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by B. » Sat Jun 18, 2022 7:12 pm

I wonder if he could have been the "Don Rosalino" described on the Magaddino tapes as an important Buffalo figure involved in the early 1920s factional dispute. He mentions "Don Rosalino" alongside Filippo Mazzara and seems to say there was an attempt on Rosolino's life. At one point he says "Rosalino Fanara" (ph) but hard to say if that was his last name, as we know these transcripts are filled with phonetic confusion.

Giambellucca is the only mafia-connected Rosolino I'm aware of in the Buffalo area and his heritage from Vallelunga puts him in with the dominant compaesani. Good find.

by **Antiliar** » Sat Jun 18, 2022 5:01 pm

If it makes any difference, he was Rosolino Giambellucca and was born 1872/1874. He later moved to Chauauqua County, New York, and married Laura Giordano. He used the name Russell Giambelluca and died in 1958 in Jamestown, NY.

by B. » Sat Jun 18, 2022 3:54 pm

Antiliar wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 12:41 pm Figured it out. "Stagellas" or whatever Cipolla was Stanislao Cipolla. He sailed on the S.S. Vincenzo Florio and arrived at the Port of New Orleans on Jan 24, 1906, when he was 18. He appears to have been traveling with someone with the surname of Giambellucca (can't make out the first name), who was 32 and also from Vallelunga. Depending on the record, he was born in April 25, 1887. He was born in Vallelunga, his father was Francesco and his brother Giovanni was already in New Orleans. He later moved to Dallas, Texas, where he was naturalized.

It should be noted that a "Mr. Giambelluca" was mentioned in Giuseppe Manfre's letter as a man who accompanied Angelo Albano and was offered $400 to kill him.

Great job.

Synchronicity because I was just looking into the Fraterrigos of Buffalo and came across the Giambelluca/Giambelluco name related to Fraterrigos in Vallelunga. Hadn't seen it before today.

by **Antiliar** » Sat Jun 18, 2022 12:41 pm

Figured it out. "Stagellas" or whatever Cipolla was Stanislao Cipolla. He sailed on the S.S. Vincenzo Florio and arrived at the Port of New Orleans on Jan 24, 1906, when he was 18. He appears to have been traveling with someone with the surname of Giambellucca (can't make out the first name), who was 32 and also from Vallelunga. Depending on the record, he was born in April 25, 1887. He was born in Vallelunga, his father was Francesco and his brother Giovanni was already in New Orleans. He later moved to Dallas, Texas, where he was naturalized.

It should be noted that a "Mr. Giambelluca" was mentioned in Giuseppe Manfre's letter as a man who accompanied Angelo Albano and was offered $400 to kill him.

by **Antiliar** » Sat Jun 18, 2022 11:46 am

motorfab wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 9:30 am Nice list Antiliar.

Leonardo Cippola was arrested with his brother and Vito DiGiorgio in 1908, right ?

Not sure I've heard of Giuseppe Impastato, Francesco Genova & Sam Guarino before

The articles from 1908 don't mention Leonardo Cipolla. I go into more detail in the Newark thread.

Genova was the alias for Motisi. He later became the boss of Pagliarelli in Palermo. Sam Guarino is a mystery to me. He's named in an FBI file as Sam Guarina, but couldn't find anything else on him.

PolackTony wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 10:53 am Great info, Antiliar.

How much is known about the "Jimmy/John Cascio" murdered in 1922 with DiGiorgio in Chicago? The papers at that time stated that "Cascio" was from NOLA and had accompanied DiGiorgio from there to Chicago. His Cook County death record butchered his name as "John LoSasio", while Louisiana issued a death record for him as "Giovanni John James Cascio". But it seems that his name was actually Giovanni Cammarata Lo Cascio. Some other sources state that his name was Vincenzo Cammarata Lo Cascio. I haven't delved into him enough to try to figure out where he was originally from, but the surnames (while common enough) stood out to me, as Joe Profaci had alleged relatives named both Cammarata and Lo Cascio in Chicago.

