"To whom it may concern." Anonymous 40's letter re. Gen Fam

[Angelo Santino]

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[Angelo Santino]

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[B.]

Thanks for sharing.

Giuseppe Peraino took over the Reina family until he was killed, but he's been described as somewhat of an outsider who was placed there by Masseria. Is there any info to suggest he was a member of Reina's family before this, or is it possible he was under Masseria and transferred over to take over the Reinas? From the sounds of this, he was heavily involved with Masseria/Genovese members, and if he did transfer from Masseria to Reina in order to take it over, it could add more weight to the idea that Mineo transferred from the future Profaci family to take over D'Aquila's family.

A couple of times he makes it sound like he's not from New York... do you think this guy may have been in Jersey? Maybe Long Island or north of NYC?

James Demino must be Vincent Generoso.

[Angelo Santino]

Thanks for sharing.

Giuseppe Peraino took over the Reina family until he was killed, but he's been described as somewhat of an outsider who was placed there by Masseria. Is there any info to suggest he was a member of Reina's family before this, or is it possible he was under Masseria and transferred over to take over the Reinas? From the sounds of this, he was heavily involved with Masseria/Genovese members, and if he did transfer from Masseria to Reina in order to take it over, it could add more weight to the idea that Mineo transferred from the future Profaci family to take over D'Aquila's family.

A couple of times he makes it sound like he's not from New York... do you think this guy may have been in Jersey? Maybe Long Island or north of NYC?

James Demino must be Vincent Generoso.

Not enough info to go on with Peraino... What's interesting is that the Gen/Luc breakup didn't seem to bring any bad blood. After the 1920's thing was settled, Morello and Reina went into some kinda business together. And going up until the 1970's both families' crews were close in Harlem and the Bronx, to the point where the FBI wasn't sure who was with who.

[bronx]

Chris great research! the doctor he speaks of ,was what the writer says he was. he drove them to meets in a.c. very close to genovese guys and mangano guys of that time. find any more on the good doctor

[bronx]

vincenzo ariola is the dr. name

[East Bronx]

[What's interesting is that the Gen/Luc breakup didn't seem to bring any bad blood. After the 1920's thing was settled, Morello and Reina went into some kinda business together. And going up until the 1970's both families' crews were close in Harlem and the Bronx, to the point where the FBI wasn't sure who was with who.

They're still very close. I say it all the time. In the Bronx/Westchester area they may as well be the same family, especially in construction.

Great stuff, Christie!

[bronx]

pizza that DR was real deal tough guy. Chris any more doc's like that around..

[bronx]

he helped everyone with their "heart attacks" with the G,

[Angelo Santino]

[What's interesting is that the Gen/Luc breakup didn't seem to bring any bad blood. After the 1920's thing was settled, Morello and Reina went into some kinda business together. And going up until the 1970's both families' crews were close in Harlem and the Bronx, to the point where the FBI wasn't sure who was with who.

They're still very close. I say it all the time. In the Bronx/Westchester area they may as well be the same family, especially in construction.

Great stuff, Christie!

WHERE THE FUCK HAVE YOU BEEN??? You find BB threads like "Who was the cutest mobster????" more appealing than us!?!?

That hurts, EB, that really hurts.

Hope your dad's doing ok! Salut.

[Angelo Santino]

The relationship you see with the Lucchese/Genoveses is similar to what you see with the Colombos and Gambinos. Even back during the Gallo-Profaci dispute, the Gallo's sought protection under Gambino for a time.

Even though you have 4 different families, two of them are joined with the other two by the hip, any problems are usually short term.

[East Bronx]

WHERE THE FUCK HAVE YOU BEEN??? You find BB threads like "Who was the cutest mobster????" more appealing than us!?!?

That hurts, EB, that really hurts.

Hope your dad's doing ok! Salut.

That's all it is, my Dad. He's taking up a lot of my time now. I haven't forgotten about this board, and I certainly haven't forgotten about you. But when you're caring for an angry 85 year old man who doesn't want to take his meds or show up for his doctors' appointments, there's not much time for anything else. I'm seriously going out of my mind. I'll be in touch, though. I promise.

[Angelo Santino]

WHERE THE FUCK HAVE YOU BEEN??? You find BB threads like "Who was the cutest mobster????" more appealing than us!?!?

That hurts, EB, that really hurts.

Hope your dad's doing ok! Salut.

That's all it is, my Dad. He's taking up a lot of my time now. I haven't forgotten about this board, and I certainly haven't forgotten about you. But when you're caring for an angry 85 year old man who doesn't want to take his meds or show up for his doctors' appointments, there's not much time for anything else. I'm seriously going out of my mind. I'll be in touch, though. I promise.

No rush, buddy, we're always here for you. If anythings in my power to help, you got my # and email. Salut amico!

[Antiliar]

Thanks for sharing.

Giuseppe Peraino took over the Reina family until he was killed, but he's been described as somewhat of an outsider who was placed there by Masseria. Is there any info to suggest he was a member of Reina's family before this, or is it possible he was under Masseria and transferred over to take over the Reinas? From the sounds of this, he was heavily involved with Masseria/Genovese members, and if he did transfer from Masseria to Reina in order to take it over, it could add more weight to the idea that Mineo transferred from the future Profaci family to take over D'Aquila's family.

A couple of times he makes it sound like he's not from New York... do you think this guy may have been in Jersey? Maybe Long Island or north of NYC?

James Demino must be Vincent Generoso.

Did you mean Bonaventura "Joe" Pinzolo who took over the Reina Family? I believe that Pinzolo was actually a member of the D'Aquila Family (later Mineo) before he took over the Reina Family.

[B.]

Thanks for sharing.

Giuseppe Peraino took over the Reina family until he was killed, but he's been described as somewhat of an outsider who was placed there by Masseria. Is there any info to suggest he was a member of Reina's family before this, or is it possible he was under Masseria and transferred over to take over the Reinas? From the sounds of this, he was heavily involved with Masseria/Genovese members, and if he did transfer from Masseria to Reina in order to take it over, it could add more weight to the idea that Mineo transferred from the future Profaci family to take over D'Aquila's family.

A couple of times he makes it sound like he's not from New York... do you think this guy may have been in Jersey? Maybe Long Island or north of NYC?

James Demino must be Vincent Generoso.

Did you mean Bonaventura "Joe" Pinzolo who took over the Reina Family? I believe that Pinzolo was actually a member of the D'Aquila Family (later Mineo) before he took over the Reina Family.

Yep, I confused those two. Pinzolo is who I meant. Thanks for the correction. If Pinzolo was under D'Aquila and took over the Reinas that could also have the same implication... you have Masseria taking a member under D'Aquila and making him boss of another family, so could also be the same sort of situation as Mineo leaving his own family taking over for D'Aquila.

With Peraino, let's see... this letter would make him out to be a Masseria/Genovese guy but his sons would end up in the Profaci family. Was he said to be a boss for a short time or am I imagining that? I feel like someone may have thought he was a pre-Profaci boss. Either way he fits in with the Frankie Yale connection between Genovese and Profaci members.

Anyone know if Generoso aka "Dimino" was originally under Yale?