by newera_212 » Tue Mar 07, 2023 9:11 pm
ChicagoOutfit wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 9:54 pm
Was he able to maintain control over over the family?
Yes, up until the time he died. I'd imagine he stopped using his son to pass messages after he later plead to putting on an act, but he was the boss up until he died. Even after he had a harder time communicating with people outside or when he went to Springfield for medical. He held the title and people that held the high level street positions were people that were supposedly put into position by him.
I forget which meeting it was at - if it was the 2000 meeting between all 5 families when Massino was the only non-acting boss there - or if it was just a Genovese & Gambino sitdown - but I remember reading at one of these, the Gambinos were asked why Gotti Sr. didn't step down as boss in prison. They quipped back asking why Chin didn't step down as well, and the Genovese said that it was because Chin had a release date.
So at that time, which had to have been between like 98 and 2002 (it probably was that 2000 meeting with everybody) I took that exchange to mean they still held up Chin as the official boss and that he'd be returning as such when he got out.
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Was he able to maintain control over over the family?
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Yes, up until the time he died. I'd imagine he stopped using his son to pass messages after he later plead to putting on an act, but he was the boss up until he died. Even after he had a harder time communicating with people outside or when he went to Springfield for medical. He held the title and people that held the high level street positions were people that were supposedly put into position by him.
I forget which meeting it was at - if it was the 2000 meeting between all 5 families when Massino was the only non-acting boss there - or if it was just a Genovese & Gambino sitdown - but I remember reading at one of these, the Gambinos were asked why Gotti Sr. didn't step down as boss in prison. They quipped back asking why Chin didn't step down as well, and the Genovese said that it was because Chin had a release date.
So at that time, which had to have been between like 98 and 2002 (it probably was that 2000 meeting with everybody) I took that exchange to mean they still held up Chin as the official boss and that he'd be returning as such when he got out.