William Moretti
Testified to the Kefauver Committee on 13 December 1950 that he went to Cuba to see Lucky Luciano, 'A good friend of mine,' with Vincent Mangano and Gerry Catena, and stayed about five or six days.
- Aliases
- Willie Moretti
- Rights
- Biography on this page is limited to what the cited federal records state.
On the record
- 12 December 1950 — Asked by counsel how long he had known "Willie Moretti," Joseph Doto answered "Many years" and declined to say whether they had business relationships (Part 7, p. 292).
- 13 December 1950 — In his own testimony he said he knew Luciano "Very well," had seen him in the last five years in "Cuba," went there with "Vincent Mangano and Gerry Catena," stayed "About 5 or 6 days," and never sent or gave Luciano money (Part 7, p. 338).
- 14 February 1951 — Gerald Catena testified that he went to Havana with "Willie Moretti" about three years earlier and that Moretti was at his dinner with Luciano at the hotel Catena named as the "Nationale" (Part 7, pp. 650-651).
The printed heading of his testimony gives his name as William Moretti; counsel and the other witnesses call him Willie. These are sworn answers, not findings, and no family or role is set here. The hearing print gives no date for the Cuba trip. No record filed here gives his dates of birth or death.
Records
itemKefauver Part 7: Willie Moretti on visiting Luciano in Cuba with Vincent Mangano and Gerry Catena (13 December 1950, p. 338)Asked where he had seen Luciano in the last five years, William Moretti answered 'Cuba,' said he went there to see him with 'Vincent Mangano and Gerry Catena' and stayed 'About 5 or 6 days,' and said he gave Luciano no money.itemKefauver Part 7: Gerald Catena on a trip to Havana with Willie Moretti and a dinner with Luciano (14 February 1951, pp. 650-652, 659)Catena testified that he went to Havana with Willie Moretti 'about 3 years ago,' had dinner with Luciano one night downstairs at the hotel he named as the 'Nationale,' that a man he called 'Vince,' Mangano, was there, and that Meyer Lansky was not.itemKefauver Part 7: Joe Adonis declines to answer questions about Luciano in Havana and the Jockey Club (12 December 1950, pp. 291-292, 302)Counsel asked Joseph Doto, called Joe Adonis, whether he ever saw Luciano in Havana, what they talked about, and whether he had a gambling business at the Jockey Club in Havana. He declined each time on the ground that the answer might tend to incriminate him.
itemKefauver Committee hearings, Part 7: New York-New Jersey (1950–1951)Printed hearings of the Senate Special Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce, Part 7, New York-New Jersey: sessions in Washington and New York, July 1950 to March 1951.
itemKefauver Committee hearings, Part 7: New York-New Jersey (1950–1951)Printed hearings of the Senate Special Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce, Part 7, New York-New Jersey: sessions in Washington and New York, July 1950 to March 1951.