by B. » Thu Jun 05, 2025 12:05 pm
PolackTony wrote: ↑Wed Jun 04, 2025 9:55 pm
This isn’t to say that Bompensiero was infallible, of course, but this account is our “gold standard” for this question as Bompensiero was a veteran LCN member with deep and extensive contacts with members in Families across the US and as such was an invaluable informant for the FBI (even member sources are not all created equal in terms of the information they are privy to). Apart from reporting, in this case, directly from a meeting with Alderisio, where Alderisio was acting at the behest of Chicago’s Consiglio, Bompensiero was also a longtime close friend of Chicago captain Frank LaPorte and Johnny Roselli, then a soldier reporting to LaPorte. Bompensiero was so close to Chicago that the Feds even mistakenly listed him as a Chicago member on one list. He continued to report Chicago-related intel to the FBI over the subsequent years, also serving as the member sources who confirmed for us that Aiuppa was made official boss around 1975.
Alderisio was then himself indicted and arrested in 1969 in a raid by Federal LE and imprisoned two months later, dying of a heart attack almost exactly two years into his term, in September of 1971. It is evident that he was never boss and probably never held any administrative rank. From the outside looking in, this may not have been clear, however, as Alderisio — by his own account — had been a soldier direct with the boss and then subsequently seems to have been a soldier taking part in the Consiglio; the sort of guy who, if one didn’t have access to the formal mafia organization, would certainly have seemed to have been “a boss”. Not all guys with the rank of soldier are created equal either.
Bompensiero was also planning to transfer to Chicago at one point but Tommy Lucchese stepped in and said Bomp still had a murder contract he needed to fulfill for the LA Family (doesn't specify who the target was) and therefore couldn't transfer. So he was attempting to be part of that exodus to Chicago along with Roselli and Fratianno.
Here is the report if people haven't seen it:
- From the report it sounds like Alderisio may not have had an actual seat on the consiglio at that time but attends the meetings occasionally. It comes across to me like they were using Alderisio to carry messages/directives from the consiglio to the rest of the Family.
- Alderisio did tell Bomp that he (Alderisio) was in the running to become boss but as you said at this time Bomp's understanding is Alderisio was a soldier and his legal issues were a barrier to becoming boss. Given he'd been a soldier direct w/ Giancana before this, it seems likely Alderisio was still reporting directly to the Family leadership.
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This isn’t to say that Bompensiero was infallible, of course, but this account is our “gold standard” for this question as Bompensiero was a veteran LCN member with deep and extensive contacts with members in Families across the US and as such was an invaluable informant for the FBI (even member sources are not all created equal in terms of the information they are privy to). Apart from reporting, in this case, directly from a meeting with Alderisio, where Alderisio was acting at the behest of Chicago’s Consiglio, Bompensiero was also a longtime close friend of Chicago captain Frank LaPorte and Johnny Roselli, then a soldier reporting to LaPorte. Bompensiero was so close to Chicago that the Feds even mistakenly listed him as a Chicago member on one list. He continued to report Chicago-related intel to the FBI over the subsequent years, also serving as the member sources who confirmed for us that Aiuppa was made official boss around 1975.
Alderisio was then himself indicted and arrested in 1969 in a raid by Federal LE and imprisoned two months later, dying of a heart attack almost exactly two years into his term, in September of 1971. It is evident that he was never boss and probably never held any administrative rank. From the outside looking in, this may not have been clear, however, as Alderisio — by his own account — had been a soldier direct with the boss and then subsequently seems to have been a soldier taking part in the Consiglio; the sort of guy who, if one didn’t have access to the formal mafia organization, would certainly have seemed to have been “a boss”. Not all guys with the rank of soldier are created equal either.
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Bompensiero was also planning to transfer to Chicago at one point but Tommy Lucchese stepped in and said Bomp still had a murder contract he needed to fulfill for the LA Family (doesn't specify who the target was) and therefore couldn't transfer. So he was attempting to be part of that exodus to Chicago along with Roselli and Fratianno.
Here is the report if people haven't seen it:
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- From the report it sounds like Alderisio may not have had an actual seat on the consiglio at that time but attends the meetings occasionally. It comes across to me like they were using Alderisio to carry messages/directives from the consiglio to the rest of the Family.
- Alderisio did tell Bomp that he (Alderisio) was in the running to become boss but as you said at this time Bomp's understanding is Alderisio was a soldier and his legal issues were a barrier to becoming boss. Given he'd been a soldier direct w/ Giancana before this, it seems likely Alderisio was still reporting directly to the Family leadership.