B. wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 12:17 pm
Can you post the excerpt about the Camorra and Philadelphia? Thank you.
The Camorra plot
With the death of Joe DeMarco, the Morello organization was able to open up Lower Manhattan to their
gambling operations. However, to the Morello's chagrin, the Camorra organization also grabbed the
opportunity and opened a couple of their own gambling houses in Lower Manhattan. Since the Morello goal
had been a monopoly on gambling in the area, the stage was set for conflict.
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Mafia-Camorra War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On the other side of the East River, the Neopolitan gangs were also getting ambitious. Allessandro Vollero,
a top Navy Street leader, had never been happy with cooperating with the Morellos on the DeMarco hit. He
now decided to break their alliance. A meeting was held in Philadelohia between Navy Gang representatives
and the Camorra leadership about hitting the Morellos and taking complete control of Manhattan. After
discussing it with Camorra boss Ricci the two groups agreed to an alliance.
The Navy Gang and the Camorra developed a plan to lure the leaders of the Morello gang to another
meeting in Brooklyn, only to ambush and murder them.
[edit] The Morello hit
On September 7, 1916 Nick Morello and associate Charles Ubriaco traveled downtown to meet with the
Navy Street Gang. Once they arrived, they were served drinks. After a while, Morello and Ubriaco were told
that the Navy Street people were waiting for them instead at a coffee house. On their way to the coffee
house, they were ambushed. Nick Morello was shot by Tom Pagano and Charlie Ubriaco was shot by
Thomas Carillo and Lefty Esposito. Morello and Carillo died at the scene.
When the police arrived, they searched Morello's body; they found a bank book for NY Produce Exchange
Bank, Harlem with a balance of $1,865. The police later asked Ciro Terranova to come in and identify his
brother's body. The police arrested Vollero and put him in a lineup, but released him 19 days later for lack
of evidence.
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Can you post the excerpt about the Camorra and Philadelphia? Thank you.
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The Camorra plot
With the death of Joe DeMarco, the Morello organization was able to open up Lower Manhattan to their
gambling operations. However, to the Morello's chagrin, the Camorra organization also grabbed the
opportunity and opened a couple of their own gambling houses in Lower Manhattan. Since the Morello goal
had been a monopoly on gambling in the area, the stage was set for conflict.
file:///P|/Genealogy/History/Mafia/1914%20-% 2017% 20Mafia-Camorra% 20War% 20-% 20Wikipedia. htm[ 9/6/2010 10:49:11 PM]
Mafia-Camorra War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[b]On the other side of the East River, the Neopolitan gangs were also getting ambitious. Allessandro Vollero,
a top Navy Street leader, had never been happy with cooperating with the Morellos on the DeMarco hit. He
now decided to break their alliance. A meeting was held in Philadelohia between Navy Gang representatives
and the Camorra leadership about hitting the Morellos and taking complete control of Manhattan. After
discussing it with Camorra boss Ricci the two groups agreed to an alliance. [/b]
The Navy Gang and the Camorra developed a plan to lure the leaders of the Morello gang to another
meeting in Brooklyn, only to ambush and murder them.
[edit] The Morello hit
On September 7, 1916 Nick Morello and associate Charles Ubriaco traveled downtown to meet with the
Navy Street Gang. Once they arrived, they were served drinks. After a while, Morello and Ubriaco were told
that the Navy Street people were waiting for them instead at a coffee house. On their way to the coffee
house, they were ambushed. Nick Morello was shot by Tom Pagano and Charlie Ubriaco was shot by
Thomas Carillo and Lefty Esposito. Morello and Carillo died at the scene.
When the police arrived, they searched Morello's body; they found a bank book for NY Produce Exchange
Bank, Harlem with a balance of $1,865. The police later asked Ciro Terranova to come in and identify his
brother's body. The police arrested Vollero and put him in a lineup, but released him 19 days later for lack
of evidence.