Chicago Outfit Lineage Chart 1928-2017

[Villain]

I absolutely agree that we should also include the non-Italians on a parallel line from the Italians with an upper echelon spot and the point of that is to explain Alex’s rise during the early 70’s. Here’s one, some sort of timeline, which explains their position within the syndicate from the early 30’s until the late 60’s, followed by Alex’s rise…


Jake Guzik being described as one of the most influential members since the days of Al Capone:

https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.htm ... _humphreys


Guzik and Humphreys being described as the leading Chicago mobsters in the Dallas area during the 1940’s:

https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.htm ... _humphreys

https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.htm ... 8&tab=page


Humphrey’s rise after Guzik’s death:

https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.htm ... _humphreys

One of Humphreys and Ferraro being very angry at Giancana and English:

https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.htm ... 3&tab=page

Humphreys having the last word on all union matters:

https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.htm ... ast%20word


Regarding other members from that era such as Eddie Vogel:

https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.htm ... zik_capone

https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.htm ... zik_capone

Or Joe Epstein, the guy who allegedly brought Virginia Hill into the Mob and was the head of the Patrick/Yaras crew until 1959 or when Patrick took over and was told to report to Alex:

https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.htm ... _humphreys

https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.htm ... _alderisio

Gus Alex’s brother, Sam making first contact in Hot Springs with Owney Madden regarding his new gambling venture:

https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.htm ... 4&tab=page


Gus Alex rise:

https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.htm ... ik_capezio

And another and also the best document which describes Alex rise at the top:

https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.htm ... _humphreys


And few more from 1977:

https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.htm ... =alex_1977

https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.htm ... =alex_1977

https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.htm ... =alex_1977


From 1978:

https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.htm ... 4&tab=page

https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.htm ... 5&tab=page

https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.htm ... lex%201978


And all of this is followed by numerous testimonies that during the 1980’s, Alex still took his cut, which I already stated and proved it in my previous post (viewtopic.php?f=29&t=3087&start=260). And on top of that, we have Patrick secretly recording Alex where both men discussed payments to an unnamed union official, which again proves his illegal activities even at the end of the 1980’s. Also on May 19, 1992, before Patrick began testifying against Alex, the car of Patrick’s daughter was blown to pieces as a message to her father. Why would the Outfit do such a thing if Alex was considered retired and inactive??? Also I believe that during the late 80's Alex was more illegally active than Accardo and I'll end there

[Frank]

The only thing I really disagree with pertained to the senior advisor dates. I thought DiAmico replaced Tornabene in 2009, with Addriacchi out of the picture for a few years due to cancer. Also I thought Tornabene replaced Lombardo after his arrest in 2005. Otherwise I'm fine with the rest.

Thanks Frank, so if DiAmico replaced Tornabene in 2009, what was the year when Andriacchi took his position again? Also thanks for the correction on Lombardo's imprisonment

EDIT: no matter i get it and i corrected it...i think?! lol

Wasn't it in 2014 that it came out that Addriacchi had replaced DiAmico. DiAmico returned to his position in the beginning of 2015. So it was prior to mid 2014 that Addriacchi took over DiAmico's position. But I'm getting confused as to whether Addriacchi took Marco's job or DiFronzo's. I'm unclear when the whole DiFronzo health deteriorating thing actually started. It was stated that DiFronzo and Addriacchi we're grooming Delaurentis as boss, with DiFronzo still receiving full tribute in July 2014.

[Villain]

The only thing I really disagree with pertained to the senior advisor dates. I thought DiAmico replaced Tornabene in 2009, with Addriacchi out of the picture for a few years due to cancer. Also I thought Tornabene replaced Lombardo after his arrest in 2005. Otherwise I'm fine with the rest.

Thanks Frank, so if DiAmico replaced Tornabene in 2009, what was the year when Andriacchi took his position again? Also thanks for the correction on Lombardo's imprisonment

EDIT: no matter i get it and i corrected it...i think?! lol

Wasn't it in 2014 that it came out that Addriacchi had replaced DiAmico. DiAmico returned to his position in the beginning of 2015. So it was prior to mid 2014 that Addriacchi took over DiAmico's position. But I'm getting confused as to whether Addriacchi took Marco's job or DiFronzo's. I'm unclear when the whole DiFronzo health deteriorating thing actually started. It was stated that DiFronzo and Addriacchi we're grooming Delaurentis as boss, with DiFronzo still receiving full tribute in July 2014.

By now we have:

Top Boss

John DiFronzo 1997 2014 (retired due to alleged health problems)

Joe Andriacchi 2015 2016 (retired due to alleged health problems)

Salvatore DeLaurentis 2017 present


Boss

Salvatore DeLaurentis 2011 2016

Albert Vena ? 2017 present


Senior Adviser

Joe Andriacchi 2010 2014

Marco D'Amico 2015 present (possibly joined by John Matassa, Jr.)


Under boss

Salvatore Cataudella 2010 present

[Villain]

Here's another view of the chart...


