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Real Mob Stories / Richard Blass
February 28, 2012, 04:40:03 PM
Richard Blass (October 24, 1945 âââ‰â¬Å January 24, 1975) was an infamous Canadian gangster and a multiple murderer. Born in Montreal, he was nicknamed Le Chat, French for The Cat, so nicknamed because of his luck in evading death after surviving at least three assassination attempts, a police shootout and escaping from custody twice.
Biography
Born in the Montreal neighbourhood of Rosemont, Blass would turn to amateur boxing as a way to channel his anger when he was a child. It was after a boxing fight that Blass would commit one of his first known crimes, as he attacked fellow boxer Michel Gouin once their fight was over. Having lost to Gouin, Blass attacked his victor with a knife, then pleading guilty to assault and spending one night in jail.
As time went by, Blass became more obsessed with the mafia activity going on in New York city, south of Montreal. As obsessed as he was with the mafia, however, he was also known for his hatred of mafia organizations: resenting the fact that the Italian mafia held a stronghold on Montreal's underworld business during the 1960s, Blass was involved in minor fights with many mafia members, particularly those related to Frank Cotroni and brothers Jos and Vincenzo DiMaulo, all of which received death threats by Blass. He had also worked as hitman for notorious West End Gang.
Richard Blass and Robert Allard were to ambush Frank Cotroni on May 7, 1968. But the ambush attempt was broken by a policeman who saw them act suspiciously and proceeded to try to investigate them by following them in his patrol car. Cotroni's life was saved by the policeman who was not able to arrest Blass or Allard as they escaped.
By then, Blass had a sizable number of members in his own criminal gang. Angered at the fact that they could not kill Cotroni, Blass and his gang then became more violent, committing a number of murders against Italians, some of whom had nothing to do with crime. The first such killing took place on May 27, twenty days after the attempt against Cotroni's life, when Giuseppe Collizza was killed with five shots to the head.
One of the persons that Blass and his group killed, Francesco Grado, however, had connections to the Italian mafia. Grado was a loan shark for the mafia. He was murdered with multiple gun shots.
On August 24 of that year (1968), the first mafia attempt against Blass' life took place, when two hired gunmen entered a bar where Blass was enjoying some drinks. Although shot at multiple times, Blass was able to escape unscathed.
Two weeks later, Blass was tracked by the mafia in a motel named "Le Manoir de Plaisance", in a Montreal suburb. The motel was set on fire and three people died, but Blass escaped the blaze. Police investigation indicated arson as the fire's cause.
On October 1968, Richard Blass was injured by bullet shots to the head and back after being ambushed, alongside partner Claude Menard, inside a garage. The two were able to save their lives when Menard drove the car they were in through the garage's door, and Blass required hospitalization for his wounds. He refused to identify his attackers, a fact which may have led him to earn respect among Canadian mafia members.
On January 1969, Blass and his gang tried to commit a bank robbery but the attempt failed before Blass shot a policeman as he was fleeing from the financial institution. Blass was consequently arrested, and sentenced to four consecutive terms of ten years in jail.
On October 16 of that year, Blass became a fugitive for the first time, when he and other prisoners overpowered a jail guard and fled the van in which they were being transported to a court. Already married, Blass was caught after an anonymous caller informed the police that he was hiding in his wife's apartment.
Blass awaited five years, until 1974, for his second attempt at an escape. An unidentified woman friend of his brought in some firearms during a visit, and Blass broke the jail visitor's window. Armed with various types of guns and rifles, he and other men were able to escape jail, in Blass' case, for the second time.
Blass wanted to kill Raymond Laurin and Roger L̮̩vesque, both of whom had participated in the 1970 bank robbery and testified against him. He found them both at a bar on October 30 and shot them to their deaths.
Convinced that he needed to kill all witnesses of the deaths of Laurin and L̮̩vesque, Blass and gang partner Fernand Beaudet returned to the bar on January 21, 1975. They locked ten men and three women inside a bar locker, killing the thirteen persons.
