I 1953 gav Vito Genovese angiveligt ordre til likvideringen af gangsteren Steven Franse.<ref name="Sifakis pp. 172">Sifakis [https://books.google.com/books?id=jgCpxTpPCPcC&pg=PA172&lpg=PA172&dq=Steven+Franse+mobster&source=bl&ots=RDKTl7Z3dn&sig=Yb2bBVkR1fDJficjC2nmYBPQS5Q&hl=en&sa=X&ei=oKShT-29Hu3H6AGPxdjrCA&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Steven%20Franse%20mobster&f=false pp. 172] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211017021810/https://books.google.com/books?id=jgCpxTpPCPcC&pg=PA172&lpg=PA172&dq=Steven+Franse+mobster&source=bl&ots=RDKTl7Z3dn&sig=Yb2bBVkR1fDJficjC2nmYBPQS5Q&hl=en&sa=X&ei=oKShT-29Hu3H6AGPxdjrCA&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Steven%20Franse%20mobster&f=false |date=17. oktober 2021 }}</ref> Genovese havde bedt Franse om at holde øje med Anna, mens han var på flugt i Italien.<ref name="Sifakis pp. 172"/> Rasende over Annas mulige utroskab og sagsanlægget mod ham, bad han gangsteren [[Joseph Valachi]] om at sørge for, at Franse blev likvideret.<ref name="Valachi pp.8">[https://web.archive.org/web/20030906071209/http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/mob_bosses/valachi/times_8.html The Dying of the Light: The Joseph Valachi Story] by Thomas L. Jones (TruTv Crime Library)</ref> Den 18. juni 1953 inviterede Valachi Franse til sin restaurant i [[the Bronx]], hvor Franse blev kvalt af Pasquale Pagano og Valachis nevø Fiore Siano.<ref name="Valachi pp.8"/>
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