On this day, Sept. 25, 1959

Published September 25, 2008 4:00am ET



New York City gangster Anthony Carfano is killed on orders from organized crime figure Meyer Lanksky.

Known as “Little Augie Pisano,” Carfano was a stone-cold killer and an underboss in Don Vito Genovese’s organization who had carved out a multimillion-dollar gambling empire in South Florida.

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