This perhaps underlines why the Russian whistle-blowers, a husband and wife, who told all to the German documentary crew, remain in hiding in Western Europe.
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The ONI had now a lead for a possible spy. Their big break came about because of sloppy tradecraft by Thompson. He told his story while drunk to Willard James Turrentine, an unemployed native of St. Louis who shared his Long Beach apartment because he wanted to expand his spy business. Turrentine in turn told all to the ONI with a letter from Thompson from Mr. Tanni which he stole as evidence.
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Even during his second marriage, Wallis continued to screen Scott's films at home, night after night.Charles Higham (University of Wisconsin Press, 1st edition, October 27, 2009), In and Out of Hollywood: A Biographer's Memoir, p. 214 Scott herself tended toward secrecy about her personal relationships and publicly disparaged former dates who told all to the press. Once their date appears in the press, "'the man goes off [my] date list' ... 'I think,' said Miss Scott, 'that gentlemen don't tell.'"UP (Thursday, April 1, 1948), Hollywood, The Daily Notes (Canonsburg, Pennsylvania), p.
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Canzone 'e Ciccio Cappuccio, by Ferdinando Russo, Il Mattino, December 9, 1892 He was succeeded by Enrico Alfano.Camorrist Told All To Win His Bride, The New York Times, March 6, 1911 Other sources mention that after the death of Cappuccio, Giuseppe Chirico, 'o Granatiere (The Grenadier), from the Porta San Gennaro neighbourhood was elected. He was defeated in a zumpata – a kind of ritual initiation knife duel – by Totonno 'o pappagallo (The Parrot) – so-named for his beak parrot nose – who took over the reign before being defeated by Alfano. Consiglio, La camorra a Napoli, p.
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184–86 However, the inquiry revealed little about the inner workings of the Camorra.Criminal Band That Murdered Petrosino In Police Coils, by Walter Littlefield, The New York Times, September 11, 1910 According to an informer, Alfano had become the head of the Camorra after the death of the legendary capintesta (head-in-chief) Ciccio Cappuccio in 1892,Camorrist Told All To Win His Bride, The New York Times, March 6, 1911 although other sources disagree over his rise to power. According to a New York Times report on the Cuocolo trial in 1911, Alfano was below medium height but a man of commanding presence; across his cheek he bore a long scar, the sfregio (a knife slash for dishonour; a sign of Camorra punishment). The New York Times reported that he was arrested many times as an accomplice in homicide, robbery and less important charges, but had never been convicted.
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