by PolackTony » Tue Nov 15, 2022 11:58 pm
Eline2015 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 15, 2022 5:58 pm
Thanks Tony. I still do not understand the moment with Henry Spingola. We know that he was a Calabrian and supposedly invited Ricca from NY to Chicago. Also, as far as is known, Riccaa lived and worked as a waiter in a cafe with his uncle in NY, who was also supposedly a Calabrian and was in conflict with the Camorra. That is, Ricca, who was associated with the honoured society in Campania, had relatives among the Calabrians and through their network got to Chicago, where he worked for the comorrist mafioso Esposito. Tony i also wanted to ask which Sam Aiello in this photo opposed the war with Capone.
Rico “Henry” Spingola was born in Chicago to parents from Cosenza province, which produced many Chicago members over the years (Chicago, along with Kenosha, being the Cosentino capital of the US). His family was tightly plugged into the 19th Ward (Taylor St) political world, as his father Giuseppe Spingola was already an important guy in the 19th Ward in the 1890s and was one of the founders of the 19th Ward Italian Republican Club in 1900. Pretty easy assumption that they had a close connection to Joe Esposito, as Esposito was subsequently the 19th Ward Republican Committeeman. Important to keep in mind that the Napoletani and Calabresi in the US were all under the same Camorra system, so close connections between them are unsurprising (e.g, Capone coming up under Colosimo). By the 1920s, at the latest, we also know that they were increasingly becoming incorporated into the mafia system. We can see this on Taylor St, which had many Sicilians and Mainlanders living and working closely together for decades, with Joe Esposito being made into the mafia, presumably under D’Andrea, and Henry Spingola’s sister marrying Angelo Genna.
With respect to the claims about Spingola specifically bringing Ricca to Chicago, I honestly don’t know. I’ve heard the claim, but am not sure exactly where it came from, so I can’t say how reliable it is. As already noted, we can strongly assume that the Spingolas were closely connected to Esposito, so it’s at least plausible. Henry’s little brother, Joe Spingola, was a powerful union official who was said to owe his positions as head of LIUNA Local 1001 (the union for Cook County municipal workers) and President of the LIUNA District Council to his association with Ricca, demonstrating that Ricca was indeed close to the Spingolas, though all of these important Taylor St people were closely connected to each other.
With the photo, I can tell you that the heavyset guy on the right was the Salvatore Aiello busted in early 1928 in an apparent warroom with a bunch of alleged Aiello men (including Tony Calafiore and later Milwaukee member Joe Caminiti). I have presumed that was Joe Aiello’s brother Sam, who Maniaci told us had disagreed with his brother’s war with Capone and thus rejoined the Chicago Family after the conflict ended. I believe that he was the Sam Aiello who died in Chicago in 1953 and whose wife was Vincenza “Elizabeth” Mineo (who may have been a relative of Aiello ally and later Milwaukee member Michele Mineo, as her father was also named Michele). Their son, Sam Aiello Jr, married Bertha Teramani, sister of Ross Prio’s wife Marie Teramani. There was, however, another Salvatore Aiello in Chicago who seems to have been both their cousin and brother-in-law, as he married Joe Aiello’s sister Antonina “Nina” Aiello; he died in Chicago in 1958. I have no idea if this other Sam Aiello was involved in the mafia in any significant way.
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Thanks Tony. I still do not understand the moment with Henry Spingola. We know that he was a Calabrian and supposedly invited Ricca from NY to Chicago. Also, as far as is known, Riccaa lived and worked as a waiter in a cafe with his uncle in NY, who was also supposedly a Calabrian and was in conflict with the Camorra. That is, Ricca, who was associated with the honoured society in Campania, had relatives among the Calabrians and through their network got to Chicago, where he worked for the comorrist mafioso Esposito. Tony i also wanted to ask which Sam Aiello in this photo opposed the war with Capone.
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Rico “Henry” Spingola was born in Chicago to parents from Cosenza province, which produced many Chicago members over the years (Chicago, along with Kenosha, being the Cosentino capital of the US). His family was tightly plugged into the 19th Ward (Taylor St) political world, as his father Giuseppe Spingola was already an important guy in the 19th Ward in the 1890s and was one of the founders of the 19th Ward Italian Republican Club in 1900. Pretty easy assumption that they had a close connection to Joe Esposito, as Esposito was subsequently the 19th Ward Republican Committeeman. Important to keep in mind that the Napoletani and Calabresi in the US were all under the same Camorra system, so close connections between them are unsurprising (e.g, Capone coming up under Colosimo). By the 1920s, at the latest, we also know that they were increasingly becoming incorporated into the mafia system. We can see this on Taylor St, which had many Sicilians and Mainlanders living and working closely together for decades, with Joe Esposito being made into the mafia, presumably under D’Andrea, and Henry Spingola’s sister marrying Angelo Genna.
With respect to the claims about Spingola specifically bringing Ricca to Chicago, I honestly don’t know. I’ve heard the claim, but am not sure exactly where it came from, so I can’t say how reliable it is. As already noted, we can strongly assume that the Spingolas were closely connected to Esposito, so it’s at least plausible. Henry’s little brother, Joe Spingola, was a powerful union official who was said to owe his positions as head of LIUNA Local 1001 (the union for Cook County municipal workers) and President of the LIUNA District Council to his association with Ricca, demonstrating that Ricca was indeed close to the Spingolas, though all of these important Taylor St people were closely connected to each other.
With the photo, I can tell you that the heavyset guy on the right was the Salvatore Aiello busted in early 1928 in an apparent warroom with a bunch of alleged Aiello men (including Tony Calafiore and later Milwaukee member Joe Caminiti). I have presumed that was Joe Aiello’s brother Sam, who Maniaci told us had disagreed with his brother’s war with Capone and thus rejoined the Chicago Family after the conflict ended. I believe that he was the Sam Aiello who died in Chicago in 1953 and whose wife was Vincenza “Elizabeth” Mineo (who may have been a relative of Aiello ally and later Milwaukee member Michele Mineo, as her father was also named Michele). Their son, Sam Aiello Jr, married Bertha Teramani, sister of Ross Prio’s wife Marie Teramani. There was, however, another Salvatore Aiello in Chicago who seems to have been both their cousin and brother-in-law, as he married Joe Aiello’s sister Antonina “Nina” Aiello; he died in Chicago in 1958. I have no idea if this other Sam Aiello was involved in the mafia in any significant way.