Mob Buster John Volz Dies At 74

John Volz, the U.S. Attorney who prosecuted New Orleans mob boss Carlos Marcello and the political establishment that ran Louisiana, died yesterday as reported by John Pope for The Times-Picayune.  In 1981 Volz obtained guilty verdicts in a bribery case known as Brilab against Marcello and Charles Roemer -- the former Commissioner of Administration and father of ex-Governor Buddy Roemer -- although their convictions were overturned in 1989.  At a 1990 press conference "after getting the news that he was being replaced, Mr. Volz defended his office's record":  "'I think we have clearly sent a message that no one is above the law,' he said. 'In the eyes of most people this office stands for honest, corrupt-free government.'"