Sam Oliveri's first cousin married NYC boss Tom Reina. The Oliveris were from Corleone, like Reina. Her father Andrea Oliveri, Sam's uncle, showed up in the early counterfeiting operation in NYC connected to Giuseppe Morello. Andrea's son, also named Salvatore/Sam, was also involved with the Reina/Gagliano family.motorfab wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 10:34 am I'm looking for info on the old Chicago mafia and I came across the mugshot of the Cleveland mafia summit in 1928 which featured guys from Chicago (including Guinta & Lolordo but no problem, I know them):
-Salvatore Olivero
-Giuseppe Sacco
-Frank Alo (who apparently was active in Brooklyn as well)
There's also a guy from Indiana, Paul Palazollo. Was he a Chicago man or the city of Gary have a borgata?
If anyone can tell me more about them that would be great.
Sam Oliveri of Chicago later became a member in Rockford. Oliveri arrived to the US with a Nicolosi. Two early Corleonesi Chicago figures were Carmelo and Giuseppe Nicolosi, who were related by marriage to Chicago figure Mariano Zagone from Ciminna. The Nicolosis had relatives in NYC who were closely involved with early Reina-Gagliano family members from Corleone, so there are connections with all of these early Corleonesi.
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Giuseppe Sacco's name was also written as "Scacco" on his mugshot from the 1928 arrest. Dave Critchley says in his book that Scacco came from Camporeale. I haven't seen any records myself, though, so can't say for sure where he got that. If his name was actually Giuseppe Sacco that makes it much more difficult to narrow down.
We can be confident he was a Sicilian, as this meeting appears to have been attended exclusively by Sicilians.
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I'm under the impression that "Frank Alo" was Frank Abbate of St. Louis and Springfield. There is a mugshot of Abbate online and his face is a direct match for the 1928 Cleveland mugshot of "Alo". The photos are definitely from different times but show the same man. Both reportedly died in 1944, so that adds to it.
Abbate was from Cinisi, like Joe Giunta from Chicago and Paolo Palazzolo of Gary. Both "Alo" and Giunta gave the police Palazzolo's Gary address when they were arrested. It makes sense that these three were all compaesani given they used the same address.
So it seems Abbate aka "Alo" was probably part of the St. Louis or Springfield family, but had close ties to Chicago, Chicago Heights, and Gary. The Cleveland meeting was also attended by St. Louis members Calogero SanFilippo and John Mirabella, so Abbate may have been part of that family like them or because there is no other known Springfield figure he may have represented them.
Many of these guys bounced around and transferred back then, so there could be a few different possibilities.