On this day, Nov. 13, 1957, a New York state trooper stumbled upon a historic national convention of gangsters at the home of Joseph (Joe the Barber) Barbara in upstate Apalachin, N.Y.
Sgt. Edgar Croswell was called to a motel to take a report for a bad check when he overheard Barbara’s eldest son reserve rooms for “soft-drink people.” Croswell became suspicious. The sergeant checked with a butcher, who said the Barbaras had ordered 200 pounds of meat delivered to their mansion.
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