Mob Duos

[davidf1989]

Spilotro and Cullotta for a time in Vegas.

Capone and Torrio the founders of the Chicago Outfit?'

JImmy Burke and Tommy Desimone.

Lucky Luciano with his partners Vito Genovese, Meyer Lansky and Frank Costello.

[desertdog]

Cullotta said "I always liked Tony, even when he had a contract on me I liked the guy"...
Go figure...

[Extortion]

Giacalone brothers
Anguilo brothers (4-5 not 2)
Calandra and Gulino?
Galante and Little Moe Presinzano?
Bugsy and Meyer
LaPietra brothers

[davidf1989]

patriarca and the Ouimette Brothers
Tony Accardo and Paul Ricca

[Extortion]

patriarca and the Ouimette Brothers
Tony Accardo and Paul Ricca

Ricca and Accardo is good but Patriarca and Ouimette brothers? ummmm nah.

[Grouchy Sinatra]

Matt Bevilaqua and Sean Gismonte.

[SB1825]

Those guys in Al DArco’s book that dressed up as women to go on hits.

[Dwalin2014]

Not strictly a "mob" duo, since they were just independent bookmakers, but I would also mention Willie and Rudy Marfeo, bookmakers from Providence who stood up to Patriarca. Willie even told Henry Tameleo to go fuck himself and to "tell Raymond to go shit in his hat", when they tried to extort him. He was killed after that, his brother promised to take revenge and was whacked too. On one hand, their deaths may seem stupid, yet they definitely hurt Patriarca's and Tameleo's ego with their attitude. Patriarca even wanted to kill Willie Marfeo himself after being told about treatment Tameleo got during the extortion attempt.

I usually have no good things to say about underworld characters, but the Marfeo brothers are among the few I actually sympathize with. If every legitimate businessman or even independent criminal around there acted like they did on that occasion, imo the Patriarca family power would have been broken already back in the 1960s.

[davidf1989]

Not strictly a "mob" duo, since they were just independent bookmakers, but I would also mention Willie and Rudy Marfeo, bookmakers from Providence who stood up to Patriarca. Willie even told Henry Tameleo to go fuck himself and to "tell Raymond to go shit in his hat", when they tried to extort him. He was killed after that, his brother promised to take revenge and was whacked too. On one hand, their deaths may seem stupid, yet they definitely hurt Patriarca's and Tameleo's ego with their attitude. Patriarca even wanted to kill Willie Marfeo himself after being told about treatment Tameleo got during the extortion attempt.

I usually have no good things to say about underworld characters, but the Marfeo brothers are among the few I actually sympathize with. If every legitimate businessman or even independent criminal around there acted like they did on that occasion, imo the Patriarca family power would have been broken already back in the 1960s.

thanks for your message with the background information about the Marfeo Brothers. Wasn't Manocchio , Sciarra and Lerner involved in the murder of one of the brothers?

[Dwalin2014]

Not strictly a "mob" duo, since they were just independent bookmakers, but I would also mention Willie and Rudy Marfeo, bookmakers from Providence who stood up to Patriarca. Willie even told Henry Tameleo to go fuck himself and to "tell Raymond to go shit in his hat", when they tried to extort him. He was killed after that, his brother promised to take revenge and was whacked too. On one hand, their deaths may seem stupid, yet they definitely hurt Patriarca's and Tameleo's ego with their attitude. Patriarca even wanted to kill Willie Marfeo himself after being told about treatment Tameleo got during the extortion attempt.

I usually have no good things to say about underworld characters, but the Marfeo brothers are among the few I actually sympathize with. If every legitimate businessman or even independent criminal around there acted like they did on that occasion, imo the Patriarca family power would have been broken already back in the 1960s.

thanks for your message with the background information about the Marfeo Brothers. Wasn't Manocchio , Sciarra and Lerner involved in the murder of one of the brothers?

Yes, I think they killed Rudolph Marfeo and his bodyguard, Anthony Melei. Lerner got 2 life sentences, later overturned and at the end reduced to time served (about 18 years), if I remember correctly.

[davidf1989]

Thanks and was the life sentence for Lerner overturned due to witness problems?

[Dwalin2014]

Thanks and was the life sentence for Lerner overturned due to witness problems?

Yes, here it says that there were some made up details in Kelley's testimony in the first trial, so at the end Lerner pleaded no contest to conspiracy charges and received credit for time served:
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/30/spor ... itman.html

[davidf1989]

Thanks and was the life sentence for Lerner overturned due to witness problems?

Yes, here it says that there were some made up details in Kelley's testimony in the first trial, so at the end Lerner pleaded no contest to conspiracy charges and received credit for time served:
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/30/spor ... itman.html

Thanks for the article and I found Lerner's story to be interesting.

Were Manocchio and Sciarra made when they were involved in the Marfeo hit?

[Dwalin2014]

Thanks and was the life sentence for Lerner overturned due to witness problems?

Yes, here it says that there were some made up details in Kelley's testimony in the first trial, so at the end Lerner pleaded no contest to conspiracy charges and received credit for time served:
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/30/spor ... itman.html

Thanks for the article and I found Lerner's story to be interesting.

Were Manocchio and Sciarra made when they were involved in the Marfeo hit?

You are welcome; but I don't know about Manocchio and Sciarra to be honest, I have never read about their status back then, it was never specified in any article or book I remember.

[davidf1989]

Frank salemme and his son Frank Salemme, Jr
Joe the Animal Barboza and Vincent Flemmi


Joseph Jr Russo, Ferrara and Bobby Carrozza

Bobby Manna and Vincent Gigante

Frank Bompensiero and Jimmy Fratianno