What do We Know about the Newark Family?

[Rocco]

Here’s something really interesting about the Troia murder:



Nicholas “Big Nick” Gallicchio was picked up after the hit. Most other sources reported it as Nicholas “Big Nick” Calliachi. I was never able to find a Nick Calliachi and this explains why.

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This specifically says that the police believed that Nicholas Gallicchio acted as a “finger man” in the Troia murder. It also identifies a Joseph Barocco rather than a Charles Barraco.

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There were only two people named Nicholas Gallicchio living in Newark in 1930, a father and a son (https://www.familysearch.org/search/rec ... Id=1810731)

Also present in this household was Jerry Gallicchio born in in 1913; this matches Jerry “The Boot” Gallicchio, patriarch of the eponymous criminal ring.

In New Jersey Mob: Memoirs of a Top Cop, it's mentioned that Jerry was involved with Tommy Campisi [P.64] and that he was a member of the mafia [p.151] though it doesn't specify which family.

Essentially, Jerry Gallicchio’s father was present when Troia was murdered and was probably a Newark family member.

This is pretty cool. Gallicchio family has been linked to OC in the Newark area forever. And did run with some of the Campisi's. I believe it was the same Gallicchio's(off spring ) who were busted in a Oxy pill ring about 10yrs ago. Father and son. More then likely related to the same Gallicchio in this article. !

[JoelTurner]

Benjamin Pizzolato was married to a Jennie Lombardino. (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/co ... cessSource)

I'm pretty sure that this was Paul Lombardino's sister. They were all arrested along with Rose Lombardino for fraud.



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I'm not sure if/when Ben Pizzolato was ever in Atlantic City.

- His 1950 Census record has him living in Essex County (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-co ... 1179:62308)

- His 1964 obituary (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1051301 ... dale-news/) says that he moved to Florida 10 years prior [~1954]

That would leave a 4-year gap for him to have lived in AC, which is possible. Another possibility is that he moved there after 1950 and was back and forth between NJ-Florida till his death.

The Pizzolato in Atlantic City idea comes from this wiretap(https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.htm ... elPageId=6) where Anthony Boiardo and Ray DeCarlo reference Dolasco's caporegime as a "Benooks/Penooks" in Atlantic City. This conversation took place in 1963.

Joel, look at the 1930 census. The Ben Pizzolato you reference being married to Jennie is not the Luchese member (1896-1964). The Luchese member Biagio "Benjamin" Pizzolato was married to a woman named Mary. Both are in the 1930 census. The Luchese member (born 1896) is listed to being married to Mary and another one is listed (born 1904) is the one married to Jennie. Two different guys. Probably related. You can find Biagio "Benny" Pizzolato's naturalization records on ancestry (married to Mary) and he is still married to her in 1930 census in Newark, while the Benajmin Pizzolato (born 1904, married to Jennie) is in Irvington.

It's excellent that you caught that, thank you. It's weird: two guys with the same name in the same place both criminals having ties to the Lombardinos.

- This was the Lucchese member Bennie Pizzolato's 1930 census info: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5P2-XLB

- This was the other Benjamin Pizzolato's 1930 census info: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4DX-WLL

I haven't been able to find any 1940 census info on the Lucchese member however. I tried Benny (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collect ... _x=psi_psx), Ben (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collect ... _x=psi_psx), and Biagio (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collect ... ame_x=_psx) on the broadest possible parameters. I couldn't find his wife Mary either (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collect ... _x=psi_psx)

[JoelTurner]

Here’s something really interesting about the Troia murder:



Nicholas “Big Nick” Gallicchio was picked up after the hit. Most other sources reported it as Nicholas “Big Nick” Calliachi. I was never able to find a Nick Calliachi and this explains why.

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This specifically says that the police believed that Nicholas Gallicchio acted as a “finger man” in the Troia murder. It also identifies a Joseph Barocco rather than a Charles Barraco.

———————

There were only two people named Nicholas Gallicchio living in Newark in 1930, a father and a son (https://www.familysearch.org/search/rec ... Id=1810731)

Also present in this household was Jerry Gallicchio born in in 1913; this matches Jerry “The Boot” Gallicchio, patriarch of the eponymous criminal ring.

In New Jersey Mob: Memoirs of a Top Cop, it's mentioned that Jerry was involved with Tommy Campisi [P.64] and that he was a member of the mafia [p.151] though it doesn't specify which family.

Essentially, Jerry Gallicchio’s father was present when Troia was murdered and was probably a Newark family member.

This is pretty cool. Gallicchio family has been linked to OC in the Newark area forever. And did run with some of the Campisi's. I believe it was the same Gallicchio's(off spring ) who were busted in a Oxy pill ring about 10yrs ago. Father and son. More then likely related to the same Gallicchio in this article. !

Is this the Oxy ring (https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/12/nyre ... dents.html)? I think the Gallicchio father and son mentioned are Nicholas "Big Nick" Gallicchio's grandson and great-grandson. Quite a dynasty even if it's low-level stuff like selling pills to college kids.

[cavita]

Notice too they say a Michael Bevinetto and not Jerome. The papers were continually unreliable in the reporting on people's names.

[JoelTurner]

I know we've debated where Accardi belonged but I strongly believe he was the Lucchese captain before Abate. His son Carmine and all of the NJ guys from Vita ended up with that crew. His bro-in-law/cousin was Onofrio Abate and supposedly Joe Abate was another cousin but came from Marsala not Vita. We know Accardi was related to people in other Trapani villages.

I agree with this, I hadn't heard that Abate was/could be his cousin, but I'm not surprised.

