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by **stevan tod** » Fri Nov 17, 2023 12:04 pm

Is this maybe the father Giacomo?

by B. » Wed Dec 21, 2022 7:52 pm

Glad you could confirm it. Both were from a young generation (born 1914 and 1920) so I'd expect older relatives in the clan were involved.

by **thekiduknow** » Wed Dec 21, 2022 9:47 am

Did some more digging on Anthony Spadaro and Frank D'Angelo, and found out they were cousins. Anthony's father and Frank's mother were siblings.

by B. » Tue Sep 28, 2021 2:42 am

Another bit of info related to the original post:

- The Antonino Galante who lived next door to the D'Angelos in the East Village and Brooklyn was Frank Fauney's brother-in-law in addition to being a likely maternal cousin through the Spadaro name. Galante married Fauney's sister. Another brother of Antonino Galante also married a Spadaro relative so I think these were all cousin marriages. This brother lived in Boston where there was a Castellammarese/Trapanese community that had some connections to the Bonannos and Philadelphia.

- Antonino had another brother named Leonardo Galante. He was the same age as the Leonardo Galante who was a Philadelphia member and Salvatore Sabella's bro-in-law but I don't have enough info to confirm/deny this Leonardo Galante ever left NYC. I doubt it's the same guy.

- If someone can find a list of Carmine Galante's father Vincenzo's siblings let me know. Antonino Galante's father was named Giacomo and from the same generation as Vincenzo Galante. It's a common surname in CDG but the shared neighborhood, longshoreman jobs, and Bonanno ties up the probability of relation.

by B. » Mon Sep 27, 2021 9:36 pm

Shouldn't be much of a surprise at this point given the same names come up again and again in CDG, but Frank Fauney's paternal grandmother was an Asaro. I mentioned earlier that Fauney's father Giacomo arrived to his own father Epifanio who was living right by Girolamo Asaro's saloon in Little Italy.

by B. » Mon Sep 27, 2021 5:30 pm

Another Castellammarese name the D'Angelos were related to is Messina. Frank Fauney's mother was a Spataro but her mother's maiden name was Messina. I'm finding the name Messina comes up in a few Castellammarese family trees adjacent to Bonanno members.

Does anyone know where the Messinas in the Bonanno family came from or have any further info on them? There were two or three of them ID'd as members.

Boston boss Gaspare Messina was originally a Bonanno member but he was from Salemi, not Castellammare.

B. wrote: ↑Sat Sep 25, 2021 3:57 pm - There could well be a John Bonventre connection, as Bonventre had interests in the East Village+Brooklyn and was Castellammarese like the sponsor.

Clarification -- the sponsor isn't said to be Castellammarese in the FBI report, only from Sicily, so that much is informed speculation based on D'Angelo being the likely informant. Just want that to be clear.

by B. » Sat Sep 25, 2021 3:57 pm

Thanks for the kind words, HK. Always look forward to your info also.

- That's definitely a different D'Angelo in the SSDI. Like you pointed out, the DOB doesn't fit as Fauney was born in 1914. The SSDI index stopped including people who have died more recently due to identity theft concerns so Fauney's presumed death in 2000s might be hard to find right now without an obituary. His use of different first names and "Frank D'Angelo" being so common makes it more difficult (same is true for newspaper article, etc.).

- There could well be a John Bonventre connection, as Bonventre had interests in the East Village+Brooklyn and was Castellammarese like the sponsor. He was still living in Sicily when Frank Fauney and his family were living there which fits. I suspect the sponsor was older than the informant and if it was John Bonventre that might explain why Joe Bonanno took such a direct role in the ceremony.

- Bonventre seems to have had a big role in recruiting new members before he left the US and Mike Sabella took over part of his crew. Because D'Angelo ended up under Sabella and LCNBios has D'Angelo taking over part of Sabella's crew for a time there could well be more history with Bonventre. Bonventre was also closely involved with Carmine Galante, so he's still in the mix here.

