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He made an article about the DeCavalcante re-inductions mentioned in the original post:

http://lcnbios.blogspot.com/2018/01/dec ... ction.html

JD wrote: ↑Tue Sep 05, 2017 3:59 pm
Blackie DiAugusta (ph)

This guy turns up multiple times, always re the Brooklyn faction. It's possibly just a bad phonetic spelling for Mickey DePietro, but the obituary for Rudy Farone's wife mentions a relative named D'Agosta. The Blackie DiAugusta mentioned as a DeCav member was made after the books opened and reported to Jimmy Rotondo, who in turn was very close to the Farone family [Rudy was Anthony Rotondo's godfather]. There's a few possible matches for him, one of which died the same month Anthony Rotondo was made, a ceremony Blackie attended, so it's not certain.

I'm guessing the one you mentioned who died the same month as Rotondo's ceremony is Edward "Blackie" D'Agosta (1924-1982). He married an Elvira Martino who died in 1973, then may have gotten remarried to a Vincenza Russo two years later but not positive it's the same guy. The sister of Mildred Farone is said to be Vee D'Agosta, so "Vee" could have been a nickname for Vincenza.

Edward "Blackie" was in a juvenile correctional facility as a teenager in Westchester in 1940, but was a Brooklyn guy who lived near Park Slope, where some other DeCavalcante NY members lived/operated including Farone. He was arrested with another guy for assault on a law enforcement officer in Coney Island in the early 1950s, with D'Agosta accused of being the main aggressor, so he definitely had a criminal background. Between this, the nickname "Blackie", and possible relation to Farone, he seems like a pretty good bet. The big factor is how his June 1982 death matches up with the Rotondo ceremony that month like you said.
Edit: The other guy in the 1951 arrest with D'Agosta was a Frank Mangano, also born 1924 from Park Slope.

On one of the DeCav tapes, Sam talks about holding a meeting at the Ribera club but his cousin tells him that, according to "Giacomino", there is too much heat from LE at the club. Giacomino is the nickname for Giacomo, so they could be referring to captain Giacomo Colletti, though it could be phonetic for Gioacchino (Amari) as well. Jake Amari was involved with the Ribera club by this time and would continue to help run the club for decades.

Another DeCav note, but Gaetano Alessi's father Vincenzo may have originally lived in Elizabeth based on some records I found. Alessi is a Bayonne-based DeCav soldier and doesn't appear to have any direct relation to NY-based Virgil Alessi, whose family came from Catania. Alessi however is a very common, old name in Ribera, so Gaetano Alessi's family could trace their roots to Ribera. His son Vincenzo Alessi is involved with construction in Bayonne and has been listed as a DeCavalcante and Gambino associate.

Edit: Comparing the records, I'm almost positive that Gaetano Alessi was born in Elizabeth prior to his family moving to Hudson county.

Edit 2: Here is more info on the younger Vincenzo/Vincent Alessi:

Commission investigators found that, for the past several years, Alessi has had a close
business relationship with a convicted racketeer and member of the DeCavalcante LCN criminal
organization. In the mid-1990s, this individual was an official of Laborers’ Union Local 1030.
Since then, he has been involved in construction and trucking and in the brokering of
construction and demolition debris-hauling jobs. Alessi’s companies, among others, paid this
individual for work he sent their way, including jobs transporting debris from construction sites
in New York and New Jersey for disposal elsewhere.

According to grand jury charges filed in New York in November 2009, a deputy chief of
the New York City Department of Sanitation was bribed to rig bids in favor of Duramix Concrete
Corp. The bribes were funneled through the deputy chief’s father-in-law, a member of the
Gambino LCN criminal organization.

Note the Gambino member mentioned is Michael Murdocco (Carmine Sciandra crew) and his son-in-law is Gambino associate Fred Grimaldi. Not sure who the DeCavalcante member Vince Alessi has been associated with, but like I've said, his father is DeCav member Gaetano Alessi who to my knowledge is still alive. This is a reference to someone else, though. Local 1030 was created and operated entirely by the DeCav family, with Schifilliti in charge of the union on Riggi's behalf, so it could be any number of guys.

Chaps wrote: ↑Wed Dec 20, 2017 1:00 pm Yes, they were related, although I'm not 100% sure of the actual relationship. I've read where he was either a nephew or great-nephew. Would love to see a family tree. I bet you could do one for 95% of the DeCavalcante Family.

