Which Mafia Members lived in Strange Places?

[trafficante]

I dont recall if he was a member exactly but, Kenneth Guarino was a pornographer and Gambino associate who kicked up to Natale Richichi. Guarino lived in Providence. Richard "Redbird" Gomes was another Providence guy who was an associate of the Gambino family. Good friend of the Gottis.

[ShotgunTheRifle]

Robert Luisi - Philadelphia captain in Boston
- Chin or someone could lay it out more clearly as I forget the details but if I remember right Merlino was so enamored by Paulie Tanso that he reached out to Luisi through mutual prison contacts and inducted him just to get closer to Tanso.

Definitely interested in hearing more on this. Or where I can read it. Wonder what his fascination was with Tanso was. He must of had access to money,

[HairyKnuckles]

Genovese member Eugenio Campo lived in Schenectady, NY.

[Tonyd621]

Paulie Tanso and Bobby Luisi at one time shared the same waterbed in a studio apartment.

[trafficante]

Poagy Torriello, genovese soldier, who lived in New England.

I see an article that says he was in New England circa 1950 -- do you know which area?

Providence.

[PolackTony]

Strange places? How about Dyker/gravesend/Bhurst?
Parts of Staten Island.

Have to be the craziest places w the craziest ppl on earth.

LOL. Totally, even by NYC standards these are definitely the land of crazy.

[Joeyboy1982]

Robert Luisi - Philadelphia captain in Boston
- Chin or someone could lay it out more clearly as I forget the details but if I remember right Merlino was so enamored by Paulie Tanso that he reached out to Luisi through mutual prison contacts and inducted him just to get closer to Tanso.

With Merlino drawing all the heat, Paulie Tanso is free to call the shots remotely from the North End. But he's just keeping the seat warm for the new underboss Pete Tuccio while he's at college

[furiofromnaples]

The Gambinos had a crew in Baltimore until all members died in 1990s. And in the Wire detective McNulty said "there are no mobsters" to the fbi agent that can't help the police if there no "Terrorists,Colombians or Mobsters".

[CornerBoy]

gambinos had working crew in baltimore through the 90's?

[johnny_scootch]

gambinos had working crew in baltimore through the 90's?

Through the 1980’s yes, in the early days run by Luigi Morici and the later decades by the Corbi’s.

[furiofromnaples]

gambinos had working crew in baltimore through the 90's?

Through the 1980’s yes, in the early days run by Luigi Morici and the later decades by the Corbi’s.

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BALTIMORE  FACTION  : -  GAMBINO  FAMILY.




Early organized Italian crime in Maryland and Virginia seems to have been dominated by Calabrians.  There were many of these small Black Hand type groups in existence during the 1910-30’s.  Vito Corbi, born 1866 in Catanzaro, led a small organization based in Virginia.


 This group included his son Pasquale [Patsy], and Vincenzo [Jim] D’Urso.  In 1923 they were all arrested for the murder of Frank Naples, a reputed Camorra member.  Patsy Corbi was sentenced to a life sentence, while D’Urso fled to Canada.  Vito Corbi was already living in Baltimore by then [1920 Census], and avoided conviction.  Another reputed Camorrist, Rocco Fiorello, was killed in 1924 and several Calabrians were arrested.  It points to a conflict between Neapolitan and Calabrian groups.  


Almost nothing is known of Sicilians active in Baltimore in this period.  The only   Mafioso known to be living city was John [Angel Face] Torres, once acquitted of murder in Detroit, who was later killed during the “Castellammarese War”.


Meanwhile Vito Corbi had died in1929, Patsy was paroled in 1932 and he and his brother Frank were living in the city.  They were continuing to operate, and associate with fellow Calabrians in cities like Pittsburgh and Cleveland.  By the mid-1930’s the traditionally Sicilian Mafia had opened membership to mainland Italians.  But with no local Mafia Family, this was not possible in Baltimore.


We do not know the exact reasons, or timing, for the formation of a regime in the city, but we know the individuals responsible.  Frank Scalice was a former head of the future Gambino Family, since demoted to Capo rank.  He was still a very important member, and although we do not know the details, he was the catalyst for the regimes formation. 


The other individual involved was Luigi Morici, who like Scalice, was born in Palermo, Sicily.  Morici may have already been a member in NYC living in Baltimore, or he was sent there to give the Family a presence.  Whichever, by the early 1940’s he had gathered a small group of local Sicilians together to form the crew.


According to a 1950 FBN document given to the Kefauver committee the following were members by then : -

Vincent Carrona [AKA Jimmy Russo], born 1904, Bisaquino, Sicily.


Frank Gattuso


Gaetano [Thomas] LaFata [AKA Reds], born 1898 Carini, Sicily.


Joseph Palazzolo


Luigi Morici [AKA John Maurice], born 1896 Palermo, Sicily.




About Gattuso and Palazzolo we can find no record, but the other names can be confirmed.


The year1950 saw a violent change in the Families leadership, with the Calabrian Albert Anastasia becoming Head with Scalice as his deputy.  It was probably Anastasia, seeking to strengthen his position, who ordered Morici to induct some local Calabrians as members.


Thus the Corbi brothers, among others, finally joined the Family.  Morici was promoted to Capo status, and his connection to NYC became Joseph Gallo.  The crew membership during the 1950-80’s looked like this : -




Luigi Morici  -  Capo till 1966 /  died 1971


Vincent Caronna  -  died 1980


Thomas LaFata  -  died 1965


Patsy Corbi  -  1895-1955


Frank Corbi  -  1904-90  /   Capo 1966-90


Mario Anello  -  1905-72


Louis Comi  -  1906-79


Joseph Gigliotti  -  1903-2001 [poss. Member in Pittsburgh]


Frank Dabbene  -  1897-1984


Charles Barbera  -  1904-87


Benjamin Magliano  -  1904-71


Frank Malvaso  -  1901-91


Sam Adornato  -  1905-72


Joseph Corbi  -  1911-2001


Angelo Perrera  -  1912-72


Angelo Munafo  -  1927-2001


Another possible member was Antonio Messina, who was killed in Baltimore in 1952.




By the 1980’s most of the membership had died or retired, and with Capo Frank Corbi in his 80’s and inactive, the regime became extinct.

[Pmac2]

The Baltimore gambino crew is the worst topic on the whole forum. It's been beaten to death. There was like 2 guys who ran numbers and sports. And died with them

[B.]

Yes, all anyone talks about on here is... the Baltimore crew. They should rename it the Baltimore Hand Forum because that's all we care about.

[CornerBoy]

thanks for info.

anything mob related in Lancaster PA?

save the amish jokes lol

[cavita]

Francesco "Three Fingers" Coppola lived for a time in Tijuana.