by B. » Thu May 25, 2017 1:06 pm
Ivan wrote: ↑Sun May 21, 2017 6:29 pm
B. wrote: ↑Sun May 21, 2017 5:55 pm
Ivan wrote: ↑Sun May 21, 2017 4:04 pm
B. wrote: ↑Thu Nov 19, 2015 12:44 pm
Not that I know of, but given his age and history with Caponigro, he was bound to have done some work at some point.
For whatever it's worth, Natale claims in his book that Ferrante (and Bocchino) were additional conspirators in the plot to kill Bruno.
Phil Leonetti claimed that Bocchino supplied the shotgun used in the murder but I haven't seen any other context. Sucks that Natale ruined his credibility, as he very well might have heard a thing or two about the Bruno murder.
If you are wondering why I actually bothered to read Natale's book, I was waiting in Barnes & Noble until my brother was done with some concert he wanted to go to before we took care of something else that we needed to get done. They had the book there so I read the parts about the Bruno hit specifically. It was interesting but, like you said, his credibility is shot and there's no way of knowing what was and wasn't bullshit. I guess Ferrante helping his pal Caponigro with the hit is plausible enough. Also the book has a picture of Bocchino in it.
Bocchino's involvement could be one reason he laid so low during the 1980s, only to pop back up when Stanfa took over. There are a couple examples like that... John Grande for example was a supporter of the Narducci/Casella group that took out Phil Testa and his name barely comes up after that despite his sons being part of Scarfo's inner circle. Seems possible that guys who were suspected of being part of the Bruno/Testa conspiracies (as supporters of the rebel factions if nothing else) were informally pushed away rather than being shelved/killed like the main conspirators. Just speculation, though.
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Not that I know of, but given his age and history with Caponigro, he was bound to have done some work at some point.
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For whatever it's worth, Natale claims in his book that Ferrante (and Bocchino) were additional conspirators in the plot to kill Bruno.
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Phil Leonetti claimed that Bocchino supplied the shotgun used in the murder but I haven't seen any other context. Sucks that Natale ruined his credibility, as he very well might have heard a thing or two about the Bruno murder.
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If you are wondering why I actually bothered to read Natale's book, I was waiting in Barnes & Noble until my brother was done with some concert he wanted to go to before we took care of something else that we needed to get done. They had the book there so I read the parts about the Bruno hit specifically. It was interesting but, like you said, his credibility is shot and there's no way of knowing what was and wasn't bullshit. I guess Ferrante helping his pal Caponigro with the hit is plausible enough. Also the book has a picture of Bocchino in it.
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Bocchino's involvement could be one reason he laid so low during the 1980s, only to pop back up when Stanfa took over. There are a couple examples like that... John Grande for example was a supporter of the Narducci/Casella group that took out Phil Testa and his name barely comes up after that despite his sons being part of Scarfo's inner circle. Seems possible that guys who were suspected of being part of the Bruno/Testa conspiracies (as supporters of the rebel factions if nothing else) were informally pushed away rather than being shelved/killed like the main conspirators. Just speculation, though.