Typed deposition, 37 pages, 8 x 10.25, no date. Deposition of an alleged loan shark, Christopher O’Connor, who had been taking advantage of longshoremen and was arrested by Canevari in an undercover sting. In part: “Have you ever been convicted of any crime? A. Well, I was fined $500. Q. You were fined? A. $500. Q. For what? A. For lending out money. Q. Loan sharking? A. Yes. Q. Did you plead guilty at that time? A. I forget now what it was.” Includes two newspaper clippings describing Canevari’s operation, in which he spent “two weeks on the water front, half-shaven and in work-clothes, mingling with stevedores. Most of this time…was spent either in O’Connor’s company or in trailing him.” In overall fine condition, with expected document wear. Provenance: Eugene Canevari Collection. RR Auction COA.
