There were a few people at that meeting who were, or would become, significant names in New Jersey, too: Mike Russo, Salvatore and Andrew Lombardino, Emanuele Cammarata.cavita wrote: ↑Wed Dec 20, 2017 5:52 pm I find it interesting the contacts that Bacino had in the early years- also at the 1928 Cleveland summit with Bacino was Salvatore Oliveri who represented the Calumet City area. Oliveri was born in Corleone and after the Capone/Aiello wars he settled in Rockford and was listed on their membership rolls. Also, regarding the 1942 bootlegging charge that Bacino was involved in, most of the men from Kenosha at the time were early Camorra members- Ricchio, Covelli, Nudi, etc.
Bacino would seem to have been there as an aide to Pasquale Lolordo, who was a leader in Chicago by 1928, but I can't necessarily underestimate him. Though he was 26, we've heard it wasn't uncommon for members in Sicily to be made as teenagers, so a 26-year-old could be a veteran of the mafia in those days.
There were many immigrants from Ribera in Chicago back then, too, but doesn't seem to have been as tight-knit as back east. The DeGeorges (DiGiorgio) are the only other Chicago family members I know of. Not sure how captain Jim DeGeorge's falling out/fleeing to Wisconsin affected Bacino, if at all. Interesting you found those connections between Bacino and Wisconsin.