Chicago Outfit Lineage Chart 1928-2017

[BillyBrizzi]

We also have to consider the time frame when the Chi mob was no longer considered as commission faction...which i believe somehow affected on their administration such as imprisoned and later free capos taking adviser roles

According to Mike Magnifichi he drove Cerone to a meeting after the Big Paulie Castelano hit. He IDed The Chin and Salerno there. Said Cerone said Chicago definitely wasn't happy with what happened and voiced their displeasure.

Yeah but I think that by the early 90's Chicago was already removed from the commission

So there probably is no form of communication since the 90's between Chicago and the Genoveses concerning general LCN policy?

[Snakes]

Very little, I believe.

[Frank]

Also since the Commission Case and Gotti being so high profile it seems like they either dropped out of the Commission or just don't attend meetings. Also like you said it became all Ny. And also no interacting bussiness. Too dangerous with surveillance to meet.

[Frank]

With LE labeling Ricca, Accardo and Aiuppa Consigliere kind of always makes Outfit leadership chart more difficult I think. Because like Snakes said they probably didn't use that terminology. Calebrese identified Accardo as a retired former boss. The younger made members and associates in my opinion didn't know Accardo was the man. I think LE used the label Consigliere because of the New York Family structure. And maybe they changed, because they never labeled DiFronzo or Delaurentis Consigliere. They described Tornabene, Lombardo, and DiAmico as Consigliere and I don't believe they were ever top boss. In fact Accardo was called that when Ricca was still top boss.

It is possible that the top boss always had one top member who was one step bellow him and that same individual was usually a semi-retired or long time senior member. For example when they got out of jail, Ricca took that position since he previously was the top guy while Campagna became the top boss since he previously held the boss or chief executive position. Same thing when Campagna died, Ricca was brought back to the top while the boss Accardo took Riccas place as number two or senior adviser and Giancana became the boss. And this is well documented from hidden wiretaps and fbi records, meaning Accardo advised Giancana on certain matters and Ricca joined him during commission problems or decisions.

Things changed a little bit during the late 80s and early 90s, when the top boss Aiuppa was imprisoned and also later joined by Carlisi as imprisoned boss. So thats when two imprisoned capos, Lombardo and LaPietra got released whose organization was already taken by their underlings and so the only thing for those two fellas was to share the number two spot until one of them died later and Lombardo continued as single number 2 until his imprisonment, mostly because his seniority over the rest of the administration. I think that the same thing goes for D'Amico, as for Tornabene he was also the boss or chief executive (just to label him) previous of becoming the number 2 or senior adviser until his death

Yes I meant it was hard in past charts and hard for people who weren't in the know of the different structure that was unique to the Outfit. Even we argue or debate about the importance of the semi-retired boss or retired boss importance. I think LE mislabled the position years ago. I've never heard any testimony of there being a position called Consigliere in the Outfit. But yes I believe in the Top leader, advisor and chief operating Officer underboss system.

[Snakes]

There isn't. But they labeled it as such to make it uniform with the LCN structures that they had in place. It wasn't right but it wasn't necessarily wrong, either. Chicago was different but guys still served the same basic functions, just in different ways. I think that law enforcement realized that but just wanted to keep all of the families consistent since Chicago was the only real outlier to the "traditional" LCN structure

[Snakes]

Not many changes this time out, I just adjusted the start dates for some of the entries.

Boss: Sometimes referred to as the "operational" boss or "street" boss of the Outfit, the Boss is responsible for managing the day-to-day affairs of the Outfit. All of the territorial bosses report to him and he oftentimes has a group of individuals who report directly to him and assist him in relaying orders and directives to the street. Labor and political "specialists" also report directly to him. Although subordinate to the "top boss" the boss still wields a tremendous amount of power, with the the top boss typically allowing him to decide on major policy directives (such as murders, promotions/demotions, etc.) and represent the Outfit on the National LCN Commission. However, the top boss reserves the right to overrule any decisions made by the boss but is available to advise and consult with the boss and other individuals of stature within the Outfit. The power of the boss often depends on their experience and how active the top boss is in organizational affairs. As such, the power of the position has varied over time.

