What do We Know about the Newark Family?

[JoelTurner]

Genovese member Anthony Giacalone (Jul 3 1936 - Apr 1 2011) was born to Vito Giacalone & Anna Cocucci. He had arrests for theft, bookmaking, & narcotics. He was made in early 1978 (per LCNBios) and was a member of the Boiardo crew.

Vito Giacalone (1887 - Vita) was born to Melchiore Giacalone & Antonina Cadela. His siblings were well connected. His brother Antonio, father of Gambino member Mariano Giacalone, stayed with the Salvatore Lombardino. His sister Antonina married Newark underboss Sam Monaco’s uncle Lorenzo Monaco.
Effectively, on his paternal side, Anthony Giacalone was a first cousin to Mike Giacalone and a second cousin to Sam Monaco.

Anna Cocucci (13 Dec 1895 - NJ) was born to Achille Cocucci & Teolinda Altobelli. She had interesting siblings too. Her sister Mary married Vito Gruppuso (22 Jan 1894 - Vita); his family was intermarried with the Monacos.

While Anthony Giacalone largely skated under the radar, his family was super connected

[lennert]

Joel, great work on this subject!

In a certain FBI file on Newark, there are a few names listed which might be of interest to you, and who might have been members or at least affiliates of the Newark Family. Wondering if you ever came across them:

The file lists a Don Santo, and describes him as a well known opera impressario. This refers to Santo D'Alia, born February 29, 1888 in Palermo, to Tommaso and Girolama Torregrossa. The file describes him as a close friend of Tony Paterno. D'Alia had business dealings with Gaspare D'Amico.

Another figure listed is Tino Valla, described as the operator of the Two Star Lottery. The file states Steve Badami took over the operations after Valla's death. However, Tino Valla refers to Antonino Vella, born in Palermo on December 11, 1894, to Ludovico and Rosalia Bertolino. Vella died over a decade after Badami's murder, yet was described in newspaper articles as head of the Two Crown Lottery, so pretty sure this is the person referred to in the file.

Last is Pietro Ciccarelli, born in Lercara Friddi on May 11, 1894 to Salvatore and Felicia LaForte. He is described as assisting "Valla" in the lottery racket. Ciccarelli was arrested with Vella at the time the latter was described as operator of the Two Crown Lottery, further indictaing Valla is indeed Vella. Ciccarella was married to Antonino Vella's sister Catarina.

Looking forward to your thoughts.

[JoelTurner]

Joel, great work on this subject!

In a certain FBI file on Newark, there are a few names listed which might be of interest to you, and who might have been members or at least affiliates of the Newark Family. Wondering if you ever came across them:

The file lists a Don Santo, and describes him as a well known opera impressario. This refers to Santo D'Alia, born February 29, 1888 in Palermo, to Tommaso and Girolama Torregrossa. The file describes him as a close friend of Tony Paterno. D'Alia had business dealings with Gaspare D'Amico.

Another figure listed is Tino Valla, described as the operator of the Two Star Lottery. The file states Steve Badami took over the operations after Valla's death. However, Tino Valla refers to Antonino Vella, born in Palermo on December 11, 1894, to Ludovico and Rosalia Bertolino. Vella died over a decade after Badami's murder, yet was described in newspaper articles as head of the Two Crown Lottery, so pretty sure this is the person referred to in the file.

Last is Pietro Ciccarelli, born in Lercara Friddi on May 11, 1894 to Salvatore and Felicia LaForte. He is described as assisting "Valla" in the lottery racket. Ciccarelli was arrested with Vella at the time the latter was described as operator of the Two Crown Lottery, further indictaing Valla is indeed Vella. Ciccarella was married to Antonino Vella's sister Catarina.

Looking forward to your thoughts.

Thank you for sharing!

I haven’t heard of D’Alia or Ciccarelli before but there was an Anthony Vella who was arrested as a part of Joe Abate’s liquor ring. I’m going to check if it’s the same guy.

[lennert]

There was also a Giuseppe Vella, born in Palermo on February 16, 1883, to Antonino and Catarina LiVigni. He was Anthony’s uncle, and was also described as “boss” of a Newark lottery. It was actually his daughter who married Pietro Cicciarella, so she was not Anthony’s sister, but his cousin… He died in November 1954, so maybe this was the Tino reffered to, although the name makes more sense for somebody called Antonino…

As for the Abate liquor ring, if you mean the case in which Boiardo also figured, then yes, same guy.

