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2-B Saturday, Feb. 2,3, 1974 Philadelphia Inquirer CX> J?jyj J HV- J| I'm MlMb x wo iai* K Mafia 5 Knowles is in critical coodij tioo ct Germantown Hospital j} FBI agents said they bad taken a knife from him. Testimony on the Starks’ involvement with the Black Mafia came at a bah hearing before U.S. Magistrate Edwin E. Naythons in U.S. District Court Special agent Jeter testi- fied, despite strenuous objec- tions from the Starks’ attor- neys, that Larry Starks was known to have "a position of high leadership" in the orga-i nization. Jeter testified also that the Black Mafia had a pervasive "protective shakedown" ojrer- i ation, in which money is ex- * toned from black business- } men in return for protection. Thr FBI warrant charges i that Feo. .> the Starks de- ( i nar.de d the ^co payment 5 from Rice brandished * what app C-Ui ^ d to Fici) as a i{ handgun. The two ilt.-dly 1 told Kice to ir^e ti.» money by 8:45 P. M., Feu. -i. Rico telephoned tht FBI on Feb. 20, and asked for heip. Several agents were waiting j for me Starks to arrive 1 Thursday r.L'ht, 1 - T u-: \i Naythons set 3ir0. ft C0 b-t., nr La:ry Starks, ami ,123,vtfi for Clarence Starkj. iPO Arrested By Agents In S. Phila, By HARRY GOULD /W<W Sta/t Wnttr An FBI agent testified be- fore a U. S. magistrate Fri- day that two South Philadel- phia men arrested Thursday in connection with an attempt to extort money from a Ger- mantown bar owner are members of the "Bleck Mafia" narcotics and extor- tion ring. FBI special agent Melvin Jeter 'said that "reliable in- formants” hat’ linked Larry Starks, 25, of the 1400 block of S. 13th st., and his cousin, Clarence Starks, 22, of the 2000 block of Fiawater st., with the crime syndicate. The Starks were nrrsstrd Thursday night by FBI agents at Neokie’s Bar, i-J01 Wistcr st., where the two ni- legally tried t-i c::tmt I”' 1 ,') from bar owner Ul'/rjas L. Rice for "prutecti:..-’. " A third ir. L. Knowles, 33, if V; '• '( 'v'C 1 : J3t>

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  • 2-B Saturday, Feb. 2,3, 1974 Philadelphia Inquirer CX>

    J?jyj J HV- J|I'm MlMb x woiai*K Mafia

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    Knowles is in critical coodij

    tioo ct Germantown Hospitalj}

    FBI agents said they bad

    taken a knife from him.

    Testimony on the Starks’

    involvement with the Black

    Mafia came at a bah hearing

    before U.S. Magistrate EdwinE. Naythons in U.S. DistrictCourt

    Special agent Jeter testi-

    fied, despite strenuous objec-

    tions from the Starks’ attor-neys, that Larry Starks wasknown to have "a position ofhigh leadership" in the orga-i

    nization.

    Jeter testified also that the

    Black Mafia had a pervasive1 "protective shakedown" ojrer- iation, in which money is ex- *

    toned from black business-}

    men in return for protection.Thr FBI warrant charges i

    that Feo. .> the Starks de-(

    i nar.de d the ^co payment 5from Rice brandished *

    what app C-Ui ^d to Fici) as a i{handgun. The two ilt.-dly 1told Kice to ir^e ti.» moneyby 8:45 P. M., Feu. -i.

    Rico telephoned tht FBI onFeb. 20, and asked for heip.Several agents were waiting

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    for me Starks to arrive 1Thursday r.L'ht,

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    u-: \i Naythons set 3ir0. ftC0b-t., nr La:ry Starks, ami,123,vtfi for Clarence Starkj.

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    Arrested

    By Agents

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    In S. Phila,By HARRY GOULD/W

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    HA U.S. magistrate yesterday *

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    hcld Luo South Philadetph * {men in high bail on extortion ,charges after an FBI agenttestified they arc members ofthe '‘Black Mafia."

