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cavita wrote:

Wiseguy wrote:There is a great chapter on Apalachin the book The Mob And the City by Alexander Hortis. He gives some good info including:

* In depth details on how the meeting was discovered

* A map of where people were caught around the Barbara estate

* A list of the attendees, their positions, how they were caught, etc. He lists 72 in all, including 18 from NYC, 23 from upstate NY, 14 from other parts of the Northeast, 8 from the Midwest, 5 from Western States, and 4 from Southern States.

* Others he says there is "no reliable proof for their attendance" include Milwaukee boss Frank Balistrieri, New England boss Raymond Patriarca, St Louis boss John Vitale, former Boston Boss Philip Buccola, Rockford underboss Joseph Zammuto, Detroit captain Anthony Giacalone, the Cotroni brothers of Montreal, and Giuseppe Settacase of Sicily.

Other suspects determined not to have attended were Bartola Failla of Miami (he was in Jersey for a denaturalization proceeding), Trafficante associate Joe Silesi, Bufalino associate Modesto "Murph" Loquasto (he had been seen operating a craps game in Pittston on the evening of November 14, 1957), and Bufalino associate William Medico (the FBI only were able to identify an earlier summer trip to Apalachin).

In my research on this I have found a couple different FBI files that state Rockford boss Antonio Musso asked Frank Zito of Springfield, Illinois to attend and represent their interests, which he did. Zito was brother to Rockford consigliere Joe Zito. I have also tried and tried to track down evidence of Balistrieri's attendance or at least someone attending on his behalf but have failed to do so as yet as well as Carlo Caputo, boss of Madison, Wisconsin.

Wiseguy wrote:There is a great chapter on Apalachin the book The Mob And the City by Alexander Hortis. He gives some good info including:

* In depth details on how the meeting was discovered

* A map of where people were caught around the Barbara estate

* A list of the attendees, their positions, how they were caught, etc. He lists 72 in all, including 18 from NYC, 23 from upstate NY, 14 from other parts of the Northeast, 8 from the Midwest, 5 from Western States, and 4 from Southern States.

* Others he says there is "no reliable proof for their attendance" include Milwaukee boss Frank Balistrieri, New England boss Raymond Patriarca, St Louis boss John Vitale, former Boston Boss Philip Buccola, Rockford underboss Joseph Zammuto, Detroit captain Anthony Giacalone, the Cotroni brothers of Montreal, and Giuseppe Settacase of Sicily.

Other suspects determined not to have attended were Bartola Failla of Miami (he was in Jersey for a denaturalization proceeding), Trafficante associate Joe Silesi, Bufalino associate Modesto "Murph" Loquasto (he had been seen operating a craps game in Pittston on the evening of November 14, 1957), and Bufalino associate William Medico (the FBI only were able to identify an earlier summer trip to Apalachin).

JCB1977 wrote:

Giacomo_Vacari wrote:Antiliar, I heard Cerrito and Lanza was with Frank Garafolo at their motel. Frank had been in Sicily and Joe wanted to see him first before going to the meeting. Joe Chiri was supposed to go with them but got sick, so Salvatore took his place since he had good relations with Buffalo, Detroit, Philadelphia, Bonanno and Profaci families. Vitale was both Galante and Gafafolos driver. Frank said Cammarata was bring Trafficante from Florida, and they just arrived the night before under different names, cause Santo didn't trust Barbara Jr. with the reservations being made, and was wondering what Magaddino was up to. That is what I was told.

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Chris Christie wrote:
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Can anyone help me with:

-Emilio Buttoni
-Sal Tornabe
-Angelo Licavoli
-John Colletti (Dallas)
-Charles Montana (Cleveland)
-Al Angelicola
-Giuseppe Settacase (Sicily)

Giacomo_Vacari wrote:Antiliar, I heard Cerrito and Lanza was with Frank Garafolo at their motel. Frank had been in Sicily and Joe wanted to see him first before going to the meeting. Joe Chiri was supposed to go with them but got sick, so Salvatore took his place since he had good relations with Buffalo, Detroit, Philadelphia, Bonanno and Profaci families. Vitale was both Galante and Gafafolos driver. Frank said Cammarata was bring Trafficante from Florida, and they just arrived the night before under different names, cause Santo didn't trust Barbara Jr. with the reservations being made, and was wondering what Magaddino was up to. That is what I was told.