Boss

Paul Ricca 1932 1939

Louis Campagna 1940 1943 (imprisoned in 1943 until 1947)

Anthony Capezio/Anthony Accardo 1943 1946 (during this period Tony Accardo was groomed for the boss position by Tony Capezio and Charles Fischetti)

Anthony Accardo 1946 1952

Anthony Capezio 1952 1955 (Capezio died in 1955)

Anthony Accardo 1955 1957

Samuel Giancana 1957 1966 (stepped down, moved to Mexico)

Samuel Battaglia 1966 1967 (acting for Giancana, 1965-1966; imprisoned in 1967)

John "Jack" Cerone 1967 1970 (imprisoned in 1970)

Joseph Aiuppa 1970 1984 (jointly ran Outfit with Accardo and Gus Alex, 1973/74; became official boss in 1973/74; imprisoned in 1986)

Samuel Carlisi 1986 1992 (imprisoned in 1992)

John DiFronzo 1992 1997 (imprisoned 1993-1994; became top boss with death of Aiuppa/Carlisi)

-Joseph Andriacchi 1993 1994 (acting for DiFronzo)

John Monteleone 1997 2001 (died)

Alfonso Tornabene 2001 2003 (stepped down)

James Marcello 2003 2005 (Marcello imprisoned in 2005)

Michael Sarno 2005 2010 (Sarno acting for Marcello, 2005-2007; imprisoned 2010)

Salvatore DeLaurentis 2010 2016 (became top boss with "retirement" of DiFronzo/Andriacchi)

Albert Vena 2016 present

[Frank]

Looks good to go

[Snakes]

Let me know what you guys think of the position definitions. I thought they would be helpful to anyone analyzing the chart.

[Frank]

I like the position definitions. Think they are important because of structure of Family.

[Villain]

Everything looks good from my point of view, including the definitions

[Confederate]

Not many changes this time out, I just adjusted the start dates for some of the entries.

Boss: Sometimes referred to as the "operational" boss or "street" boss of the Outfit, the Boss is responsible for managing the day-to-day affairs of the Outfit. All of the territorial bosses report to him and he oftentimes has a group of individuals who report directly to him and assist him in relaying orders and directives to the street. Labor and political "specialists" also report directly to him. Although subordinate to the "top boss" the boss still wields a tremendous amount of power, with the the top boss typically allowing him to decide on major policy directives (such as murders, promotions/demotions, etc.) and represent the Outfit on the National LCN Commission. However, the top boss reserves the right to overrule any decisions made by the boss but is available to advise and consult with the boss and other individuals of stature within the Outfit. The power of the boss often depends on their experience and how active the top boss is in organizational affairs. As such, the power of the position has varied over time.

Boss

Paul Ricca 1932 1939

Louis Campagna 1940 1943 (imprisoned in 1943 until 1947)

Anthony Capezio/Anthony Accardo 1943 1946 (during this period Tony Accardo was groomed for the boss position by Tony Capezio and Charles Fischetti)

Anthony Accardo 1946 1952

Anthony Capezio 1952 1955 (Capezio died in 1955)

Anthony Accardo 1955 1957

Samuel Giancana 1957 1966 (stepped down, moved to Mexico)

Samuel Battaglia 1966 1967 (acting for Giancana, 1965-1966; imprisoned in 1967)

John "Jack" Cerone 1967 1970 (imprisoned in 1970)

Joseph Aiuppa 1970 1984 (jointly ran Outfit with Accardo and Gus Alex, 1973/74; became official boss in 1973/74; imprisoned in 1986)

Samuel Carlisi 1986 1992 (imprisoned in 1992)

John DiFronzo 1992 1997 (imprisoned 1993-1994; became top boss with death of Aiuppa/Carlisi)

-Joseph Andriacchi 1993 1994 (acting for DiFronzo)

John Monteleone 1997 2001 (died)

Alfonso Tornabene 2001 2003 (stepped down)

James Marcello 2003 2005 (Marcello imprisoned in 2005)

Michael Sarno 2005 2010 (Sarno acting for Marcello, 2005-2007; imprisoned 2010)

Salvatore DeLaurentis 2010 2016 (became top boss with "retirement" of DiFronzo/Andriacchi)

Albert Vena 2016 present

@Snakes. Your description up above is very good and makes a lot of sense.
Vena is above DeLaurentis and Cataudella? Really?
Still think it was POSSIBLE that Ferriola was Top Boss for a short period of time before he got sick.
I doubt the F.B.I. was COMPLETELY wrong.

[Snakes]

The way Vena's position is described fits thus spot, especially if DiFronzo and Andriacchi are done, as most people think. It's really just educated guesses on our part.

