Bonanno 1960s chart

[motorfab]

I agree with your analysis, even if I think that the Siderno group from Toronto did not fit into this scheme

[thekiduknow]

Big ups to PolackTony for finding that Smitty D’Angelo’s father, Luigi, was from Partanna, Trapani. Looks like his mother was as well.

[thekiduknow]

We can also add John Battista Mione as a suspected member thanks to LCNBios.

[Angelo Santino]

Was he related to Peter Mione, the CdG Genovese member?

[thekiduknow]

Not sure, JD said his parents were Giuseppe Mione and Maria Messina.

Speaking of relations, this part of his bio piqued my interest:

He admitted being related to an unspecified male linked with the Bonanno's Sicilian faction, claiming this individual entered the US 'as a tourist' in 1965 and resided in the vicinity of Knickerbocker Ave in Bushwick.

Luigi Ronsisvalle said the same thing, that zips came in the mid 1960s on tourist visas. His books comes out next week, so hopefully we get some names and more info.

[Chaps]

Not sure, JD said his parents were Giuseppe Mione and Maria Messina.

Speaking of relations, this part of his bio piqued my interest:

He admitted being related to an unspecified male linked with the Bonanno's Sicilian faction, claiming this individual entered the US 'as a tourist' in 1965 and resided in the vicinity of Knickerbocker Ave in Bushwick.

Luigi Ronsisvalle said the same thing, that zips came in the mid 1960s on tourist visas. His books comes out next week, so hopefully we get some names and more info.

The book is actually out now. I got my copy Saturday. Skimming it and appears interesting although I noticed one mistake. The picture they used for Pete Licata is not him.

[thekiduknow]

Not sure, JD said his parents were Giuseppe Mione and Maria Messina.

Speaking of relations, this part of his bio piqued my interest:

He admitted being related to an unspecified male linked with the Bonanno's Sicilian faction, claiming this individual entered the US 'as a tourist' in 1965 and resided in the vicinity of Knickerbocker Ave in Bushwick.

Luigi Ronsisvalle said the same thing, that zips came in the mid 1960s on tourist visas. His books comes out next week, so hopefully we get some names and more info.

The book is actually out now. I got my copy Saturday. Skimming it and appears interesting although I noticed one mistake. The picture they used for Pete Licata is not him.

Lucky! Mine's due on Thursday. Weird they would use the wrong picture, given there's the FBN one that's pretty well known. Do you know who they mistook him for?

[Chaps]

I'm guessing another Peter Licata. This one is definitely younger and fatter. I believe Pietro Licata had two younger relatives that were killed in a social club in Brooklyn after he was killed. I know that one was named Vito Licata and the other one may have been Pete as well.

[thekiduknow]

I'm guessing another Peter Licata. This one is definitely younger and fatter. I believe Pietro Licata had two younger relatives that were killed in a social club in Brooklyn after he was killed. I know that one was named Vito Licata and the other one may have been Pete as well.

Definitely could be. We know he had a son John who later became a member, so maybe he had a son named Peter.

Those Licatas who were killed in Brooklyn were actually the brothers of Vito,who was killed in the mid 1970s. Pietro and Vito came from different places, Pietro from San Cipirello, Palermo and Vito from Erice, Trapani. Vito's father did witness Pietro's naturalization, so they definitely knew each other but any relation might be distant.

[thekiduknow]

According the Ronsisvalle book, soldier Pino D'Aquana arrived to the US in 1958, so I'll add him to the membership list. I haven't finished it, so there might be more information on him but there's a line about D'Aquana and a Newark cop's families knowing each other in Catania, so he may be from there.

He also mentions a Bonanno soldier named Sebastian Piscuitta, who was passed a murder contract by Gambino captain Giuseppe Mirabile in the mid 70s I think. Tried a quick search but didn't find any close match.

[JoelTurner]

According the Ronsisvalle book, soldier Pino D'Aquana arrived to the US in 1958, so I'll add him to the membership list. I haven't finished it, so there might be more information on him but there's a line about D'Aquana and a Newark cop's families knowing each other in Catania, so he may be from there.

He was in Peter Licata’s crew right?

What was the part about the Newark cop?

[B.]

Interesting -- D'Aquanno name is found more often in Trapani when I looked into it but if he was connected to Catania that'd be a new twist.

[thekiduknow]

According the Ronsisvalle book, soldier Pino D'Aquana arrived to the US in 1958, so I'll add him to the membership list. I haven't finished it, so there might be more information on him but there's a line about D'Aquana and a Newark cop's families knowing each other in Catania, so he may be from there.

He was in Peter Licata’s crew right?

What was the part about the Newark cop?

Yup, at least by the late 1960s/early 1970s. There's a NYPD report that says that Licata was demoted by Bonanno(and possibly replaced by Frank LaBruzzo), and then promoted by Natale Evola.

There was a Newark cop named Sal Romano, whose sister's husband put her up as a bet in a high stakes poker game. When he lost, he had the two men who won rape his wife. The cop went to D'Aquana, because those two families were close, who set up the hit with Gambino member Giuseppe Mirabile, and Luigi was the hitman. He tells the story in his testimony, but doesn't give any background I think.

Interesting -- D'Aquanno name is found more often in Trapani when I looked into it but if he was connected to Catania that'd be a new twist.

Definitely. We talked about him earlier in this thread, and there was a Giuseppe D'Aquanno who was born in CDG and lived in Flushing I thought was him.

What's interesting is that the story isn't told by Luigi in the book, at least there's no quotations around it. The books is mainly told through Luigi's debriefings with one of the authors(who was a ADA in Brooklyn when Luigi flipped). So, I'm not sure if Luigi filled in those details, including Pino being from Catania, or if it came from somewhere else.

[B.]

Scanning the DeCav book again, a few things I noticed:

- Sam DeCavalcante felt the Bonannos should have waited a long time before confirming DiGregorio as boss. Plays into what Bill Bonanno said about Families typically having to wait a significant period before having a new boss recognized.

- Joe Zicarelli was concerned that he wouldn't get treated properly by his new capodecina "Mike" because Mike was Sicilian while Zicarelli was Calabrian. Sam assured him it'd be fine. The book says this was Mike Sabella but I believe we've talked about how it might have been Consolo. Maybe we talked about the Calabrian thing before, can't remember.

- They also talk about Zicarelli being a paesan of Gambino member Paul (Agresta) of Connecticut and Albert (probably Anastasia). Interesting they talked about Zicarelli's Calabrian background in this context. Apparently he knew people in Connecticut and we kow Agresta had 'Ndrangheta ties and was regarded as a "greaseball".

- Sam said DiGregorio promoted a bunch of "paesans" (Castellammarese) to captain positions.

[thekiduknow]

Yeah, it was for sure Consolo who Zicarelli reported to. DeCavalcante even mentions it later, someone owed money to Consolo and he says they made him a captain and he had Zicarelli.

Would be interesting to know if other non-Sicilians in the family felt like Zicarelli. John Aquaro was a long time non-Sicilian captain, but he was certainly the exception.

I certainly don't know enough about Zicarelli's background, but if he was tied up with the 'Ndrangheta that could help explain how he ends up being a pretty well respected member. He doesn't come across as the more street hoods other Galante crew members were like, but certainly very criminally involved.

Joseph DiFilippi and Stefano Cannone, both future consiglieri became captains under DiGregorio. Sereno Tartamella and John Fiordilino are two others. There might be one or two I'm forgetting right now.