tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8659317614523439922.post7286671310557259976..comments2024-02-25T09:59:12.808-05:00Comments on The Writers of Wrongs: The Priest, The Gangster, and the Church of St DismasThomas Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09562045051995673935noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8659317614523439922.post-31015170906483189032018-04-02T08:48:14.219-04:002018-04-02T08:48:14.219-04:00That's fascinating! And obviously factual - un...That's fascinating! And obviously factual - unlike one of the versions I intentionally omitted because I doubted its authenticity. An alleged conversation that stated, quoted actually, a supposed conversation where Lucky handed the priest $300 and told him to bet it. Christian Cipollinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05187875738965895368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8659317614523439922.post-6171051250552858002018-04-02T05:35:27.613-04:002018-04-02T05:35:27.613-04:00Clinton State Prison records indicate that Luciano...Clinton State Prison records indicate that Luciano made a couple of cash donations from his prison account to the church. In October 1938, before the groundbreaking, he gave just ten cents. But in April 1942, as he was about to be transferred to Great Meadow State Prison, he donated $20 - roughly equivalent in buying power to $300 of today's money. (See: "When 'Lucky' was locked up," http://mafiahistory.us/a004/f_prisonlucky.html )Thomas Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09562045051995673935noreply@blogger.com