THE BLACK HAND FORUM

You're welcome guys.

Unfortunately I don't have a list for Agrigento & Trapani, although like you I would love to see that. I was already lucky to find this one in a French book, although like Marc Monnier Fernandez has written many books on Italy, this is his only book on the subject

Back to the list, the "lupara bianca" murders are not taken into account. One of the most notable from this period is that of the boss Salvatore La Barbera in January 1963 in retaliation for the murder of Di Pisa.

Also missing are some murders from the Leggio/Navarra War that had started the year before in 1958. I didn't know about the murder of this Paolo Riina in July 1962, maybe he was a relative of the other Riinas

Great work, motorfab. I think Trapani would be interesting too, as well as pre-1959.

In other words, there were a couple deaths. Nice work.

I'd be interested if there's a record for Agrigento province though the mafia there typically doesn't get much coverage as widespread as it is.

List established in the book by Dominique Fernandez "Les évènements de Palerme" published in 1966 (not translated in English or Italian to my knowledge)

Except for a handful, the list is centered on Palermo and its province, so obviously very incomplete. I removed some that after research had nothing to do with the mafia

1959

January

-Palermo, via Capucinelli: murder of Antonino Lavardera
-Montelepre: murder of the shepherd Filippo Geloso
-Racineci: the body of Giuseppe Siracusa, a repeat offender, is found. His brother had been murdered 8 months earlier
-Menfi: murder of the shepherd Giuseppe Saladino
-Corleone: murder of Salvatore Cammarata and poisoning of Vincenzo Ruffino

February

-Altofonte: murder of Ignazio Tafuri
-Palermo: murder of Giovanni Marino March -Carini: murder of Giuseppe Tommaso Mannino
-Misilmeri: murder of Agostino Schimenti, country guard
-Borgetto: double murder of Loenardo Cuzensa and Salvatore Rizzo
-Palermo: don Carmelo Cutano is murdered with a knife

April

-Palermo: murder of Giuseppe Bondi

May

-Gordano: murder of Francesco Morici
-Casteldaccia: murder of Stefano Pecoraro, rural policeman
-Borgetto: murder of Vito Rappa
-Agrigento: murder of Vitaldo Tandoj, police commissioner

June

-Bagheria: murder of the cowherd Francesco Palazzotto
-Borgetto: murder of the cowherd Giuseppe Barone
-Palermo via Francesco Crispi: murder of Antonino Scaglione, merchant
-Palermo: murder of Domenico La Fata, merchant, brother of Salvatore La Fata, commission agent at the wholesale fruit and vegetable market, murdered some time before

July

-Villafrati: murder of Salvatore Volo, a household appliance dealer
-Tommaso Natale: murder of a little girl, Anna Prestigiacomo, for a rivalry in the exploitation of an estate

September

-Palermo via Messina: murder of Filippo Drago

October

-Palermo: murder of Filippo Di Silvestro, employed in the construction of a dam
-Gordano: quadruple murder of Francesco Pecoraro, his two sons Vincenzo (18 years old) & Antonino (10 years old), and a guest of the family, Demetrino Pecorino, cousin of the Demetrio Pecorino murdered 5 months earlier. Rivalry in the stolen cattle trade

November

-Palermo via Atenasio: murder of Nicolo Coniglioaro, owner of a bar

December

-Carini: murder of the shepherd Francesco Di Maio
-Pallavicino: murder of Vincenzo Cucinà

1960

January

-Trapani: double murder of Pasquale Di Prima & Giacomo Plamieri
-Palermo: murder of Paolo Mineo, broker
-Campobello: double murder of Andrea Caronia, farmer & Giovanni Sciarrino.