These are the so-called bosses or clans who were somehow responsible for the creation of the Capone Mob:

Giacomo Colismo (boss of the whole South Side and Loop and also killed in 1920, but succeeded by Giovanni Torrio who in turn survived a horrible assassination attempt in 1926 and was succeeded by Al Capone)

Angelo Genna (boss of the so-called Genna clan, closely connected to the Capone gang and also representative for the Sicilian faction on the West Side and also killed in 1925 by his own faction)

Giuseppe Esposito (boss of the Western suburbs and killed in 1928 and two years earlier his faction was already connected to the Capone gang)

Dominic Roberto (in 1926 became the boss of the Chicago Heights faction and by 1928 joined the rising Capone Mob and in 1932 was jailed and three years later he was deported back to Italy)


In 1928, the Capone gang was brought in by the Masseria clan from New York as an extended arm of their illegal operations, and by 1930 Capone almost exterminated the so-called bad blood within the Sicilian Chicago crime family. In plane words, Al Capone became a captain of a crew of ten made guys for one of the New York clans, who were later probably followed by other newly made guys and also joined by some previously made Sicilian members


Here’s how the top hierarchy for the Capone Mob looked like from 1928 until 1931:

Top Boss: Giuseppe Masseria (crime family boss in New York who was killed in 1931 and later succeeded by Charles Luciano)

Capo Decina or Crew Boss: Al Capone (captain in the Chicago area for the Masseria crime family)

Representative: Salvatore Lo Verde (representative for the rest of the national crime families and was succeeded by Paul Ricca in 1930 or 1931)

Second in Command: Frank Nitto (representative for the Chicago area)


In 1932, Al Capone and Frank Nitto went to prison and after that, the old Capone Mob was recognized as a separate group and one proof for that is all of the ten or more members, who previously belonged to Capone’s crew, became bosses or captains of their own territories and controlled their own crews. At the start they accepted a specific type of hierarchy since they also started as a special crew, by having a top boss, boss or chief executive (in the previous case known as Crew Boss) and underboss (in the previous case known as representative or in some cases a second in command). The group later became known as the Chicago Outfit.


Chicago Outfit leadership 1932 - 2017

1932 1939:

Top Boss: Al Capone (imprisoned)

Boss: Paul Ricca

Underboss: Louis Campagna

Non-Italian Member: Jake Guzik


1940 – 1943

Top Boss: Paul Ricca (imprisoned in 1943)

Boss: Louis Campagna (imprisoned in 1943)

Underboss Phil D’Andrea (imprisoned in 1943)

Non-Italian Member: Jake Guzik


1944 – 1946

Top Boss: Charles Fischetti (acting position)

Boss: Tony Accardo (acting position)

Underboss: Tony Capezio (acting position)

Non-Italian Member: Jake Guzik (joined by Murray Humphreys)


1947 – 1952

Top Boss: Louis Campagna (released in 1947)

Boss: Tony Accardo (briefly stepped down in 1953)

Senior Adviser: Paul Ricca (released in 1947)

Underboss: Sam Giancana

Non-Italian Member: Jake Guzik (joined by Murray Humphreys)


1953 – 1955

Top Boss: Louis Campagna (died in 1955)

Boss: Tony Capezio (acting boss for Tony Accardo and died in 1955)

Senior Adviser: Paul Ricca and possibly Tony Accardo

Underboss: Sam Giancana

Non-Italian Member: Jake Guzik (joined by Murray Humphreys)


1956 – 1965

Top Boss: Paul Ricca (imprisoned in 1959 and released in 1961)

Boss: Sam Giancana (imprisoned in 1965 and later fled the country)

Senior Adviser: Tony Accardo

Underboss: Frank Ferraro (died in 1964 and replaced by Sam Battaglia)

Non-Italian Member: Jake Guzik (died in 1956 and was succeeded by Murray Humphreys who also died in 1965)


1966 – 1967

Top Boss: Paul Ricca

Boss: Sam Battaglia (imprisoned in 1967)

Senior Adviser: Tony Accardo

Underboss: Phil Alderisio

Non-Italian Member: Gus Alex


1968 – 1970

Top Boss: Paul Ricca (retired in 1971 and died in 1972)

Boss: Jack Cerone (imprisoned in 1970)

Senior Adviser: Tony Accardo

Underboss: Phil Alderisio (imprisoned in 1970)

Non-Italian Member: Gus Alex


1971 – 1975

Top Boss: Tony Accardo

Boss: Joey Aiuppa

Senior Adviser: Gus Alex (possibly an acting position)

Underboss: Charles Nicoletti (shelved in 1976)

Non-Italian Member: Leonard Patrick (imprisoned in 1975)


1976 – 1985

Top Boss: Tony Accardo

Boss: Joey Aiuppa (imprisoned in 1985)

Senior Adviser: Gus Alex (possibly an acting position)

Underboss: Jack Cerone (imprisoned in 1985)

Non-Italian Member: Leonard Patrick (imprisoned and released in 1978)


1986 – 1992

Top Boss: Tony Accardo (died in 1992)

Boss: Sam Carlisi (imprisoned in 1993)

