St. Louis family info / Frank Bompensiero's St. Louis+Chicago visit

[davidf1989]

Fratianno was the acting underboss but was accused of lying to other Families about being acting boss. I don't think he said he had ties to Aiuppa or Accardo, mainly just Roselli, LaPorte, and a few others.

Thanks for your explanation B and that makes sense. I wonder if he had any connection to Giancana.

[B.]

Fratianno was the acting underboss but was accused of lying to other Families about being acting boss. I don't think he said he had ties to Aiuppa or Accardo, mainly just Roselli, LaPorte, and a few others.

Thanks for your explanation B and that makes sense. I wonder if he had any connection to Giancana.

Oh yeah, he did say he met with Giancana through Roselli and they were friendly.

[Pogo The Clown]

And if I remember rightFrattiano did have a meeting with Aiuppa after Roselli was clipped. Pretty sure it was Aiuppa. They were feeling him (Frsttiano) out on his feelings about his friend Roselli being clipped.


Pogo

[PolackTony]

And if I remember rightFrattiano did have a meeting with Aiuppa after Roselli was clipped. Pretty sure it was Aiuppa. They were feeling him (Frsttiano) out on his feelings about his friend Roselli being clipped.


Pogo

Yeah, Frattiano spoke about that in the Murder, Inc doc. If he answered wrong about Roselli, Joey O would've had him clipped.

Also, Frattiano knew Phil Alderisio. My impression is that Giancana and Alderisio played him by letting him think that his transfer to the Chicago family was legit. We see from Bompensiero's account above that B summarized that when Bomp met with Phil in Chicago, Phil was keeping tabs on Frattiano.

[davidf1989]

And if I remember rightFrattiano did have a meeting with Aiuppa after Roselli was clipped. Pretty sure it was Aiuppa. They were feeling him (Frsttiano) out on his feelings about his friend Roselli being clipped.


Pogo

Could the Mob leaders such as,Santo Trafficante from Florida have ordered the hit on Rosselli?

[Pogo The Clown]

I very much doubt Trafficante would have ordered the killing of a Chicago member on his own initiative. I'm sure the order came from the Chicago leadership and in all likely phone was handled by Chicago people but who knows.


Pogo

[PolackTony]

And if I remember rightFrattiano did have a meeting with Aiuppa after Roselli was clipped. Pretty sure it was Aiuppa. They were feeling him (Frsttiano) out on his feelings about his friend Roselli being clipped.


Pogo

Yeah, Frattiano spoke about that in the Murder, Inc doc. If he answered wrong about Roselli, Joey O would've had him clipped.

Also, Frattiano knew Phil Alderisio. My impression is that Giancana and Alderisio played him by letting him think that his transfer to the Chicago family was legit. We see from Bompensiero's account above that B summarized that when Bomp met with Phil in Chicago, Phil was keeping tabs on Frattiano.

Meant “Crime, Inc” documentary, of course.

[davidf1989]

This article below from the New York times suggests that Rosselli turned government witness and was slain by the Mafia.

https://www.nytimes.com/1977/02/25/arch ... imony.html

[PaddyWhack]

Frank Schweihs had a place literally a stones throw away from Biscayne bay.

[SolarSolano]

Frank Schweihs had a place literally a stones throw away from Biscayne bay.

The Outfit had several well-known hitters near that area in Florida at the time - Wayne Bock was another and a longtime partner of Schweihs. Both were later investigated for the hit of speedboat magnate Don Aronow.

[lennert]

Just adding my two cents on some of the fellows discussed in this thread, as I’ve been researching Vincenzo Infusino due to the San Francisco connection.

In St. Louis, Infusino was a member of the “Pillow hang” lead by Carmelo Frisina. He was indeed born in Licata. Most, if not all, of the known members of the Pillow gang (Frank Cosentino, Angelo Naccarato, Angelo Curella, Joseph Lupo, Dominick Emma, Dominick Cataldo, Tony DiTrapani, Joseph Cinquimano, Joe LoBiondo, etc.) were either from Licata or Partinico, except for Frisina himself, who was born in Castiglione.

Infusino himself, as far as I could find out, had no connection to Cleveland, but Naccarato and Curella did. Naccarato was arrested for the murder of one of the Bonvissuto brothers, Angelo and Carmelo, both of whom were shot to death in St. Louis in 1920. The Bonvissutos formerly lived in Cleveland, and their killings were believed to have been in retaliation for the Cleveland murder of Agostino Curella in 1916. I could not find anything about the 1916 murder, but Angelo Curella’s father was named Agostino, and he had a brother of the same name.

When Infusino moved to San Francisco, he would eventually partner up with another former St. Louis mob figure from Partinico, Tom Buffa. Of course Buffa would be shot to death in Lodi not long after, and Infusino was picked up during the investigation.

