Monday, March 7, 2011

Joey Catsalgi  was a young itallian american trying to make his way out of a poverty stricken household in the the late 1920s. With world war one far behind the citizens of this great US of A many had tried their luck in the stock market. It was promising business that had made many fortunate previousley. With a national high came a devistating low that would soon send america into a spiral of unfortunate poverty. That along with the decreasing number of jobs thousands were left homeless.
Joey was determined to make something of himself. In the summer of 1929 he started working in a bar in Brooklyn, New York. He didnt plan on sustaining this job for more than a few months under the circumstances. His luck all changed on the evening of July 9 when while he swept the floors preparing to close up shop when his boss stormed in with two men dragging something heavy in a bag behind them. At the time they didnt know what to do with the potential witness whom they didnt expect to come across.
After discussion they turned to Joe and threw a shovel at his feat. Joe spent the remainder of the night burrying his dead.
The day after Joe met with his boss requesting a job opportunity that he would soon come to regret. He would join the mafia and eventually end up in prison after being caught with another body in his trunk.

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