Senior Adviser: Gus Alex (possibly an acting position and imprisoned in 1992) and Joe Aiuppa (imprisoned)

Underboss: John DiFronzo

Non-Italian Member: Leonard Patrick (imprisoned in 1991 and became informant for the government)


1993 – 1996

Top Boss: Sam Carlisi and Joe Aiuppa (both imprisoned and both died in 1997)

Boss: Joe Andriacchi (acting boss for imprisoned boss John DiFronzo until 1995 and then DiFronzo ruled until 1997)

Senior Adviser: Joe Lombardo

Underboss: John Monteleone (succeeded by Al Tornabene in 1995)


1997 – 2001

Top Boss: John DiFronzo

Boss: John Monteleone

Senior Adviser: Joe Lombardo and Angelo LaPietra (LaPietra was released from prison 1996 and died in 1999)

Underboss: Al Tornabene (succeeded by Joe Andriacchi in 2001)


2001 – 2002

Top Boss: John DiFronzo

Boss: Al Tornabene

Senior Adviser: Joe Lombardo

Underboss: Joe Andriacchi


2003 – 2005

Top Boss: John DiFronzo

Boss: Jimmy Marcello (imprisoned in 2005)

Senior Adviser: Joe Lombardo (imprisoned in 2005)

Underboss: Joe Andriacchi


2006 – 2010

Top Boss: John DiFronzo

Boss: Mike Sarno (imprisoned in 2010)

Senior Adviser: Al Tornabene (died in 2009 and by 2010 was succeeded by Joe Andriacchi)

Underboss: Joe Andriacchi (replaced in 2010 by Salvatore Cataudella)


2011 – 2014

Top Boss: John DiFronzo (allegedly retired in 2014)

Boss: Salvatore DeLaurentis

Senior Adviser: Joe Andriacchi

Underboss: Salvatore Cataudella


2015 – 2016

Top Boss: Joe Andriacchi (allegedly retired in 2016)

Boss: Salvatore DeLaurentis

Senior Adviser: Marco D’Amico

Underboss: Salvatore Cataudella


2017 – Present

Top Boss: Salvatore DeLaurentis

Boss: Albert Vena

Senior Adviser: Marco D’Amico (possibly joined by John Matassa, Jr.)

Underboss: Salvatore Cataudella

[Villain]

A couple of questions for you guys....

1. When was Frank the German released from prison after his 1989 conviction and when he got out, did he controlled his own crew and regularly confined with the top level guys before his conviction during the Family Secrets trial?

2. I also want for you all to look at my previous post one more time, regarding the new look of the chart in which I also made some changes and even added the non-Italian position that ends up with Lenny Patrick, which is the main reason on why I asked the previous question regarding the German. In addition, I know that there's no chance for all of us to agree 100% on the current chart since we are missing a lot of infos and also we sometimes have different opinions, but still I think that we managed to agree on at least 90% percent of the chart

3. So the third or last question would be, do you guys (Snakes, Pete, Frank, Confederate, Slick, FoF etc.) think that after I send this list to Chris (and I hope that he has the time for it), do you want your names (nicknames) to be included on the chart or maybe we should only label it as "The Black Hand"?

[Frank]

I like the Black Hand, but either way is fine.

[Villain]

I like the Black Hand, but either way is fine.

Thanks man and I'll take your advise as final, cheers

[Slick]

You can put it however you want. You guys have done all the work. Looks good. I thought I remembered seeing somewhere that LT was the underboss at one point. Looked it up it was John Binder. Here is where he said it, with video.

http://abc7chicago.com/news/fbi-seeks-i ... d/1493318/

[Slick]

Also in trial testimony in the Mikey Davis case Pete Difronzo was called the "Street Boss" of the Outfit. That was about 2 years ago. It is talked about in this article.


https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pal-o ... extortion/

[Snakes]

I saw that too but I don't think some of these guys are even sure themselves of what the structure is.

[Slick]

Yeah I hear u Snakes. It doesn't say who testified that Pete was Street Boss. Was it an FBI agent, or was it non law enforcement ? Also where did Binder get this info? All questions i would like to know the answer to.

[Snakes]

Binder probably got it from the CCC. I need to find the article saying Pete DiFronzo was the "street boss for the entire Outfit." Maybe George Brown?

[Frank]

Yes I remember reading once that Pete DiFronzo was boss after Sarno. And that the DiFronzo's turned to Solly Delaurentis to straighten out the trouble with the Sarno loyalist. SolleyD straitened out the situation and earned a promotion to boss.

[Frank]

You can put it however you want. You guys have done all the work. Looks good. I thought I remembered seeing somewhere that LT was the underboss at one point. Looked it up it was John Binder. Here is where he said it, with video.

http://abc7chicago.com/news/fbi-seeks-i ... d/1493318/

I thought law enforcement stated years ago that Zizzo was misidentified as the Underboss.

[Slick]

That may be, but that interview with Binder was from a little over a year ago. But like Snakes said he probably got that from the CCC, so take it with a grain of salt.