Anthony Strollo

Known as Tony Bender. Valachi testified in 1963 that Bender became the new lieutenant over his group after 1931; New York police testified that Thomas Eboli succeeded him.

Aliases: Tony Bender
Role: Lieutenant over Valachi's group after 1931 (testimony, 1963)
Source: Organized Crime and Illicit Traffic in Narcotics, Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Hearings, Part 1 (1963)
Rights: Biography on this page is limited to what the cited federal records state.

On the record

2 October 1963 — Valachi (printed p. 231): "Tony Bender is the new lieutenant we have" (OCR "Bencler"). Testimony.
8 October 1963 — Shanley (printed p. 251) confirmed that Tony Bender is also known as Anthony Strollo, called him "very important," and said of Eboli: "He succeeded Tony Bender." Testimony.

The staff chart of the Genovese family is reported to mark Strollo “missing and presumed murdered,” but the text layer of the chart is only partly legible, and that note is not used. No opened record gives his birth or death.

Neither witness names the family in the quoted lines, so the family line is empty.

Records

itemOrganized Crime and Illicit Traffic in Narcotics, Part 1 (September 25 to October 9, 1963)The first printed volume of the 1963 Senate hearings: Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy's opening testimony, Joseph Valachi's public testimony, New York police witnesses, Exhibit 8 and Charts A to E.