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ak -t Nov. 18, 1971 Honolulu Star-Bulletin 11-5 11-5 b'tvi" rEl 0 0 Is hlAtade Ch bvtal Ch 0 Dd I Stir -z-L J. zt 4 then for being unable to stop her talking. In October of 1966 Trigger Mike 'died in an expensive Boston hospital room of undisclosed causes. ANN WENT TO ROME AFTER THE TRIAL at which she never got a chance to testify.

Six months later she committed suicide by combining an overdose of Nembutals with a lot of scotch. She had been marked by the Mob as a stoolie and an outcast and was under an underworld death sentence. Ann left a number of letters, including one to the Internal Revenue Service attache at the American Embassy in Paris. In it she addressed, among others, Robert Kennedy and her daughter, Joan. Her last words in the letter were for her ex-husband, Trigger Mike: "Mike Coppola, someday, somehow, a person or God or the law shall catch up with you, you yellow-bellied bastard.

You are the lowest and biggest coward I have had the misfortune to meet." NEXT: Organized Crime and Narcotics Reprinted with permission of McCraw-Hill Book Company, from the book THE MAFIA IS NOT AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER by Nicholas Gage. Copyright (c) 1971 by Nicholas Gage. October of hospital AL at which iths later she se of Nembu arked by the ler an under-to the Inter- can Embassy Robert Ken- 7 ex-husband, Person or God Tellow-bellied oward I have otics my, from the book OYER by Nicholas Continued from Page B4 very generous lover, he will almost never divorce his Wife to marry his girlfriend. This, of course, is a universal tendency of the married male, but the Mafioso, especially, respects the old double standard which holds that there are good women (one's wife and mother) and bad women (who are fun to sleep with) and each must be carefully kept in a separate niche. THE OLD-TIME 'MAFIOSIthe "Mustache Petes" as they are called, who were born in Sicily and brought the Cosa Nostra to the United Stateshad very strict sexual codes and frowned on members having misitresses at all.

Mustache Petes like Giuseppe Masseria even blocked the entry of Al Capone into the Mafia for a good many years because they disapproved of the fact that he made money from prostitution. The modern Mafia leader, however, finds a good-looking mistresspreferably severalas important an accessory as a diamond pinky ring or a Miami Beach suntan. One such interesting revelation emerged when the FBI, under court order, released conversations picked up by a "bug" in the office of Sam "The Plumber" DeCavalcante, the boss of a small New Jersey Mafia uavaicante, the boss of a small New Jersey Mafia fami- manager, Charles Drahmann, a small-time gangster, and eventually married him. When Ann was 31, Drahmann and his boss were killed in the crash of a private plane, and Ann found herself a widow with little money. She opened a dress shop and frequently gave parties at which local gangsters were guests.

In 1955, Ann was invited to attend the Rocky Marciano-Archie Moore fight in New York in the company of three gangsters and their wives. The real purpose of the trip, although they didn't mention it, was to introduce -Ann to "Trigger Mike" Coppola. Because New York had become a bit too hot for him, Trigger Mike, a fat and swarthy man only 5'5" tall, now spent most of his time in a luxurious home in Miami Beach but returned to New York frequently to keep an eye on his assorted rackets. TRIGGER MIKE WAS enchanted with Ann and after a short courtship, during which he bombarded her with jewels, candy and flowers, they were married on Dec. 28, 1955, in Lawrenceburg, Ind.

Mike paid for the party for the wedding guests with a $1.000 bill. Once established in the Miami Beach homes Ann, who was too nosey for her own good, unearthed a number of hiding places behind walls and sliding bookcaseswhere her husband kept vast sums of cash hidden. Most important mob figures do this. She was rewarded for her discoveries with a vicious beating from Mike. Soon she discovered that he had a strong sadistic streak that included practices more bizarre than the frequent beatings he gave her.

In spite of the beatings, Ann felt that her life as the wife of an important Mafia figure had its compensations. But after a time, Ann felt that life with Trigger Mike had become intolerable. The beatings were as frequent as ever. After her daughter graduated from private school, the girl came to live with them and Ann felt that Mike had shown an unhealthy interest in the 18-year-old. was too nosey for her own good, unearthed a number of hiding places behind walls and sliding bookcaseswhere her husband kept vast sums of cash hidden.

Most important mob figures do this. She was re- warded for her discoveries with a vicious beating from During a violent fight he also revealed that he had been providing the girl with drugs. In 1960, after one last bloody fight, Ann and her daughter moved out. She had prepared the way by gradually sneaking her cash and jewels out of the house ahead of time. First Mike filed for divorce charging that her "vile and abusive language" would make delinquents of his children by his previous marriage.

