by cavita » Sat Oct 07, 2023 7:27 pm
cavita wrote: ↑Sat Nov 12, 2022 4:48 pm
PolackTony wrote: ↑Sat Nov 12, 2022 4:07 pm
B. wrote: ↑Sat Nov 12, 2022 3:18 pm
Wondering if Madison emphasized murder as a requirement for induction like Rockford, Milwaukee, KC, and Chicago did. Seems like they'd have a very short hitlist.
It’s a good question, and I don’t recall seeing Maniaci mention anything about it, but we don’t have a Madison member source, of course. Short hit list, but also a very short list of later inductees. Given the surrounding Families, I’d expect that it could have been a requirement there too, though they may have had to have played it looser with the last couple of members. Cavita has stated that the last known mafia murder in Madison seems to have been in 1932, but then we don’t even know if guys like Caputo and Aiello were made by Madison or made by Chicago and then transferred.
Early on in my LCN research I naturally assumed that made members of families had to commit murder to be accepted into their respective family and we've found this is not always the case- more often than not, but not always. With that, I then assumed any murder to gain one's "seat at the table," occurred in that prospective members' city. This may not be the case either as I've gone on in research. I have FBI files stating that Rockford member Joe Marinelli was made sometime in the 1950s with Lorenzo Buttice being his sponsor. Interestingly, another FBI file stated that a police source said Marinelli was involved in the November 1955 murder of Milwaukee organized crime figure Jack Enea. Marinelli was travelling often in Wisconsin during this time and boss Tony Musso was noted as having frequent telephonic contact with Milwaukee boss Alioto during this time as well. From this I've surmised that prospective members can commit the necessary murder at the request of another family perhaps.
I believe Madison's last LCN murder was around 1932 but that's not to say Madison guys weren't murdering people in other cities, and this would obviously make sense as out of towners, or imported guys, would be unrecognizable to a victim that was to be murdered. Food for thought I guess. Perhaps Madison guys were committing murders into the 1960s, just not in Madison.
A little more I found on the Jack Enea murder from a 1970 FBI report which is interesting:
For information of Milwaukee Division, Sergeant [REDACTED], Intelligence Unit, Rockford, Illinois, Police Department, just recently completed an intelligence survey regarding organized crime in Rockford. The survey contains a section relative to apparent ties between LCN at Milwaukee, Wisconsin and LCN at Rockford, Illinois.
This survey reflects that in 1955 one JACK ENEA was killed in gangland style in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, his body found the following day in a garbage dump near Racine, Wisconsin, and the Cadillac in which the body was transported was found, cut up in small pieces, just west of the Muller-Pinehurst Dairy Company, Montague Road, Rockford, Illinois.
According to [REDACTED] he has sources which state that the “hit” on this contract was made by Rockford LCN member JOSEPH MARINELLI and PHILLIP CANNELLA working with one of the MANIACI brothers from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, probably AUGIE MANIACI.
The report points out that the car was all cut up in a barn at the rear of 1622 Montague Street, Rockford, with a cutting torch by one (FNU) CASCIO. The house is allegedly owned by AUGIE MANIACI of Milwaukee. Allegedly his brother-in-law, GEORGE SALADINO, was living there at the time.
A review of the 1955 and the 1969 Rockford City Directories reflect that 1622 Montague Street is the residence of JOSEPH P. SALADINO. According to WATSON (a police sergeant), MANIACI also owned a brick bungalow in the 1700 block at Montague Road, which he allegedly purchased from JOE ZITO, Consiglieri of the Rockford LCN family.
According to sources of [REDACTED]. MANIACI used to come to Rockford on almost a weekly basis until this incident and has been a much more infrequent visitor since that time.
This report reflects that the only business that the MANIACI family has in Milwaukee at the present time is a pizza restaurant and it would appear the MANIACIs have lost favor with the BALISTRIERI Family.
All of the above plus frequent travel by members of the Rockford Family between Milwaukee and Rockford, indicates to [REDACTED] that the members of the two Families are on good terms with one another, that there appears to be some business relationship between the two families, and that there appears to be a much closer relationship between the Rockford and Milwaukee Families, than there is between Rockford and the Chicago Outfit.