There's nothing on Lo Cascio until the day he was killed. A letter DiGiorgio had that was intended to be mailed to his wife was found on him indicating that he called him Jimmy and that's pretty much it.

by **PolackTony** » Sat Jun 18, 2022 10:53 am

Great info, Antiliar.

How much is known about the "Jimmy/John Cascio" murdered in 1922 with DiGiorgio in Chicago? The papers at that time stated that "Cascio" was from NOLA and had accompanied DiGiorgio from there to Chicago. His Cook County death record butchered his name as "John LoSasio", while Louisiana issued a death record for him as "Giovanni John James Cascio". But it seems that his name was actually Giovanni Cammarata Lo Cascio. Some other sources state that his name was Vincenzo Cammarata Lo Cascio. I haven't delved into him enough to try to figure out where he was originally from, but the surnames (while common enough) stood out to me, as Joe Profaci had alleged relatives named both Cammarata and Lo Cascio in Chicago.

This was his NOLA obituary from 1922:

by **motorfab** » Sat Jun 18, 2022 9:30 am

Nice list Antiliar.

Leonardo Cippola was arrested with his brother and Vito DiGiorgio in 1908, right ?

Not sure I've heard of Giuseppe Impastato, Francesco Genova & Sam Guarino before

by **Antiliar** » Sat Jun 18, 2022 1:29 am

List of possible bosses:

Raffaele Agnello (k 1869)
Joseph Agnello (k 1872)
Giuseppe Esposito (late 1870s-Deported 1880))
Charles Matranga (1880s)
Giuseppe Impastato (k 1903)
Francesco Genova (Motisi) (Fled 1908/1909)
Vincenzo Moreci (k 1915)
UNK (1915-1917)
Leonardo Cipolla? (1917-moved to Brooklyn in 1921)
? (1920s)
Sam Guarino? (1930s?)
Corrado Giacona (d 1944)
Frank Todaro (d 1944)
Sylvestro Carollo (Deported 1947)
Leoluca Trombatore (d 1963)
Carlos Marcello (d 1993; in prison 1983-1991, developed Alzheimer's)
Joseph Marcello Jr (Acting boss; Stepped down 1990)
Anthony Carollo (d 2007; in prison 1995-1998)

Leonardo Cipolla may have previously been a Schiro member. Many bosses across the U.S. previously either were or may have been part of the Nicola Schiro borgata before heading their own. Examples:

- Francesco Lanza (to San Francesco)
- Gaspare Messina (to Boston)
- Stefano Magaddino (to Buffalo)
- Salvatore Sabella (to Philadelphia)
- Gaspare Milazzo (to Detroit)
- Angelo Palmieri (to Buffalo; possibly underboss to Giuseppe DiCarlo)
- Rosario Desimone (lived in Pueblo, but close to Schiro and later became boss of Los Angeles)

by **Wiseguy** » Sat Mar 13, 2021 8:12 am

Timmoffat wrote: ↑Fri Mar 12, 2021 9:15 pm Another case of a real guy dragged into someone’s fantasy. Tufaro most probably was an inducted LCN member as well as his brother , and they were pretty young when they were inducted. Doesn’t matter anyway because both Michael tufaros and both Joey TufaroS are all dead. Junior died at 49 in 2016. Was married to gaglianos.

I would love to argue for New Orleans with the same passion I would for Kansas City or Detroit but they are deader then San Jose or possibly the most genius arch criminal secret society that belongs to Cosa Nostra nation wide. Tufaro jr faked his death

Those are the most convincing lies - some truth mixed with falsehood. The biggest forum bullshitters back in the day got the most traction with this approach.

A 1990 article said the family was down to 12 members. And that was over 30 years ago.

