by B. » Sat Mar 19, 2022 4:18 pm
Bless Tommaso L Gionne, consigliere of titles.
Will try and find the quote that references Genovese and Morello. Could have sworn it was Bonanno but not seeing it from the index. I remember it being vague not necessarily indicating Morello took the position of underboss, but it relates the change to another Family that does name a confirmed underboss. Overall point being, the timeline and descriptions don't make it clear if Morello was underboss, consigliere, or even neither one, and the descriptions lend themselves to both.
Still the question too of Steve Rannelli's rank. Valachi says in the Real Thing that Buster Domingo told him the initial pact was made between Maranzano and Rannelli which is interesting, though no doubt Gagliano and Lucchese were on board. Joe Bonanno also puts Rannelli with Gagliano and Lucchese as leaders in the rebel Lucchese faction. The murdered Reina was Corleonese and so were Gagliano and John DiCaro (who Bonanno names as part of this group), though we know this faction started out very small (according to Valachi) and the most instrumental members of this group named by Valachi at that stage were Gagliano (Corleonese), Lucchese (Palermitano), Rannelli (Palermitano), and Petrilli (Abruzzese). Probability would tell us other Corleonese were part of the plot, like DiCaro, but it doesn't seem to have necessarily been a Corleone-centric group.
The new boss Pinzolo they were against also wasn't Corleonese, but probability would again suggest some Corleonesi were on his side. Joe Bonanno says it was a Corleonese "paesano" of Tom Reina who betrayed him by reporting Reina's disloyalty to Morello, leading to Reina's murder, so Morello still held influence with at least someone in that Family which is unsurprising. It's noteworthy to me that Bonanno noted it was a fellow Corleonese who betrayed Reina to Morello.
Interestingly after Morello was killed Joe Valachi says in the Real Thing he was told Morello was "the boss of bosses". He words it as if that was current and may not have understood the historic significance but shows after Morello's murder there was still gossip about his former position. Quite a trophy for Buster.
Bless Tommaso L Gionne, consigliere of titles.
Will try and find the quote that references Genovese and Morello. Could have sworn it was Bonanno but not seeing it from the index. I remember it being vague not necessarily indicating Morello took the position of underboss, but it relates the change to another Family that does name a confirmed underboss. Overall point being, the timeline and descriptions don't make it clear if Morello was underboss, consigliere, or even neither one, and the descriptions lend themselves to both.
Still the question too of Steve Rannelli's rank. Valachi says in the Real Thing that Buster Domingo told him the initial pact was made between Maranzano and Rannelli which is interesting, though no doubt Gagliano and Lucchese were on board. Joe Bonanno also puts Rannelli with Gagliano and Lucchese as leaders in the rebel Lucchese faction. The murdered Reina was Corleonese and so were Gagliano and John DiCaro (who Bonanno names as part of this group), though we know this faction started out very small (according to Valachi) and the most instrumental members of this group named by Valachi at that stage were Gagliano (Corleonese), Lucchese (Palermitano), Rannelli (Palermitano), and Petrilli (Abruzzese). Probability would tell us other Corleonese were part of the plot, like DiCaro, but it doesn't seem to have necessarily been a Corleone-centric group.
The new boss Pinzolo they were against also wasn't Corleonese, but probability would again suggest some Corleonesi were on his side. Joe Bonanno says it was a Corleonese "paesano" of Tom Reina who betrayed him by reporting Reina's disloyalty to Morello, leading to Reina's murder, so Morello still held influence with at least someone in that Family which is unsurprising. It's noteworthy to me that Bonanno noted it was a fellow Corleonese who betrayed Reina to Morello.
Interestingly after Morello was killed Joe Valachi says in the Real Thing he was told Morello was "the boss of bosses". He words it as if that was current and may not have understood the historic significance but shows after Morello's murder there was still gossip about his former position. Quite a trophy for Buster.