I briefly return to Giuseppe Mammone and the attempted murder of Thomas Cennamo in Buffalo because I was rereading my notes recently.
So on October 29, 1917, Giuseppe Mammone and 4 other individuals (Tony & Domenico Tripi, Bruno Talbo & Anthony Masdea) attempted to murder Thomas Cennamo, a shoemaker, in Lackawanna. They fired at least 20 shots and Cennamo escaped but lost an eye. The defendants were then sentenced in 1918 to sentences of 2 to 5 years.
Upon his release from prison in 1926, Mammone went to Australia, where he killed Domenico Belle and the police found a Camorra initiation manuscript at his home (see page 9 of this thread).
But the police will also find letters written by Mammone where he describes his life in the USA. Problem with newspaper articles in Australia: many events are distorted (American newspapers are gospel in comparison).
He therefore explains that an individual named Antonio Belluomo would have shot him for a story of "business jealousies") and that he would have went to his house armed and that he would have shot him 12 times after having dinner. Belluomo would be the boss of the Camorra in Buffalo.
Problem, the dates given in the article are wrong (1919 instead of 1917), the name is probably wrong because the events described are those of the Cennamo affair (I searched, nothing on this Antonio Belluomo). If this is indeed Cennamo (and I'm pretty sure it is), the name of his wife and daughter are also wrong. Another point addressed in the article is the death sentence of Mammone, which is not mentioned anywhere in the articles published in the USA.
The fact remains that according to Mammone, Cennamo/Belluomo is the leader of the Camorra in Buffalo (for those who want to read the article published in Australia, here it is
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/arti ... 20belluomo)
I didn't find much in the way of articles concerning Cennamo, but his name came up in the local press in 1926. Along with his wife Angelina, they were at odds with his brother-in-law, Biagio Pinto. Cennamo & Pinto disagree over a $200 check. But Cennamo having been armed since the attempted murder in 1917, a judge was obliged to intervene so that things did not escalate.
According to one article, Pinto emigrated to the USA around 1894 and came from the province of Salerno, so I guess Cennamo was from there too.
Pinto died in 1948 and Cennamo in 1955.
Apart from Mammone's letters, there is nothing to indicate any other criminal activity for Cennamo, has anyone already tried to find out more?
(for those interested I can attach the articles I have on Cennamo/Pinto, I did not do it here so as not to clutter the page too much)
I briefly return to Giuseppe Mammone and the attempted murder of Thomas Cennamo in Buffalo because I was rereading my notes recently.
So on October 29, 1917, Giuseppe Mammone and 4 other individuals (Tony & Domenico Tripi, Bruno Talbo & Anthony Masdea) attempted to murder Thomas Cennamo, a shoemaker, in Lackawanna. They fired at least 20 shots and Cennamo escaped but lost an eye. The defendants were then sentenced in 1918 to sentences of 2 to 5 years.
Upon his release from prison in 1926, Mammone went to Australia, where he killed Domenico Belle and the police found a Camorra initiation manuscript at his home (see page 9 of this thread).
But the police will also find letters written by Mammone where he describes his life in the USA. Problem with newspaper articles in Australia: many events are distorted (American newspapers are gospel in comparison).
He therefore explains that an individual named Antonio Belluomo would have shot him for a story of "business jealousies") and that he would have went to his house armed and that he would have shot him 12 times after having dinner. Belluomo would be the boss of the Camorra in Buffalo.
Problem, the dates given in the article are wrong (1919 instead of 1917), the name is probably wrong because the events described are those of the Cennamo affair (I searched, nothing on this Antonio Belluomo). If this is indeed Cennamo (and I'm pretty sure it is), the name of his wife and daughter are also wrong. Another point addressed in the article is the death sentence of Mammone, which is not mentioned anywhere in the articles published in the USA.
The fact remains that according to Mammone, Cennamo/Belluomo is the leader of the Camorra in Buffalo (for those who want to read the article published in Australia, here it is https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/169384479?searchTerm=antonio%20belluomo)
I didn't find much in the way of articles concerning Cennamo, but his name came up in the local press in 1926. Along with his wife Angelina, they were at odds with his brother-in-law, Biagio Pinto. Cennamo & Pinto disagree over a $200 check. But Cennamo having been armed since the attempted murder in 1917, a judge was obliged to intervene so that things did not escalate.
According to one article, Pinto emigrated to the USA around 1894 and came from the province of Salerno, so I guess Cennamo was from there too.
Pinto died in 1948 and Cennamo in 1955.
Apart from Mammone's letters, there is nothing to indicate any other criminal activity for Cennamo, has anyone already tried to find out more?
(for those interested I can attach the articles I have on Cennamo/Pinto, I did not do it here so as not to clutter the page too much)