That would be a good family tree. The same surnames exist at ach
generation. Many family members joined the mob.

cavita wrote: ↑Wed Dec 20, 2017 5:52 pm I find it interesting the contacts that Bacino had in the early years- also at the 1928 Cleveland summit with Bacino was Salvatore Oliveri who represented the Calumet City area. Oliveri was born in Corleone and after the Capone/Aiello wars he settled in Rockford and was listed on their membership rolls. Also, regarding the 1942 bootlegging charge that Bacino was involved in, most of the men from Kenosha at the time were early Camorra members- Ricchio, Covelli, Nudi, etc.

There were a few people at that meeting who were, or would become, significant names in New Jersey, too: Mike Russo, Salvatore and Andrew Lombardino, Emanuele Cammarata.

Bacino would seem to have been there as an aide to Pasquale Lolordo, who was a leader in Chicago by 1928, but I can't necessarily underestimate him. Though he was 26, we've heard it wasn't uncommon for members in Sicily to be made as teenagers, so a 26-year-old could be a veteran of the mafia in those days.

There were many immigrants from Ribera in Chicago back then, too, but doesn't seem to have been as tight-knit as back east. The DeGeorges (DiGiorgio) are the only other Chicago family members I know of. Not sure how captain Jim DeGeorge's falling out/fleeing to Wisconsin affected Bacino, if at all. Interesting you found those connections between Bacino and Wisconsin.

cavita wrote: ↑Wed Dec 20, 2017 5:52 pm I find it interesting the contacts that Bacino had in the early years- also at the 1928 Cleveland summit with Bacino was Salvatore Oliveri who represented the Calumet City area. Oliveri was born in Corleone and after the Capone/Aiello wars he settled in Rockford and was listed on their membership rolls. Also, regarding the 1942 bootlegging charge that Bacino was involved in, most of the men from Kenosha at the time were early Camorra members- Ricchio, Covelli, Nudi, etc.

That's all interesting stuff. Wasn't Paul Ricca in the Camorra before he came over. Maybe he had ties to them. Was Bacino in good standing with the Capone run Outfit?

I find it interesting the contacts that Bacino had in the early years- also at the 1928 Cleveland summit with Bacino was Salvatore Oliveri who represented the Calumet City area. Oliveri was born in Corleone and after the Capone/Aiello wars he settled in Rockford and was listed on their membership rolls. Also, regarding the 1942 bootlegging charge that Bacino was involved in, most of the men from Kenosha at the time were early Camorra members- Ricchio, Covelli, Nudi, etc.

Thanks for adding that info.

I couldn't figure out Francesca "Lucia" Maggio Bacino's (b. ~1932) exact relationship out to Phil. Was that his daughter, niece, or? There is a record of her immigrating to NYC in 1955, not clear if she lived here before that. Phil's brother Luciano is alleged to have been a soldier in the Ribera family, so if she came to the US for the first time in the 1950s, "Lucia" could be Luciano's daughter. A Joseph Bacino also shows up on the FBI's dead list as a cousin of Phil Bacino but it doesn't say if he was a member. Wives and immediate relatives are often including on the dead list, but you don't typically see a cousin unless they're a member/associate.

Along with Phil Amari moving to Los Angeles where he died, at least two of Frank Majuri's siblings moved to California, with at least one living in the Los Angeles area. There are records of other Amaris living in LA, but not sure if there is a connection. I believe Maria "Mary" Amari, Phil's wife was living back in NJ by the mid-1960s, if she ever left.

The Lolordo brothers' father-in-laws Domenico Mule and Vito Cascio could have been mafiosi for all we know. Not only Lena Lolordo lived with her father Domenico Mule in Queens after fleeing Chicago, but Joseph Lolordo and his wife lived with Mule as well, along with their son and Lena's son (both named Vincenzo after Pasquale/Joseph's father). Nothing to suggest Mule/Cascio were mafiosi, but they were from DeCav towns, their daughters married prominent mafia members from Ribera, and Cascio lived in Linden early on.

