As the court clerk read out one guilty verdict against him after another, Frank Calabrese Sr. hid.
His lawyer, Joseph "The Shark" Lopez, had lifted a manilla folder in front of Calabrese Sr.'s face, so the people sitting in the gallery couldn't see the look on his face as the verdict was announced.
So what was his facial expression?
Not much, according to intrepid Sun-Times reporter Frank Main, who happened to be sitting in the gallery where he could get a look behind the folder.
Frank Calabrese didn't show much reaction before his lawyer covered his face.
And he wasn't showing much after.
He showed more emotion after the verdict was read, during a court hearing that followed it.
He mouthed words to his son, Nick, who was sitting in the courtroom.
Nick Calabrese responded to his father then left.
Frank Calabrese Sr. appeared distraught to see his son leave.
Wait, I thought Kurt and Frank Jr were Frank Sr's sons and Nick was Frank's brother? Gosh darnit, can't keep up without a scorecard. Is this another son?
STEVE WARMBIR RESPONDS: Frank Calabrese Sr. does have another son from his first marriage named Nick.
Do we know how Frank Sr and Nick got involved in the Outfit? What was their connection and was it in their family?
STEVE WARMBIR RESPONDS: Nick Calabrese testified that his brother brought him in.
It's less clear how Frank Calabrese Sr. got into the mob. He testified that he went to mobsters as a young man to get large amounts of money to put out on the street as juice loans.
He also was doing burglaries and other illegal activities with a friend of his and came under the mob's thumb that way, according to sources familiar with the matter.
only in america.without a rat he walks.if i ever get jury duty i wont listen to us gov rat finks