    FBI agent Melvin Jeter toldU.S. Magistrate Edwin Nay-

    thons the FBI has informationthat Larry Starks, 25, 1400

    block S. ISth sL, is “near the

    leadership". ins

    the Black

    Mafia, -and his' cousin, Gar*

    . ence Starks, 22, 2200 block' Fitzwater st., is a member ofthe narcotics and extortion

    ring.

    Naythons held Larry on$125,000 bail and Clarence on

    $100,000 bail for a hearingMarch 4.

    Seized in Bar

    Both suspects were arrested- by FBI agents Thursday night

    in Kookle's Bar, Medary ave.

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    and Wister st., West Oak

    Lane, as they allegedly tried

    to shakedown the bar owner,

    Ulysses J. Rice, for $100 in

    "protection" money.

    Another man, DcramusKnowles, 23, 6000 block Lime*

    kiin pike. West Oak Lane, was

    shot in the chest and neck by.

    an FBI agent. The FBT saidKnowles, who was ’ sitting In

    th>. Sir, pulled a switchblade

    knite-cti.c. charged the agents,

    as tbjy arte ted. the Starks.

    Knm-k>s wcj admitted to

    Geimartown Ho ?i:al in criti-cal condition. He v*as charged

    with assaulting a federal offi-

    cer.

    Jeter testified at a bail

    hearing for the two Starks

    men in the Federal Building,Philadelphia.

    ‘High Member*

    Under questioning by Ken-

    neth Bravo, attorney for the

    U.S. Strike Force cn Orga-

    nized Crime, Jeter said Larry

    Starks, according to FBI in-

    formation, "is a high memberu an oru>ini/,?iI i*roup known::s Ilia ! JLiL "

    1 Joti’i .•.j.iil the i’..I .i'so had

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    .irma!:on tha; the orjtnnita

    huud.iiins."

    t f, ci'iopi; it'ii of "black

    D ( n o Tinari and .Jack.Meyers, lawyers for theStarks, objected.

    Tinari told Naythons that

    ,f- er was "throwing every big

    o i that has occurred with-

    in h last couple ot years on

    the (-called Black Mafia,

    with i> olutely ->o pr.af."

    Charge Term**

    Jett, 'hanged., the term,

    "hoodlums' to- '"Individuals,who are .'volved-Jn sellingand distributing^ narcotics,contract murders, ‘systematic

    extortion of black ‘ business-

    men, protection shakedowns*

    in which they threaten great

    or terrible things to happetrif.

    the money is nor; paid."Jeter said the also was in-

    formation that Larry Starks

    has been "systematically ex-

    torting $700 a week from aSouth Philadelphia large num-bers operator.” v; - "t IThe agent testified Larry

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    has an extensive arrestj

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    record—20 arrests rangingJ ^

    from violation of the Uniform

    Firearms Act, to contempt of'

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    court for refusing to «ppearl'

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    He said the charges resultedonly in fines and probation..

    Coxson Slaying;- •

    As to Garence Starks, Jeter'

    said there Is an outstanding.

    robbery warrant for his arrest

    in the Philadelphia courts, in

    which he is charged with ter-roristic threats, j

    Jeter said Clarence has -

    three contempt citations for'

    not appearing in court and-

    has nine other arrests, most

    for firearms violations.

    Clarence, Jeter told Nay:*

    thons, is a member of theBlack Mafia, "which organi-

    zation the FBI Teels had to rio‘

    with the murder of Major

    Coxson in Cherry Hill, N.J.,

    and the beating of * numbersman with a sock filled, withsteel halls."

    A government attorney saidifter the meeting ihat mem-i^l)*rs of t

    h .* Black Mifia herej

    ]puy Hues to the crime *r-nd.-

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    aie, a portion of which Is |r-ent to the syndicate's top

    echelon in ChiLaso."

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    Bail Revoked

    On Drug Charge

    By BARRY GOULDfiqurir BtaJJ Writer

    Murder js u s p e c t Arthur

    Watson, 34, described by the pj

    FBI as the “principal figure

    in the Philadelphia BlackJ

    Mafia,” was imprisoned Fri-

    day after his bail was

    revoked for failing to appear

    for arraignment an a narcot-

    ics charge last year.

    |U. S. Magistrate Richard A.

    powers 3d also set bail at

    1100,000 ''or Watson on a

    charge of unauthorized flight

    to avoid prosecution in NewJersey in the murder of two

    alleged (West Philadelphia

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    \Veapons Found ’

    (The FBI testified t?eyfound a loaded .45 caliberautomatic pistol, two riflesand two sawed-off shotguns inthe apartment.

