What do We Know about the Newark Family?

[JoelTurner]

There were different branches of Fontanas. [...] I believe the Salvatore Fontana killed in Newark was one of these. The Harry Fontana branch is unrelated

Wow, I hadn’t realized that. It makes much more sense now. I was trying to figure out why Profaci would feel that Harry Fontana’s brother “knew too much”. An unrelated Fontana solves that part.

[JoelTurner]

Salvatore Lombardino - the same one arrested in Cleveland - was arrested and tried for the murder of Austin Savi in Belleville on April 6, 1927. He was acquitted on Feb 8, 1929.

Salvatore Lombardino wasn’t a police officer though. You’re right, she probably misremembered. She was middle-aged discussing an event basically from her childhood. Heck, it’s possible that the informant misunderstood her story: maybe Lombardino hid the gun at their store and then an officer came in.

Austin Savi was born Agostino Savi in New Jersey and his father Thomas (Tommaso) was born in Palermo (province or city).
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/594 ... ustin-savi

Nice find on the victim

[JoelTurner]

Here's some relevant pages from Misuraca's FBI file:
FBI file Misuraca p29 - D'Amico.jpg

FBI file Misuraca p30 - D'Amico.jpg

Looking back at Salvatore Lombardino, another person whom he killed was Scaduto. It barely registered in my mind because I was looking at the part about the D’Amico shooting and Fontana.

This (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WRK-MKJ) matches the information provided relating to Scaduto’s murder. His mother’s name Francesca d'Amico really pooped out. I wonder if she was related to Gaspare.

If they were related, it would explain why Gaspar’s relationship with Profaci seemed to have gone south. If his relative was killed, it makes sense that he wasn’t gung-ho to kill Fontana for Profaci. Also hypothetically, if Scaduto and Fontana were hooked up, it would make sense why D’Amico would have to kill him.

Plus, why were Lombardino and Misuraca, at the time Newark Family soldiers, doing hits for Joe Profaci? Both the Scaduto and Fontana murders were done before the family broke up and they were suspected.

[B.]

Wasn't uncommon for members/associates of other Families to do hits for other Families. Happened in Sicily in the 1920s, where the Partinico Family was committing murders in other villages as a favor to the local bosses. It's looking like the Bonannos may have been involved in the Troia murder.

Something to remember too is even though compaesani associate with each other and often share affiliation or political alliances, familiarity breeds contempt and they're prone to rivalry and internal conflicts. Some of these members and their clans didn't like each other back in Sicily even though they share a hometown and even relation.

[JoelTurner]

Here’s some stuff on Settimo Accardi:

(https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.htm ... lPageId=13)

Sam DeCavalcante calling Accardi his cousin: “But you know a guy who never went for a cent was Settimo, my cousin”.

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(https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.htm ... elPageId=2)

NK 1827-C believed that his relative, Mimi LaMandra, was involved in alcohol and narcotics with Riela and Accardi. This LaMandra could have been Marco LiMandri who was involved in stolen ration stamps according to Valachi (https://www.archives.gov/files/research ... 294153.pdf) He’s listed as being a Mangano family member before moving to LA, but I can’t help but wonder if he had ties to Newark.

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(https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.htm ... lPageId=42)

A Joseph Chiana is listed as having been a machine gunner for Accardi several years prior. There’s a Giuseppe Chiana [1887-1970] listed on Bill Feather’s unconfirmed members chart; he had a son who was member in San Jose.

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[B.]

Good connection on LiMandri. He was also close to early Lucchese boss Joe Pinzolo.

Chiana could def be in the Newark Family conversation if that's true. Was he in NYC or NJ? There's still the question whether Newark had NYC-based members.

[Eld]

I did some research on NK 1827-C and he was Camillo 'Bill' Molinaro (1913-1983), from NJ and related to the Limandris, who claimed he was a Cleveland soldier that later went on loan to the Decavalcante family (some sources says it was the other way around). According to Molinaro he was sponsored into the Cleveland family by Joe LiMandri.

Bob Buccino belived Molinaro was made but I'am sort of sceptical, maybe somebody that knows the Cleveland family can tell if it's true or not.

