The G-man and the Hit Man
A REPORTER AT LARGE about the late Mafia hit man Gregory Scarpa, Jr. and his relationship as informant with F.B.I. agent R. Lindley DeVecchio, who was …
On mobster Gregory Scarpa killing during the Colombo war: "One night he surprised a rebel who stood on a ladder, with his back turned, hanging Christmas lights on his house. Scarpa rolled down his car window, stuck out his rifle, and picked the man off with three shots. Then he paged his consigliere with the satanic code 666, to signify a fresh kill."