She filed a cross-claim charging him with extreme cruelty. Their final divorce decree was signed March 25. He agreed to pay her $25,000 in cash and another $25,000 under the table. ABOUT THIS TIME, an agent of the Internal Revenue Service approached Ann and asked if she could help with an audit of her husband's tax returns by giving information on his income and expenditures. Out of vengeance, she agreed.

Trigger Mike, who had handed her a total of $277,100 in four years, had reported his income to the IRS as $15,000 in 1957 and $31,087 in 1958, claiming that it was earned at the racetrack. Ann pourei out every detail of her life with Trigger Mike as the IRS prepared its case against him. She estimated Mike's income from the rackets as at least $1 million a year. In 1961 he was finally indicted on four counts of income tax evasion. When the time came for the trial, Ann was ready to testify, but Mike suddenly pleaded guilty.

It was generally believed that the mob had decided that this was the course he must take, in order to prevent damaging secrets about his rackets beincr 6 aired in court. He. was or- dered to serve a year and aday on each of four counts, the sentences to run concurrently, and was ordered to pay a $40,000 fine. He was also placed on four years probation when his sentence expired. Mike served his sentence in federal prison near Atlanta, where such colleagues as Vito Genovese and Joe Valachl were coprisoners.

After his release, most of his underworld friends made clear they regarded him as a fool, 'both for allowing his wife to learn his secrets and of income tax evasion. When the time came for the trial, Ann was ready to testify, but Mike suddenly pleaded guilty. It was general- ly believed that the mob had decided that this was the course he must take, in order to prevent damaging se- family. ly. ALA WORLD'S MINI-HOLIDAY LAKE TAHOEsoum SHORE DLIDAY ILITH SHORE WORLD'S MINIHOLIDAY ALA I A TA LIP if-DAY NIGHTS TRANSPORTATION, ROOM, MEALS, BEVERAGES 265 EV.

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AR.22 'NOW! 40011 ALA WORLD TRAVEL, INC. 'EL, INC. 1126 12th AVENUE, ROOM 206 TEL. 7344971 TEL.7344971 1 1 1 1 In addition to more significant facts about a life of a Mafia boss, the transcript revealed that Sam, a married man, was carrying on an affair with his secretary, Harriet Gold, who also was the sister of Larry Wolfson, Sam's partner in his plumbing business. And not only was Sam cheating on his wife with Harriet, he was also cheating on Harriet with a number of other women.

He frequently told each and every one of them, including his wife, how much he loved them. He also got a kick out of talking to Harriet's husband on one telephone line while whispering endearments to her on another. As the affair progressed, Harriet complained that she was uncomfortable when she and her husband and Sam and his wife were together, that Sam didn't call her as often as he promised. that she was no longer sleeping with her husband, and that she didn't get along with him any more. Sam, meanwhile, continued to set up stolen weekend trips with other women and emphasized to Harriet, when necessary, his respect for his wife Mary and their children.

The Mafia woman who most deserves pity is the Mafia daughter. She didn't choose her life, but once she is born into the Mafia hierarchy, she finds it difficult to escape. Her love life and her virtue become matters of great interest to everyone in her father's Mafia family. Her marriage is likely to be one arranged for political reasons to bolster the strength of the Mafia family, and she may not even know the selected groom. TWENTY YEARS AGO, emissaries might arrange marriages between "families" as far apart as Brooklyn and Detroit.

In 1957, over 100 Mafia leaders from all over the United States arrived at the famous Cosa Nostra conclave at Apalachin, N.Y. It was raided by state troopers and 60 of the Mafia delegates were stopped by police as they tried to escape. Afterwards, the McClellan Senate investigating subcommittee charted the interrelationships, including marriages, as a clue to the affiances among Mafia "families." Today, however, according to law enforcement authorities, more and more Mafia daughters are meeting and marrying men outside the Mafia. One reason for this is the increased tendency of young people to travel. Another is the fact that Mafia daughters are, as a rule, sent to college.

As a Mafia daughter grows up, she is carefully trained in the niceties of being a Mafia wife. The first and foremost qualities expected of her are loyalty and silence. That she must protect her virtue goes without saying. But even a good Mafia wife who follows all the rules may sometimes come to grief if she makes the mistake of knowing too "Trigger Mike" Coppola, an important figure in the New York numbers racket. had a dark-eyed wife named Doris whom he loved.

