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Thanks for the links, will review them.

Parts of this was corroborated by August Maniaci in an FBI file you find if you do a search here or at Mary Ferrell. I looked on the search site here for this August Maniaci FBI file but found only a similar discussion with similar members about this same subject and Gentile being the only source. ...

We did respond to your citations. I pointed out that some of your sources contained misinformation and linked to an article in Informer Journal. That article is behind a paywall. I tried to click it. PolackTony referred to old discussions we had on these topics. You can also use the search function...

Yes, but Cafaro's assertion that Salerno was a front boss for Gigante is taken as fact ,so why is his statement that Lombardo was boss taken as East Harlem bias but his view of Salerno is considered accurate ? Front boss = acting boss. It's a term Cafaro made up for some reason. Salerno was the fam...

Yes, but Cafaro's assertion that Salerno was a front boss for Gigante is taken as fact, so why is his statement that Lombardo was boss taken as East Harlem bias but his view of Salerno is considered accurate? Did he even know Lombardo personally? Huge fan of this question both specifically and in g...

Not sure who exactly you are referring to by “people” and “you”. That would be people refuting my cited statements without citing their own evidence. The claim that Capone was inducted into the mafia in 1928 is supported by accounts from Cola Gentile, Joe Bonanno, and August Maniaci. That Chicago w...

Sorry meant to say Frank Rio not Johnny

Yes, he was. Shallow is quite the character. He was a partner of Richard Cain, mid-1950's, then he got fired from the force in 1971 (it seems kind of a bs reason he got fired). At this point, him and Cain start engaging in crime, they kill Shirley C. Mavigliano in 1972 per FBI interrogations, and th...

That doesnt mean much since Capone and his guys were at O'Banions funeral too. Everything I've read indicates the Genna's, with Ioele helping, killed O'Banion. Perhaps a small point that might explain Capone's attendance at O'banion's funeral, but a great counter-point you make. Assuming I agree wi...

Well, it's my first day on this forum. First, people acted like I didn't have sources. So, I posted them. Then when I linked those multiple sites by multiple sources, I am told those sources are wrong. Then I am told people here apparently have sources no one else has, not listed anywhere else on th...

my belief is, after exhausting research, that DiCaro was just a burglar, and that the Gallichio/Mara hit on Brown wasn't sanctioned and DiCaro had no authority to issue it, regardless of Mara's testimony would love any other info anyone can provide especially on some of the questions like Joe Zito etc

So this is the conundrum then. Why would Capone want to clip Lombardo? ...Unless he really was meeting with Mangano as the rumors say? That was one of the original statements I made that you asked my source on. Once I provided it, you state it is not trustworthy, but offer no evidence to support you...

PolackTony, you seem to have covered everything. I'll add that the 1928 meeting was probably what Nick Gentile called a General Assembly, or something close to it. These usually took place to deal with conflicts between borgatas. Pasqualino Lolordo, if I recall correctly, was the Chicago Mafia boss...

It wasn’t a meeting of what was then renamed the IANU. It was a meeting of the national mafia organization. [/quote] As someone who wasn't at the Statler, I am open to any theories on what appears to be an odd event. The theory that Aiello (rumored to be connected to the Bonnano's) phoned in the ti...

Well, you had asked for my sources, this is me providing them. The tribune got plenty wrong (hello Jake Lingle) but the Statler arrests speak for themselves. If it wasn't a Unione meeting why is Hop-toad, a lowbie nobody, meeting with people like Mangano who would go on to found the Gambino family? ...