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[Pmac2]

Gaspipe and amuso

[johnny_scootch]

I still believe Neil migliore was inducted in the late 50tys there no evidence he was inducted in 1981 I don't know where it came from. Wouldt he have been he been inducted around when gasping and amusement got made 76 77. He drove guys to the Appalachian meeting. I just find it hard to believe he got inducted in the 80tys.

If you read the last several posts in this thread you’ll see exactly where the 1981 conjecture comes from.

Obviously what Al D’Arco said holds most weight. Migliore was made sometime after the books closed in 57 and before they reopened in 76 but if I had to guess I’d say the exact year was probably closer to 76 then 57. He came up at exactly the wrong time in terms of getting straightened out.

He was probably on the proposed list for years but became so important they eventually had to arrange for him to get made into another family.

[JoelTurner]

Updated with a bio on Nicholas Bufanio

Interestingly, Bufanio was Carmine Toto’s nephew and Tino Fiumara was another one of his nephews. I’d never heard that before.

[B.]

Going back to the Migliore transfer, this is specifically what Valachi said about NY associates being sent out of town to be made:



Like I said earlier, this was before Bianco and Persico were made along these lines so it appears to have happened pre-1962 with certain people.

[chin_gigante]

I have two Al D'Arco 302s that mention Migliore. It mentions D'Arco's understanding of when Migliore was made as well as a lot of really interesting stuff:

Proffer session on October 2, 1991

- Salvatore Avellino recently suggested to D’Arco that Aniello Migliore could be used to influence US District County Judge Raymond Dearie regarding the Windows case
- The case was going well for the defence, and the family wanted to avoid a mistrial over Vittorio Amuso’s recent arrest
- The family wanted the trial to continue, and Judge Dearie should “do everything” for Amuso, and discredit Peter Chiodo as a witness
- D’Arco was led to believe that Migliore was involved in Dearie’s past selection as a US Attorney
- Migliore had formerly served as the underboss of the Lucchese family
- Amuso and Anthony Casso disliked Migliore, and once told D’Arco that he should be killed if he was ever released from prison
- Following Migliore’s release from prison, he was placed in D’Arco’s crew so that he could be controlled and killed quickly
- Migliore was summoned to meet D’Arco to be told of his new crew placement and to convey the message to Judge Dearie
- This meeting took place at night at the home of Peter Vario along the south shore in Long Beach, Long Island
- D’Arco was driven to the meeting by Frank “Harpo” Trapani, and Migliore was driven by Jerry Corallo (son of Anthony Corallo)
- D’Arco, Migliore, and Vario talked and walked to Vario’s boat dock behind the house
- D’Arco told Migliore that he was his new captain
- Migliore “acknowledged” this, but mentioned it would be difficult for the two of them to meet because he (Migliore) was out on $2 million bail
- Migliore was concerned that his family would forfeit the money if he was caught associating with felons and remanded to custody
- Migliore also said he was in poor health and was having financial problems because his tile and marble business failed
- Migliore confirmed that Judge Dearie owed him a favour over his past appointment to US Attorney and could be reached
- D’Arco relayed the instructions for Dearie and wanted to know immediately if Migliore failed to reach him
- D’Arco was never contacted regarding Dearie and assumed therefore that Migliore was successful
- D’Arco later spoke to Vario, who also assumed that the message had successfully reached Dearie
- Migliore has “influential contacts” including attorney Tom Dawson, who may serve as liaison between Migliore and Dearie
- Migliore also has “close associates” Sam Albicocco (President of New York Trap Rock Corp) and John Quadrozzi (President of Quadrozzi Concrete)
- D’Arco believes Migliore may be “receptive” to contact from the FBI because of his ill health, bail violations, financial problems, and the contract on his head
- Migliore attempted to relocate to Italy, which D’Arco believes was due to fear of other Lucchese members

