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Shadowy Syracuse Mafia Soldier Sam Farrar
https://thenewyorkmafia.com/syracuse-mafia-soldier-sam-farrar/?

Although there were many hoodlums and racketeers in town, hundreds in fact, Sammy was one of the few formally "inducted" Cosa Nostra soldiers to actually live and operate in Syracuse.

An excerpt from the story...

By the early to mid-1950s, Samuel Farrar had come to the attention of local law enforcement officials. By at least the mid-to-late 1950s, it appears that the federal authorities had also taken a keen interest in Farrar — specifically, special agents of the FBI working out of the Bureau’s Albany Office.

It is believed that Farrar first came into the crosshairs of the Federal Bureau of Investigation due to his constant close association with what was arguably the most important and widely publicized Mafia faction active within the cities of Utica and Syracuse in upstate New York.

Another excerpt….

Full Steam Ahead

It seems from that day forward, Sammy went full steam ahead and never looked back. Because over the next 45 years, he would continue to operate as a full-fledged gambler and hoodlum and suffer through all the investigations, arrests, and convictions his lifestyle would bring.

Three years later, on February 21, 1954, he was one of seven men arrested after police conducted another early morning vice raid on a gambling den Farrar was then operating at the All-Nite Restaurant, a small eatery located at 279 James Street.

.....three months later, on March 25, 1974, Sammy was among 14 men arrested by the FBI for operating high-stakes dice games.

Side Note: Through the decades, Sammy had been arrested numerous times for gambling. Yet, for many years, Sammy reportedly only had one gambling charge that had ever stuck. That incident occurred back in 1963 when Farrar was arrested, and later convicted, of promoting gambling in Onondaga County.

It appears that throughout his underworld career Sammy had led a very charmed existence.