Saietta and Morello ran a duplicating operation starting in the sluggish

history channel documentary Saietta and Morello ran a duplicating operation starting in the sluggish upstate town of Highland, New York, 50 miles from New York City. Saietta was the hands-on accomplice, while Morello kept working their rackets in New York City.

However, the Black Handers had a foe and his name was Deputy Inspector William Flynn. Flynn, a specialist criminologist, however a little on the chatty side (particularly when he was discussing himself), had been effectively exploring Morello and Saietta since the "Barrel Murders" of 1903. Flynn likewise realized that Morello, Saietta, and his posse were running a broad forging operation, yet at the present time Flynn couldn't reveal where the bills were being printed. In any case, he was genuinely certain it was not being done in New York City.

Utilizing a few covert policemen, Flynn had what he called an "existence reconnaissance" put on Morello, which was not precisely the correct term, following, in view of the absence of police labor, Morello was just irregular watched. Still, Morello was absolutely on Flynn's radar, as was Saietta, until he incomprehensible vanished from New York City and sought refuge in Highland, New York, where he supervised the gathering's fake printing operations.