by newera_212 » Tue Jun 15, 2021 10:25 am
It was Cantarella who said he knew of Basciano as "Vinny Pills" in one of his testimonies. Cantarella also testified that they were leery of him and tried to make themselves unavailable when he was scheduled to come around the restaurant. Which is kind of messed up when you think about it. He had his own motives for doing so, sure, but Basciano went out of his way to earn big and make sure Massino was taken care of, and went out of his way to pay respect to Massino and support his restaurant. It seems flat out that Massino just didn't like the guy.
I want to know more about the bookie that Basciano (and Anthony Donato) came up under. Tony Cole (I think Colandra was his last name)? Early on we heard that Basciano was brought around by Trinchera, but it seems like this Tony Cole really put Basciano onto a lot of game and made him a player. A Yonkers based guy who had a crazy numbers and sports operation that stretched all across the entire city, and he ran some video stores - another business that Basciano himself got into at one point...after him and Donato allegedly killed Tony Cole.
Anyone know about this Tony Cole guy? Was he made? Bonnanos or another family? From the outside looking in, it seems like Basciano just clipped him one day and took over all of his rackets - that had to have been OK'ed by somebody
Another interesting thing about Basciano that's overlooked is how young he was. The guy had a house in Scarsdale with a full family to support by the time he was 30. Maybe it was normal 30 or 40 years ago for a guy like that to be doing it so big at such a young age - but he seemed super young to be as successful as he was.
I wonder what would have happened to him if he had gravitated to another one of the Bronx based crews and ended up with a different family. Massino really took the wind out of his sails.
It was Cantarella who said he knew of Basciano as "Vinny Pills" in one of his testimonies. Cantarella also testified that they were leery of him and tried to make themselves unavailable when he was scheduled to come around the restaurant. Which is kind of messed up when you think about it. He had his own motives for doing so, sure, but Basciano went out of his way to earn big and make sure Massino was taken care of, and went out of his way to pay respect to Massino and support his restaurant. It seems flat out that Massino just didn't like the guy.
I want to know more about the bookie that Basciano (and Anthony Donato) came up under. Tony Cole (I think Colandra was his last name)? Early on we heard that Basciano was brought around by Trinchera, but it seems like this Tony Cole really put Basciano onto a lot of game and made him a player. A Yonkers based guy who had a crazy numbers and sports operation that stretched all across the entire city, and he ran some video stores - another business that Basciano himself got into at one point...after him and Donato allegedly killed Tony Cole.
Anyone know about this Tony Cole guy? Was he made? Bonnanos or another family? From the outside looking in, it seems like Basciano just clipped him one day and took over all of his rackets - that had to have been OK'ed by somebody
Another interesting thing about Basciano that's overlooked is how young he was. The guy had a house in Scarsdale with a full family to support by the time he was 30. Maybe it was normal 30 or 40 years ago for a guy like that to be doing it so big at such a young age - but he seemed super young to be as successful as he was.
I wonder what would have happened to him if he had gravitated to another one of the Bronx based crews and ended up with a different family. Massino really took the wind out of his sails.