by B. » Wed Aug 23, 2023 9:52 pm
There was a Frank Adragna from Monte San Giuliano in Sharon PA and Ohio who was the same age as the one arrested for the Bazzano murder but the murder suspect was from Alcamo and lived in the actual Pittsburgh area. The one in Sharon married a non-Italian while the mafioso married a woman with heritage in Avellino who was originally from PA. Adragna's father and brothers were also mafiosi with Families in Pittsburgh, Brooklyn, and the Bay Area.
His half-brother Joe is a suspected Bonanno member, same with their father Giuseppe. Fellow Bazzano suspect Ciro Gallo of the Bonanno Family was married to a woman from Alcamo and lived near Williamsburg where the Adragnas lived. I couldn't find any links between Gallo's wife and the Adragnas beyond that, though both Gallo and the Adragnas had close ties to the CA Bay Area and became members there. George Adragna was a Pittsburgh member who transferred to San Jose and another brother Vito was a Pittsburgh associate later proposed into the San Jose Family. Another half-brother of Frank was Antonino Dragna who was heavily active in crime and died in a 1928 still accident.
A Pittsburgh member called "Joe l'Alcamese" (Joe the Alcamese) was involved in the Pittsburgh Family's turmoil circa 1932 and according to Gentile it resulted in his murder as he chose to stay in Pittsburgh with his fiancee rather than move to New York and transfer like his allies Gentile and Charles Cavallaro. I've seen speculation that Joe l'Alcamese was Giuseppe Adragna Sr., Frank's father, but he was living in Williamsburg in 1930 with his wife and Frank's half-brothers and died in New York in 1931. Nothing to substantiate the idea that he was in Pittsburgh, had a new fiancee, and was murdered there, especially not in 1932. However he was a mafioso named Joe from Alcamo and two of his sons joined the Pittsburgh Family so there could be a connection, especially given that Alcamo doesn't otherwise show up in what we know of Pittsburgh.
More likely is that Gentile was referring to someone else entirely but I do think it's significant that both Joe l'Alcamese and Frank Adragna from Alcamo were linked to the conflict(s) in Pittsburgh at this time. Ciro Gallo's involvement is interesting too not just because his wife was from Alcamo like the Adragnas but because his brother Joe was the suspected driver in the 1931 murder of previous Pittsburgh boss Giuseppe Siragusa. Joe Gallo and the other killers allegedly came from NYC but Gallo only ever lived in California from what I've found before the Siragusa hit and afterward, becoming a San Jose member; his brother Ciro was living in Brooklyn at the time so maybe Joe was staying there. Ciro and Joe Gallo apparently never lived in Pittsburgh but odd that both Gallo brothers were suspects in the 1931-1932 murders of two Pittsburgh bosses.
I believe Joe Adragna Jr.'s wife came from Menfi, Agrigento. One of the Bay Area informants who was close to Vito Adragna knew that Joe Jr. was a member of an unspecified New York Family. His Trapanese heritage and Williamsburg residence make the Bonannos most likely. Giuseppe Adragna Sr. would be another likely Bonanno member, same with his brother Vito who had a son named Francesco/Frank as well though this Frank Adragna lived out his life in NY.
There was a Frank Adragna from Monte San Giuliano in Sharon PA and Ohio who was the same age as the one arrested for the Bazzano murder but the murder suspect was from Alcamo and lived in the actual Pittsburgh area. The one in Sharon married a non-Italian while the mafioso married a woman with heritage in Avellino who was originally from PA. Adragna's father and brothers were also mafiosi with Families in Pittsburgh, Brooklyn, and the Bay Area.
His half-brother Joe is a suspected Bonanno member, same with their father Giuseppe. Fellow Bazzano suspect Ciro Gallo of the Bonanno Family was married to a woman from Alcamo and lived near Williamsburg where the Adragnas lived. I couldn't find any links between Gallo's wife and the Adragnas beyond that, though both Gallo and the Adragnas had close ties to the CA Bay Area and became members there. George Adragna was a Pittsburgh member who transferred to San Jose and another brother Vito was a Pittsburgh associate later proposed into the San Jose Family. Another half-brother of Frank was Antonino Dragna who was heavily active in crime and died in a 1928 still accident.
A Pittsburgh member called "Joe l'Alcamese" (Joe the Alcamese) was involved in the Pittsburgh Family's turmoil circa 1932 and according to Gentile it resulted in his murder as he chose to stay in Pittsburgh with his fiancee rather than move to New York and transfer like his allies Gentile and Charles Cavallaro. I've seen speculation that Joe l'Alcamese was Giuseppe Adragna Sr., Frank's father, but he was living in Williamsburg in 1930 with his wife and Frank's half-brothers and died in New York in 1931. Nothing to substantiate the idea that he was in Pittsburgh, had a new fiancee, and was murdered there, especially not in 1932. However he was a mafioso named Joe from Alcamo and two of his sons joined the Pittsburgh Family so there could be a connection, especially given that Alcamo doesn't otherwise show up in what we know of Pittsburgh.
More likely is that Gentile was referring to someone else entirely but I do think it's significant that both Joe l'Alcamese and Frank Adragna from Alcamo were linked to the conflict(s) in Pittsburgh at this time. Ciro Gallo's involvement is interesting too not just because his wife was from Alcamo like the Adragnas but because his brother Joe was the suspected driver in the 1931 murder of previous Pittsburgh boss Giuseppe Siragusa. Joe Gallo and the other killers allegedly came from NYC but Gallo only ever lived in California from what I've found before the Siragusa hit and afterward, becoming a San Jose member; his brother Ciro was living in Brooklyn at the time so maybe Joe was staying there. Ciro and Joe Gallo apparently never lived in Pittsburgh but odd that both Gallo brothers were suspects in the 1931-1932 murders of two Pittsburgh bosses.
I believe Joe Adragna Jr.'s wife came from Menfi, Agrigento. One of the Bay Area informants who was close to Vito Adragna knew that Joe Jr. was a member of an unspecified New York Family. His Trapanese heritage and Williamsburg residence make the Bonannos most likely. Giuseppe Adragna Sr. would be another likely Bonanno member, same with his brother Vito who had a son named Francesco/Frank as well though this Frank Adragna lived out his life in NY.