What do We Know about the Newark Family?

[JoelTurner]

Here’s something, Joe Paterno is listed as part of the “Accardi Mob” from a 1948 document.



Officially, at this point, he would have been a Mangano Family member/associate. It’s interesting that the feds perception was that he was in this “Accardi Mob”.

[West Coast1]

MOBFAX video mentions the Bear from Newark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbwmTvrg9eU

[JoelTurner]

MOBFAX video mentions the Bear from Newark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbwmTvrg9eU

Thanks for sharing, I'd read the transcripts but I hadn't seen the video

[West Coast1]

MOBFAX video mentions the Bear from Newark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbwmTvrg9eU

Thanks for sharing, I'd read the transcripts but I hadn't seen the video

Have you ever seen the Jackie D videos? It's pure gangster can't make it up
It also shows that drugs mess it all up the real bosses knew that long ago

[JoelTurner]

MOBFAX video mentions the Bear from Newark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbwmTvrg9eU

Thanks for sharing, I'd read the transcripts but I hadn't seen the video

Have you ever seen the Jackie D videos? It's pure gangster can't make it up
It also shows that drugs mess it all up the real bosses knew that long ago

I haven't, share them if you can

[West Coast1]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z93TAOq9l1s

I've never seen the movie w Vin Diesel

[JoelTurner]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z93TAOq9l1s

I've never seen the movie w Vin Diesel

The guy was a real character lmao

On the topic, I don't get why his dad was made so late. Dominick "Tommy Adams" DiNorscio was born in 1909 and lived at the heart of the Newark Family's neighborhood (409 S 10th St) but wound up getting made in the '60s

[Pogo The Clown]

I believe diNors io was made in the 1950s/early 1960s.


Pogo

[thekiduknow]

I'm not sure if this has been brought up before, but Nicolo Schiro's brother in law Salvatore Grippi and future San Jose member Tony Scavuzzo were witnesses to Settimo Accardi's naturalization in 1944.

[JoelTurner]

I'm not sure if this has been brought up before, but Nicolo Schiro's brother in law Salvatore Grippi and future San Jose member Tony Scavuzzo were witnesses to Settimo Accardi's naturalization in 1944.

That’s actually really huge!

Sam Accardi wasn’t short on friends or family who could have witnessed his naturalization. This means that they had a pre-existing, probably close, relationship.

Paired with his arrest with Charles Matranga and the fact that he lived in the middle of all the other Newark figures, all signs are pointing to him being a member.

[B.]

Another good detail.

The Bonanno ties to the Newark Family were strong yet we only know of Riela who joined them. Wouldn't be surprised if there were some old timers too we've never heard of or can't confirm.

[JoelTurner]

The Bonanno family seemed to have a very small presence in the area.





This Bonanno member who hangs around Bloomfield Ave was probably Grippi. If they had any other members, they would have to have been totally unknown sleepers (even more than Grippi).

I haven’t found anyone in Essex County who would be a suspected Bonanno guy

[thekiduknow]

This Bonanno member who hangs around Bloomfield Ave was probably Grippi. If they had any other members, they would have to have been totally unknown sleepers (even more than Grippi).

Grippi died in 1961, so not sure if he was who they were referring to .

The Bonanno family seemed to have a very small presence in the area.



I haven’t found anyone in Essex County who would be a suspected Bonanno guy

John Caltagirone was a Zicarelli associate who seems to have operated near that area. He grew up in Bloomfield, but lived in Bergen County by the 1950 census.

He operated the World Wide Car Systems rental company for Zicarelli which was based on Bloomfield Ave before moving to the West New York area:



He's listed as a soldier under Zicarelli in the 1981 NJ hearings:



I'm not entierily positive he was who Catena was referring to, since it seems clear he was an associate at the time but an interesting connections.

And it wouldn't be the Black Hand if I didn't mention that his father is from Agrigento and mother from Palermo.

[JoelTurner]

This is interesting, I hadn’t really heard of Caltagirone

[cavita]

Where in Agrigento was Caltagirone from?