Gerrard Pappa

[HairyKnuckles]

Does anybody know if Tuzio was a captain at one point? Has that been confirmed? Seems to be the general understanding that he was a captain. Where does that come from?

Tuzio has been identified as a member of Frasca´s crew. And Frasca used his "Villa 66", located at 6600 (or 6602) 14th Avenue, Brooklyn as his hangout during most of the early 1970s. If Tuzio was a captain at one point, and I think he was I have no reason to doubt it, he must have been an acting skipper for Frasca who since around 1964 was in semi retirement. Before Tuzio, Larry Piasni and later Tony "Hickey" DiLorenzo acted in this same role.

Great Info HK. What happend to that Genovese crew? Plus jimmy's brother Joe Ida had a club over there somewhere close, could it be they were with Frasca at first. I have found those two james and joe in the 1940 census, they were from Brooklyn not the city

I´m still waiting for some info to come in. Right now though, I can´t answer that question but it looks like Frasca´s crew was merged with other crews/disbanded sometime after him stepping down in mid/late 1970s. One crew member, Crazy Tommy Contaldo took over Toddo Marino´s crew it looks like, while others like Hickey DiLorenzo, ended up (it looks like) under Ianniello later on.

[AlexfromSouth]

Okay thanks HK