 A local state trooper named Edgar D. Croswell had been aware that Carmine Galante had been stopped by state troopers following a visit to Barbara's estate the previous year.A check of Galante by the troopers found that he was driving without a license and that he had an extensive criminal record in New York City.In the time preceding the November 1957 meeting, trooper Croswell had Barbara's house under occasional surveillance.