I also found that in addition to his 1928 presence at the Hotel Statler summit in Cleveland in 1928, he was naturalized on December 21, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois
Further, he was charged in January 1942 in a Milwaukee, Wisconsin bootlegging case along with Alphonse Caruso from Rockford, Tony Capponi, Frank Cucunato, Frank Infusino, Ben Kalb, Joe Lescauski, Charles Cosentino, Aldo Nudi, Arthur P. Ricchio, Roy Ricchio, Emil Ricchio and Walter Schlaeger, all of Kenosha, Wisconsin, William Covelli of Aurora, Illinois, Sam Gottlieb, Ben Krakover and Eugene Presta of Chicago, Kenneth Jensen of Racine, Wisconsin, Harry P. Papavasiliu of Milwaukee, Henry Schmunk of Franksville, George Schulz, Bryant Roberts and Walter Steffen of Burlington, Wisconsin and Herman R. Yanke of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.
For this case, Bacino was given a year and six months in federal prison.

Bacino's wife was Jennie Maggio, and Jennie is a common English translation for Giovanna. His sister was Lucia Marrone and he had a brother Frank Bacino as well.

Does anyone know if Bacino left Chicago at the same time as Lolardo. And if so Bacino returned to Chicago and Lolardo didn't. I can see why Lolardo didn't return to Chicago for multiple reasons. But I find the Bacino going from Chicago to Jersey, possibly being boss then back to Chicago very interesting.

Yes, they were related, although I'm not 100% sure of the actual relationship. I've read where he was either a nephew or great-nephew. Would love to see a family tree. I bet you could do one for 95% of the DeCavalcante Family.

Chaps wrote: ↑Wed Dec 20, 2017 5:16 am As a side note, Phil Amari and Joseph Lolardo we’re brothers-in-law. After returning to the States from Sicily, Amari ended up in LA where he later died.

Was Jake Amari related to Fillip Amari? thanks, SP

As a side note, Phil Amari and Joseph Lolardo we’re brothers-in-law. After returning to the States from Sicily, Amari ended up in LA where he later died.

Thanks. A Francesca Bacino Maggio died a few years back in Calumet City and her funeral too was held at the Nowak Funeral Home. Interestingly, when Filippo Bacino traveled to Italy (presumably Sicily) and returned in 1954, he was with Sylvester Maggio, who would marry Francesca Bacino. Maggio was born in Illinois and also lived in Calumet City.

Going back to Joseph Lolordo, something else about him is that he was married in Los Angeles in 1923, where both he and his wife-to-be were said to live. Anna Cascio Lolordo was born in New York in 1901 to a Vito Cascio and by 1920 Vito and his family were living in Linden, NJ, which is prime Riberesi/DeCavalcante territory right near Elizabeth. It seems by 1923 the Cascios had moved to Los Angeles; we know Joseph Lolordo and his wife Anna Cascio Lolordo would move within the next few years to Chicago, but her father Vito Cascio would stay in Los Angeles until at least 1940. Can't pinpoint where Vito was from, but it looks like he may have been from Burgio or Lucca Sicula, which are right next door to Ribera.

Pasquale Lolordo was firmly established in NYC prior to 1920, and I assume Joseph was as well, so it would make sense he would travel to California for a wife if she was something of a paesan. The question then, would be why Joseph Lolordo fled to New York instead of California when his brother was killed. The easy answer seems to be because Joseph's mafia paesans were in NJ/NYC. But also remember that Los Angeles seems to have always operated somewhat under Chicago's shadow. I'm not sure how much control the Chicago family would have had in LA circa ~1930, but it may have influenced Lolordo's decision along with his other ties to the DeCavs. I also believe Pasquale's widow Pellegrina "Lena", who fled with Joseph and Anna, had family back east.

Side note, but I believe Pasquale Lolordo's wife Pellegrina Mule was from Caltabellota, which is even closer to Ribera and where some DeCav members were from. Her father was Domenico Mule and was living with her in Queens as of 1940. Pasquale and Joseph Lolordo's mother was a DiMaria which is yet another name that has been a part of the DeCavalcante family.

Interestingly, the namesake grandson of Joseph Lolordo grew up on Long Island but moved to Park Ridge, Illinois later, indicating the Lolordos have maintained ties there even in recent years. Would make sense given they continued to have other Riberesi, including the mafiosi Bacino and DiGiorgios, out there. Bacino's descendants in Illinois and Indiana, as I've mentioned a couple of times, are still close to other Riberesi in NJ, including relatives of DeCav members.