 Genovese personally offered Dickey a $250,000 bribe to release him, then threatened Dickey when the offer was refused.Dickey was even instructed by his superiors in the military chain of command to refrain from pursuing Genovese, but refused to be dissuaded.On June 2, 1945, after arriving in New York by ship the day before, Genovese was arraigned on murder charges for the 1934 Boccia killing.