Raymond Patriarca became the head of a powerful five state crime syndicate which reached throughout New England. By 1938 Patriarca had already served a stint in the Atlanta Federal Prison. In his formative years as a criminal he worked for Warwick, Rhode Island based Carl Rettich. Patriarca was indicted numerous times for jewelry theft and robbing United States mail trucks. My e-book looks closely at this future crime don in his 20s, looking at him as he matured in organized crime. The Rettich gang also included some former Dutch Schultz gang members such as Tommy Dugan. Dugan, formerly the managing director of the New York Americans hockey team, was eventually indicted for kidnapping the nephew of two prominent Albany, New York government leaders.