    Camden County DetectiveJoseph Price testified at Wat-son’s arraignment that an in-formant telephoned him Fri-day morning and warned thatif bail was set in any amountbelow SI million, Watscn

    Bolow)

    Carroll said that in addition

    to f the fugitive and heroin

    charges, Watson had been

    inflicted in Camden County

    Court on a charge of aiding

    and abetting the distribution

    of heroin.

    Watson and two other per-

    sons have been charged by

    Camden police with killingPhiladelphiasuspected

    narcotics dealers Hitlon ndlcat« p«*a«. nam® «*

    (Stroud, 31, of 43d «t ncat

    'Mantua ave., and Walter Til- 1 rage ZB

    wouldJ

    be able to raise it ard34« of Mastcr st nfr | niladelphia Inquire:

    “you will lose him the wty iSOth, on a Camdenstreet be^ Phila. , Fa.

    j^ fore dawn last May 21.

    F;ona d '

    drug dealers.

    Watson, also known.as

    Brother A, was seized by FBI

    agents Thursday night in an .

    apartmen: at 3901 Manayunkave., where agents said he

    was living under an assumed

    name.

    Watson and Timothy

    Graves, 32, of 5th st, near

    ^lifflin. surrendered after

    ?Bl ag< nts fired . a shotthrough he apartment door]

    end tossed tear gas into thejrear of the apartment;/

    Graves was held in 315.000bail on a charge of harboringa fugitive. •

    wayyou lost Harvey.”

    Price referred to

    .Harv$y, a suspect

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    in the exs-

    ! cution-type slaying of MajorCoxson in Cherry Hill, N.J.,

    vf'ho is wanted in the slayings

    (if two members of the; Muslim sect in Washington,

    D.C., who disappeared afterposting 3175,000 bail last yet r.

    Price testified that ie

    asked the informant \riiere

    Watson would get so mu:hbail and was told that “iehas the proper connections.’

    Powers/ however, set the

    bail on the fugitive charge at

    3100,000. The action was

    made moot, however, when

    he revoked bail of $2,500 fiat

    had been set by Federal

    Judge John B. Fullarn last

    Nov. 9 when Watson vaacharged with conspiracy and

    aiding and abetting the sate

    id distribution of herein. 1

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    I\gent Testifies ?She revocation of file t nilmeant automatic imprison-

    ment of Watson.

    FBI Agent Brian Carroll

    testified that Watson was

    known to be an associate '.of

    Samuel Christian, repu:ed

    jBlack Mafia member in P lil-adetphia, and that he lad

    employed Ronald Harvey as

    ,a truck driver in a dry clean-sing business.

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  • "The EVfininft Bulletin ,11 Friday, March l r lp7_4

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    - The FBI Jast night arrested

    a third member of what theycalled the “Black Mafia" In

    Philadelph a on a. charge of

    extorting money frtrni a WestOak Lane iar owner. .

    Richard J. 'Baker, special

    agent in charge of the FBIPhiladelph. a office, said

    James Tayior, also known asLorenzo Robinson, 30, was ar-

    rested by agents at his home,

    S2Q0 block Henry ave., Rox-borough, just before midnight.

    Baker said Taylor and Don-ald Abney, 26, 2*00 block Cum-berland st., North Philadel-

    phia, were indicted by a fed-eral grand jury In Philadel-

    phia Wednesday on extortioncharges.

    Protection Money -

    Baker said Abney, manager(4 a Southwest Philadelphiabaker, was still at large "and

    should be considered aimedand dangerous.* *

    Taylor and Abney were

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    charged with extorting protec-

    tion money from Ulysses Rice,ownero f Nookie’s Bar, Meda-ry ave. and Wlster st.

    He said the pair were mem-bers of the same "Black Ma-fia" group to which LarryStarks, 23, 140 block S. ISthst., and his cousin, ClarenceStars, 22, 2200 block Fitzwaierst, both South Philadelphia,

    belonged.

