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FriendofHenry wrote: ↑Sat Sep 14, 2024 1:41 pm

AG777 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 14, 2024 12:34 pm I know this is an old thread but I wanted to see if you acquired more info on Anthony Ferro (Buckaloo) as time passed.

I only know that name because he helped an Italian American singer my grandparents liked. Got him into The Sands in Vegas and Carnegie Hall.

His name is changed in this article out of respect because he was still alive.

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Then later in a book, name is revealed. Buckalo.

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Jimmy Roselli sang at one of Jo Jo Pecora's daughter's weddings reception for 1,500 at The Holiday House in Monroeville, PA.

AG777 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 14, 2024 12:34 pm I know this is an old thread but I wanted to see if you acquired more info on Anthony Ferro (Buckaloo) as time passed.

I only know that name because he helped an Italian American singer my grandparents liked. Got him into The Sands in Vegas and Carnegie Hall.

His name is changed in this article out of respect because he was still alive.

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Then later in a book, name is revealed. Buckalo.

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Snakes wrote: ↑Thu Feb 07, 2019 6:58 pm

Cheech wrote: ↑Thu Feb 07, 2019 5:21 pm Harry did you ever get those matty horse files?

I think he did but it was mostly worthless. I could be mistaken, though.

HairyKnuckles wrote: ↑Fri Oct 07, 2022 1:41 am Sorry about this Sonny, but the first part on Ianniello I was sent is so heavily, heavily redacted no one can make any sense out of it. The FOIA wanted me to pay for it. I basically answered that I feel like being ripped off and didn´t pay. So they never sent me the rest of it. What I have is a disgrace of a first part that is not readible, nor comprehensible. In some parts, even his own name (Matthew Ianniello) is redacted!

SonnyBlackstein wrote: ↑Mon Aug 27, 2018 11:00 am

HairyKnuckles wrote: ↑Mon Aug 27, 2018 7:20 am

SonnyBlackstein wrote: ↑Mon Aug 27, 2018 6:28 am HK: would be fantastic if you could share Iannelo’s file or points of interest within.

I plan to do that.

Good man. Looking forward. One of the more interesting mobsters in my book, Matty the horse.

chin_gigante wrote: ↑Sun Aug 26, 2018 5:26 am I have been carrying out some extensive research into the Genovese administration during the 1970s I’ve grouped my findings under three sub-headings: key dates, published sources and FBI files.

Key Dates:

Vito Genovese dies 14th February 1969
Gerardo Catena indicted 1970, released 19th August 1975
Thomas Eboli murdered 16th July 1972
Michele Miranda dies 16th July 1973
Frank Tieri convicted 21th November 1980
Frank Tieri dies 31st March 1981

HairyKnuckles wrote: ↑Thu Feb 07, 2019 10:49 pm

Snakes wrote: ↑Thu Feb 07, 2019 6:58 pm

Cheech wrote: ↑Thu Feb 07, 2019 5:21 pm Harry did you ever get those matty horse files?

I think he did but it was mostly worthless. I could be mistaken, though.

No I haven't yet.

Frank wrote: ↑Fri Feb 08, 2019 12:45 am

HairyKnuckles wrote: ↑Thu Feb 07, 2019 2:47 pm

Frank wrote: ↑Thu Feb 07, 2019 12:15 pm Also isn't it pretty clear in conversations that were recorded in the 1960's that Catena was acting boss and Eboli was acting Underboss.

Absolutely!

Another thing that makes me criticize what Cafaro said about this whole front boss crap is his claim (off the top of my head) saying that Vito Genovese had passed over control of the Family to Lombardo in the early 1960s when he went to jail. How plausible does that sound? It´s unbelievable that not only did Lombardo use Salerno and Tieri previously as front bosses, but also Catena and Eboli already in the early 1960s.

- In early 1969, multiple informants reported rumors that Frank Tieri would succeed Vito Genovese as boss. He was described by one as "knowledgeable, loyal ,and well-liked." The informant felt, however, that Tieri would not have "complete authority" like Genovese had, and instead he would "probably function within a commission" made up of several redacted names, all of them high-ranking Genovese members.

Yeah, that was in early 1969 when a successor to Genovese had not yet been appointed. There were of course candidates but no clear cut successor. A ruling panel must have been an option for the time being. Lombardo may very well have been part of a ruling panel (with Tieri, and a third party, sometime shortly after Eboli´s death) later on but by 1973/1974 Tieri was the official head.

When I've read the Cafaro statement when Vito went to prison in the 1960s, I always think didn't he go to prison in the 1950s. So then I always think he has other things wrong.

HairyKnuckles wrote: ↑Thu Feb 07, 2019 2:47 pm

Frank wrote: ↑Thu Feb 07, 2019 12:15 pm Also isn't it pretty clear in conversations that were recorded in the 1960's that Catena was acting boss and Eboli was acting Underboss.

Absolutely!

Another thing that makes me criticize what Cafaro said about this whole front boss crap is his claim (off the top of my head) saying that Vito Genovese had passed over control of the Family to Lombardo in the early 1960s when he went to jail. How plausible does that sound? It´s unbelievable that not only did Lombardo use Salerno and Tieri previously as front bosses, but also Catena and Eboli already in the early 1960s.

- In early 1969, multiple informants reported rumors that Frank Tieri would succeed Vito Genovese as boss. He was described by one as "knowledgeable, loyal ,and well-liked." The informant felt, however, that Tieri would not have "complete authority" like Genovese had, and instead he would "probably function within a commission" made up of several redacted names, all of them high-ranking Genovese members.

Yeah, that was in early 1969 when a successor to Genovese had not yet been appointed. There were of course candidates but no clear cut successor. A ruling panel must have been an option for the time being. Lombardo may very well have been part of a ruling panel (with Tieri, and a third party, sometime shortly after Eboli´s death) later on but by 1973/1974 Tieri was the official head.

Snakes wrote: ↑Thu Feb 07, 2019 6:58 pm

Cheech wrote: ↑Thu Feb 07, 2019 5:21 pm Harry did you ever get those matty horse files?

I think he did but it was mostly worthless. I could be mistaken, though.

Cheech wrote: ↑Thu Feb 07, 2019 5:21 pm Harry did you ever get those matty horse files?