February

-Valledolmo: murder of Onofrio Battaglia
-Palermo: murder of Michele Sorbi, florist
-Villagrazia: murder of Onofrio Mangano

March

-Palermo: a man on a scooter murders Francesco Randazzo
-Gordano: murder of Demetrio Pecorino, witness to the murder of Francesco Pomara assassinated 3 years earlier
-Palermo: murder of Salvatore Accomando, citrus trafficker
-Paceo: murder of Ignazio Barbera, merchant, killed by 15 pistol shots

April

-Palermo via Torino: murder of Stefano Leale, building contractor
-Terrasini: double murder of Giovanni Cannavo, owner, and Salvatore Barone, milkman
-Contessa Entellina: murder of the cowherd Francesco Contorno

May

-Tusa: triple murder of the Muro brothers, Rosario & Angelo Cassata, for a rivalry in the stolen sheep trade
-Palermo: murder of Domenico Mancino, merchant

June

-Partinico: murder of Angelo Marchese, cattle broker
-Misilmeri: murder of the cowherd Giuseppe Fiumerfreddo
-Partinico: murder of Filippo Lunetta, driver
-Palermo: murder of Filippo Passarello, manager of the shipyard canteen
-Palermo Piazza Ingastole: murder of Cosimo Leone

August
-Baucina: murder of Ciro Corrado September
-Gaudrano: murder of Francesco Di Maggio
-San Giuseppe Jato: murder of boss Benedetto Minasola who had persuaded Gaspare Pisciotta, lieutenant of Salvatore Giuliano to kill the bandit through treachery.

October

-Palermo via Marchese di Villabianca: murder of Giovanni Scalia. Disgraced “Killer”

1961

January

-Palermo: murder of Salvatore Meli who had "sung" in court
-Tommaso Natale: murder of 13-year-old shepherd Paolo Riccobono
-Valle Dolmo: murder of Saverio Pansica, municipal assessor
-Baucina: murder of Antonio La Barbera

February

-Calascibetta: murder of Paolo Fontanazza, property owner
-Corleone: double murder of Vincenzo Cortimiglia & Salvatore Provenzano, during a shootout in the streets
-Borgetto: murder of Francesco Salamone, property owner

March

-Tommaso Natale: murder of Pietro Vassalo whose body is found burned
-Palermo: murder of Filippo Bilello, caretaker of a building under construction

April

-Palermo: murder of Giovanni Zangara, cemetery caretaker
-Camporeale: murder of Pietro Manno
-Partinico: double murder of Antonino Briguglio, butcher, and Salvatore, his son, who had recognized the assassins

June

-Vallelunga: murder of Gaetano Giuliana
-Marsala: murder of Vito Sammartano, citrus merchant
-Carini: murder of Cesare Leone
-Lercara Friddi: murder of the shepherd Giovanni Salamone
-Carini: murder of the peasant Salvatore Lombardo

July

-Tommaso Natale: murder of Salvatore Messina, gardener
-Palermo: murder of Vincenzo Modica
-Palermo: murder of Giuseppe Mangano
-Palermo via Villa Florio: murder of Filippo Riolo, building contractor, killed in front of his house in the presence of his young children
-Tommaso Natale: murder of Giuseppe Riccobono, brother of the murdered shepherd boy

August

-Palermo Corso Tukory: murder of Francesco Macagnoni
-Ciaculli: murder of Salvatore Spatola, aqueduct keeper
-Palermo via Ciuti: murder of Filippo Zito

-September

-Cinisi: double murder of Giuseppe Mazzola, city councilor, Antonino Plazzolo
-San Giuseppe Jato: murder of Ciro Grû
-Tommaso Natale: murder of Francesco Ferrante
-Cozzesano: murder of Antonino Affronti, repeat offender

October

-Palermo: murder Pietro D'Angelo, killed in his car
-Palermo: murder of Agostino Caviglia, building contractor

November

-Partinico: murder of Giuseppe Cucinella
-Palermo Piazza Scaffa: murder of Antonino Marchese, drug trafficker -
Mondello: murder of Giuseppe Giacolone, guard of a textile factory

