by Antiliar » Sun Feb 11, 2024 6:41 pm
blackhander wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 7:06 am
Thank you! I'm finally getting around to updating some of the texts which are desperately out-of-date.
The large group shot of the guys sitting outdoors on beer barrels (1916) comes from the Municipal Archives NYPD collection. I can't find the original message, but I recall somebody had matched some of the faces with other shots of the Gopher Gang.
The 1910 shot is a mystery, it was sent to me by somebody who had some images of the Santa Lucia Hotel in Coney Island - but they didn't have any further info.
I don't recall on top of my head if Pellegrino Morano was in the USA yet, but if so he might be in the photo.
There was something else that I noticed that might need a small correction. In your piece on the early Mafia where Nicola Taranto is discussed the restaurant at 8 Prince Street was mentioned along with Morello being the owner. In Ciro Terranova's testimony they may have still been in Bryan, Texas, in 1896. When Morello came back he had a coal shop and then a couple saloons either in or near East Harlem. So I don't think Morello was at the 8 Prince Street address until at least 1900. The person who may have been the connection was Andrea Romano. (I'm writing this off the top of my head so I might be off in a thing or two.)
Romano was born in 1858 in Misilmeri and in 1933 in Rochester, NY. He arrived in 1887. His wife, who died in 1900, was Giovanna (Anna) Triolo, also from Misilmeri. I don't have confirmation that he was a made member, so his possible affiliation is just speculation. As far as I know, he could have been the boss before Lupo. Misilmeri is close to Belmonte Mezzagno and Villabate.
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Thank you! I'm finally getting around to updating some of the texts which are desperately out-of-date.
The large group shot of the guys sitting outdoors on beer barrels (1916) comes from the Municipal Archives NYPD collection. I can't find the original message, but I recall somebody had matched some of the faces with other shots of the Gopher Gang.
The 1910 shot is a mystery, it was sent to me by somebody who had some images of the Santa Lucia Hotel in Coney Island - but they didn't have any further info.
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I don't recall on top of my head if Pellegrino Morano was in the USA yet, but if so he might be in the photo.
There was something else that I noticed that might need a small correction. In your piece on the early Mafia where Nicola Taranto is discussed the restaurant at 8 Prince Street was mentioned along with Morello being the owner. In Ciro Terranova's testimony they may have still been in Bryan, Texas, in 1896. When Morello came back he had a coal shop and then a couple saloons either in or near East Harlem. So I don't think Morello was at the 8 Prince Street address until at least 1900. The person who may have been the connection was Andrea Romano. (I'm writing this off the top of my head so I might be off in a thing or two.)
Romano was born in 1858 in Misilmeri and in 1933 in Rochester, NY. He arrived in 1887. His wife, who died in 1900, was Giovanna (Anna) Triolo, also from Misilmeri. I don't have confirmation that he was a made member, so his possible affiliation is just speculation. As far as I know, he could have been the boss before Lupo. Misilmeri is close to Belmonte Mezzagno and Villabate.