Iris Odonata sent me a few additional tidbits on her Dad, Joe Memoli, Made Man — and longtime figure in Oakland, with his restaurants and extracurricular activities.
Memoli’s incarceration in Walla Walla inspired me to send Iris a link to the post where the notorious Midget Bandit died in a gundown with the bulls during a breakout in Walla Walla. She liked it. If you haven’t seen it, you will too.
And in with following dope on Walla Walla, Iris tossed in a link to the sale of her Dad’s Frank Sinatra collection. The auction occurred in Peoria for some reason, and you may recall that the late great Bill Arney hailed from Peoria.
Here’s Iris:
walla walla was also where dad did time with charles manson, who stopped by dad’s first restaurant back after the counterfeit bust.
manson, after being released, was on his way to los angeles to become a music star. my sister met him then, as she was waitressing for dad at time. when the tate-labianca news broke, etc, my sister screamed at the tv, “oh my god i met him. he had the craziest eyes.”
walla walla was also where dad served time with joe conforte, owner/operator of the famous, “mustang ranch.” i served him several times whenever he’d come into the restaurant in the late 60’s-early 70’s.
