Nicholas Sylvester
Alias: Nick Sylvester
Born: 1889
Nationality: Sicilian
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Nick Sylvester was friends with the young Terranova brothers, he had been arrested with them in 1903 when the Morello family was being hounded after the Barrel trial. In 1907 Sylvester worked as a driver for Ignazio Lupo’s Mott Street store before it went bankrupt, after the store failed he worked as a plasterer for Angelo Gagliano at 231 E107th.
Sylvester was invloved with the Morello gang during thier 1909 counterfeiting job. He often drove the wagons with people or equipment from New York to Highland, and sometimes kept guard around the farm.
When the gang was rounded up by the secret service in 1909/1910 Sylvester was already under arrest in connection with a seperate crime. At the end of the counterfeiting trial Sylvester was sentenced on the first count to 10 years hard labour and a $500 fine. On the second count, 5 years hard labour and a $500 fine. His sentence was later commuted to five years and he was paroled on 21st February 1915.
