Revisiting Detroit (genealogy)

[Angelo Santino]

The Adamos have been suspected of being the early bosses in Detroit but it's not entirely clear. Antiliar could explain more.

There's a disagreement between local and outsider historians in that late 20's gap between those who claim Catalanotte was the boss while others claim Milazzo was. I think it's possible they were both at different points.

Going back to what we know, both Gentile and Bonanno mentioned Milazzo's murder as a significant turning point in the CDG war. Maybe Milazzo wasn't a longtime boss like Magaddino but the one voted to succeed Cat.. who met Masseria's veto power, who then tried to back Lamare? Or Milazzo was always the boss and Catalanotte was his Neil Dellacroce who's being alive protected him. We could go into many different scenarios but without someone having been in Detroit who was privy to it, we'll never know.

[B.]

Milazzo - From CDG, killed with friend from Alcamo
Catalanottos - Lived in Alcamo and Salemi
Caruso - Salemi

Informant said there was still a Trapanesi faction decades later so would guess these guys represented it earlier when it was more powerful.

[jimmyb]

The Adamos have been suspected of being the early bosses in Detroit but it's not entirely clear. Antiliar could explain more.

There's a disagreement between local and outsider historians in that late 20's gap between those who claim Catalanotte was the boss while others claim Milazzo was. I think it's possible they were both at different points.

Going back to what we know, both Gentile and Bonanno mentioned Milazzo's murder as a significant turning point in the CDG war. Maybe Milazzo wasn't a longtime boss like Magaddino but the one voted to succeed Cat.. who met Masseria's veto power, who then tried to back Lamare? Or Milazzo was always the boss and Catalanotte was his Neil Dellacroce who's being alive protected him. We could go into many different scenarios but without someone having been in Detroit who was privy to it, we'll never know.

I'm one of the guys who does not believe Vito Adamo was ever boss. I believe that's Daniel Waugh's position too. I think Pietro Mirabile was the boss and the Adamo brothers were part of his faction.

[B.]

Worth considering the possibility that different compaesani factions had their own Families very early on like Celeste Morello / Harry Riccobene suggested for Philadelphia, and which we see variations of in early Chicago and New York. The Families were separated based largely on hometown or a set of nearby hometowns. The 1960s Detroit informant said politics at that time were still divided between the compaesani factions, so maybe there was a deeper history.

Edit: with Chicago it appears to have been more geographical (Chicago + Chicago Heights) though Philly it looks strictly hometown based.

[Angelo Santino]

The Adamos have been suspected of being the early bosses in Detroit but it's not entirely clear. Antiliar could explain more.

There's a disagreement between local and outsider historians in that late 20's gap between those who claim Catalanotte was the boss while others claim Milazzo was. I think it's possible they were both at different points.

Going back to what we know, both Gentile and Bonanno mentioned Milazzo's murder as a significant turning point in the CDG war. Maybe Milazzo wasn't a longtime boss like Magaddino but the one voted to succeed Cat.. who met Masseria's veto power, who then tried to back Lamare? Or Milazzo was always the boss and Catalanotte was his Neil Dellacroce who's being alive protected him. We could go into many different scenarios but without someone having been in Detroit who was privy to it, we'll never know.

I'm one of the guys who does not believe Vito Adamo was ever boss. I believe that's Daniel Waugh's position too. I think Pietro Mirabile was the boss and the Adamo brothers were part of his faction.

You believe Mirabile came before Antonino Giannola? May I ask the source or the basis for thinking that?

[Angelo Santino]

One thing that keeps running through my mind as I work on this remains the lack of insider sources. I don't believe Bosses are just so easily picked. One becomes boss through a formal process, even the the those in modern times who murdered to become boss had to justify it within the mafia legal system. We know that in most cases, when a boss dies it doesn't automatically go to his brother. I imagine even Peter Gotti had to undergo a formal process.

Which brings me to earlier guys like Detroit's Sam Giannola or NY's Tommaso LoMonte and Vincenzo Terranova. They were listed in papers as leaders during their most notorious times and the papers did like to throw "successor" around quite a bit. I'm not arguing that these guys were not bosses I'm just saying I believe it's possible they weren't. If this were a pure criminal organization they would need a successor to "run the family," but with the Mafia, they usually tend to hold off on selecting new bosses until the dispute is concluded. This arbitration system precedes 1931 and dates back to Sicily. I'm there there's exceptions and if not, Detroit's Giannola and NY's LoMonte and Terranova could serve them.

