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statement to the court that for the safety of his client, Pioggi would choose not to stand trial and pleaded guilty to manslaughter as his testimony might incriminate certain figures of the city's underworld. Bennett's claims were further supported by Edward
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During his trial, Pioggi claimed
Zwerbach and Lewis had confronted him with members of their gang at his hotel with the intention of murdering him. Forced out into the street, he went on to say he then shot both before they were able to get out their pistols. His lawyer, John S. Bennett, issued a
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hospital with no criminal record, Pioggi apparently became associated with members of the Five Points Gang during their decade-long gang war with the
Eastman Gang.
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in April 1912 and jumped bail. Shortly after this, one of Pioggi's friends, Charley Torti, was accused of shooting arch-rival
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on the steps of the Tombs on Pioggi's orders in June 1912. On the run for three years, Pioggi was eventually arrested in
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World War II Draft Card for Louis Poggi, DOB April 24, 1889, Ancestry.com
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World War I Draft Card for Louis Poggi, DOB April 24, 1889, Ancestry.com
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