. . . as William Shakespeare assures us. In the case of a Mafia don, it sure does!
St. Raymond's Cemetery in Throgs Neck is the final resting place for ... some of the area's legendary mobsters, including Anthony “Fat Tony” Salerno.
The cigar-chomping Salerno ruled the Genovese crime family between 1981 and 1986.
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On Feb. 19, homeless man Louis Peduto, 56, was arrested following a two-month spree of grave robberies at the cemetery, which sits just south of East Tremont.
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He was taken to the 45th Precinct, where detectives confronted him with evidence of the two-month spree. The cops were looking for closure, but Peduto denied everything.
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Lt. James Hanvey, the detective squad commander, came up with an idea. Why not tell Peduto that among the majestic mausoleums he desecrated was Salerno's?
The mere mention of Salerno's name left Peduto looking scared stiff, as though he saw a ghost.
“Oh my God!” Peduto said. “I am a dead man. They are going to kill me.”
Suddenly, Peduto’s protests evaporated. He even provided the cops with the name of the scrap metal shop in Hunts Point where he sold the thousands of dollars worth of metal for a mere handful of hundreds.
There's more at the link.
Might one say that in this case, a dead man gave a des-crypt-tion of the suspect?
Peter
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Or that the suspect was mortified?
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