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Wondering if Madison emphasized murder as a requirement for induction like Rockford, Milwaukee, KC, and Chicago did. Seems like they'd have a very short hitlist.
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It’s a good question, and I don’t recall seeing Maniaci mention anything about it, but we don’t have a Madison member source, of course. Short hit list, but also a very short list of later inductees. Given the surrounding Families, I’d expect that it could have been a requirement there too, though they may have had to have played it looser with the last couple of members. Cavita has stated that the last known mafia murder in Madison seems to have been in 1932, but then we don’t even know if guys like Caputo and Aiello were made by Madison or made by Chicago and then transferred.
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Early on in my LCN research I naturally assumed that made members of families had to commit murder to be accepted into their respective family and we've found this is not always the case- more often than not, but not always. With that, I then assumed any murder to gain one's "seat at the table," occurred in that prospective members' city. This may not be the case either as I've gone on in research. I have FBI files stating that Rockford member Joe Marinelli was made sometime in the 1950s with Lorenzo Buttice being his sponsor. Interestingly, another FBI file stated that a police source said Marinelli was involved in the November 1955 murder of Milwaukee organized crime figure Jack Enea. Marinelli was travelling often in Wisconsin during this time and boss Tony Musso was noted as having frequent telephonic contact with Milwaukee boss Alioto during this time as well. From this I've surmised that prospective members can commit the necessary murder at the request of another family perhaps.
I believe Madison's last LCN murder was around 1932 but that's not to say Madison guys weren't murdering people in other cities, and this would obviously make sense as out of towners, or imported guys, would be unrecognizable to a victim that was to be murdered. Food for thought I guess. Perhaps Madison guys were committing murders into the 1960s, just not in Madison.
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A little more I found on the Jack Enea murder from a 1970 FBI report which is interesting:
For information of Milwaukee Division, Sergeant [REDACTED], Intelligence Unit, Rockford, Illinois, Police Department, just recently completed an intelligence survey regarding organized crime in Rockford. The survey contains a section relative to apparent ties between LCN at Milwaukee, Wisconsin and LCN at Rockford, Illinois.
This survey reflects that in 1955 one JACK ENEA was killed in gangland style in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, his body found the following day in a garbage dump near Racine, Wisconsin, and the Cadillac in which the body was transported was found, cut up in small pieces, just west of the Muller-Pinehurst Dairy Company, Montague Road, Rockford, Illinois.
According to [REDACTED] he has sources which state that the “hit” on this contract was made by Rockford LCN member JOSEPH MARINELLI and PHILLIP CANNELLA working with one of the MANIACI brothers from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, probably AUGIE MANIACI.
The report points out that the car was all cut up in a barn at the rear of 1622 Montague Street, Rockford, with a cutting torch by one (FNU) CASCIO. The house is allegedly owned by AUGIE MANIACI of Milwaukee. Allegedly his brother-in-law, GEORGE SALADINO, was living there at the time.
A review of the 1955 and the 1969 Rockford City Directories reflect that 1622 Montague Street is the residence of JOSEPH P. SALADINO. According to WATSON (a police sergeant), MANIACI also owned a brick bungalow in the 1700 block at Montague Road, which he allegedly purchased from JOE ZITO, Consiglieri of the Rockford LCN family.
According to sources of [REDACTED]. MANIACI used to come to Rockford on almost a weekly basis until this incident and has been a much more infrequent visitor since that time.
This report reflects that the only business that the MANIACI family has in Milwaukee at the present time is a pizza restaurant and it would appear the MANIACIs have lost favor with the BALISTRIERI Family.
All of the above plus frequent travel by members of the Rockford Family between Milwaukee and Rockford, indicates to [REDACTED] that the members of the two Families are on good terms with one another, that there appears to be some business relationship between the two families, and that there appears to be a much closer relationship between the Rockford and Milwaukee Families, than there is between Rockford and the Chicago Outfit.