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The surname Calabrese seemed familiar to me. Nicolo's Schiro's business partner (or employee?) in his Real Estate business was named Vincent John Calabrese. Vincent Calabrese was also the witness on Schiro's 1923 passport application. However, I checked and it turned out to be just a coincidence. V...

He was close to Joe Bonanno. He was a member of his inner circle known as the Boys of the First Day and served as an usher at his wedding. The two were arrested while picking up guns and Charlie told the police he would take them to the source but took the cops on a wild-goose chase instead. Other t...

On May 15 1928, an alcohol seller was killed at 818 Milton Ave. Identified as “Joseph Cavarith” of 733 North LaSalle St., his car was registered to Emmanuel Cammarata (470 W Chicago Ave). Frank Moretti (2015 Fremont St) was arrested. https://theblackhand.club/forum/ext/dmzx/imageupload/files/ab7de8b...

New post on Charles Consagra
(https://lcnbios.blogspot.com/2024/04/ch ... o.html?m=1)

JoelTurner wrote: ↑Wed Sep 21, 2022 7:06 pm Here’s a possible member: Angelo Taccetta

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He was born in 1921, even though he wasn’t really on lists from the ‘60s, I’d speculate that he would have been made in the late 50s rather than the 70s.

Angelo Taccetta was made in the 1970s

Very late response, but it seems that according to the FBN Sam Maugeri was born December 16, 1897 in Catania and not September 13, 1892 in San Giorgio Morgeto. Was the FBN wrong? https://theblackhand.club/forum/ext/dmzx/imageupload/files/9266a5a9fb72dd9ed0481f0b0269a67a.png (https://www.findagrave....

Looking back, I don’t get how/why Schiavo landed with the Lucchese family. Aside from his background, a Castellammarese living in Brooklyn, he seems to have started out with Bonanno adjacent people. https://theblackhand.club/forum/ext/dmzx/imageupload/files/c31121a110c0dde6301d00480dcfa3d8.jpeg The ...

in 1908 a Giovanni Carollo was allegedly burned to death in an oven by bakers and brothers Giuseppe and Vito Bonventre, and their aides Gaspare Galante and "Stadler" Lisante. In reality they allegedly strangled Carollo for getting behind on a loan and dumped his body in a sack in a vacant...

The Joseph Canelle mentioned was likely Joseph Cannella. Here’s a better look at Joseph Cannella His naturalization was witnessed by Benjamin Grippi & Antonio Galati On Oct 11 1926, he was arrested at a liquor still with Mauro Cossentino & Antonio Galati (https://www.newspapers.com/newspage...

In Oct 1902, Andrea Todaro traveled from San Cipirello to New Orleans heading to a cousin Vincenzo Pardo. He was accompanied by his brother Salvatore Todaro. (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/G257-SZ9) --------------- Andrea Todaro was born Aug 27 1878 in San Cipirello to Calogero To...

Here's more ties between this group and the mafia in Pennsylvania, this time, with the Pittston family. https://theblackhand.club/forum/ext/dmzx/imageupload/files/9378774ec43d5f970580550110257d6e.jpeg ----------------------------------- 1) Paul Cappa - (Enna, Sicily) A likely member of the Moretti c...

Salvatore DiBella Born on 23 April 1899 in Montelepre, Sicily. He first arrives in the US in either 1920 or 1921. (He's not living with Battista and John in the 1920 census but is mentioned in the 1921 article as brother "Samuel" who wasn't arrested because he wasn't on the premises durin...

VINCENZO PROFITA was born on Feb 2 1889 in Castellana Sicula, Palermo, Sicily. He generally went by James or Big Jim. He was pretty active in the 1920s. Notably, he was with Genovese member Michael Spinella when he killed Harry "Schwabbles" Joachim on Jan 22 1927. During these years, he w...

Interesting story there, as I don’t know much about these guys back in the day in Passaic County. Anthony Wilda was a Polish guy and a notorious gunman around Paterson; apparently him and Bill Schlessinger had a multi-ethnic gang (Polish, German, Irish) who ran around sticking up stills in the area...

There was something I read in someone else's notes about DeFeo being quite power hungry/greedy or something. A poster on another forum had mentioned there were wiretaps of Alo and Catena after they were retired in Florida. Apparently they were neighbours and Phil Lombardo lived nearby too. Not sure...