by B. » Wed Aug 09, 2017 5:53 pm
Eld wrote: ↑Wed Aug 09, 2017 8:19 am
HairyKnuckles wrote: ↑Wed Aug 09, 2017 7:12 am
Eld wrote: ↑Tue Aug 08, 2017 4:43 am
This is his obituary from 1982. In 1979 he was arrested for operating an illegal slot machine in a coffee shop on 349 Knickerbocker ave.
Interesting. Salvatore Puma rings a bell. After looking up, I found a Salvatore Puma aka "Big Sam" listed as a Genovese member under Tommy Greco. This Genovese member lived at 221 27th Avenue in Brooklyn and died around 1968/1969. Could be Felice´s father who was married to a Buccellato.
There is also a Sam Puma listed as a Bonanno member by the feds at the maryferrell site.
I’m not familiar with Sicilian customs but Felice Puma was born in 1937 and Galante was in prison until 1939 so Galante wouldn’t have been present at the baptism to be godfather of Puma.
Not only was Galante in prison, but it says Puma was born in Italy. Curious which country in South America his brothers live(d) in. Can barely go more than a generation among "known" CDG names without finding a marriage to a Buccellato.
The Sal Puma who was killed by Carneglia was identified as a Gambino associate in the indictment. He had allegedly stolen money that was intended for the commissary accounts of two unidentified Gambino associates and the stabbing took place in Howard Beach. Puma was dating Junior Gotti's future wife Kim at the time, pretty crazy to think how close Carneglia would get to Junior in the years to come.
On MF, an older Salvatore Puma shows up as a possible member w/ family affiliation unknown and an address is given for him on Crescent Avenue in Brooklyn very close to Howard Beach, so this is an indication he could be related to the above Sal Puma who was affiliated with the Howard Beach / Ozone Park Gambinos. This address is also a ways away from the Gravesend address of the Salvatore Puma HK identified as a Genovese member, so he either moved or it's a different guy.
On the FBI's dead list, Felice Puma is listed as a Bonanno (doesn't specify whether member or associate but by all accounts he was just an associate) who died in 1983, so that's an indication there was at some point an FBI file on him. It also lists Joe Puma and a "Sammy Puma" with no other information listed.
Eld, where did you see the bit about a Sam Puma being a Bonanno member? I only saw files ID'ing him as a potential member with family unknown but I could have missed a file.
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This is his obituary from 1982. In 1979 he was arrested for operating an illegal slot machine in a coffee shop on 349 Knickerbocker ave.
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Interesting. Salvatore Puma rings a bell. After looking up, I found a Salvatore Puma aka "Big Sam" listed as a Genovese member under Tommy Greco. This Genovese member lived at 221 27th Avenue in Brooklyn and died around 1968/1969. Could be Felice´s father who was married to a Buccellato.
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There is also a Sam Puma listed as a Bonanno member by the feds at the maryferrell site.
I’m not familiar with Sicilian customs but Felice Puma was born in 1937 and Galante was in prison until 1939 so Galante wouldn’t have been present at the baptism to be godfather of Puma.
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Not only was Galante in prison, but it says Puma was born in Italy. Curious which country in South America his brothers live(d) in. Can barely go more than a generation among "known" CDG names without finding a marriage to a Buccellato.
The Sal Puma who was killed by Carneglia was identified as a Gambino associate in the indictment. He had allegedly stolen money that was intended for the commissary accounts of two unidentified Gambino associates and the stabbing took place in Howard Beach. Puma was dating Junior Gotti's future wife Kim at the time, pretty crazy to think how close Carneglia would get to Junior in the years to come.
On MF, an older Salvatore Puma shows up as a possible member w/ family affiliation unknown and an address is given for him on Crescent Avenue in Brooklyn very close to Howard Beach, so this is an indication he could be related to the above Sal Puma who was affiliated with the Howard Beach / Ozone Park Gambinos. This address is also a ways away from the Gravesend address of the Salvatore Puma HK identified as a Genovese member, so he either moved or it's a different guy.
On the FBI's dead list, Felice Puma is listed as a Bonanno (doesn't specify whether member or associate but by all accounts he was just an associate) who died in 1983, so that's an indication there was at some point an FBI file on him. It also lists Joe Puma and a "Sammy Puma" with no other information listed.
Eld, where did you see the bit about a Sam Puma being a Bonanno member? I only saw files ID'ing him as a potential member with family unknown but I could have missed a file.