The Outfit on trial

Steve is there any way we can get a list on this blog?
I can only find 6?

Feds: 17 reasons to convict Lombardo

1. The fingerprint on auto title
2. 1974 Teamster pension fund fraud case
3. police scanner was found in the work car
4. employee at the CB store where the scanner was bought identified Lombardo as the man who purchased scanner
5. Alva Johnson Rodgers, testified he saw Lombardo the day after the Seifert murder at a golf driving range, and Lombardo was laughing about Seifert's death and said words to the effect that the S.O.B. won't be testifying against anyone now.
6. Outfit killer Nicholas Calabrese, who was a star government witness, said Fecarotta told him that Fecarotta, James LaPietra, Schweihs, Lombardo, Joseph Hansen and Tony Spilotro took part in the Seifert slaying

STEVE WARMBIR RESPONDS: I listed every link Mitch Mars gave in court under the blog item for the prosecution's case against Lombardo in the Seifert murder. Check it out.

Well yeah ofcourse Mick Mars (is this guy the former Motley Crew bassist?) didnt argue it was Lumby's MAKING ceremony.

THAT would have been beyond stupid. you cant argue for months that the guy was a tier one, powerful capo in the Outfit, responsible for Dorfman, and the Teamsters pension fund, responsible for overseeing their man in vegas, tony Spiltotro, and then foolish enought to screw up the timeline, and say that despite this power and reponsibility, hr didnt get his button till as late as 1976.

And lets be honest. Whether these guys were gangsters extraordinaire or union plumbers, this picture was simply one of old friends and acquaintances having a good time over food and drinks.

They dont take pictures at button ceremonies, like they do at Disneyworld to sell you after you get off the ride.

I just don't understand how you can use this photo against someone. Its comparable to the following scenario:

The Bush family had a number of social gatherings/outings with the Bin Ladens.

Does that mean they helped fly the plane into the World Trade Center? Basically, the photo is rubbish. So what he took a picture.

Shouldnt even be allowed in the courtroom

Steve, your last sentence is a fragment. Just thought I'd throw that out there.

Keep the updates coming!

STEVE WARMBIR RESPONDS: Geeze, I feel like I've been slapped on the hand by a nun with a ruler!

All kidding aside, I realize it's a sentence fragment.

It's in keeping with the more conversational feel of blogs, no?

I too have never understood why they make such a big deal of this photo.

It might have some limited probative value in that it proves those guys were acquainted with each other.

In Lombardo's case, it shows that he was at least friendly with guys alleged to be the outfit's ruling elite.

An inference could be drawn that he was therefore involved with them in "business" matters, but the picture could have just as well been an innocent social gathering as a mob "sitdown".

The last time I checked, it wasn't a crime to sit down with someone and have your picture taken in a restaurant, whther its Charles Manson, Tony Accardo, or Mother Teresa.

BTW- This picture has been around for years and I've never heard anyone knowledgable claim that it was supposedly Lombardo's "making" ceremony. As the earlier poster stated, the timing doesn't fit.