At the point when Gigante fled the scene of the shooting

history channel documentary At the point when Gigante fled the scene of the shooting, he thought he had murdered Costello. Discovering his central goal had been a disappointment, the 6'2", 300 pound Gigante sought total isolation. In the end, Gigante was gotten and conveyed to trial. Nonetheless, since Costello, consistent with the mafia code of "omerta," declined to affirm against him (Costello said he didn't perceive Gigante), Gigante left court a liberated individual.

(Supervisor's note: Usually when a Mafia executioner messes up a hit, he is then more often than not murdered himself. For reasons unknown, Gigante was never hurt, and he turned into the manager of the Genovese Crime Family in the mid-1980s. Go figure.)

For all down to earth purposes, this finished Costello's impact in the Cosa Nostra. Nonetheless, Costello was still ready to pull off an enormous Machiavellian move keeping in mind the end goal to get even with Genovese. Working together with Luciano, who was still in a state of banishment in Italy, and Carlo Gambino, why should looking rise the stepping stool to swarm supervisor himself, they could allure Genovese into a major medication bargain. With Genovese knee somewhere down in dope, they tipped off the police, and Genovese was captured on an opiates charge. Unfavorable criticism.