by aleksandrored » Thu Sep 13, 2018 8:43 am
Pogo The Clown wrote: ↑Thu Sep 13, 2018 7:12 am
According to a transcript of a November 18, 1999 conversation, Gene complained to crew member Salvatore (Fat Sally) Scala that he hadn't seen a share from a certain moneymaking scheme "since my brother Johnny went away. Ask my brother Pete when did I get anything?"
When Scala, who was between a rock in the room (Gene) and a hard place back home (Peter), replied that Gene was getting $1000 a month, you can almost hear Gene's voice rising in the bugged visiting room: "Who? Who's getting it? That's what I want to know. My wife ain't getting it."
"You get it every week," says Scala.
"I never got it. Who's taking it now?" Gene presses.
SS: Your brother gets it. Your brother has it.
GG: He's taking the money.
SS: He's not taking that – he gets it.
GG: What's he, holding it for me? Give it to my wife, she'll hold it.
The discussion ends with Gene stating an often-heard fact of mob life: Wiseguys get cheated out of their fair share of the spoils when they're behind bars, to which Scala stated: "That's what I've been trying to tell you for the past couple of years."
A perfect illustration of just how cheap, petty and treacherous the mob really is. His own brother, who was the Boss, was cheating him out of 1,000 bucks a month while he was in prison. It is why some of you guys are dreaming if you think that 20 years later the new bosses, who probably have never even met Gene, will take care of him with a nice big free money package for doing his time.
Pogo
I have a similar thought, if at the time he could already be disillusioned with the Mafia, nowadays he should not even want to go back, it is easier for him to act independently even or to leave this life.
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[quote]According to a transcript of a November 18, 1999 conversation, Gene complained to crew member Salvatore (Fat Sally) Scala that he hadn't seen a share from a certain moneymaking scheme "since my brother Johnny went away. Ask my brother Pete when did I get anything?"
When Scala, who was between a rock in the room (Gene) and a hard place back home (Peter), replied that Gene was getting $1000 a month, you can almost hear Gene's voice rising in the bugged visiting room: "Who? Who's getting it? That's what I want to know. My wife ain't getting it."
"You get it every week," says Scala.
"I never got it. Who's taking it now?" Gene presses.
SS: Your brother gets it. Your brother has it.
GG: He's taking the money.
SS: He's not taking that – he gets it.
GG: What's he, holding it for me? Give it to my wife, she'll hold it.
The discussion ends with Gene stating an often-heard fact of mob life: Wiseguys get cheated out of their fair share of the spoils when they're behind bars, to which Scala stated: "That's what I've been trying to tell you for the past couple of years."
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A perfect illustration of just how cheap, petty and treacherous the mob really is. His own brother, who was the Boss, was cheating him out of 1,000 bucks a month while he was in prison. It is why some of you guys are dreaming if you think that 20 years later the new bosses, who probably have never even met Gene, will take care of him with a nice big free money package for doing his time.
Pogo
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I have a similar thought, if at the time he could already be disillusioned with the Mafia, nowadays he should not even want to go back, it is easier for him to act independently even or to leave this life.