former LCN boss who "talked"

[The Greek]

Fell in love with the early stuff about 3 years back primarily because of my own genealogy project, it’s the most interesting history because we are examining the roots of OC in this country. Fascinating stuff, keep it coming. Looking forward to that Black Hand Book about the Lima brothers in Marion, OH regarding that multi state case. That was a pretty fascinating story.

Same for me. The earlier the info is the more fascinating it is to me. Great stuff Ed!

[Carlo]

A new book about the Society of the Banana has just been released called 'Ohio's Black Hand Syndicate: The Birth of Organized Crime in America' by David Meyers and Elise Meyers Walker.

[Carlo]

[JCB1977]

A new book about the Society of the Banana has just been released called 'Ohio's Black Hand Syndicate: The Birth of Organized Crime in America' by David Meyers and Elise Meyers Walker.

Can’t wait to read it. I’ve read about that case.

[Stroccos]

A new book about the Society of the Banana has just been released called 'Ohio's Black Hand Syndicate: The Birth of Organized Crime in America' by David Meyers and Elise Meyers Walker.

Can’t wait to read it. I’ve read about that case.

I will be ordering that as well, anything on mazzola I wonder ?

[JCB1977]

A new book about the Society of the Banana has just been released called 'Ohio's Black Hand Syndicate: The Birth of Organized Crime in America' by David Meyers and Elise Meyers Walker.

Can’t wait to read it. I’ve read about that case.

I will be ordering that as well, anything on mazzola I wonder ?

No, this will strictly cover the Lima Brothers case and Society of the Banana.

[JeremyTheJew]

the true Mustache Petes

[OmarSantista]

What was their first racket, packing fudge?


Pogo

You and those fuckin Soprano quotes, lol. You almost caught another one of my long-winded diatribes about the mob being a working class organization before I remembered the reference and we're discussing Frisco.

Extorsion, robbery, counterfeiting, murder, insurance fraud, kidnapping for ransom are the standard for 1900-1910 for what members dabbled in. I'll say dabbled because they worked legitimate jobs. Not as fronts but as a way of making ends meet. This was before bootlegging and gambling appeared onto the scene so everyone was scraping. Most of them came from agricultural backgrounds so the elite of this "criminal fraternity" were semi-legitimate business owners with influence in their respective industries be it ice, wines or produce stores. I don't think any one of them envisioned a middle-class lifestyle derived solely from criminal activity anymore than people in the 1980's imagining working from home via the internet. We have the fortune of hindsight.

Very well said, reading this as I'm working from home lol

[davidf1989]

Frank Salemme who had passed away cooperated with the government against John Connolly and Bulger. Although he ended up in a lot of trouble for not mentioning the Disarro hit probably to protect his son and his former friend Bobby Deluca.