Found more info here:lennert wrote: ↑Sun Jan 23, 2022 3:09 pm Just adding my two cents on some of the fellows discussed in this thread, as I’ve been researching Vincenzo Infusino due to the San Francisco connection.
In St. Louis, Infusino was a member of the “Pillow hang” lead by Carmelo Frisina. He was indeed born in Licata. Most, if not all, of the known members of the Pillow gang (Frank Cosentino, Angelo Naccarato, Angelo Curella, Joseph Lupo, Dominick Emma, Dominick Cataldo, Tony DiTrapani, Joseph Cinquimano, Joe LoBiondo, etc.) were either from Licata or Partinico, except for Frisina himself, who was born in Castiglione.
Infusino himself, as far as I could find out, had no connection to Cleveland, but Naccarato and Curella did. Naccarato was arrested for the murder of one of the Bonvissuto brothers, Angelo and Carmelo, both of whom were shot to death in St. Louis in 1920. The Bonvissutos formerly lived in Cleveland, and their killings were believed to have been in retaliation for the Cleveland murder of Agostino Curella in 1916. I could not find anything about the 1916 murder, but Angelo Curella’s father was named Agostino, and he had a brother of the same name.
When Infusino moved to San Francisco, he would eventually partner up with another former St. Louis mob figure from Partinico, Tom Buffa. Of course Buffa would be shot to death in Lodi not long after, and Infusino was picked up during the investigation.
It is noteworthy how many of these guys met untimely deaths: Cosentino, Curella, Cataldo, DiTrapani and of course Fresina himself. Another figure allegedly connected to the Pillow gang, Peter Rappa, was shot to death in Detroit in 1929.
As for Cinquimano (original spelling) He indeed appears to be the one born in July 1888 in Partinico. His parents were Martimo Cinquimano and Francesca Tudisco. He was picked up in St. Louis a couple of times, and was in the company of Frank Cosentino when the latter was gunned down. His use of several aliases made it difficult to pin him down, especially because there were also DiTrapanis from Partinico who figured in the St. Louis gang wars. Another alias he used was Baucino, under which name he was arrested in 1929 for weapons charges, together with Lupo and LoBiondo. Under the name of Joseph Cinquemano Baucino, he made out his WWII draft registration card in Rockford, interestingly listing August Musso, Tony’s son, as a reference. He died in May 15, 1964, in Galesburg, Illinois, as Joseph Baucino.
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From a February 1966 FBI file it states:
CG T-1 has advised that JOSEPH CINQUOMANI was an old time friend of PHIL CANNELLA’s father-in-law, GEORGE SALADINO. Informant advised that CANNELLA was not closely associated with CINQUOMANI.
CG T-1 stated that GEORGE SALADINO died about two years ago and it is this source’s belief that CINQUOMANI died about 1960.
We know now that Cinquemani died in Galesburg in 1964 and that he was born in Partinico, which is where boss Tony Musso was from. Interesting that the source says that Cinquemani was an old time friend of Saladino and that Cinquemani was an LCN member- with who though? Springfield? Chicago?