 Jack Dragna had ordered their deaths, and gave Jimmy Fratianno the duty of setting up the mob sanctioned hit.In desperate need of cash for various legal bills, the Two Tonys made their situation worse by cheating gambler Sam Lazes out of $3,000 after posing as collectors for a local syndicate bookmaker.Mobster Jimmy (The Weasel) Fratianno contacted Brancato and Trombino through Sam Lazes and his actor friend Sam London.