Which brings me to Tommaso Gagliano, who "took over" from Joe Pinzolo after his faction had him murdered. History was written by the winners and we really don't know how many members of the Lucchese family felt about Pinzolo (or Reina before them). But I would add that in most internal wars, membership is split between side a, side b and the neutralists in between. Had Gagliano been murdered he would have been long forgotten unless Bonanno remembered to describe him as the faction leader who killed Pinzolo. But he lived and his position as boss was only stamped by Maranzano in 1931.

Again, I wasn't there, just sharing my 0.00 cents.

[jimmyb]

The Adamos have been suspected of being the early bosses in Detroit but it's not entirely clear. Antiliar could explain more.

There's a disagreement between local and outsider historians in that late 20's gap between those who claim Catalanotte was the boss while others claim Milazzo was. I think it's possible they were both at different points.

Going back to what we know, both Gentile and Bonanno mentioned Milazzo's murder as a significant turning point in the CDG war. Maybe Milazzo wasn't a longtime boss like Magaddino but the one voted to succeed Cat.. who met Masseria's veto power, who then tried to back Lamare? Or Milazzo was always the boss and Catalanotte was his Neil Dellacroce who's being alive protected him. We could go into many different scenarios but without someone having been in Detroit who was privy to it, we'll never know.

I'm one of the guys who does not believe Vito Adamo was ever boss. I believe that's Daniel Waugh's position too. I think Pietro Mirabile was the boss and the Adamo brothers were part of his faction.

You believe Mirabile came before Antonino Giannola? May I ask the source or the basis for thinking that?

Ok, CC you got me on this!! After reading your reply I thought "Good question, why do I say that?" Lol. So i've been going down the rabbit hole the last couple of hrs, and now I'm wavering. I was pretty sure I got that from Danny Waugh's book "Vinnitta." I'm looking through it again and that's definitely his position. I consider Dan a friend and know we've talked about this before, but I can't remember the specific evidence he presented. But right now, I gotta say, from looking at his book, I'm not sure where he sourced that from. I'll text him tomorrow and ask for clarity.

In the meantime, I know from my research that newspapers described Mirabile as a wealthy and influential underworld figure---and he was definitely in opposition to the guys from Terrasini. Anyhow, the Adamo brothers drove a beer wagon owned by Mirabile. So here's the question: if Vito Adamo was the boss, why did he drive a beer wagon for a living---a beer wagon owned by one of his subordinates no less? Adamo's employment suggests a different power dynamic, imo. I admit, however, that's entirely circumstantial. Again, I'll check with Dan and see what he says.

I also looked at my book again and I describe the Adamo brothers as prime antagonists in an underworld feud with the Giannola group. I also state Mirabile backed the Adamos. But my book is more agnostic in terms of assigning ranks or titles. From about 1911-1914, the newspapers wrote a lot about guys like the Adamos, the Giannolas, Salvatore D'Anna, Felice Buccellato, Carlo Caleca, and Salvatore Cipriano. I'm confident these guys were Mafiosi. I can't back that up with specific documentation (very few DPD files survive from this era and I don't recall the term "Mafia" used in any court documents from the period), but when you do a behavioral analysis and compare that with their hometowns and kinship ties, I think it's high probability we're talking about Mafiosi. But determining ranks or titles is ever more illusive.

I've speculated before that Detroit was kind of a wild west for Mafiosi during this time period. I mentioned this during our conference call, and you guys were skeptical, if I recall. I think the counter argument is: based on other case studies during this era, it's likely the Detroit Mafia existed as a singular unit, was fairly well organized, and probably recognized accordingly by NY and possible Sicily---and not a helter skelter of competing Mafiosi. If that's true, then who was the boss? If not Mirabile I think you could make a better case for Tony Giannola instead of Adamo.

Anyhow, let me know you think.

