by PolackTony » Sat Jul 20, 2024 9:52 am
Adam wrote: ↑Sat Jul 20, 2024 7:42 am
One aspect of Roselli's life that I feel doesn't get very much attention is the car bomb murder of Gerald Covelli. Fratianno doesn't even mention it in his book and he spends a ton of time on Roselli. I always assumed Chicago did it, but there's always a part of me that wondered what LAs role may have been.
Covelli was killed in 1967. Roselli was a Chicago member at this time.
I’m assuming that you’re aware of that but someone else reading this might think you were saying that Roselli was an LA member in the 60s.
FWIW, Bompensiero told the Feds that he knew nothing about the Covelli bombing. He also stated that when he had met with Frank LaPorte — the Chicago capo who Roselli was assigned to — after the bombing, LaPorte had expressed surprise at it, for which reason Bompensiero concluded that LaPorte probably didn’t have anything to do with it. If LaPorte wasn’t involved, then Roselli presumably wouldn’t have been involved either.
My guess is that LA had nothing to do with it and that Chicago might not have had Roselli in on it either. I suspect that Ronald DeAngeles, who was something like an explosives and electronics expert for Chicago, was likely involved.
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One aspect of Roselli's life that I feel doesn't get very much attention is the car bomb murder of Gerald Covelli. Fratianno doesn't even mention it in his book and he spends a ton of time on Roselli. I always assumed Chicago did it, but there's always a part of me that wondered what LAs role may have been.
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Covelli was killed in 1967. Roselli was a Chicago member at this time.
I’m assuming that you’re aware of that but someone else reading this might think you were saying that Roselli was an LA member in the 60s.
FWIW, Bompensiero told the Feds that he knew nothing about the Covelli bombing. He also stated that when he had met with Frank LaPorte — the Chicago capo who Roselli was assigned to — after the bombing, LaPorte had expressed surprise at it, for which reason Bompensiero concluded that LaPorte probably didn’t have anything to do with it. If LaPorte wasn’t involved, then Roselli presumably wouldn’t have been involved either.
My guess is that LA had nothing to do with it and that Chicago might not have had Roselli in on it either. I suspect that Ronald DeAngeles, who was something like an explosives and electronics expert for Chicago, was likely involved.