by OlBlueEyesClub » Thu Jun 22, 2017 3:57 pm
The Gallo-Profaci war was mainly over the fact that the Gallo brothers felt they weren't being compensated enough for their work, mainly the hit on Frankie Shots Abbatemarco. They felt that because they supposedly carried out this high profile hit for Profaci, that Profaci would reward them with Abbatemarco's rackets, instead Profaci split Abbatemarco's action with his cronies whom happened to be captains mostly, and he left the Gallos out. That made Profaci the main target, I believe. And the kidnappings were done as an attempt to make Profaci step down, or give Larry, perhaps Joey as well, a higher position in the family. Colombo was more of afterthought, but he was most likely a guy whom Profaci liked and trusted, so that may be why he was kidnapped with the others. In fact, I'm almost positive Profaci thought highly of Colombo because all of the other kidnapped victims were all guys whom were close to Profaci, like his brother, his brother-in-law Magliocco, and then Colombo. So it seems like he was pretty popular within the Profaci-Colombo family, at least. Had it not been for Charlie The Sidge, whom supposedly used his stature and respectability to negotiate with the Gallos to release those who they had kidnapped and hidden, who knows if Colombo or Magliocco would've lived long enough to sit in the boss chair.
And I believe you're referring to the Patsy story from Pistone, Patsy & Frankie. I thought I remembered reading that too, that they were screamed on by Jilly for sending word around that Pistone was this and that, and how he sold Patsy fake diamonds. But I went back to that passage just now and couldn't find it. The closest I got was after Patsy comes back after receiving word that Pistone was vouched for by his criminal miami contact. And Pistone feigning being pissed and getting into a physical altercation with Patsy, and a member of the crew, named Chino or something like that, getting in between them and saying he didn't want to hear anything else about "Donnie" being a rat. Oddly enough, the guy who began accusing Pistone of being a rat, Patsy, flipped himself later on and was placed in the WPP. And Pistones Miami contact happened to be a fed, as the number Pistone gave went back to an FBI building and the office of his supervising officer. Lol. Shame though, all of what Pistone wrote about him, it seems like Jilly was a pretty decent guy, he was murdered by after being shot while riding his motorcycle. I've never heard much of the story surrounding his death, hopefully some of the guys here can shed some light on that situation as I've always been interested in that part of Pistones story.
The Gallo-Profaci war was mainly over the fact that the Gallo brothers felt they weren't being compensated enough for their work, mainly the hit on Frankie Shots Abbatemarco. They felt that because they supposedly carried out this high profile hit for Profaci, that Profaci would reward them with Abbatemarco's rackets, instead Profaci split Abbatemarco's action with his cronies whom happened to be captains mostly, and he left the Gallos out. That made Profaci the main target, I believe. And the kidnappings were done as an attempt to make Profaci step down, or give Larry, perhaps Joey as well, a higher position in the family. Colombo was more of afterthought, but he was most likely a guy whom Profaci liked and trusted, so that may be why he was kidnapped with the others. In fact, I'm almost positive Profaci thought highly of Colombo because all of the other kidnapped victims were all guys whom were close to Profaci, like his brother, his brother-in-law Magliocco, and then Colombo. So it seems like he was pretty popular within the Profaci-Colombo family, at least. Had it not been for Charlie The Sidge, whom supposedly used his stature and respectability to negotiate with the Gallos to release those who they had kidnapped and hidden, who knows if Colombo or Magliocco would've lived long enough to sit in the boss chair.
And I believe you're referring to the Patsy story from Pistone, Patsy & Frankie. I thought I remembered reading that too, that they were screamed on by Jilly for sending word around that Pistone was this and that, and how he sold Patsy fake diamonds. But I went back to that passage just now and couldn't find it. The closest I got was after Patsy comes back after receiving word that Pistone was vouched for by his criminal miami contact. And Pistone feigning being pissed and getting into a physical altercation with Patsy, and a member of the crew, named Chino or something like that, getting in between them and saying he didn't want to hear anything else about "Donnie" being a rat. Oddly enough, the guy who began accusing Pistone of being a rat, Patsy, flipped himself later on and was placed in the WPP. And Pistones Miami contact happened to be a fed, as the number Pistone gave went back to an FBI building and the office of his supervising officer. Lol. Shame though, all of what Pistone wrote about him, it seems like Jilly was a pretty decent guy, he was murdered by after being shot while riding his motorcycle. I've never heard much of the story surrounding his death, hopefully some of the guys here can shed some light on that situation as I've always been interested in that part of Pistones story.