What followed that act was one of Canada's largest manhunts in history. On January 24, at 4:30 AM EST, police opened the door to the room where Blass was staying. Blass fired at them, but he was hit twenty three times by police bullets, dying instantly.
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Biography
Born in the Montreal neighbourhood of Rosemont, Blass would turn to amateur boxing as a way to channel his anger when he was a child. It was after a boxing fight that Blass would commit one of his first known crimes, as he attacked fellow boxer Michel Gouin once their fight was over. Having lost to Gouin, Blass attacked his victor with a knife, then pleading guilty to assault and spending one night in jail.
As time went by, Blass became more obsessed with the mafia activity going on in New York city, south of Montreal. As obsessed as he was with the mafia, however, he was also known for his hatred of mafia organizations: resenting the fact that the Italian mafia held a stronghold on Montreal's underworld business during the 1960s, Blass was involved in minor fights with many mafia members, particularly those related to Frank Cotroni and brothers Jos and Vincenzo DiMaulo, all of which received death threats by Blass. He had also worked as hitman for notorious West End Gang.
Richard Blass and Robert Allard were to ambush Frank Cotroni on May 7, 1968. But the ambush attempt was broken by a policeman who saw them act suspiciously and proceeded to try to investigate them by following them in his patrol car. Cotroni's life was saved by the policeman who was not able to arrest Blass or Allard as they escaped.
By then, Blass had a sizable number of members in his own criminal gang. Angered at the fact that they could not kill Cotroni, Blass and his gang then became more violent, committing a number of murders against Italians, some of whom had nothing to do with crime. The first such killing took place on May 27, twenty days after the attempt against Cotroni's life, when Giuseppe Collizza was killed with five shots to the head.
One of the persons that Blass and his group killed, Francesco Grado, however, had connections to the Italian mafia. Grado was a loan shark for the mafia. He was murdered with multiple gun shots.
On August 24 of that year (1968), the first mafia attempt against Blass' life took place, when two hired gunmen entered a bar where Blass was enjoying some drinks. Although shot at multiple times, Blass was able to escape unscathed.
Two weeks later, Blass was tracked by the mafia in a motel named "Le Manoir de Plaisance", in a Montreal suburb. The motel was set on fire and three people died, but Blass escaped the blaze. Police investigation indicated arson as the fire's cause.
On October 1968, Richard Blass was injured by bullet shots to the head and back after being ambushed, alongside partner Claude Menard, inside a garage. The two were able to save their lives when Menard drove the car they were in through the garage's door, and Blass required hospitalization for his wounds. He refused to identify his attackers, a fact which may have led him to earn respect among Canadian mafia members.
On January 1969, Blass and his gang tried to commit a bank robbery but the attempt failed before Blass shot a policeman as he was fleeing from the financial institution. Blass was consequently arrested, and sentenced to four consecutive terms of ten years in jail.
On October 16 of that year, Blass became a fugitive for the first time, when he and other prisoners overpowered a jail guard and fled the van in which they were being transported to a court. Already married, Blass was caught after an anonymous caller informed the police that he was hiding in his wife's apartment.
Blass awaited five years, until 1974, for his second attempt at an escape. An unidentified woman friend of his brought in some firearms during a visit, and Blass broke the jail visitor's window. Armed with various types of guns and rifles, he and other men were able to escape jail, in Blass' case, for the second time.
Blass wanted to kill Raymond Laurin and Roger L̮̩vesque, both of whom had participated in the 1970 bank robbery and testified against him. He found them both at a bar on October 30 and shot them to their deaths.
Convinced that he needed to kill all witnesses of the deaths of Laurin and L̮̩vesque, Blass and gang partner Fernand Beaudet returned to the bar on January 21, 1975. They locked ten men and three women inside a bar locker, killing the thirteen persons.
What followed that act was one of Canada's largest manhunts in history. On January 24, at 4:30 AM EST, police opened the door to the room where Blass was staying. Blass fired at them, but he was hit twenty three times by police bullets, dying instantly.
