>>4@>
>>4@> HISTORIC MAFIA BAR WILL SOON BECOME COMMERCIAL SPACE.
THANKS TO A MOVE THAT 4@HAPPENE
LAST WEEK.
LAST WEEK. MORE THAN 100 YEARS AGO THE
BUILDING ON 15th 4@STREET WAS 4
CASINO. 4@
CASINO. 4@ IN 1988 IT WAS DESTROYED IN A
FIRE.
FIRE.
FIRE. IT
FIRE. IT WAS DECIDED IT WOULD 4@BECOM
A COMMUNITY AS4@SET.
A LOOK BACK AT THE RICH CULTURE
AND VIOLENT 4@PAST.>> Reporter:
EARL4@Y 1900S 4@YBOR CITY. 4@
AND VIOLENT 4@PAST.>> Reporter: EARL4@Y 1900S 4@YBOR CITY. 4@4@
BUSTLING DRIVING AREA OF TAMPA.
THOUSANDS 4@OF IMMIGRANTS WORKI
LONG HOURS IN FACTORIES TRYING
TO GET A PIECE OF THE 4@AMERICA
DREAM.>> ORGANIZED CRIME IN
TAMPA AND 4@IGOR CITY.
THEY GREW UP 4@TOGETHER.>>
Reporter:4@ ANGLOS RAN ORGANIZE
CRIME AT THIS TIME AND THIS MAN
WAS THE MAN BEHIND HIM.
CHARLIE 4@WALL.>>> THE KINGPIN
-- ORGANIZED CRIME THAT WAS 4@4@
GOING ON.
GOING ON.
GOING ON. PROHIBITION MADE ALL THESE
THINGS GROW SO MUCH.>>
Reporter: HE HAD HIS HANDS IN
EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING. BOOTLEG LIQUOR PROSTITUTION AND
GAMBLING ESPECIALLY -- A TYPE 4@
OF LOTTERY POPULAR IN THIS
AREA.
AREA.
AREA. HE
AREA. HE HAD 4@CONTROL OF ALL OF 4@TH
HOUSES.
HOUSES.
HOUSES. THAT IS UNT4@IL THE ITALIANS
MOVED IN.
MOVED IN.
MOVED IN. AND THINGS DID NOT END WELL FOR
CHARLIE WALL.
CHARLIE WALL. HE HAD HIS HEAD 4@BEATEN IN IN
HIS THROAT SLASHED IN HIS 4@HOM
>>> I HEARD A 4@COUPLE SCENARIO.
>> Reporter: MAFIA HISTORIAN
SAID THE 1920S IN TAMPA HAD HIS
FIRST MOB BOSS.
HIS NAME WAS 4@IGNACIO ITALIANO
THE ITALIANS WANTED A PIECE OF
THE ACTION AND YBOR CITY AND
THAT LED TO BLOODSHED IN THE
STREETS.>>> THIS WAS OPERATIONS
FROM THE 50s AND 4@1960S.>>
Reporter: WANTS ICONIC HOUSE
CALLED THE 4@YELLOW HOUSE.
HE SAID IT WAS RUN BY A ANOTHER
CALLED THE 4@YELLOW HOUSE. HE SAID IT WAS RUN BY A ANOTHER@
REPUTED MOBSTER AUGUSTINE --.
HE 4@WAS CONSIDERED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT TO BE ONE OF THE
TOP ORGANIZED CRIME FIGURES IN
THE CITY OF TAMPA.>> 4@Reporter
IT IS JUST A SHELL OF WHAT IT
USED TO BE.
TATTERED WALLS ORIGINAL PIECES
OF FLOORING.
OF FLOORING. BUT LOOKING ON THE INSIDE MAKES
YOU THINK IF ONLY THE WALLS 4@
COULD 4@TALK.>>> GU4@NBATTLES B
AND 4@FORTH.>> Reporter: THE
AUTHOR OF THE BOOK CIGAR CITY
MAFIA PUT TOGETHER YEARS OF
RESEARCH ABOUT MOB FIGURES
ACROSS 4@THE COUNTRY.
HE SAID TAMPA HAD ITS SHARE OF @
HEAVY HITTERS.>>> THE FBI WOULD
HE SAID TAMPA HAD ITS SHARE OF @ HEAVY HITTERS.>>> THE FBI WOULD@
BE COMING IN AND OUT ALL DAY 4@
LONG.>> Reporter: MOB FAMILIES
FOUGHT4@ 4@OVER TERRITORY.
THERE WAS A TIME WHEN PEOPLE
WERE GETTING WHACKED A IN AND
DAY OUT. 4@
HE SAID THIS 50s MOB ACTIVITY
EXTENDED DEEPER 4@INTO TAMPA IN
HE SAID THIS 50s MOB ACTIVITY EXTENDED DEEPER 4@INTO TAMPA IN@
POLITICAL CORRUPTION.>>> A
LEVEL OF CORRUPTION THAT WENT
ALL THE WAY TO 4@THE SHERIFF'S
DEPARTMENT AND TO THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
DEPARTMENT. CERTAINLY UP THROUGH THE DID
GET 4@JUDICIARY.
GET 4@JUDICIARY. >> Reporter: THIS EXCLUSIVE
LIST OF 4@ALLEGED PAYOFFS 4@TO
JUDGES POLICE POLITICIANS.
NAMES WITH MONEY 4@ALLEGEDLY PA.
ONE THING THAT 4@ALL OF THE
REPUTED MOBSTERS LOVED AND
APPRECIATED WAS A GOOD CIGAR.
ALSO A GOOD PLACE TO EAT.
DOZENS OF DIFFERENT PLACES
THESE GUYS YOU STILL LIKE TO
HANG OUT TO EAT A GOOD MEAL.
CU4@BAN SANDWICH.
CU4@BAN SANDWICH. A GOOD STATE.
THEY ALSO LOVE THE FOOD INSIDE
OF THE COLUMBIA RESTAURANT.>>>
THE PUBLISHER OF CIGARS TO THE
MAGAZINE.
MAGAZINE.
MAGAZINE. SHE SAID ORGANIZED CRIME HAS
LEFT ITS MARK ON YBOR CITY.
>>> THERE WERE KILLINGS ON THE
STREET.
STREET.
STREET. BELASCO WAS MURDERED 4@A COUPLE
BLOCKS AWAY FROM US.>>
Reporter: IT WASN'T 4@ALL BAD.>
DONATED A LOT OF MONEY AND
HELPED A LOT OF PEOPLE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DID NOT HAVE
MONEY TO PAY THEIR BILLS.
HELP TO GIVE THE MONEY FOR FOOD
CLOTHES AND HELP THEIR 4@
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN. MONEY 4@FOR HOMES.>> Reporter:
PRESENT-DAY LIFE AND YBOR CITY @
IS MUCH,.
IS MUCH,.
IS MUCH,. IN FACT THE ONLY FIGHTING IN
THE STREETS YOU WILL FIND IS
BETWEEN COPS LOOKING TO PROTECT
THE STREETS YOU WILL FIND IS BETWEEN COPS LOOKING TO PROTECT@
THEIR TERRITORY.>>> 4@PEOPLE NO
INVOLVED IN ORGANIZED CRIME HAD
NO WORRIES.
NO WORRIES. ONLY 4@RIVAL GANG.
MOBSTERS WERE KNOWN TO KEEP THE
PEACE IN 4@THEIR 4@NEIGHBORHOOD
ROBBERIES ARE KIDS