    Wired for Sound

    The two Starks cousins were .arrested In Nookies Bar fast iFriday by FBI agents afterthey allegedly tried to shakedown Rice for $30. Rice was Iwired for sound and FBI 1agents were staked out in the

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    bar vhwi the transfer of the ;' money at' vdly occurred.

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    Larry Stariw was held in |*123,000 b.tiL, Cu* icc Storks

    ©ported]lin $100,000 bid 1. Yesterday, U.

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    3. District 3uJ'e A.'Leon Hig-

    ginbotham Jr. set bail for

    Taylor at $100,000.

    Baker said the arrests ofthe Starks cousins and Taylor

    and the Indictment of -Abneyhave “made important inroadsinto alleged widespread 'extor-tion activities in the Philadel-

    phia black community!**

    . Baker urged other business-men paying ‘'protection" tocontact the FBI. He said con-

    'vtctlon of the suspects ' could

    result in a $10,000 fine, 20years in prison or bode.

  • , March 2, 1974 ^Philadelphia Incuirer

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    his)

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    Warrant'v ,

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    FBI agents Friday arrested

    a- third'“man suspected of

    being a member of an extoi:

    tion ring , responsible for. a

    widespread protection racket

    in Philadelphia’s black com-

    munity.*

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    James,.- Taylor, 30, .also,

    known: as Loxtnzo Robinson,,

    was taken, iota custody at h.s

    apartment at 8201 Henry ave-

    He had been indicted Wednes-

    day on -charges of violadrg:.

    the Hobbs* Act in an extortion-

    case involving Ulysses Ricev

    owner of Nookia’s Palace, a- cousira in the tavern.

    bar at 6301 Wiste: sl 1l Ger- -F;01 said t]“ « f r» \ K** S* i to dirt

    ME? \ KrUer- «manager of the Shavaiz Bu- J

    kery at 437 S. 60th st., also

    was named in the indictment,

    and in a bench warrant i

    issued by Judge A. Leon H g-1ginbotham Jr., who set bold l

    at $100,000. * -.1

    - Special ’ FBI ' Agent-in*|

    Charge-Richard J. Baker saidAbney was being sought as afugitive. The FBI warned thathe was considered armed and f

    ^dangerous.

    ' Baker called an all who arepaying protection in order tooperate their businesses to re*

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    port the extortion attemos istheFBL -

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    Each violation of .the Hobbs'

    - Act could bring a penalty of$10,000 and 20 years in prison

    ! on conviction. *

    ;Lany Starks, 25, or 18th

    nearEl Is worth, andcousin, Clarence Starks/ 22,Fitzwater st. near 20th, were

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    arrested on extortion chargesin Nookie’s Place on Feb. 21.Donald Knowles, 23, of“Limekiln pike near Churchlane,* was shot and woundedcritically when 'he tried to-*

    " prevent the arrest of the

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    ftoount Clipo'no n

    / Juoea 61D1jLiflmaaz na|

    E>* FKA^K, HEICK Fedora! grand jury in Ajgusi \u'h Ronald Harvey and Sam

    ,s "u ' r'"' for failure to file income rax thnstUin both susnects in tl-e

    Eugene t8oJ Baynes, re-(returns for 1570 and 1971, and, . _

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    puWdhcadof the city’s “Black * when IRS agents were u table1 s a' lt1°s' ^aIor Coxso.t,

    Mafia" was errested by Inters to locate him, a fugitive war- bis common-law wife and hi.rnal Revenue Service agents rant was issued. daughter in their Cherry Hillin

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    Southwest PhiladelphiasEight special agents cf the home.

    nal Revenue Service agentsin

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    Southwest PhiladelphiaTuesday night. He has beensotght since last August ontaj. ^evasion charges.

    Jlayncs, 35, of Walton st.near 55th, was indicted by a

    .RS Intelligence Division ap-prehended Baynes in a s *condiloor apartment at 7014 Larkplace at 8:30 P. M. Tuesday.'Baynes has been linked

    daughter in their Cherry Hill

    home.

    .

    Baynes allegedly failed to

    report more than $50,000 in

    ' income.

    Police sources describe the*

    - "Black Mafia" as a crimei

    syndicate that deals in nar-

    cotics, extortion, loan shark-

    ing, gambling, prostitution!

    i and murder. iI He was held overnight in,Lthe Philadelphia Police Ad-

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    ministration Building, and will

    have a hearing before a U. S.

    magistrate this morning.

