re: Anyone Got Any Good Dixie Mafia Stories?

My grandfather was a New Orleans cop as was his 2 brothers. They absolutely hated Dixie Mafia members as did Marcello. It all came to a head in 1972 when the Dixie Mafia killed Frank Corso who was a grocery store owner. Corso was connected and Marcello and the Italians did not like it one bit.

My grandfather was on the scene when they found Corso and because he was Italian and knew the guys who worked with Marcello he went to talk to them because it did not look like a typical Sicilian Mafia hit, mainly because if Corso had truly run a foul of Marcello, Corso would never had made it home and you would never have found the body. They were adamant that they had nothing to do with it and word out was that the Little Man was none too happy about it.

So Joe G. The Police Chief has a sit down with Marcello, Marcello assures him that Corso was not them but that he will find out and let them know... the cops and the mob sometimes traded information because neither wanted anyone upsetting things too much.

A while later, Kirksey Nix was picked up. Kirksville was the "Boss" of the Dixie Mafia and the plot was pinned on him...which he had have a part in. Kirksey has been a guest of the Federal government now for a very long time.

My grandfather said that the mob found out about Nix's part and offered to take him out, but was asked him not to and they with the assurance that Nix would've get out...deals were made.

After everything calms down, Marcello and some others go to Biloxi and visit Mike Gillich and assure him that if there is ever any Dixie activity in the New Orleans area again that he was to be notified.....if not, there would be no calls about it.