As for Ferriola, I don't think he held the top spot. Calabrese, Lenny Patrick, and Scarpelli all confirmed that Carlisi succeeded Aiuppa. The only way I could see otherwise is if Ferriola ruled for so short a time that they didn't even find out about it but that doesn't seem plausible to me considering that Ferriola's health was no big secret, even as early as 1986.

[Villain]

While we wait for Snake's last few posts regarding our chart, In addition to something which I noticed during my research on the Outfit's history is that at the beginning the main stronghold for the Capone Mob was the Cicero area, followed by the Loop and whole South Side. But when Capone went to jail, by the late 1930's the so-called West Side Mob was in complete control of the whole organization and began expanding their influence and rackets during the next decades and it remains like that even today. For example, the main members of the West Side faction in 1930 or after the murder of Joe Esposito, were Tony Volpe, Paul Ricca and Louis Campagna. Before Joe Aiello was killed, besides parts from the North Side, he also controlled the Taylor St area which was previously held by the late Angelo Genna and so when Aiello also joined him, the Taylor St territory was taken over by Campagna, while Ricca and Volpe were the representatives of the whole central West Side. But since Volpe had many deportation problems, Ricca became the numero uno. As for all of the old Capone high levels, they were given parts from the North Side, like for example they killed Matt Kolb and gave Nitto the Near North Side area, after he was released from prison, and the Fischetti brothers took opver the Lake View area, while James DeGeorge was in charge of Rogers Park and Niles, and as for Phil D'Andrea he took over the Loop and South Side. They even gave parts from the West Side such as the Melrose Park area and the Stone Park, Franklin Park and Northlake territories, first under Frank Rio and later under Rocco DeGrazia, both former Capone members.


So during the 1930's the West Side faction began spreading their influence by taking over other territories such as the north part of the Cicero area, and the first guy who went there was in fact Volpe, followed by Campagna. So from the late 30's until the early 70's, the Cicero area was divided between the West Side faction and the Cicero boys and the main reason for that was the importation of criminal allies in that area from different territories, which occurred during the early 30's, such as Willie Heeney and Claude Maddox from the North Side who allegedly reported to Ralph Capone, the old boss of the Cicero area, but the reality was that these guys were loyal to the West Side group. Another proof for that was the importation of another North Side criminal, Tony Capezio who together with his companion Tony Accardo were imported in the West Grand Av and Elmwood Park areas, and because of that they became also loyal to Ricca and Campagna. On top of that, during the same decade they began indicting new members into the organization such as Louis Fratto and Sam Battaglia who believe were made during the mid 30's and Sam Giancana who was made possibly in 1939 and sponsored personally by Campagna. So even though they became quite powerful in territorial and financial meaning, by the mid 30's the Westsiders even created their own political force known as the West Side Bloc which was headed by one old Mob associate or even a possible member known as James Adducci.


So as I previously stated that everything began with the dividing of the Cicero area, which in fact was their old stronghold, and made the Taylor St area s their "new" base, and with the bringing of new members, they began making the same thing in other areas. Like for example during the early 1940's, Sam Giancana was the overlord of the northern Cicero area, while Capezio and Accardo slowly took the top spots and also exterminated every possible threat to their area such as Lawrence Mangano. On top of that, by the mid and late 1940's, Sam Battaglia and his companion Marshal Caifano took over the Lawndale area by previously exterminating the local Jewish gangsters. So at the same time, when Ricca and Campagna were released from jail, they completely took over the organization with them two at the top, Accardo as their street boss and Giancana as his second in command. During the 1950's, the most powerful street members from the West Side at the time were Battaglia and Caifano, followed by Jack Cerone and Fiore Buccieri, and as a matter of fact by the late 1970's the Buccieri faction completely took over the Cicero area and also Chinatown. The only and vital change for the old Cicero crew was when Joey Auippa arrived in the Melrose Park area and later became the boss, which somehow also made a change in the old Melrose Park crew which a part from it later formed the newly made Grand Avenue Mob.

[Villain]

Another interesting and at the same time funny thing to note is that they almost got the the Outfit's hierarchy right even on the "Inside the Chicago Mob - Takedown" documentary at 6:06, even though the documentary has a lot of mistakes in it, like showing "Accardo" at 11:20 which in reality is Joey Aiuppa and its interesting to hear Joey's voice...but even though they missed Ricca and the underboss, still they have Accardo as the "chairman" and Giancana as the "CEO" with a "board of directors" beneath him

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AibXlHrObbs&t=587s

[FriendofFamily]

So Albie Vena is Boss and Solly D is Top Boss - then I am OK