Gaetano and his brothers had seized control of the Pittsburgh rackets from their base of operations in Wilmerding, the brothers were in control of the city's illegal activities by the mid 1920s. Guy and John Volpe were once arrested for the 1926 murder of Wilmerding chief of Police Harry Davenport, but were never prosecuted. Guy was described in newspapers as more laid back than the rest of the clan. People in Wilmerding knew him as the banana seller, because he handled the legitimate side of the family business. The power and influence of the Volpe brothers declined after the murder of James, John and Arthur Volpe in 1932, another brother, Chester, had died a few years earlier in a car accident, leaving Guy and brother Louis Volpe fighting to maintain their standing within the Pittsburgh
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| - Gaetano and his brothers had seized control of the Pittsburgh rackets from their base of operations in Wilmerding, the brothers were in control of the city's illegal activities by the mid 1920s. Guy and John Volpe were once arrested for the 1926 murder of Wilmerding chief of Police Harry Davenport, but were never prosecuted. Guy was described in newspapers as more laid back than the rest of the clan. People in Wilmerding knew him as the banana seller, because he handled the legitimate side of the family business. The power and influence of the Volpe brothers declined after the murder of James, John and Arthur Volpe in 1932, another brother, Chester, had died a few years earlier in a car accident, leaving Guy and brother Louis Volpe fighting to maintain their standing within the Pittsburgh
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| - Gaetano and his brothers had seized control of the Pittsburgh rackets from their base of operations in Wilmerding, the brothers were in control of the city's illegal activities by the mid 1920s. Guy and John Volpe were once arrested for the 1926 murder of Wilmerding chief of Police Harry Davenport, but were never prosecuted. Guy was described in newspapers as more laid back than the rest of the clan. People in Wilmerding knew him as the banana seller, because he handled the legitimate side of the family business. The power and influence of the Volpe brothers declined after the murder of James, John and Arthur Volpe in 1932, another brother, Chester, had died a few years earlier in a car accident, leaving Guy and brother Louis Volpe fighting to maintain their standing within the Pittsburgh crime family. Guy was the first of the brothers to die a nonviolent death. His brothers' deaths took a toll on him. He died of a "paralytic stroke" on April 8, 1934. Alcohol was most likely the cause, death records stated.
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