Best,
JB

[Antiliar]

I'll throw in my two cents. First, I don't think the Adamos were Mafiosi. Salemi doesn't seem to have played a role in Detroit, whereas there is strong support for the coastal towns from Castellammare (and Alcamo just below it) to Terrasini and Cinisi. It was suggested a while back that they were vigilantes. Maybe they were just businessmen fighting back against Mafiosi who were extorting them. Second, I'm not sure about Pietro Mirabile one way or the other. If I recall correctly, his brother Tony wasn't made until 1947 or 53 in Los Angeles, but people thought he was a wealthy Mafioso for years before that. It's possible that back then saloon owners like Pete Mirabile had to be a bit gangster to be respected and to defend himself. Or he could have been a capodecina. Just not enough information. Third, Tony Giannola was definitely a boss. That he was a target of the Good Killers strongly suggests Mafia, plus contemporary police and press accounts seem to come to the same conclusion. So maybe Giannola was actually the first Mafia boss of Detroit.

[Angelo Santino]

Ok, CC you got me on this!! After reading your reply I thought "Good question, why do I say that?" Lol. So i've been going down the rabbit hole the last couple of hrs, and now I'm wavering. I was pretty sure I got that from Danny Waugh's book "Vinnitta." I'm looking through it again and that's definitely his position. I consider Dan a friend and know we've talked about this before, but I can't remember the specific evidence he presented. But right now, I gotta say, from looking at his book, I'm not sure where he sourced that from. I'll text him tomorrow and ask for clarity.

In the meantime, I know from my research that newspapers described Mirabile as a wealthy and influential underworld figure---and he was definitely in opposition to the guys from Terrasini. Anyhow, the Adamo brothers drove a beer wagon owned by Mirabile. So here's the question: if Vito Adamo was the boss, why did he drive a beer wagon for a living---a beer wagon owned by one of his subordinates no less? Adamo's employment suggests a different power dynamic, imo. I admit, however, that's entirely circumstantial. Again, I'll check with Dan and see what he says.

I also looked at my book again and I describe the Adamo brothers as prime antagonists in an underworld feud with the Giannola group. I also state Mirabile backed the Adamos. But my book is more agnostic in terms of assigning ranks or titles. From about 1911-1914, the newspapers wrote a lot about guys like the Adamos, the Giannolas, Salvatore D'Anna, Felice Buccellato, Carlo Caleca, and Salvatore Cipriano. I'm confident these guys were Mafiosi. I can't back that up with specific documentation (very few DPD files survive from this era and I don't recall the term "Mafia" used in any court documents from the period), but when you do a behavioral analysis and compare that with their hometowns and kinship ties, I think it's high probability we're talking about Mafiosi. But determining ranks or titles is ever more illusive.

Thank you for the response!

Danny Waugh wrote a good book. My only criticism that he gave people ranks based on sources I obtained and something got lost in the translation. Somehow Chester LaMare being arrested with 3 or 4 other names equated to LaMare as a Capodecina with these 3 or 4 names being his soldiers. I can post the original source as well as the page in the book where he covers it. And that was only one example. But again, he conducted alot of research and the events in the book happened regardless of who's labeled a soldier or made in 1902 and promoted to capo in 190-whatever. Your average crime buff who wants to read about Detroit isn't going to care and, in retrospect, what Danny is doing is informing the reader that the Mafia's organization existed long before Luciano had 60 people nationwide whacked.

Thank you for looking into Peter Mirabile. I'm not opposed to it if there's evidence or a good argument for it based on several sources. But I also understand that in such an early period, especially the further back you go, that information no longer exists. Taking the stance of an extremely conservative Mafia-identifier, I'd say there's likely less than 10 names pre-1930 that came from contemporary sources that 100% confirms someone is a member. I remember back in the early 2000's someone wrote an article about having never read Frank Costello going through the ceremony and finds it hard to imagine that he would. Laughable premise now, but we need to be accepting that just because the information isn't there doesn't mean it didn't happen. I agree with you that the Adamos, the Giannolas, Salvatore D'Anna, Felice Buccellato, Carlo Caleca, and Salvatore Cipriano were more than likely members. And if they weren't, they were still part of the Mafia system. (I get around this in my own writing by using "affiliates" as its kinda in between, I'm not saying one way or the other.)

As for Vito Adamo's job, I mean there's examples of other guys in other cities in other areas, wasn't Tony Accardo a salesman for a company owned by an underling or something. I get your point though, Vito Adamo's resume didn't stand out compared to other members at the time. I'm not mired to him being boss either, I don't really know and I'm just keeping an open mind.