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General, Off Topic / My first Fireworks simulaion
February 29, 2012, 03:13:39 AM
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Matteo's Mods / I just visited
March 01, 2012, 04:02:20 AM
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you should add friedly site:
you should add friedly site:
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General, Off Topic / The witcher 2 assasins of kings
March 01, 2012, 12:05:09 PM
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General, Off Topic / Gee what a night....on twitter
March 02, 2012, 12:24:03 PM
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Real Mob Stories / 2 Mafia-linked shootings in Greater Montreal
March 03, 2012, 12:01:23 PM
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1 victim identified as Giuseppe (Closure) Colapelle
A 38-year-old man with reported links to the Montreal Mafia was gunned down in a strip mall parking lot in Saint-L̮̩onard on Thursday evening.
Radio-Canada has identified the victim as Giuseppe (Closure) Colapelle, an enforcer with ties to the Rizzuto clan.
Montreal police said a man was sitting in his SUV in a parking lot near the intersection of Langelier and Lavoisier boulevards at around 6 p.m. ET when he was shot.
Police spokeswoman Anie Lemieux said the victim, who is known to police, was "injured with at least one gunshot" and declared dead at hospital.
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Man shot at used car dealership
A second Thursday night shooting in the greater Montreal area is being linked to organized crime.
Steven Laporte, 39, died after being shot at a used car dealership on Highway 117, east of Saint-Sauveur.
Police say a suspect entered the dealership Thursday afternoon, started firing and left.
The victim is the son of Andr̮̩ Laporte, according to Andr̮̩ C̮̩dilot, a former La Presse journalist who covered organized crime for several decades.
Laporte is "very well known and very close to the Mafia," said C̮̩dilot, who is also author of Mafia Inc. a book on Montreal organized crime.
C̮̩dilot said the Laportes are currently under investigation for a series of suspicious fires.
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Other shooting deaths have Mafia ties
Colapelle's death is the latest in a series of killings involving victims with links to the Montreal Mafia since the police operation targeting mob bosses in 2006.
In November, Salvatore Montagna, once identified by law enforcement as boss of the Bonanno crime family, was gunned down near Montreal.
Five men were arrested in connection with his death. They include Raynald Desjardins, a close associate of Montreal's reputed Mafia don, Vito Rizzuto.
Montreal police are still investigating the latest shooting and no arrests have been made.
1 victim identified as Giuseppe (Closure) Colapelle
A 38-year-old man with reported links to the Montreal Mafia was gunned down in a strip mall parking lot in Saint-L̮̩onard on Thursday evening.
Radio-Canada has identified the victim as Giuseppe (Closure) Colapelle, an enforcer with ties to the Rizzuto clan.
Montreal police said a man was sitting in his SUV in a parking lot near the intersection of Langelier and Lavoisier boulevards at around 6 p.m. ET when he was shot.
Police spokeswoman Anie Lemieux said the victim, who is known to police, was "injured with at least one gunshot" and declared dead at hospital.
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Man shot at used car dealership
A second Thursday night shooting in the greater Montreal area is being linked to organized crime.
Steven Laporte, 39, died after being shot at a used car dealership on Highway 117, east of Saint-Sauveur.
Police say a suspect entered the dealership Thursday afternoon, started firing and left.
The victim is the son of Andr̮̩ Laporte, according to Andr̮̩ C̮̩dilot, a former La Presse journalist who covered organized crime for several decades.
Laporte is "very well known and very close to the Mafia," said C̮̩dilot, who is also author of Mafia Inc. a book on Montreal organized crime.
C̮̩dilot said the Laportes are currently under investigation for a series of suspicious fires.
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Other shooting deaths have Mafia ties
Colapelle's death is the latest in a series of killings involving victims with links to the Montreal Mafia since the police operation targeting mob bosses in 2006.
In November, Salvatore Montagna, once identified by law enforcement as boss of the Bonanno crime family, was gunned down near Montreal.