Proffer session dated November 13, 1991

- Migliore was inducted into the Lucchese family approximately 15 years ago (abt. 1976) when the books were closed
- Migliore was brought to another area of the country and inducted before being brought back to New York
- Migliore looks older than he is and walks with a cane but is very wealthy
- Migliore is married and lives in Oyster Bay, Long Island
- Migliore’s sister and brother-in-law run Migliore Funeral Home on 104th Street in Corona, Queens
- Migliore used to travel to the city in limousines with three or four other well-dressed individuals
- Migliore has primarily associated with Jerry Corallo, Peter Vario, Peter DiPalermo, and Christopher Furnari
- Migliore was made the underboss shortly after the commission case “partly because of his close relationship with Anthony Corallo”
- Amuso and Casso wanted Migliore killed because they perceived him as a threat to their power
- D’Arco believed that after Migliore and others in his (D’Arco’s) crew were killed, he (D’Arco) would also be murdered
- Migliore had a large imported tile and marble business
- Migliore controlled the tile and stone setters’ union for several years and was influential in the construction business
- At a meeting in Gargiulio’s Restaurant in Coney Island, Brooklyn, Amuso and Casso told D’Arco that Migliore had made $12 million in one construction deal
- D’Arco believes this may have been part of the Shoreham nuclear power plant project on Long Island
- It was at that same meeting that Amuso and Casso told D’Arco that Migliore should be killed
- Migliore also controls Gerardi Construction
- Gerardi built a condominium complex in Astoria, Queens, and the Seaview complex in Brooklyn
- Migliore told D’Arco that Gerardi owes him $186,000 but D’Arco is not sure what for
- Sam Albicocco controls various sand and stone companies and is controlled by Salvatore Avellino
- Migliore, Corallo, and Salvatore Santoro were involved with Albicocco
- When Corallo was convicted, Migliore was pushed aside when it came to Albicocco and replaced with Avellino
- John Quadrozzi told D’Arco that Albicocco is a multimillionaire with “incredible” political and judiciary influence, and associates with politician Alfonse D’Amato
- Vincent Ciute (ph.), another associate of Migliore, is an attorney who was convicted in 1983 in a $10 million sewer scandal
- Ciute has recently reapplied to the bar association in New York and went into the limousine business with Migliore on Northern Boulevard in Queens
- Ciute told D’Arco that Migliore was also a close associate of Charlie Meyerson, who is affiliated with Atlantic City mogul Steve Wynn
- Steven Crea assisted in the last two or three months with Migliore’s release from prison
- More than once since Migliore’s release, Crea told D’Arco that he was able to influence two jurors to win a reversal in the case
- Crea told D’Arco that this influencing involved a female judge and something that happened in a jury room
- At the Moonstruck Diner in Manhattan, (prior to Migliore’s release) Crea told D’Arco that he was “working on” getting the reversal
- Dominic Truscello was also present at this meeting
- Another conversation between D’Arco and Crea later happened on Lexington Avenue near 78th Street

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The estimate of Migliore being inducted in 1976 is presumably inaccurate considering the books were open again in New York at that time, but perhaps he was transferred as an associate and inducted in the early-mid 1970s. If he was inducted in say 1973-1975, it wouldn't be far off D'Arco's 15-years estimate

[chin_gigante]

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The 302s themselves for reference

[CornerBoy]

whats the deal w tony ducks son, Jerry? i'd love to see a write up on that dude. and jerry's kids if they are involved

Great info on Neil Migliore- he lives in Muttontown i think. love that area

[JoeNGallo]

Updated with info on Bonanno member Thomas Scardino:https://lcnbios.blogspot.com/2022/11/th ... nanno.html

[moneyman]

I think the meeting at the Moonstruck Diner is the same meeting where D'Arco and Crea talked about murdering Bowat and going to war with Amuso, Casso and Bowat. They talk about how they've been double crossed and how Crea mentions he can kill Bowat very quickly. It's talked about in D'Arco's book.