Members Dead Since 2000:

1. Anthony Carolla (2007)
2. Frank Gagliano (2006)
3. Anthony Marcello (2000)
4. Pasquale Marcello (2001)
5. Salvatore Marcello (2003)
6. Vincent Marcello (2003)

The only known member left is Joseph Gagliano.

by **sdeitche** » Sat Mar 13, 2021 7:47 am

this also from 1999- https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1999/0 ... s-in-past/

by **sdeitche** » Sat Mar 13, 2021 7:45 am

For what it's worth the last definitive information I have concerning any kind of meeting or communication between Tampa and NOLA, was from close to 20 years ago. From the Tampa perspective, the close ties between Joe Marcelo and LoScalzo/Raffa obviously ended when Joe died in 1999.

by **Tonyd621** » Sat Mar 13, 2021 7:32 am

Timmoffat wrote: ↑Fri Mar 12, 2021 7:26 pm http://neworleansmafia.blogspot.com/201 ... s.html?m=1

Apparently tufaros relatives of Colombo members. I mean there’s LCN remnants all over the place and I wouldn’t doubt there are still guys flying the flag and maybe networking with other families. We won’t ever know unless a case is made and even then we will never know the reality

Like Pecoraro, but his name is misspelled in that blog. His dad Pecoraro Sr was a guy connected with Marcello per govt records. And Pecoraro jr i remember he went on the lam and ran a bar/restaurant in London and came back in the mid 2000s to face fraud charges. He should be in his early 70s if hes still alive. And there is a Brocato-not how he spells it there. Which i only know of bc when i used to be in the military I had a friend i served with and everytime on leave during mardi gras we would go and it was his family. Maybe there is more misspellings...

by **stubbs** » Fri Mar 12, 2021 9:44 pm

Timmoffat wrote: ↑Fri Mar 12, 2021 7:26 pm http://neworleansmafia.blogspot.com/201 ... s.html?m=1

Apparently tufaros relatives of Colombo members. I mean there’s LCN remnants all over the place and I wouldn’t doubt there are still guys flying the flag and maybe networking with other families. We won’t ever know unless a case is made and even then we will never know the reality

If you notice, whoever wrote that blog post mentions a New Orleans Metropolitan Crime Commission report. Yet, they conveniently never bothered to include a link to the report. So, I call bullshit and think that they just made it all up and pulled some random names together for their shitty blog post.

If the MCC really did find all of that out and write up a report, it would’ve been in the newspapers. And law enforcement in New Orleans would be talking about what they’re doing to combat organized crime. And yet, silence.

Either way, most of the people on that list are now dead. And a few don’t even live in New Orleans anymore.

by **stubbs** » Fri Mar 12, 2021 9:38 pm

Timmoffat wrote: ↑Fri Mar 12, 2021 7:24 pm New Orleans Has a New Boss

Michael Tufaro seems to have taken control of the New Orleans Mafia along with his brother Joseph "Joey" Tufaro. The Tufaro brothers have a five decade family history in the New Orleans Mob. They also have family ties to the New York Colombo Family that go back to the 80's. Here are a few links and some other information that supports this line of thinking.
http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009 ... s_mis.html
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1 ... 292,360689

Michael Tufaro reputed "Capo/Street Boss" of the New Orleans Mafia was arrested on 06-19-2010 for aggravated battery.

That first link is about a lawsuit brought by homeowners against Joseph Tufaro who was the real estate developer of the neighborhood. Not exactly OC, nor a federal or even a state case.

The second link is about someone who was merely an associate of the Colombos in the 80s. So, it would be a Grand Canyon sized leap to think an associate of the Colombos would have enough juice to control all of New Orleans on behalf of the entire Colombo family.

Not to mention, the Colombos can barely control their own fuckin family. They can barely handle what they got now, I doubt they’re looking past Staten Island.

Either way, New Orleans has historically been independent of the Commission due to their status of being the first mafia family in the US.

by **JoeCamel** » Fri Mar 12, 2021 9:15 pm

Another case of a real guy dragged into someone’s fantasy. Tufaro most probably was an inducted LCN member as well as his brother , and they were pretty young when they were inducted. Doesn’t matter anyway because both Michael tufaros and both Joey TufaroS are all dead. Junior died at 49 in 2016. Was married to gaglianos.

I would love to argue for New Orleans with the same passion I would for Kansas City or Detroit but they are deader then San Jose or possibly the most genius arch criminal secret society that belongs to Cosa Nostra nation wide. Tufaro jr faked his death

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