Jul 10, 2007 7:24 pm US/Central
Mob Trial Reveals Details Of Cold-Blooded Crime
Frank Calabrese Jr., Continues To Divulge Details Of Father's Involvement In Chicago Outfit
by John Drummond / CBS 2 News
CHICAGO (CBS) ―
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A hidden prison video camera caught Calabrese Sr. telling co-defendant Anthony "Twan" Doyle that he feared his brother Nick was a government snitch.
Courtesy FBI
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Frank Calabrese Sr. (left) and Frank Calabrese Jr. (right)
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Little did Billy Dauber know as he left the Will County courthouse that he was marked for death. Less than a half an hour after leaving, Dauber, a feared mob enforcer, and his wife, Charlotte, were gunned down on a rural road.
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Murder and mayhem were on full display at the Family Secrets mob trial Tuesday.
CBS 2's John Drummond reports that government witness Frank Calabrese Jr., is helping Federal authorities implicate his reputed mob boss father with chilling testimony about gangland slayings.
Little did Billy Dauber know as he left the Will County courthouse that he was marked for death. Less than a half an hour after leaving, Dauber, a feared mob enforcer, and his wife, Charlotte, were gunned down on a rural road.
Now some 27 years later Frank Calabrese admitted his involvement in the murders.
Unbeknownst to the elder Calabrese his son Frank was secretly recording their conversations when the two men were in jail together at a federal prison in Michigan.
Calabrese Sr., had no qualms of conscience regarding the Dauber slaying but felt the murder of Charlotte was collateral damage.
"The wife was innocent," he said.
And Calabrese Sr., conceded that another of his murder victims was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Young Frank quoting his father said Arthur Morawski "was an innocent Polish guy" shot down outside a Cicero tavern.
For the first time it was revealed that the late mob chieftain Joey "The Doves" Aiuppa ordered the murders of Las Vegas gangster Tony "The Ant" Spilotro and his brother Michael.
Aiuppa told other bosses that he wanted Tony knocked down.
"I don't care how you do it. Get him. I want him out," he said.
Also new was the motive for Tony's demise. Calabrese revealed to his son that Tony Spilotro "was stealing like crazy...and was involved in drugs."
A hidden prison video camera caught Calabrese telling co-defendant Anthony "Twan" Doyle that he feared his brother Nick was a government snitch.
"Somebody has to watch, because if not, that one... could hurt the whole family," he said.
Calabrese Jr., up to this point appears to be an effective witness. But the government's big gun is Nick Calabrese, who has yet to take the stand and is being counted upon to lift the veil of secrecy on more than 10 mob murders.
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