Gabriel Mannarino
Of New Kensington, Pa. The Second Circuit lists him among the men taken to the Vestal barracks after the Apalachin roadblock of 1957. The McClellan Committee staff list calls him a former owner, with his brothers, of the Sans Souci in Havana.
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- Biography on this page is limited to what the cited federal records state.
On the record
- 14 November 1957 — United States v. Bufalino, 285 F.2d 408 (2d Cir. 1960), lists Gabriel Mannarino among those the officers took "to the Vestal barracks located about seven miles away." Court opinion.
- 1958 — The McClellan Committee staff list: "Mannarino, Gabriel (New Kensington, Pa.): At Apalachin meeting. Former owner, with brothers, of Sans Soucie, Habana, now owned by Louis Santos, also at Apalachin," with a list of arrests, and "Owner of Nu-Ken Novelty Co (slot and cigarette machines, jukeboxes)" (Part 32, p. 12198). Committee staff memorandum, which the chairman said "is not evidence"; an arrest is not a conviction.
- 1958 — Asked who John LaRocca was in business with in Pittsburgh, committee investigator George H. Martin said: "With Gabriel Mannarino, I believe" (Part 32, p. 12260). Committee staff testimony.
- 15 October 1963 — Tampa Police Chief Neil G. Brown said 1958 Senate testimony stated "that Trafficante took over the Sans Souci from the Mannarino brothers in Pittsburgh, Pa.," and that "Gabriel Mannarino was a fellow delegate with Santo Trafficante, Jr., to the Apalachin crime convention in 1957" (Senate hearings 1963, Part 2, p. 524). Police testimony summarizing other testimony.
This page is limited to federal records. No record opened here states a role for him in any organization or gives his birth or death date. The Tampa chief’s “fellow delegate” is his own wording. A 1956 district court opinion captioned United States v. Mannarino was opened during research and rejected: it gives no first name or city and cannot be tied to him.
Records
itemMcClellan Committee staff list: "Individuals at Apalachin and Names of Some of Their Contacts and Associates" (1958)An alphabetical staff memorandum printed in Part 32 (pp. 12194-12201) giving a residence and a summary of arrests, businesses and associations for each Apalachin attendee and some contacts. The chairman admitted it "for guidance and information only" and said "It is not evidence."
itemTestimony of committee investigators Sherman Willse and George H. Martin on the Apalachin attendees (Part 32, p. 12260)McClellan Committee investigators described their chart of the Apalachin attendees' activities (Exhibit 5), named five men added to the original list of 58, among them "John LaRocca, Pittsburgh," and said LaRocca was in business in Pittsburgh with Gabriel Mannarino and Michael James Genovese.
itemTestimony of Tampa Police Chief Neil G. Brown, October 15, 1963 (opening pages)Tampa's police chief introduced the Tampa chart (Exhibit 45) and said he believed it "completely accurate in showing that Santo Trafficante is the boss of this criminal group." His statement says 1958 Senate testimony had Trafficante taking over Havana's Sans Souci casino from "the Mannarino brothers in Pittsburgh, Pa."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.