Mobster Avoids Trial With Clever Scheme
1943-1944 Had it not been for a shifty plan Tony “Joe Batters” Accardo and/or his attorney, George Bieber, dreamed up, the Mobster might’ve gone to prison at age 37, in 1944, for illegal gambling. Cigar Store As Front A high-ranking Outfit member, Accardo had been operating a bookmaking enterprise out of the Ogden building…