Five men were arrested in connection with his death. They include Raynald Desjardins, a close associate of Montreal's reputed Mafia don, Vito Rizzuto.
Montreal police are still investigating the latest shooting and no arrests have been made.
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General, Off Topic / Just transfer some files
March 03, 2012, 12:10:20 PM
I just make a back up of all the files i have on mafia 1 and 2 to a blueray disk a little bit more then 20 gigs
of download
hmy: hmy: hmy:
of download
hmy: hmy: hmy:
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Real Mob Stories / a little report an the folloers of the real mafia
March 03, 2012, 12:19:26 PM
88 people show intrest in the Montreal mob story
The most reads gangster srory:
Al Capone is the most readed 74 hits
Charlie Lucky Luciano 68 hits
thanks to all the reader
The most reads gangster srory:
Al Capone is the most readed 74 hits
Charlie Lucky Luciano 68 hits
thanks to all the reader
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Real Mob Stories / My reference guide about the Mafia
March 03, 2012, 02:13:35 PM
1792:
New York: Coulter's Brewery is built at the Five Points, named for the points created by the intersection of Park, Worth, and Baxter streets in New York's Lower East.It would become known as the "Old Brewery" and be inhabited by the poorest of the New York City's immigrant poor.It was known as a center of vice and debauchery throughout the nineteenth century where numerous gang battles, murders and assorted crimes would occur.
1834:
New Orleans, US: Joseph P. Macheca is born, one of the first to organize Sicilian immigrants into a gang in Louisiana.
1857:
Sicily: Carlos Matranga is born who would eventually became the leader of the New Orleans Mafia.
1858:
New Orleans, US: Carlos Matrangaâââ‰â¢s family moves from Sicily.
1860:
Boston, Mass: The first Italian immigrants came in from Genoa and settled in a three-block area off Fulton Street, they numbered fewer than 200. The Genoese were followed by the Campanians, who were followed by the Sicilians, the Avellinese, the Neopolitans, and the Abruzzesians. Each group settled in their own area within the North End, creating their own enclave within the greater North End neighborhood.
1861:
Palermo, Sicily: Sicilian underground âââ¬ÃâMafiaâââ¬
New York: Coulter's Brewery is built at the Five Points, named for the points created by the intersection of Park, Worth, and Baxter streets in New York's Lower East.It would become known as the "Old Brewery" and be inhabited by the poorest of the New York City's immigrant poor.It was known as a center of vice and debauchery throughout the nineteenth century where numerous gang battles, murders and assorted crimes would occur.
1834:
New Orleans, US: Joseph P. Macheca is born, one of the first to organize Sicilian immigrants into a gang in Louisiana.
1857:
Sicily: Carlos Matranga is born who would eventually became the leader of the New Orleans Mafia.
1858:
New Orleans, US: Carlos Matrangaâââ‰â¢s family moves from Sicily.
1860:
Boston, Mass: The first Italian immigrants came in from Genoa and settled in a three-block area off Fulton Street, they numbered fewer than 200. The Genoese were followed by the Campanians, who were followed by the Sicilians, the Avellinese, the Neopolitans, and the Abruzzesians. Each group settled in their own area within the North End, creating their own enclave within the greater North End neighborhood.
1861:
Palermo, Sicily: Sicilian underground âââ¬ÃâMafiaâââ¬
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General, Off Topic / Computer Stupidity
March 03, 2012, 10:23:04 PM972
General, Off Topic / My second fireworks simulation
March 04, 2012, 01:03:05 AM
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Real Mob Stories / I hope they all burn in HELL
March 04, 2012, 03:04:21 AM
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Mafia General Discussion / just for the fun of it
March 04, 2012, 09:35:57 PM
How many hours have you spend
Playing Mafia 1 ?
Playing Mafia 2 ?
For Mafia 2 the ones on steam will be easy it show :lol:
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Playing Mafia 1 ?
Playing Mafia 2 ?
For Mafia 2 the ones on steam will be easy it show :lol:
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General, Off Topic / I just find out...
March 04, 2012, 09:37:47 PM
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