Title supplied by cataloger. Albert Marco, born Marco Albori, was an Italian bootlegger who was active in Los Angeles during the Prohibition Era in the 1920s. Marco worked closely with Charles H. Crawford, who ran city politics along with Kent Kane Parrot, a powerful attorney involved in city politics. On June 28, 1928 Marco was arrested and put on trial for assault with a deadly weapon when he shot Dominic Conterno and Harry Judson. He was found guilty on two counts and was sentenced to two seven-year terms. He was paroled in 1933 and deported to Italy. He returned to Los Angeles in 1937 hoping to permanently stay in the United States, but he was denied and ordered to return to Italy. Pictured is a chalk drawing of a floor plan of the North End Pleasure Club. The club, run by Albert Marco, was located at 130 1/2 South Spring Street. Marco and aide Antonio Bruno were fined and sentenced to 30 days after prohibition agents raided the club and found several bottles of liquor. Marco tried to deny ownership of the club, but federal agents noticed that two ferocious guard dogs were only quieted by Marco's command. The judge in the case declared this more significant than the testimony of humans. Photograph dated November 19, 1927.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;33 x 23 cm. Photographic prints
Marco, Albert--Trials, litigation, etc North End Pleasure Club (Los Angeles, Calif.) Floor plans--California--Los Angeles Nightclubs--California--Los Angeles Organized crime--United States Crime--California--Los Angeles Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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