by motorfab » Mon May 31, 2021 4:15 am
Villain wrote: ↑Mon May 31, 2021 3:28 am
Sorry for going a little bit off track again but when I created my article years ago regarding the dope trade in Chicago, I learned that pizzerias were already used for dope shipments since the early/mid 1950s. I also believe that Galante visiting Chicago (two meetings, one in Cicero and the other in C City i think) while being on the lam at the time, has to do a lot with the situation.
Knowing Galante, there is few chance that it was only a tourist visit
PolackTony wrote: ↑Sun May 30, 2021 8:53 pm
(Apologies to Fab for diverging from the topic of his really excellent thread)
Not at all, especially that the Canzoneris (at least John) were involved with the L.A. mob
But since the L.A. borgata has many elements of other families, like Chicago, Cleveland, Buffalo, Milwaukee or others, we can also make a list of the different relationships with these other families. Just apart from maybe a little Buffalo, my knowledge for these others families is very poor.
B. wrote: ↑Sun May 30, 2021 11:29 pm
B. wrote: ↑Sun May 30, 2021 2:20 am
Related to this subject, something very curious is there is a 1948 plane manifest that shows Paul and Tony Mirabile, Momo Adamo, and Marco Impastato all visited Italy together at the same time. All of them were from Alcamo and the latter three were made members. Anyone know what was going on in Alcamo at the time?
Back on track, I see Antiliar had Vincenzo Rimi listed taking over as Alcamo boss in 1949. If that's around the time he took over, seems this LA/San Diego group may have been visiting in relation to Rimi's ascension to boss or the events that immediately preceded it.
Make sense, except for Paul Mirabile who wasn't a made guy, but on the contrary of Galante for Chicago, maybe it was to go sightseeing and see his family. Or simply accompanied his brother and his San Diego's pals. Good observation B.
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Back to LA / Detroit, regarding Biaggio "Bill" Bonventre that I mention in the first post, one of the only things I have ever managed to find about him is this Detroit Free Press article dated November 2, 1939.
Other than that I only know that he was in the decina of San Diego and that he was born in 1893 in San Vito Lo Capo (province of Trapani) and died in 1967. I guess he moved to California early 40's.
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Sorry for going a little bit off track again but when I created my article years ago regarding the dope trade in Chicago, I learned that pizzerias were already used for dope shipments since the early/mid 1950s. I also believe that Galante visiting Chicago (two meetings, one in Cicero and the other in C City i think) while being on the lam at the time, has to do a lot with the situation.
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Knowing Galante, there is few chance that it was only a tourist visit :lol:
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(Apologies to Fab for diverging from the topic of his really excellent thread)
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Not at all, especially that the Canzoneris (at least John) were involved with the L.A. mob
But since the L.A. borgata has many elements of other families, like Chicago, Cleveland, Buffalo, Milwaukee or others, we can also make a list of the different relationships with these other families. Just apart from maybe a little Buffalo, my knowledge for these others families is very poor.
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Related to this subject, something very curious is there is a 1948 plane manifest that shows Paul and Tony Mirabile, Momo Adamo, and Marco Impastato all visited Italy together at the same time. All of them were from Alcamo and the latter three were made members. Anyone know what was going on in Alcamo at the time?
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Back on track, I see Antiliar had Vincenzo Rimi listed taking over as Alcamo boss in 1949. If that's around the time he took over, seems this LA/San Diego group may have been visiting in relation to Rimi's ascension to boss or the events that immediately preceded it.
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Make sense, except for Paul Mirabile who wasn't a made guy, but on the contrary of Galante for Chicago, maybe it was to go sightseeing and see his family. Or simply accompanied his brother and his San Diego's pals. Good observation B.
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Back to LA / Detroit, regarding Biaggio "Bill" Bonventre that I mention in the first post, one of the only things I have ever managed to find about him is this Detroit Free Press article dated November 2, 1939.
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Other than that I only know that he was in the decina of San Diego and that he was born in 1893 in San Vito Lo Capo (province of Trapani) and died in 1967. I guess he moved to California early 40's.