Here's a hypothetical scenario. Sam Accardi is the Newark consigliere. The family breaks up. He becomes the Lucchese NJ capo but still has connections to all the old members. When they have issues, he mediates. In '55, he gets pinched. Joe Abate steps up and becomes the new NJ capo but also fills Accardi's role of mediator/consigliere.

This is obviously just a theory. However, Accardi was pretty much the common link between all the major ex-Newark figures like Paterno and Riela.

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If you or someone can find out the exact town Craparotta's family came from that would help us narrow it down.

Vincent "Jimmy Sinatra" Craparotta was born in NJ but his father was from Gibellina in Italy.

This was his 1940 census info: (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-co ... 5089:24420)

[B.]

Ok cool, I did have his grandparents from Gibellina here: https://theblackhand.club/forum/viewtop ... 1&p=133092

Accardi should have been high-ranking in the Newark Family, he was always mentioned as one of the most important guys even before the break-up. Hard to say about specifics but there's nothing on the underboss after Monaco either.

[JoelTurner]

The underboss is something to consider. Sam Monaco was from Vita and they seem to have been a big faction. Maybe there was a need to keep them represented like the Calabrians in Philly.

[JoelTurner]

Here’s something about Emmanuel Cammarata:



Jerry Gallicchio, Rinaldo Reino Sr. and Rinaldo Reino Jr. were arrested for Cammarata’s murder.

I had previously thought that Cammarata was killed during the Gallo War, but something else happened.

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I haven’t heard of Rinaldo Reino before. There’s a post on Pinterest that says: “Rinaldo Reino aka Blackie aka Reynold (1923-2003) was a soldier in the Genovese family. NY born Reino lived and operated in Newark, NJ. He had a wife and 4 children and was employed as a bus driver. His crime sheet dates back to 1939 and mentions robbery, assault, battery and narcotics. He was part of a North Jersey mob group that carried on large scale gambling, illegal booze and narcotics. Associated with Settimo Accardo and his brother Joseph, Paul Lombardino and the Campisi Bros.” (https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/356910339204635675/)

I don’t know how reliable this is.

This was his census info: (https://www.ancestry.ca/discoveryui-con ... 54419:2442)

[B.]

The Gallicchio connections to both the Troia and Cammarata murders is wild.

Nello Cammarata was a bigger deal than I think we realize. Lombardino seems to have already been a high-ranking Newark Family member in 1928 given he was accompanied by his nephew as an aide at the Statler meeting (Profaci/Magliocco, Lolordo/Bacino, and maybe Traina/Mangano look to be leader/aide attendees). Even though his cousin Profaci attended it's weird Cammarata was also at Statler, there must have been some reason. Maybe he represented the Villabatese Newark faction.

Tony's discovery he was close to Nicola Diana of Chicago, who was involved with the Ribera Club in Elizabeth, and used an address in Chicago adds a new twist to him since the heaviest representation in Cleveland was Chicago and Jersey. Angelo Bruno and Joe Magliocco talked about him too on that 1960s bug.

[JoelTurner]

At the 1928 meeting, a Michael Russo was there, he’s listed as being from Iceland (Iselin), NJ. Was this the same guy who was at the Bazzano murder but was listed as being from Pittsburgh in ‘32? Weird trajectory. He must have been fairly important to be at multiple high-level affairs even though he was a regular member in his Lucchese days.

Cammarata being there is interesting. In terms of a Villabatese Newark faction, as far as I know, the only guys from there were the D’Amicos and the Cammaratas. There were probably more that we haven’t uncovered yet.

I don’t know who’s Diana; I think Joe Profaci lived in Chicago for a while though. Cammarata is listed as being from there in the reports at the time but the papers severely butchered details.

[B.]

I'd bet D'Amico's father was a member, the one who got killed. Gaspare's brother was one of the members who joined the Colombo Family and Gaspare may have technically transferred to the Colombos as well even though he lived in Puerto Rico. JD theorized he was used to help a Colombo member who went on the lam to Puerto Rico.

It's the same Mike Russo who was at the 1928 and 1932 meetings. He moved around to different places including New Jersey, Pittsburgh, Boston, and Cleveland and was placed under Commission protection due to an unspecified conflict. Could have been the Newark Family problems? No idea. Agreed his attendance at two Assemblea-style meetings before and after the formation of the Commission tells us he was significant. He may have been like a Gentile who had formal stature no matter where he went and made for a good national rep.

[B.]

Joel -- if you can find more info, Sam's uncle Benedetto Monaco was stabbed to death in Newark in 1918. If you can find anything i.e. newspapers maybe we can find out suspects or more info. I think the Monacos like the Accardis were an established mafia clan from Vita.

Watch, it will be another Gallicchio haha.

[JoelTurner]

Mike Russo [...] was placed under Commission protection due to an unspecified conflict. Could have been the Newark Family problems?

Do you have the source for this? I’m really interested in reading about it.

I’m going to check out Sam Monaco’s family background too.

[B.]

DeCavalcante mentioned it on the tapes. Didn't say anything else, just that Mike Russo was put under Commission protection like we know they did in other conflicts i.e. DiGregorio/Bonannos and Persico/Colombos.

[JoelTurner]

Here's something about Sam's uncle Vito Monaco

- In 1930, he lived on S. 6th St.(349) His next door neighbor was Nicholas Gallicchio (345). The Bevinetto family, including Jerome, lived one house away (341). (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5P2-185)

This is pretty wild.

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- In 1936, his daughter Lillian [Sam Monaco's cousin] married Nicholas Abate



This Abate family was from Vita while the Lucchese member Joe Abate was from Marsala. However, Abates living in south Jersey and marrying into the Monaco family had to be mentioned.

Marianna Abate's maiden name was Marianna Augusta which was the same as Vito's wife's maiden name. There's probably some connection there.