I've speculated before that Detroit was kind of a wild west for Mafiosi during this time period. I mentioned this during our conference call, and you guys were skeptical, if I recall. I think the counter argument is: based on other case studies during this era, it's likely the Detroit Mafia existed as a singular unit, was fairly well organized, and probably recognized accordingly by NY and possible Sicily---and not a helter skelter of competing Mafiosi. If that's true, then who was the boss? If not Mirabile I think you could make a better case for Tony Giannola instead of Adamo.

Anyhow, let me know you think.

Best,
JB

The working theory Antiliar and myself have come up with is that when someone plants a Flag in a city that's formally recognized by other groups in the country, it becomes official and others can't move in independently. For an example, let's say you and I are two mafiosi down on Decatur Street in New Orleans in the 1870's and you move to Boise, Idaho where there's a growing Sicilian population, You bring along some members and New Orleans, San Francisco, St Louis and New York all recognize Don Jimmy as the Boise's representative. I can't move to Boise a few years later and start my own thing. I can go there and do things on my own but if I get into any trouble or need any assistance, I would have to contact NO which is my formal association. The proper thing to do would be to "apply" for a transfer, NO sends Boise the letter and if you accept, my transfer of membership from NO to the Boise brugad is finalized.

But then like B. mentioned on this page, there is still a possibility that the Northern Trapani-Palermo faction and the Salemi faction started out as two different groups. But before I go into that let's jump to Philly. From 1895 up until the late 1910's there were three factions- Belmontesi, Caccamese and another one which made up the mafia element. By 1919 or 1921 (I forget), Salvatore Sabella was said to have been boss over all of them. This along with upstate NY and Chicago during this time period has led some to believe that certain families in close proximity were merged. Such an occurrence would have had to have been decided upon by the national general assembly and D'Aquila, which may explain why all these mergers began happening around the same time. But these mergers were usually multiple cities (Buffalo, Utica, Troy?) and (Chicago, Chicago Heights, Gary) and (Philly, S. Jersey) rather than one city with multiple groups, the only example we have of that is NY due to the sheer size. B. suspects that there was a Flint/Saginaw Family of members from Monte San Giuliano and San Vito lo Capo. You can read it here- viewtopic.php?f=29&t=6661&p=168403&hili ... lo#p168403

So this brings me to Detroit. Is it possible Salemi started as its own faction that later got merged in the early 1920'ish period? Can't rule it out.

But then how large was this Salemi contingent? I would imagine they were outnumbered by the Terrasinese-Cinisi-etc faction 5-to-1 as a demographic? And if they were separate entities, bad blood must have been washed away in 1921 for Salemitano Caruso to have succeeded the Terrasinese Giannolas. But if they were one group before that, it would point to an internal civil war. Which brings me back to Philly 100 years later, if 1993 happened in 1903 we'd be reading about the Merlino Family and the Stanfa Family going to war and that Merlino Family "took over/wiped out" the Stanfa Family. In way it's right but not really because they were always one organization having it out.

An interesting link of connections I notice is that the Giannolas were killed by the NY CDG Good Killers of the Bonannos. This included one Vito Bonventre was linked to Benny Gallo of Santa Ninfa/Salemi. Gallo was called "the boss of Williamsburg" by an informant in the early 1920's and was in business in Little Italy with Antonino Cecala. Milazzo was once a Bonanno member and likely knew Benny Gallo. Seems like the Cast and Salemitani were allies at least in the Giannola thing.

My opinion and its only that, is that Detroit was always one family having an internal feud. The Terrasinese won and the Trapanese element slowly died out.

[Angelo Santino]

I'll throw in my two cents. First, I don't think the Adamos were Mafiosi. Salemi doesn't seem to have played a role in Detroit, whereas there is strong support for the coastal towns from Castellammare (and Alcamo just below it) to Terrasini and Cinisi. It was suggested a while back that they were vigilantes. Maybe they were just businessmen fighting back against Mafiosi who were extorting them. Second, I'm not sure about Pietro Mirabile one way or the other. If I recall correctly, his brother Tony wasn't made until 1947 or 53 in Los Angeles, but people thought he was a wealthy Mafioso for years before that. It's possible that back then saloon owners like Pete Mirabile had to be a bit gangster to be respected and to defend himself. Or he could have been a capodecina. Just not enough information. Third, Tony Giannola was definitely a boss. That he was a target of the Good Killers strongly suggests Mafia, plus contemporary police and press accounts seem to come to the same conclusion. So maybe Giannola was actually the first Mafia boss of Detroit.

Ignazio Caruso was Salemitan and Joe Catalanotte was born there.

