Frank Bompensiero jumped off a freight train in San Diego in the early 1920s. He was 16 or 17 or perhaps even 18 years old. He was five feet, six inches tall. He had hazel …
February 18, 1999
![Tom Dragna. Mary Ann: "My grandmother Sanfilippo introduced him [Frank Bompensiero] to some people in Los Angeles. It was Tom Dragna I was told that he was introduced to, Jack Dragna’s brother. And then, after he met the Dragnas, I don’t think my dad ever went back to fishing again.”](https://media.sandiegoreader.com/img/photos/2017/02/10/tom_dragna_t670.jpg?b3f6a5d7692ccc373d56e40cf708e3fa67d9af9d)
Tom Dragna. Mary Ann: "My grandmother Sanfilippo introduced him [Frank Bompensiero] to some people in Los Angeles. It was Tom Dragna I was told that he was introduced to, Jack Dragna’s brother. And then, after he met the Dragnas, I don’t think my dad ever went back to fishing again.”
Posted February 18, 1999
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