But one day, when Mike and a friend discussed a certain Republican district captain in Mike's home, his wife Doris was present. The next day the district captain was beaten and six days later be died. During the investigation of the murder, Mrs. Coppola vanished, but a manhunt for her as a possible witness in the case was launched and she eventually surrendered-. When she appeared before a grand jury she was charged on the basis of her testimony with perjury.

Now she was in a difficult position: If she told the truth. her husband would go to jail. If she refused to talk, she would go to jail. To make matters worse, Doris was pregnant. While she was still under indictment, a daughter was born and the next day Mrs.

Coppola died in the hospital, thus solving everyone's problems. EVERYONE ASSUMED that Doris had died of the complications of childbirth, but, many years later, Trigger Mike's second wife claimed she found papers in a safe that indicated that Mike had had his beloved wife killed. Any man who puts his love for his wife before his sense of "justice" weakens himself in the eyes of his fellow gangsters and loses face. One of the most fascinating stories of a Mafia wife is that of Ann Drahmann, who became the second wife of "Trigger Mike" Coppola. As she found out, some Mafia husbands carry home with them the violence and sadism that make them so feared in the underworld.

Ann was born to Italian parents in 1921 in Cincinnati. She became a waitress in a mob-owned restaurant-barcasino in Covington, Ky. She caught the eye of the casino In addition to more significant facts about a life of a Mafia boss, the transcript revealed that Sam, a married man, was carrying on an affair with his secretary. liar- and his wife were together, that Sam didn't call her as often as he promised. that she was no longer sleeping with her husband, and that she didn't get along with him any more.

Sam, meanwhile, continued to set up stolen weekend trips with other women and emphasized to Har- riet, when necessary, his respect for his wife Mary and their children. The Mafia woman who most deserves pity is the Mafia daughter. She didn't choose her life, but once she is born into the Mafia hierarchy, she finds it difficult to escape. Her love life and her virtue become matters of great in- terest to everyone in her father's Mafia family. Her mar- riage is likely to be one arranged for political reasons to bolster the strength of the Mafia family, and she may not even know the selected groom.

TWENTY YEARS AGO, emissaries might arrange marriages between "families" as far apart as Brooklyn- and Detroit. In 1957, over 100 Mafia leaders from all over the United States arrived at the famous Cosa Nostra cop- lave at Apalachin, N.Y. It was raided by state troopers and 60 of the Mafia del- egates were stopped by police as they tried to escape. Afterwards, the McClellan Senate investigating subcom- mittee charted the interrelationships, including mar- riages, as a clue to the alliances among Mafia "fami- lies." Today, however, according to law enforcement author- the increased tendency of young people to travel. Anoth- ities, more and more Mafia daughters are meeting and marrying men outside the Mafia.

One reason for this is er is the fact that Mafia daughters are, as a rule, sent to college. As a Mafia daughter grows up, she is carefully trained in the niceties of being a Mafia wife. The first and fore- most qualities expected of her are loyalty and silence. That she must protect her virtue goes without saying. But even a good Mafia wife who follows all the rules may sometimes come to grief if she makes the mistake of knowing too "Trigger Mike" Coppola, an important figure in the New York numbers racket.

had a dark-eyed wife named Doris whom he loved. But one day, when Mike and a friend discussed a certain Republican district captain in Mike's home, his wife Doris was present. The next day the district captain was beaten and six days later be died. During the investigation of the murder, Mrs. Coppola vanished, but a manhunt for her as a possible witness in the case was launched and she eventually surrendered-.

When she appeared before a grand jury she was charged on the basis of her testimony with perjury. Now she was in a difficult position-. If she told the truth. her husband would go to jail. If she refused to talk she would go to jail.

To make mat- ters 'worse, Doris Was pregnant. hue she was still un- der indictment, a daughter was born and the next day Mrs. Coppola died in the hospital, thus solving every- one's problems. EVERYONE ASSUMED that Doris had died of the complications of childbirth, but, many years later, Trig- ger Mike's second wife claimed she found papers in a safe that indicated that Mike had had his beloved wife killed. Any man who puts his love for his wife before his sense of "justice" weakens himself in the eyes of his fellow gangsters and loses face.

One of the most fascinating stories of a Mafia wife is that of Ann Drahmann, who became the second A fritirirl nil crimes Unit in husbands carry home with them the violence and sadism that make them so feared in the underworld. Ann was born to Italian parents in 1921 in Cincinnati. She became a waitress in a mob-owned restaurant-bar- casino in Covington, Ky. She caught the eye of the casino PAATTEL: BARBIE'S HORSE, DANCER Comp. at Pt Alt Barbie's girl-friends can ride her horse.

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