- D'Angelo's alleged promotion seems to coincide with the period where Frank Mari was gaining power over the family so maybe that factored into his role at the time.

by **HairyKnuckles** » Sat Sep 25, 2021 7:43 am

Nice thread. I always enjoy reading all your topics B. I´ve said it a couple of times but it´s worth mentioning it again. You are a great asset to this forum.

I have D´Angelo as deceased in 1977. I base that on his SSDI page. I could be wrong since you said he was alive in 2002. Note that his death is not confirmed. Also note that his YOB is listed as 1906.

Name: Epiphano Dangelo
State of Issue: New York
Date of Birth: Wednesday December 12, 1906
Date of Death: April 1977
Est. Age at Death: 70 years, 4 months
Last known residence:
City: Brooklyn
County: Kings
State: New York
ZIP Code: 11235

For some reason, I have him sponsered by John Bonventre. For the life of me, I can not remember where I got that info from but possibly it comes from one of the files I´ve read. He was under Mike Sabella and later under Salvo.

by B. » Sat Sep 25, 2021 12:03 am

Forgot to mention this:

https://lcnbios.blogspot.com/2019/05/bi ... o.html?m=0

He has Frank D'Angelo as a close associate of Nino Adamo and it looks like D'Angelo may have been under Mike Sabella circa mid-1960s. He says D'Angelo was a captain around 1968 and took over many of Mike Sabella's men.

Seems the FBI was receiving updates on Adamo so interesting D'Angelo was close to him. Adamo was in the Prisinzano crew during the same period an informant was active there.

by B. » Fri Sep 24, 2021 7:20 pm

Not sure about the relation. Pietro may have downplayed it given what he said about Vito's reputation.

If Pietro Licata fully cooperated it would have been incredible as he was arrested for mafia involvement in Sicily under Mussolini. Who knows what all he knew.

You're right about FBI interviews, sometimes they are surprisingly candid. Many old time NYC guys were surprisingly candid without fully cooperating. Angelo Bruno was against members talking too much to the FBI but did say it was okay to admit to the FBI they knew certain people because many guys were neighbors and openly socialized together, kind of an earlier version of the Merlino guys using the childhood friends argument in court.

by **thekiduknow** » Fri Sep 24, 2021 6:54 pm

B. wrote: ↑Fri Sep 24, 2021 5:12 pm
Chaps wrote: ↑Fri Sep 24, 2021 5:06 pm
stevan tod wrote: ↑Fri Sep 24, 2021 4:33 pm Not in connection with this, but maybe. From Lcn bios on Nicholas Castello: On March 29, 1973 FBI questioned a potential source about Castello: "Target stated that Castello was a 'nice boy' who was killed by his girlfriend last summer. Target stated he was not really sorry 'Nicky' was dead because target said 'he should have stayed home with his wife'." (FBI noted re this source: "[Target] gave background on local Knickerbocker Avenue hoodlums and information regarding old and deceased Bonanno Family members. All above men are members of Evola LCN Family..Target is a Capo in above Family. Target has been contacted on one occasion by the alternate agent. It is to be noted that target speaks very little English." Later reports indicate that, despite these early interviews, this individual did not cooperate further and was abandoned as a potential source.) who the hell is this guy? Potential source? I got something rollin through my head Farrugia's english was bad, or someone. I saw somewhere Catalano had issues with language but he cant be our '' D'angelo'' informant.
I remember reading this Stevan and I have always felt that is was Pietro Licata. He was a capo around this time and operated on Knickerbocker Ave. He also would have had extensive knowledge of older Bonanno members.
I'm 99% sure it was Licata.

There is a report in addition to the one Stevan mentioned where they talked to the same source about the murder of Vito Licata and asked about his relation to him. Pietro Licata spoke broken English, which is consistent also.

It didn't seem like he fully cooperated, just gave basic info on people he knew.

This sounds like it:

It’s in Licata’s file. Looks like the Castello source was Licata I looked a little past it, but didn’t see anything about Castello, but they probably removed it.

I’ve seen interviews other members gave the FBI, and it seems common for them talk about other members without saying they’re members, especially if the feds are showing them photographs.