Benny Gallo in NY was from Santa Ninfa, next town over is Salemi where he had relatives and may have originally come from. He was connected to Bonventre-Good Killers who killed Giannola. Alcamese Catalanotte makes sense to have been allied with Milazzo/CDG. The Terrasinese/Cinisi appears to have been a separate faction. But it doesn't appear to have been a black and white thing as its members mingled between each subset. They were friends until they weren't.

[Angelo Santino]

if Vito Adamo was the boss, why did he drive a beer wagon for a living

Do you know what Sam Catalonotto's occupation was up until he died? His 1918 WW1 draft says he worked for Ford Motor Company but alot can change in 12 years. Thank you!

And doing some thinking on both yours and B.'s take on things, I'm wondering if the Detroit Salemitans were part of a larger network of Trapanese which included Flint/Saginaw? Aside from the Salemitans, this would have included Monte San Giuliano/San Vito Lo Capo, Cast del Golfo, Marsala, Mazzara de Vallo. I don't know the mafia history of San Vito and what's there or isn't but there's links between Monte San Giuliano and CDG to that city so it's feasible both MSG and CDG were linked.



Going back to what B. stated regarding Flint:

- A Los Angeles source with historical knowledge of Detroit described Antonino "Toddo" Ruggirello and an unnamed brother as early mafia members in Flint during the 1920s/1930s.

- A Detroit non-member source said that Toddo Ruggirello "headed one of the seven groups of Sicilians who came to this country and established themselves in Detroit." The Detroit source said Joseph Zerilli later gave control of Flint to Russell Pellegrino, while also giving control of Bay City to Sam Buffa. The informant said Pellegrino's Flint and Buffa's Bay City "operations" failed as they both lacked enough Italians to "set up an organization" that could put "fear" in their respective areas.

- Given the above informant was a non-member with limited knowledge inside the organization(s), he may not have understood the exact arrangement. We know from member sources there was a historic group of mafiosi organized in Flint and Saginaw who committed many murders in the area. Later the Detroit family maintained a presence in Flint. There was no lack of mafia members and associates in this territory in the 1910s-1930s, nor a lack of "fear". It seems more likely that this early Flint organization was unable to maintain its previous influence and independence, later being absorbed into Detroit under Zerilli.

- The Ruggirello brothers, like the Cusenzas and Biaggio Bonventre, came to Flint from San Vito Lo Capo and had ties to Monte San Giuliano. Rosario "Russell" Pellegrino was also from Monte San Giuliano. The Flint group was a colony of mafia compaesani distinct from the compaesani that formed the early Detroit family.[/quote]

What I have of Toto and Tony Ruggirello is from 1922 and has them in Detroit on Chene street running Chene Sugar Company, they were visted by Bill Tocco and Catalanotte. This is from 1922 and going back to what I previously posted about possible mergers, I would think and it seems from how they interacted that if Trapani and Terrasini started as different entities that they were merged by this point.

The Ruggirellos are guys I'd like to know more about, also because I need their information for the chart- Antonino, Salvatore and the son Antonino and Luigi.

But if they were members of a Detroit Trapanese Family it had to have been before 1920. If I were writing a script, maybe D'Aquila made the edict that certain smaller families across the US would be absorbed into larger ones barring few exceptions. In Detroit, the Trapanese were selected by NY to head up the the merger due to their political ties to Schiro; Giannola/Terrasinese balked, got got and got with the program. It went to Caruso, the Catalonotte, Milazzo, then LaMare until the Terrasinese took it back and the founding dons decided that "outside factions are fuckin' this whole family up" and tightened their belt.

But then not everything relates to compaesanismo and in fact I've found very little evidence that that serves as the basis for any mafia dispute. These guys were pragmatists and love to mingle with each other and most wars stem from other issues within the organization. Here's a map of where we're talking about for anyone reading unfamiliar with the area and its close proximity to other places.



And there's this "one of the Seven groups?" We've discussed this before and after looking into Detroit Genealogy, contenders are:
Terrasini
Cinisi
Alcamo
Partinico
Balestrati
CDG/Camporeale
MSG
Caltanissetta
Let's say the power went to the Terrasini/Cinisi-Partinico-Caltanissetta faction and they brought in members over the next 30 years so by the 1960's we see almost an entirely exclusive membership who descended from this town while the Trapanese are much lower in numbers and the famed Ruggirellos are in Mike Polizzi's (San Cataldo) decina. By 1963 half of the family is Terrinese.

