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- ↑ "Black Hand Society Mafia". Marion County Centennial Yearbook, 1863–1963. Marion County Historical Society and Museum. 1963. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
- ↑ Back In The Day, This Quiet West Virginia Town Was A Mafia Mecca Geoff Foster, onlyinyourstate.com (January 13, 2018)
- ↑ Twelve Murders to Credit of Italian Gang, Is Charged Kinston Free Press (March 10, 1923)
- 1 2 The 'Corbi Regime' of Baltimore, Maryland [ permanent dead link ] TheNewYorkMafia.com (March 18, 2020)
- ↑ "US Death Penalty Executions - 1924". US Records Dept. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
- ↑ "Life Sentence is Given to Corbi". The Southeast Missourian. United Press. April 21, 1923. Retrieved March 12, 2013.