Do we know if Vito was related? He claims they might be distant cousins here but later in the file they refer to him as his nephew.

by **stevan tod** » Fri Sep 24, 2021 5:29 pm

I should sharpen up. Thanks gents.

by B. » Fri Sep 24, 2021 5:12 pm

Chaps wrote: ↑Fri Sep 24, 2021 5:06 pm
stevan tod wrote: ↑Fri Sep 24, 2021 4:33 pm Not in connection with this, but maybe. From Lcn bios on Nicholas Castello: On March 29, 1973 FBI questioned a potential source about Castello: "Target stated that Castello was a 'nice boy' who was killed by his girlfriend last summer. Target stated he was not really sorry 'Nicky' was dead because target said 'he should have stayed home with his wife'." (FBI noted re this source: "[Target] gave background on local Knickerbocker Avenue hoodlums and information regarding old and deceased Bonanno Family members. All above men are members of Evola LCN Family..Target is a Capo in above Family. Target has been contacted on one occasion by the alternate agent. It is to be noted that target speaks very little English." Later reports indicate that, despite these early interviews, this individual did not cooperate further and was abandoned as a potential source.) who the hell is this guy? Potential source? I got something rollin through my head Farrugia's english was bad, or someone. I saw somewhere Catalano had issues with language but he cant be our '' D'angelo'' informant.
I remember reading this Stevan and I have always felt that is was Pietro Licata. He was a capo around this time and operated on Knickerbocker Ave. He also would have had extensive knowledge of older Bonanno members.

I'm 99% sure it was Licata.

There is a report in addition to the one Stevan mentioned where they talked to the same source about the murder of Vito Licata and asked about his relation to him. Pietro Licata spoke broken English, which is consistent also.

It didn't seem like he fully cooperated, just gave basic info on people he knew.

by **Chaps** » Fri Sep 24, 2021 5:06 pm

stevan tod wrote: ↑Fri Sep 24, 2021 4:33 pm Not in connection with this, but maybe. From Lcn bios on Nicholas Castello: On March 29, 1973 FBI questioned a potential source about Castello: "Target stated that Castello was a 'nice boy' who was killed by his girlfriend last summer. Target stated he was not really sorry 'Nicky' was dead because target said 'he should have stayed home with his wife'." (FBI noted re this source: "[Target] gave background on local Knickerbocker Avenue hoodlums and information regarding old and deceased Bonanno Family members. All above men are members of Evola LCN Family..Target is a Capo in above Family. Target has been contacted on one occasion by the alternate agent. It is to be noted that target speaks very little English." Later reports indicate that, despite these early interviews, this individual did not cooperate further and was abandoned as a potential source.) who the hell is this guy? Potential source? I got something rollin through my head Farrugia's english was bad, or someone. I saw somewhere Catalano had issues with language but he cant be our '' D'angelo'' informant.

I remember reading this Stevan and I have always felt that is was Pietro Licata. He was a capo around this time and operated on Knickerbocker Ave. He also would have had extensive knowledge of older Bonanno members.

by **stevan tod** » Fri Sep 24, 2021 4:33 pm

Not in connection with this, but maybe. From Lcn bios on Nicholas Castello: On March 29, 1973 FBI questioned a potential source about Castello: "Target stated that Castello was a 'nice boy' who was killed by his girlfriend last summer. Target stated he was not really sorry 'Nicky' was dead because target said 'he should have stayed home with his wife'." (FBI noted re this source: "[Target] gave background on local Knickerbocker Avenue hoodlums and information regarding old and deceased Bonanno Family members. All above men are members of Evola LCN Family..Target is a Capo in above Family. Target has been contacted on one occasion by the alternate agent. It is to be noted that target speaks very little English." Later reports indicate that, despite these early interviews, this individual did not cooperate further and was abandoned as a potential source.) who the hell is this guy? Potential source? I got something rollin through my head Farrugia's english was bad, or someone. I saw somewhere Catalano had issues with language but he cant be our '' D'angelo'' informant.

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