Snakes wrote: ↑Thu Mar 11, 2021 7:51 am
Because we are on the topic, this is my timeline for Outfit capos/bosses:
1974: Turk Torello, Dominic DiBella, Al Pilotto, Joey Lombardo
1976: DiBella dies, succeeded by Vincent Solano
1979: Turk Torello dies, succeeded by either Joe Ferriola or Angelo LaPietra. Going with the "Ferriola was not a capo narrative," I think that territorially Turk was succeeded by Ferriola but position-wise, he was succeeded by LaPietra, who had just recently taken over for Skid Caruso on the South Side. If we go by the "Ferriola was promoted to capo" narrative, then Ferriola succeeds Torello as capo, and LaPietra is also bumped to capo and given the South Side. Something I have not yet discussed was perhaps LaPietra was given the South Side to placate him for the Outfit promoting Ferriola to succeed Turk? This would explain why LaPietra was not at the Last Supper (although he certainly could have been absent for other reasons) as he was not a capo until after Turk died, when the Outfit promoted both men.
1979-1983: Sam Carlisi and John DiFronzo are made capos
1982: Al Pilotto imprisoned, succeeded on an acting basis by Dominick Palermo. I have also seen the FBI definitively state he was succeeded by Frank Zizzo but I will go with Palermo here because of his presence at the 1983 making ceremony. Joey Lombardo is also imprisoned this year and succeeded on an acting basis by Louis Eboli.
1983: Outfit making ceremony. Capos present were LaPietra, Solano, Carlisi, DiFronzo, and Palermo (acting). Joe Ferriola is not present and his #1 guy (Infelise) was sponsored by LaPietra. This is what makes Nick's statement interesting in my mind. I *will,* however, say that if Ferriola was not a capo before, that he definitely became one sometime between the making ceremony and 1986. I will also add that I don't think Tocco immediately succeeded to boss of the Heights but either worked under or with Palermo for a year or two and then either became the sole boss or split the territory with Palermo. I have seen evidence of both, although Tocco seemed to have a leadership role during the Spilotro burial so "gun-to-my-head," I'd say that Tocco eventually became the sole boss of the Heights.
1986: Big shake-up as the leadership is imprisoned. Trying to definitively figure it out past this point makes my head hurt but it could be assumed the capos during the late 80s were as follows:
MP: Marcello
EP: Magnafichi or Andriacchi (although I think DiFronzo still ran EP in much the same way Cerone did in the mid to late seventies)
Cicero: Ferriola (dies in 1989, succeeded by Infelise)
South Side: James LaPietra (acting)
Grand Avenue: Eboli (acting for Lombardo, dies in 1987, probably succeeded by Centracchio)
North Side: Solano
Heights: Tocco solely or Tocco/Palermo split