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| - When Rupolo was just a kid, he had got into an argument with another young tough, who had settled their dispute by shooting out his right eye, and the bullet was still in there, somewhere, which earned him his nickname "The Hawk" and also because when out robbing, he never missed anything of value to steal.
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| - When Rupolo was just a kid, he had got into an argument with another young tough, who had settled their dispute by shooting out his right eye, and the bullet was still in there, somewhere, which earned him his nickname "The Hawk" and also because when out robbing, he never missed anything of value to steal. During the 1930s, Vito Genovese frequently used Rupolo for murder contracts. In 1934, Genovese ordered Rupolo to kill gambler Ferdinand "The Shadow" Boccia. Boccia had collaborated with Genovese in setting up a rigged card game to cheat a prominent businessman. After the scam was completed, Boccia demanded a third of the profits. Genovese refused Boccia's demand and hired Willie Gallo and Rupolo to murder him. On September 19, 1934, Gallo and Rupolo shot Boccia to death in Brooklyn. The body would be recovered from the Hudson River in 1937.
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