Coverage of the murder of Paul Castellano is shown on the front page of the Staten Island Advance in 1985. Advance
Editor's Note
This is the digitized version of an article that appeared in the Tuesday, Dec. 17, 1985 edition of the Staten Island Advance, after one of the most brazen and notorious crimes in New York City history. Paul Castellano, a Dongan Hills resident and noted mob boss, and his bodyguard were gunned down by a group of men wearing trench coats and fur hats as the victims stepped out of a car outside a steakhouse in Manhattan. The assassination was orchestrated by John Gotti and paved the way for his rise to the top of the Gambino crime family.
Dec. 17, 1985
Paul “Big Paul” Castellano, reputed boss of the nation’s most powerful Mafia family, was gunned down along with his driver-bodyguard outside a Manhattan restaurant last night, and authorities early today were searching for three suspects.
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