by SonnyBlackstein » Fri May 05, 2017 7:57 pm
Pogo The Clown wrote: ↑Fri May 05, 2017 11:39 amGravano, D'Arco, and Ambrosino all testified that Orena's goal was to become official boss, which is what started the war. Apparently Orena began publicly speaking ill of Carmine Persico with the intention that the Commission would remove him as boss. Orena referred to Persico as a rat for admitting the existence of Cosa Nostra and for talking to a Daily News reporter, plus his talks of doing an interview with 60 Minutes. Gravano was aware of all of this as it was happening and understood Orena's intent.
- In 1991, Carmine Persico sent word that his son Allie Boy would become boss upon his projected release date in 1993. This strained tensions in the family and Orena told Carmine Sessa to begin disparaging Persico to the Colombo capos. He told him to begin referring to Persico as "a rat who should be knocked down", specifically. Sessa instead reported this to capo Teddy Persico.
- When Orena heard that Sessa had refused his order and met with Teddy Persico, he planned to stage a making ceremony where in reality Sessa would be murdered Goodfellas style.
- Sessa heard of Orena's plan to murder him and gathered a hit team in June 1991 who waited outside of Orena's home to kill him. Orena as we well know spotted them and fled. Another Persico hit team was supposed to kill an Orena captain that night but also failed, which caused the hit team to flee to a New Jersey hotel.
- After these attempted murders, the Gambino, Lucchese, and Genovese set up a committee to mediate the dispute. Both Orena and Sessa attended the first meeting, but Sessa refused to attend the subsequent meetings. Orena attended all of the meetings. The Luccheses and Gambinos supported Orena and put the responsibility on him to maintain peace as he controlled more soldiers and was more eager to go to war.
- The "peace" finally ended when an Orena hit team led by Bill Cutolo shot at Greg Scarpa.
Good stuff P/B
[quote="Pogo The Clown" post_id=50875 time=1494009577 user_id=53]Gravano, D'Arco, and Ambrosino all testified that Orena's goal was to become official boss, which is what started the war. Apparently Orena began publicly speaking ill of Carmine Persico with the intention that the Commission would remove him as boss. Orena referred to Persico as a rat for admitting the existence of Cosa Nostra and for talking to a Daily News reporter, plus his talks of doing an interview with 60 Minutes. Gravano was aware of all of this as it was happening and understood Orena's intent.
- In 1991, Carmine Persico sent word that his son Allie Boy would become boss upon his projected release date in 1993. This strained tensions in the family and Orena told Carmine Sessa to begin disparaging Persico to the Colombo capos. He told him to begin referring to Persico as "a rat who should be knocked down", specifically. Sessa instead reported this to capo Teddy Persico.
- When Orena heard that Sessa had refused his order and met with Teddy Persico, he planned to stage a making ceremony where in reality Sessa would be murdered Goodfellas style.
- Sessa heard of Orena's plan to murder him and gathered a hit team in June 1991 who waited outside of Orena's home to kill him. Orena as we well know spotted them and fled. Another Persico hit team was supposed to kill an Orena captain that night but also failed, which caused the hit team to flee to a New Jersey hotel.
- After these attempted murders, the Gambino, Lucchese, and Genovese set up a committee to mediate the dispute. Both Orena and Sessa attended the first meeting, but Sessa refused to attend the subsequent meetings. Orena attended all of the meetings. The Luccheses and Gambinos supported Orena and put the responsibility on him to maintain peace as he controlled more soldiers and was more eager to go to war.
- The "peace" finally ended when an Orena hit team led by Bill Cutolo shot at Greg Scarpa.[/quote]
Good stuff P/B