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- Harry "The Hunchback" Riccobene (July 27, 1909 – June 19, 2000) was a high-ranking member of the Philadelphia crime family who became a major figure in the Scarfo-Riccobene gang war that followed the 1981 death of boss Philip Testa. He was born in Enna, Sicily, to Mario Riccobene, Sr. and Anna Cimmari. His father, Mario, left Philadelphia to search for a job working in the coal mines in West Virginia and joined him in 1913. His father eventually found work as a stonemason in South Philadelphia. In 1925, Harry's biological mother died of unknown causes and Mario adopted his two nephews, Robert and Mario Jr. after their own mother died during the 1918 flu pandemic. By the 1960s he was separated from his wife Evelyn and is the stepbrother of Mario (Sonny), Robert and Enrico Riccobene. He spoke in a high pitched voice and as he grew older he donned a long white beard. One prospective juror for one of his criminal trials described him as looking like "A little Santa Claus." His legitimate businesses includes television tube companies in Philadelphia, Yonkers, New York and Richmond, Virginia. His arrest record included carrying a concealed weapon, larceny, and possession of narcotics. At one point, Riccobene spent time in prison on a narcotics conviction. A longtime underworld figure in Philadelphia, Riccobene became a soldier under Prohibition mob boss Salvatore Sabella in 1927. Riccobene witnessed the rash of violence that started with the unsanctioned murder of Philadelphia crime boss Angelo Bruno and his replacement by Philip "Chicken Man" Testa. After running the family for one year, Testa was killed by a nail bomb at his home. Nicodemo "Little Nicky" Scarfo then became family boss. Riccobene led a faction against Scarfo for control of family operations in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Scarfo Consigliere Frank Monte informed his crew that he was going to kill Riccobene and take over his loansharking and illegal gambling operations. Monte approached Mario Riccobene, Riccobene's half-brother, and demanded that Mario set up Riccobene to be killed. However, Mario betrayed Monte by telling Riccobene about the plot. Infuriated, Riccobene ordered Mario and hitmen Joseph Pedulla and Victor DeLuca to instead kill Monte, to "... get them before they get us." Between August 1982 and January 1984, Scarfo was imprisoned in a Texas penitentiary for gun possession. During that time, Riccobene began to form another faction that opposed Scarfo. Mario, Pedulla, and DeLuca camped out in a van near Monte's parked Cadillac, waiting for him to come outside. Several hours later, Monte emerged and started getting into his car. Pedulla fired on Monte three times, killing him. Later on, the men unsuccessfully attempted to murder Salvatore Testa, Phil Testa's son, but this time they were arrested by police. Harry's brother Mario became a government informant. Riccobene was indicted on charges of first degree murder. During the trial, Riccobene denied any involvement in organized crime and said that he tried to prevent the three men from committing violence amid "unfounded rumors" of death threats made against them by Scarfo. Despite this, he was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. In 2000, Harry Riccobene died from sepsis at the State Correctional Institute at Dallas, Pennsylvania. (en)
- 哈利·「駝背佬」·李哥班（英語：Harry "The Hunchback" Riccobene，1909年7月27日－2000年6月19日）是一名的高級成員，在1981年老大死後的幫派鬥爭中成為重要人物。 他出生於意大利西西里島的恩納，父親是老馬里奧·李哥班（Mario Riccobene, Sr.），母親是Anna Cimmari。他的父親馬里奧離開費城去西維珍尼亞州的煤礦找工作，並於1913年加入他。他的父親最終在找到了石匠的工作。1925年，哈利的親生母親死於不明原因，馬里奧收養了在1918年流感大流行期間母親去世的兩個侄子羅伯特（Robert）和小馬里奧（Mario Jr.）。到了1960年代，他與妻子Evelyn分居。他是馬里奧、羅伯特和恩里科·李哥班（Enrico Riccobene）的繼兄。他說話的聲音高亢，隨著年齡的增長，他留起了長長的白胡子。一位候選陪審員在李哥班的一次刑事審判中形容他看起來像「一個小聖誕老人」。他的合法生意包括費城、紐約州揚克斯和維珍尼亞州列治文的電視機顯像管公司。他的被捕記錄包括攜帶暗器、盜竊和持有麻醉毒品。有一次，李哥班因麻醉毒品定罪而在監獄中度過一段時間。 李哥班是費城長期的黑社會人物，他在1927年成為禁酒令黑幫老大薩爾瓦托雷·薩貝拉手下的一名士兵。李哥班目睹過暴力事件的發生，從安傑洛·布魯諾在未經批准下被謀殺，以及取代布魯諾。提斯塔在管理家族一年後，在他的家中被一枚釘子炸彈炸死。隨後，成為家族老大。李哥班為了爭奪新澤西州大西洋城的家族生意控制權，率領一個幫派對抗史卡弗。史卡弗的顧問通知他的手下，他要殺掉李哥班，接管他的高利貸和非法賭博業務。蒙特找到李哥班的同父異母弟弟，要求馬里奧設圈套殺害李哥班。然而，馬里奧卻將這個陰謀告訴李哥班，拒絕了蒙特的要求。發怒的李哥班命令馬里奧與殺手Joseph Pedulla和Victor DeLuca改殺蒙特，要「...在他們殺死我們之前先殺死他們。」 1982年8月至1984年1月，史卡弗因持有槍械而被關押在德薩斯州的一所監獄裡。在此期間，李哥班開始組建另一個反抗史卡弗的幫派。馬里奧、Pedulla和DeLuca在蒙特停放佳特力汽車附近的一輛貨車裡扎營，等待蒙特出來。幾個小時後，蒙特出現，並開始上他的車。Pedulla向蒙特開了三槍，將他殺死。後來，他們又試圖謀殺菲力普·提斯塔的兒子，並沒有成功，而這次他們被警方逮捕。他的弟弟馬里奧變成了政府的線人。李哥班以一級謀殺罪被起訴。在審判中，李哥班否認參與任何有組織的犯罪，並且稱在史卡弗對他們發出帶有死亡威脅的「毫無根據的謠言」中，他試圖阻止三人施行暴力。盡管如此，他還是被判犯謀殺罪，並被判處終身監禁。 2000年，哈利·李哥班在賓夕凡尼亞州的因敗血症而去世。 (zh)
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