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Despite the informal structure, the Dixie Mafia had one rule that members were expected to obey: "Thou shall not snitch to the cops". [6] Unlike members of the American Mafia, the members of the Dixie mafia were not connected by family or country of origin. They were loosely connected individuals of many nationalities with a common goal—to ...
James David Finch Sr. (born 1950) is an American businessman. He is the owner of Phoenix Construction , a construction company that specializes in airport construction. He owned Phoenix Racing until late 2013 when he sold the team to Harry Scott.
Louisiana State Penitentiary, from where Nix perpetrated a "Lonely Hearts" scam. Kirksey McCord Nix Jr. (born 1943) is the former boss of the Dixie Mafia. [1] [2]He was a suspect in the assassination attempt on Sheriff Buford Pusser and in the death of Buford's wife on August 12, 1967.
After incumbent sheriff James Dickey was killed in an auto accident, [7] Pusser was elected sheriff of McNairy County, Tennessee, becoming the youngest sheriff in Tennessee's history. Pusser promptly began trying to eliminate the Dixie Mafia and the State Line Mob. [8] Pusser survived several assassination attempts. [9]
Richard wants to take the tape to the police. Jim believes the police already know about the videos but are unconcerned because Freddy is far more valuable as an informant against the Dixie Mafia while the victims are illegal immigrants whom few will miss. Ben is so enraged by his son's actions that he is resolved to kill him at any cost.
There is also a song by Molly Hatchet called Cornbread Mafia (on the Kingdom of XII album), and a now-defunct band that called itself Cornbread Mafia. [38] In a 2015 interview with Terry Gross, Graham Yost, the creator and show runner of the FX series Justified, said, "Honestly, we didn't know a lot about the Dixie Mafia. It also goes by the ...
The Italian-American organized crime family began when two Sicilian mafiosi known as the DiGiovanni brothers fled Sicily to Kansas City, Missouri, in 1912.Joseph "Joe Church" DiGiovanni and Peter "Sugarhouse Pete" DiGiovanni began making money from a variety of criminal operations or rackets shortly after their arrival.
Wynn Duffy (played by Jere Burns) is a Dixie Mafia middleman known and feared for his bloodthirsty tactics. He is first seen as a loan shark for the Dixie Mafia extorting Gary Hawkins for borrowed money. He survives a shoot-out with Raylan and reappears in season 2, hired by Gary to assassinate Raylan and Winona.