    Baynes, a former city street^

    cleaner, bartender and record-'

    .promoter, owned a food mar-.ket on S. 56th st. in West;

    Philadelphia. \l

    He has a record of six

    jarrests dating from 1958, but

    ,ha3 been convicted only once>- in 1964 on charges of bur-

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    Coxson Skying Suspect

    field in ^-Million Bait

    (Indicate page, name ofnewspaper, clt)uand state.}

    rage B4Evening Bulletin

    Phila., Pa.

    Ronald Harvey, 33, >of the

    poo block of S. 48th st. in

    IjVest Philadelphia, was held

    jin $3 million hail today, charg-

    ed with the murder of Major

    B. Coxson in Cherry Hill,’

    N. J„ June 8, 1973. -I

    Bail was set by New Jer-sey Superior Court Judgfc

    John F. Gerry in Camden.

    Harvey was taken to that

    city from Washington, where

    hejalso is under high hail for

    the alleged slaying of seven

    members of the Hanafi Mus-'

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    liir sect Jan. IS, 1973.

    He jumped bail in Philadel-phia last Aug. 21 while await-

    ing extradition to New Jerseyon the charge of slaying Cox-

    son. He was captured in Chi-cago last month and held in

    $5.5-million bond there In the

    Washington slayings.

    Harvey told Judge Gerry he

    will be represented by Nino.

    Tinari, a Philadelphia law- 1

    yer, who was unable to ap-pear at today’s proceedings.

    Harvey is accused of being J,

    one of four men who alleged-ly broke into Coxson

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    's home.

    The intruders hound and shotTCoxson. They also killed Lita

    i|Luby, 16, daughter of Mrs.

    Lois Luby, 35, who waswounded.

    He was arrested in Philadel-phia June 28, 1S73 and freed

    in $175,000 bail. He failed toshow up for the extradition

    hearing.

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  • Friday, April 5, 1974 Philadelphia Inquirer*

    FBI ArrestsA' reputed .member of the

    Black Mafia was arrested

    Thursday, at an apartment in

    North Philadelphia, the FBI

    reported.

    The bureau said ' Jerome

    Mucbisou, 30, was arrested in’

    an apartment on MarSton. ter-

    race, near 27th st., on

    charges of -unlawful flight

    Fugitive'- ,-:

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    from New Jersey, where he Is,wanted for armed robbery.

    According to the FBr, Mu*!

    chison surrendered without1

    resistance, and several guns

    and narcotics paraphernalia •

    were found in the apartment

    He was held in lieu of $5,000:

    bail at a hearing before a;

    U.S. magistrate. i

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    By BAYARD BR JNT

    Of The Bulletin Staff‘

    "The only motive in selling

    drugs when you're not an ad-dict," an assistant U.S. attor-

    ney, said, "is greed to makemoney by destroying others."

    iThe speaker was GregoryT! Magarity, the federal pros-

    ecutor in a case in U.S. Dis-trict Court in Philadelphia

    against Arthur Watson, 34, an

    alleged associate of "BlackMafia” leaders.

    |A jury on May 24 foundWatson guilty of conspiracyto aid and abet the dis-tribution of $1,930 worth of

    heroin last year. He appearedbefore U.S. District Court'

    Judge Clarence C. Newcomer ,for sentencing yesterday. I

    ‘Deserves No Mercy*

    Magarity said the evidence

    in the trial showed Watsonwas a supplier and not an ad-dict himself.

    The' prosecutor said hewanted an "extremely sub-s t a n t i a 1 period of in-carceration (for Watson) be-

    cause a person who profitsand thrives on the sickness of.others deserves no mercy.”'

    Judge Newcomer gave Wat-son 10 years in prison to be

    followed by three years of

    |special parole. He could havegotten a maximum of 130

    |years.

