Accardo almost put a hit on Balisteri

[Villain]

I dont know if Cavita will agree with me on this but theres a possibility that sometimes or during some period Chicago also represented Rockford's interests on the round table, but still they operated independently besides having some mutual operations such as gambling, car theft or counterfeiting

I agree 100% on this. I found it interesting as well that when Appalachin went down in November 1957 that Rockford asked Frank Zito from Springfield, Illinois to represent their interests at the mafia summit because boss Tony Musso was dying of cancer. Zito, of course, was one of those caught in the dragnet.

Thanks again

[Confederate]

The point is that besides Milwaukee being under Chicago, still Balistrieri obviously did more than few things on his own

Milwaukee received part of the skim from Las Vegas.

Thats right. Thats one mistake regarding Giancana but still everything else is in place. Milwaukee kicked up to Chicago and there are many examples with Alderisio and Battaglia. Chicago received larger share from the Vegas proceedings while Milwaukee, KC etc. received smaller shares

Just trying to clarify. When you say "kicked up" do you mean some kind of a "tribute" of everything Milwaukee did at that time or do you mean that maybe Milwaukee simply shared with Chicago on "certain" activities, where they were actually partnered because Milwaukee was it's own seperate Family?

[Scottychicago]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/chicago.su ... -fbi-files

[Antiliar]

Can Antillar shed any light on this claim?

I agree with Villain and Cavita.

[Confederate]

Can Antillar shed any light on this claim?

I agree with Villain and Cavita.

Okay. That other article even further explained it by saying Alderisio was partnered with Balistrieri on almost everything. Good info.

[Villain]

Heres some additional info...

[Confederate]

Great Info Villain. I wonder who was MI-T1?

[Villain]

Great Info Villain. I wonder who was MI-T1?

Thanks. I dont have a clue, maybe Antiliar or Ed can shed some light on it

[Ed]

Great Info Villain. I wonder who was MI-T1?

Thanks. I dont have a clue, maybe Antiliar or Ed can shed some light on it

August Maniaci

As for why Milwaukee ended up answering directly to Chicago, here's Maniaci's explanation:

Milwaukee Crime Family boss Sam Ferrera tried to take over a gambling joint operated by Balistrieri. Balistrieri objected so Ferrera shelved him and may have even plotted to kill him. Balistrieri's father-in-law, capo John Alioto, reached out to Chicago for help. Accardo and Giancana decided Ferrera acted improperly, replaced him with Alioto and reinstated Balistrieri. Chicago never left.

[Snakes]

Milwaukee was basically like a Chicago "puppet" state.

[Villain]

Great Info Villain. I wonder who was MI-T1?

Thanks. I dont have a clue, maybe Antiliar or Ed can shed some light on it

August Maniaci

As for why Milwaukee ended up answering directly to Chicago, here's Maniaci's explanation:

Milwaukee Crime Family boss Sam Ferrera tried to take over a gambling joint operated by Balistrieri. Balistrieri objected so Ferrera shelved him and may have even plotted to kill him. Balistrieri's father-in-law, capo John Alioto, reached out to Chicago for help. Accardo and Giancana decided Ferrera acted improperly, replaced him with Alioto and reinstated Balistrieri. Chicago never left.

Thanks bud.

[Villain]

Milwaukee was basically like a Chicago "puppet" state.

I agree...similar situation was with KC and other smaller cities

[nash143]

Having recently looking at Milwaukee info, I wondered if any of you Chicago experts were aware of the following info on Alderiso? Knowing that a fair bit of this informant's info is wrong, is the bit about FA being a Milwaukee tavern operator accurate? Was he in Milwaukee at this time?

[nash143]

Been listening to this new podcast and I deff enjoy it.

Never have heard of this:
New info from retired FBI says Accardo was going to hit Balisteri in 1961 over a murder of a nightclub owner.

The reason Balasreri was saved is he had a high ranking cuzin in KC . Who was the cousin?

An informant stated this in 1958. Unsure how accurate this as analysing Balistrieri and his relatives is a nightmare.

[Villain]

Having recently looking at Milwaukee info, I wondered if any of you Chicago experts were aware of the following info on Alderiso? Knowing that a fair bit of this informant's info is wrong, is the bit about FA being a Milwaukee tavern operator accurate? Was he in Milwaukee at this time?