[JoelTurner]

Good connection on LiMandri. He was also close to early Lucchese boss Joe Pinzolo.

I saw that too, the wedding witness thing. TBH, I may be missing something, but I don't see what connects him to the D'Aquila/Gambino family even though he's listed as a member. Here's some more information I found on LiMandri:

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(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M456-H42)

In 1920, he was living with his family on 194 Heckel Street, Belleville, NJ which is right outside Newark.

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(https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.htm ... elPageId=4)

A Newark informant says that an LCN meeting with many of the "old line bosses" is going to take place in Miami and that Marco LiMandri is going to attend.

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(https://books.google.ca/books?id=UqtdHl ... &q&f=false)

Comillo Molinaro was sponsored into the Cleveland family by Joseph LiMandri (son of Marco) but was on loan to the DeCavalcante family. [P.583]

Molinaro was involved with Joseph Paterno and his crew. [P.585]

(https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/Digitizat ... 7NCJRS.pdf)

Comillo Molinaro says that Joseph LiMandri is his cousin [P.330]

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(https://books.google.ca/books?id=VTAxea ... &q&f=false)

Marco and Joseph moved to California in the late 1940s after being released from prison. Marco's grandson, also named Marco, took over a porn operation from a Pasquale John Antonelli who was from Newark. [P.58-61]

(https://books.google.ca/books?id=Y4H5u1 ... &q&f=false)

This Antonelli is listed as an LCN member but they don't say which family. What really popped out to me were his associates Thomas and Vincent Campisi.

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To sum it up, LiMandri lived just outside of Newark. He was involved with Riela and Accardi. His relatives were involved with guys who had ties to ex-Newark members.

[JoelTurner]

I did some research on NK 1827-C and he was Camillo 'Bill' Molinaro (1913-1983), from NJ and related to the Limandris, who claimed he was a Cleveland soldier that later went on loan to the Decavalcante family (some sources says it was the other way around). According to Molinaro he was sponsored into the Cleveland family by Joe LiMandri.

How often does this happen? John Misuraca sponsored some people into the San Jose family. Other than that, I can't think of any other examples of a member sponsoring a recruit into a different family in another part of the country.

[Antiliar]

Good research, guys. Maybe Marco LiMandri need a fresh evaluation of which Family he was part of. I didn't associate him with Newark before, but now it's definitely something to consider.

As for long-distance sponsoring, I don't think we have many examples. I guess Nick Bianco might be another example, being a New York guy made into New England, but I don't know if we have the name of the sponsor.

[JoelTurner]

Good research, guys. Maybe Marco LiMandri need a fresh evaluation of which Family he was part of. I didn't associate him with Newark before, but now it's definitely something to consider.

Just a stab in the dark, but maybe LiMandri went Newark -> Mangano -> Los Angeles

He would have known people in the Mangano family like Joe Riccobono. After the breakup, they would have been the logical landing spot.

Does anyone know which crew he was a part of before moving to California?

Antonio Paterno was the only captain involved in New Jersey in that era as far as I know.

[JoelTurner]

What do we know about Antonio Paterno?

He seems to be the only Newark Family member to head to the Gambino family, but he was listed as a captain. I was wondering if he could have brought some people with him.

Looking at NJ Gambino members, Frank Perrone and William Malanga, both born in 1909 were old enough to have been his associates in the 30s. I don’t think either of them were ever Newark Family members.

Does anyone know anything about his crew?

(https://obits.nj.com/us/obituaries/star ... d=15348361)

Based of this, William Malanga was Antonio Paterno's brother-in-law. Grace Paterno nee Malanga was William's sister

He was 28 years old in 1937 when Newark broke up, that's fairly young but people have been made younger especially way back then.

[PolackTony]

Where was Paternò from?

[JoelTurner]

Where was Paternò from?

Catania in Italy

[PolackTony]

Where was Paternò from?

Catania in Italy

Catania City or another comune in the province? There was an Antonio Paternò who was a personal associate of Tony Accardo in Chicago. He was a huge wine importer who Italian LE believed was working with Sicilian mafia members in Italy. From Vizzini, Catania.