[Antiliar]

I'll throw in my two cents. First, I don't think the Adamos were Mafiosi. Salemi doesn't seem to have played a role in Detroit, whereas there is strong support for the coastal towns from Castellammare (and Alcamo just below it) to Terrasini and Cinisi. It was suggested a while back that they were vigilantes. Maybe they were just businessmen fighting back against Mafiosi who were extorting them. Second, I'm not sure about Pietro Mirabile one way or the other. If I recall correctly, his brother Tony wasn't made until 1947 or 53 in Los Angeles, but people thought he was a wealthy Mafioso for years before that. It's possible that back then saloon owners like Pete Mirabile had to be a bit gangster to be respected and to defend himself. Or he could have been a capodecina. Just not enough information. Third, Tony Giannola was definitely a boss. That he was a target of the Good Killers strongly suggests Mafia, plus contemporary police and press accounts seem to come to the same conclusion. So maybe Giannola was actually the first Mafia boss of Detroit.

Ignazio Caruso was Salemitan and Joe Catalanotte was born there.

Benny Gallo in NY was from Santa Ninfa, next town over is Salemi where he had relatives and may have originally come from. He was connected to Bonventre-Good Killers who killed Giannola. Alcamese Catalanotte makes sense to have been allied with Milazzo/CDG. The Terrasinese/Cinisi appears to have been a separate faction. But it doesn't appear to have been a black and white thing as its members mingled between each subset. They were friends until they weren't.

I stand corrected that Salemi didn't play a role in Detroit, but I don't see evidence that there were enough of them to form a faction. An alliance with others is likely for Caruso and Catalanotte, but in reading contemporary articles on the Adamos I don't get the sense that they were Mafiosi. Their behavior to me reminds me of Antonio Luciano of New Orleans, a Sicilian immigrant businessman who tried to fight the Mafia and lost.

[Angelo Santino]

There could be other people we don't know about. The fact that we have a boss from there, a boss' brother and possible member being born there could lead to something. Now it appears there's a subtle distinction between Trapanese and Northwest Palermo prov. which is something I never would have expected. Maybe Salemi was linked other Trapanese factions like MSG and CDG on one side and Terrasini, Partinico and Cinisi on the other? Might explain why guys from Terrasini in NY are with the Gambinos rather than the Bonannos?

But even without many or any Salemi members, there's examples of members moving to other cities to become boss. Philadelphia didn't have a large CDG element; Tony Musso (I forgot where he came from but would have fit in with Detroit) arrived to Detroit, married a Piro from NO and was boss of Rockford for a bit.

I think we both agree that compaesanismo factions can exist nationally and still be dispersed within the mafia system of families. If a member from Detroit wanted to move to Elizabeth, he would likely be allowed a transfer by the DeCavalcante Family barring that they don't have some major issue with him. And if said member showed the right qualities he could have the support of being boss once it opens up. The DeCavs would likely see the advantage of having a connection to Detroit more than would see his Terrasinese roots as a detriment.

Some cities had a near homogenous membership like Tampa, DeCav, Rockford etc. Other cities like Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburgh, New York, New Orleans, probably St Louis, Pittsburgh etc had multiple factions of compaesani who may have had mafia affiliations back in Sicily. We weren't there when members first started encountering each other in the New World but we know that the mafia had a bureaucratic and political system in place to resolve its issues. We do have examples of tension but more often than not they get along. It is a fraternal society and a social network and members can utilize it as they wish. I imagine Palermitans liked to mingle and meet everybody while others Agrigentini were more reserved about it.

But you're right, I'm not done yet but I can say that in 1963 at least 50% of the members were Terrasinese so its no argument, especially given Giannola, what faction played the largest part. The Terrasinese are to Detroit what the Palermitans were to the Gambinos.

[Antiliar]

Interesting that Salvatore Catalanotte married a Perrone and his mother was Giacalone:

Catalonnotte, Salvatore - Death Cert.jpg

[Angelo Santino]

Interesting that Salvatore Catalanotte married a Perrone and his mother was Giacalone:

Catalonnotte, Salvatore - Death Cert.jpg

Yeah. I don't think there's any relation to the more popular Giacalones who were from Mazzaa de Vallo on their father's side and Terrasinese on their mother's.