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    \Accused of Slayings l|

    Watson was captured byFederal Bureau of Investiga-tion agents in an apartmentin

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    the Manayunk section ofPhiladelphia last March 7.Watson has been charged

    with killing two men in Cam-den, N.J., last year, in what

    police called a contract slay- \ing linked to a heroin- theft in j’

    |Philadelphia.' He is under

    1 $50,000 bait on this charge. *

    : An FBI agent testified last

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    March that Watson was a‘ close

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    associate of RonaldHarvey and Sam Christian,reputed "Black Mafia” lead-ers and formerly on the list orthe' 10 most wanted fugitives.

    N^Thfey have been arrested.

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    I I Being Investigated

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    Jury hind» 3 Guilfy i

    Of Exiorfignin Phiici. *f)j i i , !

    'Ihrefy Pnt.udelphsa men*were jbund gjilty in U. S.

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    District -Court last night of •;

    charges they extorted S500j

    from Ulysses J. Rice, own-{

    er of Nookie’s Bar, Wister\

    and Medary sis.. West Oak i

    Lane. The others were found ;

    not guilty. |

    The jury returned the vcr- Idiets to Judge Donald W. Van

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    Artsdalen at 9-30 P. M. after -j

    six hours' deliberation. The 1

    judge deferred sentencing un-

    til, Aug. 13.

    • found su:iiy wore LarryStarks, 2.3, of |the 11:10 block

    S. lStlt st.; Aianzo Robinson

    30, of the 6500

    si., and Donald Abney. 25, olthe unit block

    block N. Uber

    E. Logan st.

    Two men were found notguilty: Clarence Starks. 22,

    *of the 2200 bock Fitzwaterst., and Merrill Ferguson, 25,

    ; "of the 200 block E. Ciivedon

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    AThe men had been, arrested

    by the FBI Fea. 21.

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  • £, DISBANDMENT OF BIACK INCORPORATED

  • PH 92-2735

    On April 26, 1974 1 I advised as follows:

    Although Black B, Incorporated, formerly of 3435South Street, has disbanded publicly, the organization stillexists and is thriving on a daily basis. He has seen manyof Black B members making weekly rounds to various bars and b2taverns and corner grocverv stores in the South Philadelphiaarea. These members appear io be making collections because ^they go from store to s.tore and only stay for a few moments

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    I also known ad | II is no longer in hiding from Black

    Mafia members.

    On April 30, 1974 [ ] advised as follows:

    Because of all of the bad publicity which hasbeen recently seen in the Philadelphia daily newspapers. BlackB, Incorporated, had decided to go underground and no longer

    3lack B has taken down its signLlding located at 1435 SouthIso, the telephone numbers for

    ;Black B, Incorporated, have now been terminated. Black Mafiamembers are now recruiting very heavily ii North Philadelphia,especially among the young youth gangs.

    recruit new members openlythat was handing over the buStreet, Philadelphia, Pa. A

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    Because of the publicity generated bylltoward Black B, Incorporated, and its connection

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    with the NOI, this was another reason for the organizationto shut down publicly in order to avoid any more adversepublicity against the NOI.

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    The following is e newspaper article concerningthe above matter;

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    ,* By TYREE JOHNSONBlack Brothers, Inc., a community group that police al-

    leged Was a front for the Black Mafia, apparently has dis-

    banded.’ 1 ;

    ' “They were really disappointed," said Nino V. Tinari, the

    group's attorney. ;<

    “THEY'VE TAKEN DOWN their sign. They’ve abandonedtheir headquarters (at 1443 South st.) and (today) I'll file f(«r

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    dissolution of their (nonprofit,' tax-exempt) tiale charter.” r i

    Tinari said the group didn’t have any money to report. J ;Black B., as the organiza- + . .,

    fton came to be known,*

    * jpened its office last October-,

    i hnouncing a desire to uplift ,

    She Sooth Philadelphia com- rfv munity and stop gang fighting.

    ^ But the Daily Ncw3 story.

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    ,disclosed on March 6, that the'

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    group was engaged in a.'• bloody power struggle that

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    had left four young mendead. i

    Police and other sources :

    said the battle involved a dis-.

    pute over the profits from al-

    . leged extortion, drug and rob- !

    bery activities. Police ar-

    rested six Black B. member*

    on charges ranging from

    weapons possession to imirde,*.

    ,MEMBERS OF youth

    )

    gangs said Black B. was try-

    ing to take over their organi-

    zations and use them for tfie-• ga) purposes. .

