; Milano’s own 1951 testimony is beside it. The chart listing sets no role. No filed record gives his birth date or death.
Records
itemKefauver Committee, Cleveland: testimony of Anthony Milano (19 January 1951)Anthony Milano told the committee that his brother Frank Milano was living in Mexico, that he had served about fifty-four months at Leavenworth on a counterfeiting conviction of 1911-1912, and that he ran the Brotherhood Loan Co. and the Mayfield Importing Co.; asked about the Mafia he said, 'I don't know what Mafia mean.'itemKefauver Committee, Cleveland: testimony of Public Safety Director Alvin G. Sutton (January 1951)Cleveland's Director of Public Safety, Alvin G. Sutton, gave the committee his account of the city's Prohibition bootleggers, naming Morris Kleinman, Lou Rothkopf, Moe Dalitz, Sam Tucker and Maxie Diamond, their move into gambling in Kentucky and Las Vegas, and the later numbers rackets.
itemKefauver Committee exhibit 61: Youngstown police chief's chart of the 'Licavoli gang and associates' (January 1951)A chart drawn by Youngstown Police Chief Edward J. Allen for the committee and printed as exhibit 61, headed 'District Operations of the Licavoli Gang and Associates (aka Purple Gang)', with Peter Licavoli as 'Nominal Leader' above a Cleveland box and four regional boxes.itemSenate subcommittee hearing, 1988: prepared statement of Angelo LonardoThe written statement Angelo Lonardo filed with the Senate subcommittee in April 1988, printed from page 529: his initiation at the Statler Hotel in Cleveland, the people he says were present, the family's ties to New York, Chicago, Las Vegas and Youngstown, and a chronology of Cleveland-area violence.
itemKefauver Committee exhibit 61: Youngstown police chief's chart of the 'Licavoli gang and associates' (January 1951)A chart drawn by Youngstown Police Chief Edward J. Allen for the committee and printed as exhibit 61, headed 'District Operations of the Licavoli Gang and Associates (aka Purple Gang)', with Peter Licavoli as 'Nominal Leader' above a Cleveland box and four regional boxes.itemSenate subcommittee hearing, 1988: prepared statement of Angelo LonardoThe written statement Angelo Lonardo filed with the Senate subcommittee in April 1988, printed from page 529: his initiation at the Statler Hotel in Cleveland, the people he says were present, the family's ties to New York, Chicago, Las Vegas and Youngstown, and a chronology of Cleveland-area violence.