New Orleans.

[Antiliar]

List of possible bosses:

Raffaele Agnello (k 1869)
Joseph Agnello (k 1872)
Giuseppe Esposito (late 1870s-Deported 1880))
Charles Matranga (1880s)
Giuseppe Impastato (k 1903)
Francesco Genova (Motisi) (Fled 1908/1909)
Vincenzo Moreci (k 1915)
UNK (1915-1917)
Leonardo Cipolla? (1917-moved to Brooklyn in 1921)
? (1920s)
Sam Guarino? (1930s?)
Corrado Giacona (d 1944)
Frank Todaro (d 1944)
Sylvestro Carollo (Deported 1947)
Leoluca Trombatore (d 1963)
Carlos Marcello (d 1993; in prison 1983-1991, developed Alzheimer's)
Joseph Marcello Jr (Acting boss; Stepped down 1990)
Anthony Carollo (d 2007; in prison 1995-1998)

Leonardo Cipolla may have previously been a Schiro member. Many bosses across the U.S. previously either were or may have been part of the Nicola Schiro borgata before heading their own. Examples:

- Francesco Lanza (to San Francesco)
- Gaspare Messina (to Boston)
- Stefano Magaddino (to Buffalo)
- Salvatore Sabella (to Philadelphia)
- Gaspare Milazzo (to Detroit)
- Angelo Palmieri (to Buffalo; possibly underboss to Giuseppe DiCarlo)
- Rosario Desimone (lived in Pueblo, but close to Schiro and later became boss of Los Angeles)

[motorfab]

Nice list Antiliar.

Leonardo Cippola was arrested with his brother and Vito DiGiorgio in 1908, right ?

Not sure I've heard of Giuseppe Impastato, Francesco Genova & Sam Guarino before

[PolackTony]

Great info, Antiliar.

How much is known about the "Jimmy/John Cascio" murdered in 1922 with DiGiorgio in Chicago? The papers at that time stated that "Cascio" was from NOLA and had accompanied DiGiorgio from there to Chicago. His Cook County death record butchered his name as "John LoSasio", while Louisiana issued a death record for him as "Giovanni John James Cascio". But it seems that his name was actually Giovanni Cammarata Lo Cascio. Some other sources state that his name was Vincenzo Cammarata Lo Cascio. I haven't delved into him enough to try to figure out where he was originally from, but the surnames (while common enough) stood out to me, as Joe Profaci had alleged relatives named both Cammarata and Lo Cascio in Chicago.

This was his NOLA obituary from 1922:

[Antiliar]

Nice list Antiliar.

Leonardo Cippola was arrested with his brother and Vito DiGiorgio in 1908, right ?

Not sure I've heard of Giuseppe Impastato, Francesco Genova & Sam Guarino before

The articles from 1908 don't mention Leonardo Cipolla. I go into more detail in the Newark thread.

Genova was the alias for Motisi. He later became the boss of Pagliarelli in Palermo. Sam Guarino is a mystery to me. He's named in an FBI file as Sam Guarina, but couldn't find anything else on him.

Great info, Antiliar.

How much is known about the "Jimmy/John Cascio" murdered in 1922 with DiGiorgio in Chicago? The papers at that time stated that "Cascio" was from NOLA and had accompanied DiGiorgio from there to Chicago. His Cook County death record butchered his name as "John LoSasio", while Louisiana issued a death record for him as "Giovanni John James Cascio". But it seems that his name was actually Giovanni Cammarata Lo Cascio. Some other sources state that his name was Vincenzo Cammarata Lo Cascio. I haven't delved into him enough to try to figure out where he was originally from, but the surnames (while common enough) stood out to me, as Joe Profaci had alleged relatives named both Cammarata and Lo Cascio in Chicago.

There's nothing on Lo Cascio until the day he was killed. A letter DiGiorgio had that was intended to be mailed to his wife was found on him indicating that he called him Jimmy and that's pretty much it.

[Antiliar]

Figured it out. "Stagellas" or whatever Cipolla was Stanislao Cipolla. He sailed on the S.S. Vincenzo Florio and arrived at the Port of New Orleans on Jan 24, 1906, when he was 18. He appears to have been traveling with someone with the surname of Giambellucca (can't make out the first name), who was 32 and also from Vallelunga. Depending on the record, he was born in April 25, 1887. He was born in Vallelunga, his father was Francesco and his brother Giovanni was already in New Orleans. He later moved to Dallas, Texas, where he was naturalized.

It should be noted that a "Mr. Giambelluca" was mentioned in Giuseppe Manfre's letter as a man who accompanied Angelo Albano and was offered $400 to kill him.

[B.]

Figured it out. "Stagellas" or whatever Cipolla was Stanislao Cipolla. He sailed on the S.S. Vincenzo Florio and arrived at the Port of New Orleans on Jan 24, 1906, when he was 18. He appears to have been traveling with someone with the surname of Giambellucca (can't make out the first name), who was 32 and also from Vallelunga. Depending on the record, he was born in April 25, 1887. He was born in Vallelunga, his father was Francesco and his brother Giovanni was already in New Orleans. He later moved to Dallas, Texas, where he was naturalized.

It should be noted that a "Mr. Giambelluca" was mentioned in Giuseppe Manfre's letter as a man who accompanied Angelo Albano and was offered $400 to kill him.

Great job.

Synchronicity because I was just looking into the Fraterrigos of Buffalo and came across the Giambelluca/Giambelluco name related to Fraterrigos in Vallelunga. Hadn't seen it before today.

[Antiliar]

If it makes any difference, he was Rosolino Giambellucca and was born 1872/1874. He later moved to Chauauqua County, New York, and married Laura Giordano. He used the name Russell Giambelluca and died in 1958 in Jamestown, NY.

[B.]

I wonder if he could have been the "Don Rosalino" described on the Magaddino tapes as an important Buffalo figure involved in the early 1920s factional dispute. He mentions "Don Rosalino" alongside Filippo Mazzara and seems to say there was an attempt on Rosolino's life. At one point he says "Rosalino Fanara" (ph) but hard to say if that was his last name, as we know these transcripts are filled with phonetic confusion.

Giambellucca is the only mafia-connected Rosolino I'm aware of in the Buffalo area and his heritage from Vallelunga puts him in with the dominant compaesani. Good find.