    JTinari said the fight was

    ,

    between two “families’1 —

    Janies Fox, 24, a Black B. of-

    - fleer, and Donald Robimnn,

    22, leader of the 20th and Car-

    i

    penter sts.

    Tinari said the group — es*.timated to have some 109

    . members — decided to dis-. solve because of police in-

    rossnuMit and a bad prer c .o?v?

    iI

    !

    (Indicate page, nano olnowapapor, city and state.)

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    A

    ABNEY, DONALD 13X

    ABNEY, GEORGE ( aka"B. ABNEY"

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    58,223,

    98, 178,228

    179, 204. 208, 215,

    Q, R, S, 25 66

    157, 217

    144

    45, 70, 79, 108, 147, 160,191, 204

    45, 79, 97-99, 148, 153, 154,168, 200, 201

    B

    28, 220

    157 217

    169

    G

    39, 140, 170, 181, 182, 189

    188, 189

    23, 27, 30, 33, 37, 40, 41, 4445, 59, 65, 67, 71, 73, 75, 7778, 79, 82, 142 , 143, 145, 153161, 171 , 192, 197, 214, 220,

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    108

    87-88

    219

    27

    101

    6, 12, 15, 16, 21, 23,30, 37, 39', 41, 58 , 61,97, 98, 112, 119, 124,139, 140, 141, 155 , 158191, 192, 202, 203 , 210216, 220, 221, 230 , 234

    215

    138

    28

    165

    K, 23, 28, 45, 53, 55, i

    77, 79, 139, 145, 151,171, 172, 202

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    D

    £

    143

    148

    4 , 44 , 60 , 79 , 105 , 106 , 108 ,110 , 117 , 125 , 126 , 148 , 151 ,152 , 155 , 156 , 157 , 158 , 161 ,168 , 209 , 213 , 221

    61 , 65 , 87 , 179

    10 , 30 , 31 , 39 , 41 , 44 , 45 , 53 ,55 , 57 , 58 , 61 , 67 , 69 , 75 , 79 ,85 , 97 , 122 , 139 , 140 , 142 , 143148 , 149 , 153 , 154 , 162 , 166 ,171 , 191 , 200 , 203 , 204 , 208 , 213

    31 , 221

    112

    140

    70

    78

    66

    142

    P

    FARRAKAN 94

    FARRINGTON, TOMMY 58 , 97 , 105 , 110 , 149 , 200 ,208 , 209 , 216

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    J, K . S, 10, 12 , 15,- 23, 24, 30,52, 55, 69 , 76, 77, 78, 79, 100,108, 141, 142, 162, 167, 186,192,203, 210

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    27, 108

    10, 12, 15 • 23, 30, 37, 38,39, 40, 41 . 44, 46, 55, 56, 58,67, 71, 74 , 75, 77, 79, 82, 97,115, 134, 139, 141, 142,. 143, 144145, 146, 149, 155, 161,r 162,167, 168, 179, 181, 183,, 188, 196198, 201, 207, 213, 215,, 249

    N, 12, 27, 37, 39, 41, 116,, 145,191, 196, 197, 201, 213, 220,' 221

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    144, 220

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    44, 45, 59, 61, 69, 71, 76,77, 139, 143, 148, 167, 169,170,, 171

    E, Q, R, S, 10, 12, 15, 23,27, 30, 31, 37, 39, 44, 45, 55,58, 68, 69, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76,77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 97, 98, 115,139,, 142, 143, 144, 153, 154, 155161,, 186, 187, 191, 196, 203,210,, 211

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    30, 37, 39, 45, 59, 76, 82,98, 115, 129, 139, 143, 171

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    170, 171

    141, 358, 159, 219

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    152, 163 , 164, 211

    37, 39, 79, 139, 143, 169,170, 171

    63, 146, 147, 150, 160, 192,203

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    152, 162, 164, 211

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    K, V, 142

    9, 12, 15, 40, 77, 79, 153,154, 166, 168, 179, 219, 235^239

    170

    144

    N, S, T, U, Y, 9, 12, 15, 30,40, 44, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 67,71, 79, 108, 112, 115, 122, 138,139,166,

    141,168,219,

    143, 154, 156,170, 191, 203,235-239, 246

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