by PolackTony » Sat Nov 12, 2022 5:59 pm
1964 intel from Maniaci on Chicago ranks:
It’s unsurprising that Maniaci would have had little organizational insight into Chicago apart from the crews who were close to Milwaukee and Rockford at the time. Funny that he saw DeMonte as a capodecina but wasn’t sure about Prio, but we know that DeMonte was in close contact with the Rockford guys so Maniaci may have gotten that impression that he was more important in formal terms than he actually was. Given that Battaglia and Alderisio were Balistrieri’s liaisons to Chicago, we have to at least take Maniaci’s account seriously and think about it. However, the investigative period covered by this report was December 1963 to May 1964, and Frank Ferraro didn’t die until August 1964, so Maniaci’s claim that Battaglia was UB doesn’t line up. One wonders if he had been told this by Balistrieri, or if it was just his personal assumption as to Batttaglia’s status (which, similar to DeMonte, could’ve also been inflated by Battaglia’s importance to Milwaukee).
Interestingly, Maniaci thought that both Alderisio and Caifano were captains at this time. Again, it makes a big difference whether Maniaci knew this for a fact or if it was just his impression. Was Maniaci introduced to them as capidecina, or told of their status by Balistrieri or a Chicago member, or was he just inferring it based on his perception of their stature? In both 1968 and 1969, Bomp reported to the FBI that “to his knowledge” Alderisio was a soldier, and then additionally reported in ‘69 that Alderisio had stated that “in the past” he had been direct with Giancana along with Caifano. Presumably, that arrangement changed at the very latest sometime after Giancana fled the country, but we don’t know the exact time period that “in the past” denoted. In ‘69, Bomp was responsible for formally introducing Alderisio and Frattiano as members, so one would think if Alderisio was a capo by that point Bomp would’ve known. But, it’s also possible that Alderisio had been bumped up to capo (official or acting) by then and hadn’t been yet reintroduced as such to Bomp by a third party (LaPorte would’ve been in the position to do so, we can assume, but maybe it just hadn’t happened up to that point; though I’d also think that LaPorte probably would’ve told Bomp if Alderisio had been bumped up anyway, but who knows).
Now, one possibility is that Maniaci could’ve been aware that both Alderisio and Caifano answered directly to Giancana and thus assumed that both men were capidecina. I’m reminded of Nick C’s testimony, where he didn’t know for a fact whether Eboli had been a capo or not, but thought that he might have been because he seemed to answer to no one but Aiuppa; again, that could be consistent with a guy being a captain but also consistent with him being a soldier direct with the boss.
1964 intel from Maniaci on Chicago ranks:
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It’s unsurprising that Maniaci would have had little organizational insight into Chicago apart from the crews who were close to Milwaukee and Rockford at the time. Funny that he saw DeMonte as a capodecina but wasn’t sure about Prio, but we know that DeMonte was in close contact with the Rockford guys so Maniaci may have gotten that impression that he was more important in formal terms than he actually was. Given that Battaglia and Alderisio were Balistrieri’s liaisons to Chicago, we have to at least take Maniaci’s account seriously and think about it. However, the investigative period covered by this report was December 1963 to May 1964, and Frank Ferraro didn’t die until August 1964, so Maniaci’s claim that Battaglia was UB doesn’t line up. One wonders if he had been told this by Balistrieri, or if it was just his personal assumption as to Batttaglia’s status (which, similar to DeMonte, could’ve also been inflated by Battaglia’s importance to Milwaukee).
Interestingly, Maniaci thought that both Alderisio and Caifano were captains at this time. Again, it makes a big difference whether Maniaci knew this for a fact or if it was just his impression. Was Maniaci introduced to them as capidecina, or told of their status by Balistrieri or a Chicago member, or was he just inferring it based on his perception of their stature? In both 1968 and 1969, Bomp reported to the FBI that “to his knowledge” Alderisio was a soldier, and then additionally reported in ‘69 that Alderisio had stated that “in the past” he had been direct with Giancana along with Caifano. Presumably, that arrangement changed at the very latest sometime after Giancana fled the country, but we don’t know the exact time period that “in the past” denoted. In ‘69, Bomp was responsible for formally introducing Alderisio and Frattiano as members, so one would think if Alderisio was a capo by that point Bomp would’ve known. But, it’s also possible that Alderisio had been bumped up to capo (official or acting) by then and hadn’t been yet reintroduced as such to Bomp by a third party (LaPorte would’ve been in the position to do so, we can assume, but maybe it just hadn’t happened up to that point; though I’d also think that LaPorte probably would’ve told Bomp if Alderisio had been bumped up anyway, but who knows).
Now, one possibility is that Maniaci could’ve been aware that both Alderisio and Caifano answered directly to Giancana and thus assumed that both men were capidecina. I’m reminded of Nick C’s testimony, where he didn’t know for a fact whether Eboli had been a capo or not, but thought that he might have been because he seemed to answer to no one but Aiuppa; again, that could be consistent with a guy being a captain but also consistent with him being a soldier direct with the boss.