[JoelTurner]

In the early 1940s, Anthony Perella moved to Newark and married Jennie Patti. Born to Giacomo Patti & Paola Mandino, she had an interesting set of siblings:

-Jacob Patti (1907-61) was arrested for holdups alongside Gambino member Vincent Todaro in Feb 1932

-James Patti (1908-76) had multiple arrests for liquor, notably being a part of Sam Accardi’s large South Jersey ring

-Kathrine Patti (1910-84) was married to Anthony Ingoglia (1903-97). He’s been mentioned a few times before. In addition to his liquor arrests, he was also pinched for ration stamps, again placing him in Sam Accardi’s orbit.

He was born in Brooklyn to Cristoforo Ingoglia & Maria Ferradella, family from Partanna. I can’t tell if he was related to Bonanno member Andrew Ingoglia (1899-58), also from Partanna. The latter’s parents were Mariano & Angela DiLorenzo so they weren’t siblings.

He may have been involved in a bar alongside SF members. The surname wasn’t common but I’m not sure if it was him. Andrew Ingoglia was a narcotics man in the Bay Area




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Ingoglia and the Patti family lived at 21 & 23 Edison St, Bloomfield, NJ. This was next door to the family of Austin Savi, who was killed by Salvatore Lombardino. In turn, Vincent Todaro lived ~2 houses from them at 29 Bloomfield Ave, Bloomfield, NJ.

[B.]

As always, I appreciate you continuing to explore these circles.

The leadership of the Castellammare del Golfo Family in the 1890s was a father/son named Ingoglia/Ingaglia. They were Castellammarese so unlikely they were related to this one but it is a name I've only ever seen in Trapani and I'd be curious if the CDG Ingoglias had historic ancestry in CDG or elsewhere given it's a surname not typically found in the multi-generation mafia bloodlines there.

[JoelTurner]

As always, I appreciate you continuing to explore these circles.

The leadership of the Castellammare del Golfo Family in the 1890s was a father/son named Ingoglia/Ingaglia. They were Castellammarese so unlikely they were related to this one but it is a name I've only ever seen in Trapani and I'd be curious if the CDG Ingoglias had historic ancestry in CDG or elsewhere given it's a surname not typically found in the multi-generation mafia bloodlines there.

Thank you!

From what I can tell, the Ingoglia surname was mostly in a few towns in Agrigento: Montevago, Santa Margherita di Belice, and Sambuca di Sicilia. You can essentially draw a straight line through them. Partanna, though it’s in Trapani, would also be on this line.

Considering that Andrew Ingoglia was in the Bonanno Family, a CDG connection would be interesting. It seems like a fairly uncommon name though. Outside of these two, I haven’t seen it anywhere else.

[JoelTurner]

On Apr 12 1933, top bootlegger Max Hassel & his bodyguard Max Greenberg were killed at the Elizabeth-Carteret Hotel, their headquarters.

The shooters were Joseph Troia (Identified via a phone tip) and an “unknown New Yorker”.

A few years later in 1936, the “New Yorker” was identified and arrested. He was the notorious Paul “Frankie” Carbo.

Carbo wasn’t a stranger to the Hassel group at least not when it came to killing them. In Aug 1931, in Atlantic City, he had hit another member of the gang: Philadelphia-South Jersey beer baron Michael "Mickey" Duffy. In both cases, he appears to have beaten the charges.

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Hassel had partnered with Nick Delmore in the Rising Sun Brewery which was where the latter gunned down Prohibition Agent John Finiello. In his testimony, he mentions being with Duffy and refers to Hassel as his boss.

The Third Ward Boys (Abner “Longy” Zwillman’s gang) supposedly took over Hassel’s North Jersey operations. They could have all been one group. Jerry Catena, at the time Longy’s lieutenant, was jailed for crooking a juror on Delmore’s murder trial.

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Carbo and his role in the Duffy & Hassel/Greenberg murders were well known. Troia seems to have gone unnoticed. His short few years in NJ look like they were action packed.

All of the Murder Inc. stuff aside, Carbo was heavily involved with Jewish mobsters. Tbh I don’t know anything about him besides what’s on Wikipedia or Reddit.