It is noteworthy how many of these guys met untimely deaths: Cosentino, Curella, Cataldo, DiTrapani and of course Fresina himself. Another figure allegedly connected to the Pillow gang, Peter Rappa, was shot to death in Detroit in 1929.

As for Cinquimano (original spelling) He indeed appears to be the one born in July 1888 in Partinico. His parents were Martimo Cinquimano and Francesca Tudisco. He was picked up in St. Louis a couple of times, and was in the company of Frank Cosentino when the latter was gunned down. His use of several aliases made it difficult to pin him down, especially because there were also DiTrapanis from Partinico who figured in the St. Louis gang wars. Another alias he used was Baucino, under which name he was arrested in 1929 for weapons charges, together with Lupo and LoBiondo. Under the name of Joseph Cinquemano Baucino, he made out his WWII draft registration card in Rockford, interestingly listing August Musso, Tony’s son, as a reference. He died in May 15, 1964, in Galesburg, Illinois, as Joseph Baucino.


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[cavita]

Just adding my two cents on some of the fellows discussed in this thread, as I’ve been researching Vincenzo Infusino due to the San Francisco connection.

In St. Louis, Infusino was a member of the “Pillow hang” lead by Carmelo Frisina. He was indeed born in Licata. Most, if not all, of the known members of the Pillow gang (Frank Cosentino, Angelo Naccarato, Angelo Curella, Joseph Lupo, Dominick Emma, Dominick Cataldo, Tony DiTrapani, Joseph Cinquimano, Joe LoBiondo, etc.) were either from Licata or Partinico, except for Frisina himself, who was born in Castiglione.

Infusino himself, as far as I could find out, had no connection to Cleveland, but Naccarato and Curella did. Naccarato was arrested for the murder of one of the Bonvissuto brothers, Angelo and Carmelo, both of whom were shot to death in St. Louis in 1920. The Bonvissutos formerly lived in Cleveland, and their killings were believed to have been in retaliation for the Cleveland murder of Agostino Curella in 1916. I could not find anything about the 1916 murder, but Angelo Curella’s father was named Agostino, and he had a brother of the same name.

When Infusino moved to San Francisco, he would eventually partner up with another former St. Louis mob figure from Partinico, Tom Buffa. Of course Buffa would be shot to death in Lodi not long after, and Infusino was picked up during the investigation.

It is noteworthy how many of these guys met untimely deaths: Cosentino, Curella, Cataldo, DiTrapani and of course Fresina himself. Another figure allegedly connected to the Pillow gang, Peter Rappa, was shot to death in Detroit in 1929.

As for Cinquimano (original spelling) He indeed appears to be the one born in July 1888 in Partinico. His parents were Martimo Cinquimano and Francesca Tudisco. He was picked up in St. Louis a couple of times, and was in the company of Frank Cosentino when the latter was gunned down. His use of several aliases made it difficult to pin him down, especially because there were also DiTrapanis from Partinico who figured in the St. Louis gang wars. Another alias he used was Baucino, under which name he was arrested in 1929 for weapons charges, together with Lupo and LoBiondo. Under the name of Joseph Cinquemano Baucino, he made out his WWII draft registration card in Rockford, interestingly listing August Musso, Tony’s son, as a reference. He died in May 15, 1964, in Galesburg, Illinois, as Joseph Baucino.


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Excellent work tracking him down, Lennert! I did notice from the obituary it stated he was born July 15,1899 an 11 year difference, that he came to the U.S. in 1905 and married Catherine Schillace in Chicago.

[lennert]

True, his obituary gives 1899, but the other records, including his baptism record, all give July 1888. Confusing, as some newspaper articles on his arrests give an approximate birth date of 1894… But, this seems to be no exception, as newspapers often had ages wrong… There’s even often a small difference in dates of births between American records (death indexes, draft registration cards, naturalization records etc.) and official Italian birth records.


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[davidf1989]

Was Mike Rizzitello an associate of Bompensiero? I think that Fratianno in his book that Bompensiero along with Dragna's nephew was present when the guy was made into the Los Angeles family

The quote is from the Last Mafioso on p.423 'Dragna drove and Rizzi sat in front with him, with Jimmy and Bompensiero in the back. A few miles out of Murrieta, Dragna swung onto a dirt road and stopped when they were out of sight of the highway. They held hands while Bompensiero quickly rattled out the strange-sounding liturgy, the cigar clamped tightly in a corner of his mouth. With Jimmy also puffing on his cigar, and with the windows closed, the car was quickly filling with smoke.'

Would this induction ceremony count as they did it in a car on a dirt road?

[Pogo The Clown]

Would this induction ceremony count as they did it in a car on a dirt road?

Yeah. Dragna, Frattiano and Bompensiero were the administration of the family.


Pogo