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There is something about doing research and coming across an original, frayed and aged newspaper article (as opposed to a modern-day reprint) and finding an interesting write-up about a gang or even better, with pictures of the gang members themselves.\u00a0 Finding these items has happened to me on more than one occasion.\u00a0 Below is a picture from the World Telegram and Sun newspaper of four Red Wings exiting the police paddy wagon to be booked on charges of murder for their role in the beating death of a Cuban man in Jefferson Park on Memorial Day in 1958.\u00a0 Pictured from left to right is Philip Petrone, Louis Camp, George Clemente and Edward Castellazzo.\u00a0 Also charged in the killing was Frank Monti, Norbert Belbo and Alfred Catino.\u00a0 To read more on that gang killing, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Red Wings Gang Members Exit Paddy Wagon 1958<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Before you get to the article\u2026 On February 23, 2018, my book on the Mau Maus and Sand Street Angels, who were two Brooklyn youth gangs from the 1950s, has been completed.\u00a0 It took 15 years of research and writing … Continue reading ![\"Red](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newyorkcitygangs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Red-Wings-Gang-Members-Exit-Paddy-Wagon-1958.jpg?resize=486%2C625&ssl=1\")
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