[Southshore88]

New post with 1986 Gambino surveillance of DeCicco and Louis Giardina. Looks like Louis’ two brothers and father were all members.

[JohnnyS]

Those are great photos. Also interesting that George DeCicco was inducted in around July 1984 and was a captain by '86.

[MightyDR]

Good info, DR. You're a great contributor.

Thanks B!

[Pmac2]

Waiting for him to do one on joe piney armone

[B.]

In his write-up on Nino Adamo, he mentioned Nick Campagna who came from Prizzi in Palermo and lived in Colorado before Manhattan
https://lcnbios.blogspot.com/2019/05/bi ... adamo.html

Found some other information on Campagna, who I suspect may have been an early Bonanno member. We think of Prizzi because of its proximity to Corleone, but it neighbors Palazzo Adriano which produced Bonanno members Tony Canzoneri and Ciro Gallo. Canzoneri had a great-uncle who lived with his family who shared the surname of Gallo's mother (LoBurgio) and this great-uncle previously lived in Colorado.

Interestingly, Nick Campagna's brother Anthony lived in Providence and he and Nino Adamo visited him there before Campagna's death in the 1940s. LCNBios wrote about how Bonanno member Anthony Raimondi also had close ties to Providence and had a nephew "with" Patriarca, so that's two older Bonanno members connected to Providence. Another Campagna brother, Joseph, lived in California.

Adamo was from Santa Margherita di Belice, Agrigento, so his close relationship to Campagna from Prizzi also fits the Palazzo Adriano guys who also tended to follow the same networks as that part of Western Agrigento and Southern Trapani.

This is a side of Bonanno history that is overlooked but as we find more there is definitely something to it.

[PolackTony]

In his write-up on Nino Adamo, he mentioned Nick Campagna who came from Prizzi in Palermo and lived in Colorado before Manhattan
https://lcnbios.blogspot.com/2019/05/bi ... adamo.html

Found some other information on Campagna, who I suspect may have been an early Bonanno member. We think of Prizzi because of its proximity to Corleone, but it neighbors Palazzo Adriano which produced Bonanno members Tony Canzoneri and Ciro Gallo. Canzoneri had a great-uncle who lived with his family who shared the surname of Gallo's mother (LoBurgio) and this great-uncle previously lived in Colorado.

Interestingly, Nick Campagna's brother Anthony lived in Providence and he and Nino Adamo visited him there before Campagna's death in the 1940s. LCNBios wrote about how Bonanno member Anthony Raimondi also had close ties to Providence and had a nephew "with" Patriarca, so that's two older Bonanno members connected to Providence. Another Campagna brother, Joseph, lived in California.

Adamo was from Santa Margherita di Belice, Agrigento, so his close relationship to Campagna from Prizzi also fits the Palazzo Adriano guys who also tended to follow the same networks as that part of Western Agrigento and Southern Trapani.

This is a side of Bonanno history that is overlooked but as we find more there is definitely something to it.

Worth noting also that JD has Adamo’s mother as Poggiorealese; yet another example of intermarriage and relation between nearby towns in the Belice valley and adjacent areas between Trapani and Western Agrigento (as we have seen over and over). As Poggioreale also borders Santa Ninfa, Adamo’s membership with the Bonanno Family would point to that network.

Great info on Campagna. His ties to both Adamo and CO are interesting. Apart from the Bonanno members from Palazzo (a paesani group that, as we know, had multiple ties to Pueblo), Joe Bonanno himself had close connections to Pueblo, of course, in his partnership with their Agrigentino leadership in the Colorado Cheese Co. Also worth noting that Milwaukee had two successive bosses (Vallone and Ferrara) from Prizzi; we know that Milwaukee retained ties to the Bonannos into the 1970s, though who knows if the Prizzesi may have played a role in forming those connections earlier on. Milwaukee had its own close ties to Pueblo, clearly, as Pete Carlino fled to Milwaukee in 1931 for protection (he of course left and was then murdered); this was under the tenure of Vallone.