December

-Palermo: murder of Vincenzo Geraci, "boss" of real estate speculation
-Altofonte: murder of Domenico Demma

1962

January

-Bagheria: murder of Serafino Gati, convicted offender
-Udittore: murder of Salvatore Leale, adopted son of Stefano Leale, murdered 20 months earlier
-Bagheria: murder of Andrea Gagliano
-Palermo via Marco Polo: murder of Vincenzo De Santis , "boss" of household appliances

February

-Altofonte: murder of Mario Geraci, livestock broker March

March

-Borgetto: murder of Vincenzo Li Puma
-Marsala: murder of Biagio Valenti, son of a wine broker
-Marsala: murder of the goatherd Luciano Patti, witness to the murder of Biagio Valenti. Antonino Patti, father of Luciano, did not oppose the sentence which decided the death of his son

May

-Tommaso Natale: murder of the cowherd Pietro Messina, brother of Salvatore Messina murdered 10 months earlier
-Brancaccio: murder of Filippo Ingrassia, vegetable producer

June

-Ravanusa: murder of Don Gaetano Cannarozzo
-Brancaccio: murder of Angelo Marchese, citrus fruit broker

July

-In Brancaccio, a ring finger is found in a pile of manure: the inscription and the date engraved in the brague allow us to conclude that it was the death of Salvatore Latona, owner
-Bagheria: murder of Giacinto Puleo
-Corleone: murder of Paolo Riina, merchant
-Trapani: murder of Gioacchino Perricone, owner

September

-Palermo: murder of Giuseppe Labruzzo
-Palermo Foro Italico: murder of Francesco Mineo
-Palermo: murder of Luigi Giuccardi, “boss” of reinforced cement
-Palermo: murder of Vincenzo Bumbolo
-Monreale: murder of Salvatore Petrozzo, wine producer
-Brancaccio: murder of Giuseppe Corsino, well keeper
-Villabate: murder of Giovanni Giangreco, citrus fruit owner, killed while getting on a bus

October

-Palermo: murder of Francesco Giuccardi, caretaker of a building under construction

December

-Palermo Principe di Camporeale: murder of Calcedonio Di Pisa, building contractor (First Mafia War)

1963

January

-Corleone: murder of Calogero Florio
-Alcamo: double murder of Gaspare De Simone and his son Mariano
-Vintimiglia Alta: murder of Giuseppe Bona
-Marsala: murder of Giuseppe Valenti, wine broker, father of Biagio Valenti murdered 10 months earlier

March

-Bagheria: murder of Santo Di Pasquale
-Palermo: murder of Vincenzo Conigliaro

April

-Misilmeri: double murder of brothers Giuseppe & Gaetano Tessio
-Palermo via S. Agostino: murder of boss Vincenzo D'Accardi (First Mafia War)
-Palermo via Principe Belmonte: murder of Rosolino Gulizzi, mechanic, killed in his garage by 4 revolver shots fired from a motorcycle (First Mafia War)
-Cinisi: double murder of the boss Cesare Manzella and his henchman Filippo Vitale, killed by the explosion of an Alfa Romeo in front of their houses (First Mafia War)

May

-Marsala: murder of Cosimo Alagna, killed in his car
-Udittore: triple murder of the Bonuras father and sons and then of their assassin Salvatore Gambino

June

-Udittore: double murder of Girolamo Conigliara & Pietro Garofalo, "bosses" of reinforced cement (First Mafia War)
-Palermo: murder of Bernardo Diana, dealer in spare parts for cars (First Mafia War)
-Bisacquino: murder of Calogero Volpe
-Palermo: murder of Emanuele Leonforte, owner of a supermarket (First Mafia War)
-30 June 1am, explosion of an Alfa Romeo stuffed with plastic, which kills the guard of a garage Pietro Cannizzaro and a baker Giuseppe Tesoro (First Mafia War)
-30 3pm, explosion in Ciaculli of a second Alfa Romeo which kills 7 soldiers (First Mafia War)